A few years ago I drove the Natchez Trace Parkway (highly recommended), spent a night in Tupelo Mississippi (birthplace of Elvis!). The local Starbucks clearly was one of the happening places in...

I agree with Tommy. I have had friends happily living there over the years and I have been to appealing and nurturing events there. It is less expensive than some places, but still a credit to our...

By the way.
The Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz has long experience with Organic Strawberry growers, and OG Strawberry Production research down on the Central...

"...Local organizations, led by the North Bay Organizing Project, succeeded in gaining support for Measure C in last week's election, by a number of local groups, including the Santa Rosa...

Interesting tommy, the US has many encouragements for home ownership, and historical rates close to 2/3. In comparable countries with higher home rental rates, like western europe, is rent control...

Tommy's thoughtful response differentiating the Pellini & Pine Grove Sq. properties makes a lot of sense to me. Comparing those two properties would be like comparing boysenberries and...

Here are links to 3 articles the PD recently ran about the Rent Control measure on the June 6th ballot in Santa Rosa.

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I think converting the parking lot into a mixed-use development with housing and commercial space is a great idea. Increasing density in our towns and cities is the only way we can accommodate a...

40210Please be aware of a new project that the CITY OF SEBASTOPOL is proposing - PINE GROVE SQUARE.

This will be discussed at the June 6 Council meeting at 6pm at the Youth Annex, 435 Morris St....

i have been homeless or border line homeless for around 18 years; I have observed local homelessness closely,donated a few cubic yards of things to them. and ate and talked with ,picked up...

I work in downtown Santa Rosa, two blocks off the square and think it is a HUGE improvement to downtown. The biggest problem with the old divided "square" was the street that split it in half with...

"intractable problem"???

$20 MILLION could only "buy a few houses", i.e. useless to help thousands people go from 'homeless and destitute' to housed, fed, working and well...

i disagree.
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If you are going to call out Guerneville as a NIMBY place you may as well have some more facts to consider. The lower River area has something like 250 plus homeless. Per capita that is 3 to 4 times...

Some of these conditions will improve with the arrival of warmer weather. We have to own our homeless problem, and tolerance is a good beginning. I'm not surprised at businesses blanching at their...

James Gore and David Rabbitt will probably trip over themselves to accommodate this ugly monstrosity of a project..
we will see who else on the Board will also follow along. Lynda Hopkins had huge...

Following is today’s PD article on the Dairyman Winery, PRSC’s Reuben Weinzveg’s response, and a link to Janis Watkins Close to Home on Sustainable Tourism. Please consider making comments.
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Yeah, good point. It is probably too easy to be a critic. At the same time, as someone born in Sebastopol, I'd like to see the changes called for what they are and not be sugar coated as it is...

In this article, Is “For Sale” a sign of the times for Sebastopol?, the reporter writes, "It may be hard to pinpoint what finally brought Sebastopol to the precipice of change."

and this
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Eco Cycle Solutions

WE'RE AT A CRITICAL TURNING POINT


Climate change. Plastics in our oceans. Toxic chemicals in our food and water. We can choose a different future. We can start by...

well, most people would be, depending on where you are and how often it happens! (sorry, OT)
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ECOSAFE

EcoSafe delivers turnkey Zero Waste Solutions for source separation with a focus on diverting organic waste from landfill to commercial compost facilities.

Compost, a natural organic...

The latest development in the campaign to Impeach Donald Trump. In a unanimous vote, the City Council of Richmond, California, approved our resolution to become the first city to call on Congress to...

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Actually... it's much simpler than that.

People just don't like change and wanna think they deserve something because there's a system in place. Economics is just an excuse. We have the...

I'd sure like to know who funded this study.

The thrust of this article seems to be aimed at rice and rice products. I think you need to consider the source of the rice products you use....

Re:

I am not buying that one.

“According to exit polling, those who voted for Nader were disproportionately under 30, independent, first time voters, formerly Perot voters, and of no...

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Sonoma County to...

Clearly, Dwight, you are unacquainted with how a democracy works. Peaceful demonstrations, civil disobedience, etc. are all a part of it and do not cease just because an election is over.

We need a long-range strategy. We need a vision of a path to the power to not only stop Trump and his allies, but to stop wars of empire altogether and redirect our national resources to benefit...

I have to agree with others that the very worst congestion and diciest traffic is at the WF cluster****. Traffic at the CVS junction has been particularly bad, both east and west, on Hwy 12 for...

Like every American story these days, there are layers to unfold so as to accomplish a broader and more inclusive perspective of things.
CVS, unlike Rite Aid and Safeway have chosen NOT to benefit...

FAKE NEWS
I just talked to Adam at Hole in the Wall to find out when they were closing. They have no plans to close at this time. These are rumors as are the apparent rumors that he is about to...

The latest from Julia Bystrova at Standing Rock, the most recent on the bottom:
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Wake up greedy pot growers ,times are changing and your big profit ticket is over . The future is going to hold many changes and all the "med pot patients" are going to have to get a pill ,non get...

The threat of a lawsuit against KOWS Radio and the City Council was also the deciding factor in KOWS loss on the issue of building an antenna. This, unfortunately, is the trump card played by wealthy...

Here is the latest posting from Julia Bystrova who is at Standing Rock now.

Jul Bystrova
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https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/6597141-181/close-to-home-rallying-around

Close to Home: Rallying around a statement of defiance

SUSAN LAMONT, Press Democrat January 29, 2017

Sonoma...

My point is that your analysis of cvs in sebastopol contains factual errors which you don't seem to want to recognise. Why be here, if you don't want to learn?

A letter to the Editor-Press Democrat. 1/18

Defining sustainable
EDITOR: Saturday’s promotional supplement on sustainable wine growing shows the shortfalls of the sustainability program. Under...

So much for the great wine industry. Wine industry bullies Saturday night shut down a pizza fundraiser in Napa for a pro community, water, environment and health group: NapaVision2050. Napa...

Thanks to the 15 people who expressed gratitude for the local flood photos by my daughter!
She's got some real nice reflection ones from today:

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Here are some photos from WaccoBB's crack flood photographer (my daughter, Manna Chertov :hifive:)

Wed Jan 11, 2017


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This ordinance is going to the Board of Supervisors most likely on January 24- https://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/docs/AccessoryUnits/

They are moving quickly due to new requirements under State...

Here is an interesting take on the Big Wine/water shortage discussion.

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Falcons, Drones,Data: A Winery Battles Climate Change
Jackson...

Thank you, AnnMarie, for opening this conversation.

We have to make this place be good for the other forms of life, because if it's not good for them, it's not going to be good for us either....

Our own Miguel Elliott is in Standing Rock, building. The following is from Petaluma’s Argus-Courier, which I found on today’s PD website. Be sure to see the photos at the bottom.
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It appears Julia is making her way back to West County from Standing Rock. Here are her postings in the last day since the previous ones above.

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What I learned from previous posts on this website is that the city hookup fees for a second dwelling are $20,000 even though the city has almost no costs associated with it. How about a moratorium...

Yes, there are many things that could be done to help address the housing crisis and unfortunately the majoriy including increased wages and new development will take too long for many community...

Tenants in rent controlled housing don't move because if they stay long enough they will become part of the subsidized group of tenants benefiting from the lower rents, assuming the market increases...