Hello Jessica,
I did a quick google typing in "help for seniors with vet bills in California" and turned up numerous non-profit organizations. One blurb also said the Humane Society can provide a...

jbox,

I will let Jonathan answer for himself but here is the (long) answer to the question you asked me:

Joan and my support was never tied to the use of HarmoniMD as the hospital information...

Just to make clear that what I have been saying is shared at the state level, here is the conclusion from a 2015 study of California Health Care Districts. What is indicated here is that districts...

jomo,

Thanks for this info. It is important to remember that 85% of the people who go to an emergency room get their under their own power and many are just as sick as the ones arriving in an...

Unfortunately the Santa Rosa hospitals cannot always keep up with demand even with Sonoma West Medical Center being open. According to data available on the Costal EMS web site (Emergency Department...

The child was found safe in Downieville, CA this afternoon at 3pm

More info at the Press Democrat here.

A Personal Thank You

We often talk about the hospital in an impersonal way but for the people whose lives are saved or who receive care, it is the most personal of experiences. Having recently...

from Sonoma West Times and News, 10/20:

...

Why the plan to divert hospital taxes will not work:

In a recent opinion piece in the Sonoma West Times and News, Sandra Bodley, a current member of the Palm Drive Health Care District board puts...

Thank You for that Jonathan. I don't live in city limits but a lot of folks I know and play ukulele with do. I will do my best to swing them your way if they aren't already there.

All The Best,...

Goat Rock Ukuele,

I (Sebastopol City Council candidate and Open Our Hospital advocate Jonathan Greenberg) could not agree more with your sense of dismay that there is indeed something very wrong...

Nearly 40 years ago while a Graton Firefighter, one night we were chasing around after an arsonist. He lit a grass fire down on Laguna Rd (I say he because almost all arsonists are male this one was...

If all of the energy that has been expended attempting to destroy the hospital were devoted to helping it be successful it would be very successful and an even greater asset to West County!

Being somewhat new to this area I have been quite surprised to see controversy among people concerning the future of the Sonoma West Medical Center and its Emergency Room. According to a study...

Donna,

Thank you for your kind words.
At this point, I do not take personally the attacks in the paper but I think it is important to understand why people have been opposed to the hospital and...

Posting on WACCO is not what I do but I do read the posts of others pretty much every day. I don't remember ever posting before. But as a 30 year resident of Sonoma County and one of the thousands...

The Story of our Hospital
Part 2: How Taxpayers Got the Deal of the Century With Sonoma West Medical Center
By Dan Smith

Candidates for the Palm Drive Hospital Board have tried to inflame...

The Story of our Hospital
Part 1: Why Urgent Care Isn’t an Option
By Dan Smith

Once again, candidates for the Palm Drive Health Care District are advocating to close our Emergency Room and...

The Story of Our Hospital
A Personal Introduction
By Dan Smith

At the risk of stirring up even more confusion, I have decided to publish a series of short WACCO articles on Sonoma West Medical...

So, naturally, this resource of animal manure needs to be returned to the system, and as locally as possible (on-farm ideally). However, applying raw slurry from festering lagoons is no better than...

from The Press Democrat, 8/26:
...

In reality the taxpayers have not been, nor will they be, obligated for any additional costs for reopening the hospital or its operation thus far or in the future. All commitments made to support the...

This is Elizabeth -- I just got home from SWMC after my second hip replacement, went in Monday morning at 6 AM, home Tuesday afternoon by 1:30. I don't want to address the fiscal issues here,...

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Toxic algae alert issued for Russian River
...

I missed advanced notice of this meeting, but reached out to Chief Weaver for his comments and he replied with:

Hi, Barry -...

The problem is that we HAVE jumped into the GMO pandora's box BLINDLY. Until sensible regulations are put in place, GMO's need to be banned.

Shepherd (and Assumpta)

Thank you so much for including us, your community, in your reconnection with Assumpta, and to that ecstatic feeling of romantic kinship, and beyond that....a moving...

