I met John at the tail end of a HAI Workshop at Harbin in the Spring of 2005. He'd been living in Sebastopol by the laguna for about a year and had not met many people yet; i'd recently split up...

42172Susan Campbell gave me permission to forward the following email regarding John Taylor. I think that it puts John’s decision to take his own life, in the same way that that his sister did, in a...

Hi everyone- My daughter and I have been evacuated and displaced by the fires from the most horrible smoke imaginable. I have a serious heart condition and have to wear a mask now. I wanted to...

Hi wacco family- I can't believe what is happening around us. My daughter Jessy and I evacuated 2 days ago when the smoke and fire surrounding our apartment in santa rosa was sooo bad, I couldn't...

Hi, I used to manage a large Grocery Outlet Bargain market for 5 years. Each operator is responsible for their store. Corporate is against selling expired food. The operators are supposed to reduce...

Again...
Why are local governments dictating who we pay to pick up our trash?
One company buying another, and the city picks up the tab. How convenient.

Here are a few items that might illustrate my point:

1. KOWS community radio obtained a permit for a 100w tower to be built on top of a ridge where it could broadcast community-based,...

I haven't visited Waccobb for some time, so I took a peek today to see what's going on in my old neighborhood and see that I should probably respond to this thread.

I left Sonoma County a year and...

So now that Sanders has folded, we're supposedly faced with a choice between a hawk and a mamba snake. ("It can strike very quickly and can also chase its victims at an incredible speed. It chooses...

Thank you Shandi! I wish you would post this as a new tread. Although I have rarely, if ever, participated in the "Red Pill Roundtable", I have frequently read it.. No disrespect to Barry; WACCO is...

I have alway found Truthdig to be a very reliable source for news and information. I would say they are one of the most trustworthy online news magazines I know. Their journalism and their...

How much to you really know about Hillary Clinton? A recent episode of Empire Files with Abby Martin sheds light on this Democratic contender:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV_PLCC6jeI

Jennifer, I'm glad to see your article in the Bohemian, and have responded there with my following comment, and urge anyone to support your well researched and documented findings, by also...

Jennifer, You have gone beyond what most people would do in tracking down the legal minutia,(despite a heavy workload) explaining it in the best way you can, and continuing to show patience with...

I'm with you, diaba! Today in Kinko's I saw this flyer (which I suspect was made by Norma)--which tells us the month and year each council member next comes up for a vote. I kept a copy and will now...

At 8 am yesterday/Wednesday morning in a cold wind promising rain, one other protester and I arrived at Courthouse Square. The other protester had an emergency situation at work and soon had to...

Hello everyone,

Please sign our petition: https://www.change.org/p/santa-rosa-...rthouse-square.

The link above does not work. Kindly scroll down to Barry's post and you'll see the link in...

Seems like the only way to stop or modify the project is through a ballot initiative. There is no indication from the City Council that they are listening to critics.

I've posted on this subject in several local online forums, as well as here on waccobb. As a native Californian woman in my early 60s, with a 30 year+ history of living here in Sonoma County, I'm at...

We have a housing crisis, homeless population is growing and our Santa Rosa leadership wants to spend $10 million to build a park....Julliard Park is 2 blocks away! Is this a reflection of their...

Thanks, Barry, for the PD story on yesterday's hearing.

It appears that the tree removal is scheduled for Feb.3 (not Jan. 27), but so far the date remains a mystery. Again, I'll post when I have...

i'm not sure what this means really...am i to assume that Carrillo deserves a pass because he is Latino and immature and he is like all politicians and they are all greedy, and just do stupid acts?...

34231In January cats start going into heat. If you included a kitten in your family last summer, now is the time to do what you need to do to slow the HUGE cat over population problem in Sonoma...

from Letters to the Editor, Press Democrat, 1/8/16:

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Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page As the poison in Flint, Michigan, and the methane in the LA...

Is there someone familiar with the project who could explain the reasoning behind the proposed tree removal? It's liable to be rather ineffective to be against something unless one understands the...

Here's a big picture of the Dental School experience - our closest is only SF. I did it for crowns and implants 10+ years ago - once using the Parnassus UCSF campus and a couple times at the far more...

Many families and animals still living in tents and makeshift shelters along the creek. What's in store for them as the rain and cold weather comes? Where is the help these Valley Fire refugees so...

Good questions! If the vineyard owners were to re-plant all the redwoods, oaks, apple, and other trees they have got down, that would be a step toward being "good." If they took down all the fences...

I'm sharing a recent FB post from the group, "I love Northern California" which is a group focused on photography, but this has to do with the ARC, so I'm sharing it:

Shared post from "I love...

Rusty has been following a homeless man through his travels for fourteen years. He is Nicely behaved and gentle, he doesn't appear to have any kind of aggression and is quite sweet. He was given up...

I wish I could afford to pay extra, to hire and retain good workers, but as DreadTori pointed out, we have to be poor to qualify for help.

There was a short time this summer when I felt well...

I read that the RCU was giving the money to the ARC, but I haven't checked with RCU, but it should be public information, just like we should know how much money actually goes to the Valley Fire...

I also realized a lot of sadness from all the money our community gave through the Red Cross that will never help anyone in the Valley Fires. The bashing came too late to stop the flow into their...

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How awful!! People trying to quick educate donaters/fund raisers to make sure their heartfelt efforts are funnelled directly to those they're making the effort for instead of the Red Cross...

I've been feeling great sadness for the past two weeks, following the Valley Fire destruction of homes, animals, and lives. I'm unable to turn away from the devastating losses, as I use my time to...

I don't have to provide anything, and if you want to believe that they have integrity, and don't cheat and steal from victims, that's your right. Maybe you could join them, and be a proud volunteer,...

Isn't this just the way America is now? All the certified people and their organizations needing way more than what it really takes, and doing so poorly with the vast amounts of money's they have...

I don't think that most of us expect perfection. Personally I don't believe it in. Also, I don't think many people question how their donations, are really used. They just trust, which is why many...

33020We all know that there is a devastating fire in Lake County. We've seen the apocalyptic photos on the news. Hundreds of people have lost everything. Among this disaster, Middletown Animal...

I see that my post is still up, but was placed under a new category called "Issues with the Red Cross", but I was able to find my original post, which was a copy of a first hand report:

My title...

this is the perfect community response that will actually help. The Red Cross was trying to turn away donations of goods because they want cash.
This is what was reported after Katrina..According to...

Thank you for sharing these details. I looked at their financials for last year, and it shows a "loss", but of course we know how figures can be manipulated when we have the money to pay for it. ...

The head of the Red Cross is paid more than half a million dollars every year and a jet...of course they want money. Find someone you want to help and give THEM some money, not these greedy ego...

Unfortunately, greed and profit will continue to bulldoze resident's desires, to make way for more vineyards. And, not all residents want to halt this trend; many support it. They aren't worried...

My Father was in the second world war,in All the theatres ,S.Pacific,N.Africa, and Europe ,He KNEW the red cross was crooked way back then, he said even with the military they did not serve...

Nationally they are known to pay .08 cents on the dollar for actual help. The rest is their promotions, staging costs and salaries I guess. Millions for the CEO. And to think Redwood Credit Union...

Ahem:

How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes
Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures
by Justin...

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Valley Fire


Valley Fire Incident Information:
Last Updated: September 18, 2015 8:00 am
Date/Time Started: September 12, 2015 1:24 pm
Administrative...

The Valley Fire. The people I met yesterday at the evacuation center in Calistoga. A moving experience. Lets not forget that many of the people affected, who lost their homes, pets, perhaps their...