A Second Chance—25 Years Later
By Shepherd Bliss with Assumpta Ortiz
WaccoBB.net

A “Second Chance,” after 25 years of absence and silence, was recently offered Shepherd by Assumpta. Her email...

Propose a Project
for the
Village Building Convergence!

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Dear Fellow Village Builders and Sustainability Artisans...

While I am not a strong library-user, I am more than willing to support a tax such as this to keep them open. So many people rely on the library in our county, and the last time I was there it was...

Library hours in Sonoma County have been slashed from 52 to 40 hours at all 11 County libraries for the past three years. They are closed Mondays for the first time in a century. :hmmm:

A new poll...

That is such a good idea. I totally support it. I've been using Palm Drive Hospital for almost 40 years, and if it closes, I'm sunk! I applaud getting rid of the overpaid, ineffective stream of...

I read about this, excerpted below, in the PD today, here

If the hospital board could NOT vote tomorrow to close our hospital, but instead move toward a doctor-run takeover of the hospital, the...

A New Year’s Blessing


Unhurried mornings, greeted with gratitude;
good work for the hand, the heart and the mind;
the smile of a friend, the laughter of children;
kind words from a neighbor,...

Peace Voyager, Maybe Obama and Feinstein are not personally against labeling. Maybe they are deceived by and/or controlled by Monsanto on this issue. Here is part of an article I read today by a...

Monsanto and the other big corporations are spending a million dollars a DAY now to make sure that Prop 37 doesn't pass, and their disgusting, deceptive ads have done an excellent job at confusing...

Hey! Everyone,

Laurel isn't the only person dismayed with Prop 37's exceptions. Spoke with at least 3 farmers at the Original Santa Rosa Farmers Market last Saturday, plus a good friend, who also...

thank you for your thoughtful and eloquent post, rosa.

guy

Just Label It - the GMO labeling song by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEVw5Jl4c2g

HealthRanger YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/thehealthranger

New Prop 37 ad
Right to Know: Vote Yes on Prop 37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB1xHFwSYIg

Click here to help us get this ad on the air: https://fwwat.ch/Right2KnowTVAD

To learn more...

Yes Agenda 21 is real. I am a fan of Rosa Koire's, and have noticed the insidious jargon and policies that are indicators of Agenda 21 being implemented in my home county as well as nationally. I do...

GMO Film Series Presents Scientist Under Attack

Wednesday, October 10 6:30 PM
$5.00 USD
Humanist Hall in Oakland

Potluck begins at 6:30pm and the film begins at 7:30pm.

Árpád Pusztai and...

Laurel, I read your opinion piece on Prop 37 as well as your subsequent responses to people who challenged you. While it is apparent your heart is in the right place, I was disappointed to see you...

Why I'm voting "NO" on Prop 37

by Laurel Blair, NTP

To those who are familiar with my nutritional philosophy, it may come as a surprise to hear that I plan to vote against California Prop 37,...

By Shepherd Bliss
WaccoBB.net

https://i.imgur.com/HUdEo.jpg“Sustainability” has become a buzzword. But what does it really mean? One definition is that it requires a triple-E bottom...

Personally, I think that any conversations about non-profits soliciting donations from their community is worthwhile--particularly when there is discourse in the air already...

As a recent former...

San Onofre nuclear plant problem worse than thought: report

Source: Raw Story

LOS ANGELES — US nuclear regulators published an update on California’s troubled San Onofre power plant Thursday,...

I particularly appreciate your rebuttal of the idea that this all happened "a long time ago." Among Native Americans, Pomo people are among those who suffered the most recent atrocities. Of the...

Tommy,

Why don’t you come to the lecture or inquire within the Tribe about the facts of what we are doing with our profits for the environment? Why don’t you look into the huge amount of money my...

Gladys failed a Health and Safety course at the Senior Center today.

One of the questions was:
"In the event of a fire, what steps would you take?"


"F***ing' big ones" was apparently the...