The left and right turns from Highway 12 into CVS are far worse than the traffic outside Whole Foods, in spite of the claim by one person. One can get backed up for a long time and further than Llano...

To be clear. KOWS and the City of Sebastopol WERE sued! KOWS voluntarily withdrew it's application out of consideration for the city. It is very likely KOWS would have prevailed on the merits of...

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

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How CVS Conned Sebastopol
by John Eder, former Sebastopol City Council Member

Part 1 of 5

https://www.WaccoBB.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2017-02-05_15-07-15.pngI served on the Sebastopol...

I certainly agree that the U.S. government has done all these horrible things--interfering in elections, assasinations, juntas, death squads, etc. That is where my focus has been. However, that does...

Be sure to click on the link below, which leads to a 14 page document from the intelligence community.

Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on the...

And yes, this ordinance was adopted after cvs won their case, in response to citizen lament, how did the monstrosity get approval? Hindsight, so clear. This is why roundtable couldn't come back to...

FYI, the new CVS is out of compliance with Sebastopol's General Plan. In that Plan, drug stores are supposed to be located in shopping centers outside of the central core - such as where CVS has been...

Here's BuzzFeed's article on the secret dossier detailing Trump's collusion with Russia.

Here's the New York Times article about the document, including what they know and don't know about it.
...

the barlow was supposed to be a mix of light industry (guyaki fits that mold), haven't seen or heard of anything else that does.
there are billboards for the barlow in sr, sf (lombard st), & it is...

this is so disgusting- what more can one say, except-
I Can't wait to get out of Sonoma County. So much for sweet West County. Hey, let's Build Two Mega Hotels, not just one. if you think that's...

Following is a response about Zapolski Real Estate, which may be buying the Barlow. It is from Dan of Napa Vision 2050:

"They're building a five story hotel and lots of retail space in the heart...

The following just went up on the Bohemian's Facebook page. I had been told by a reliable source about this sale, which she heard about from Barlow tenants. If this is true, it would not be likely to...

About the pension plan which you state, I have no argument, but as to your issue on "junior second dwelling units with zero impact fees, no hookup charges and no affordability charges for owner...

Completely agree for private employee unions. they are on the opposite side of big money and owners. Owners watch out for themselves, unions watch out for members, a virtuous tension exists.

But...

Chemical vineyards, such as those of the Jenkins on Pleasant Hill Road, kill. They kill bees and vegetation and harm the most vulnerable humans, including children and elders. It is a disgrace that...

KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON!

COME TO TOMORROW'S SR CITY COUNCIL MEETING


SR City Council meets only twice before they approve this plan: TOMORROW, Tuesday, the 19th, & next week Tuesday, the 26th...

My previous experiences have been that the times and the dates of these meetings can change without much notice or proper notice. I would not be surprised if the meeting starts @ 4 PM. I would check...

This morning I notified ABC 7 news, and will report on their response. We must avail ourselves of any opportunity to publicize this project that puts things before living beings. Unification is the...

At a City Council meeting everyone has an opportunity to speak on an agenda item for up to two minutes. Sometimes people team up and prepare something longer and divide it up into 2 minute intervals.

When I have gone to the SR counsel meetings in the past, I was gonged off in two minutes. I had valid points and proven research data that I attempted to explain about the land and the environment....

The Hale Winery hearing scheduled for today has been postponed to Nov. 17, Tues., at 2:10. A main reason for this is apparently to allow a peer review of the Noise Study. Following is the brief...

Please consider commenting on the following PD article at the link below, where a vigorous pre-dawn discussion has already been occurring. The Board of Supervisors meeting this Tuesday, 10/13, at 2...

https://www.sonomaindependent.org/can-moderate-income-housing-return-to-sonoma-county/

A wonderful article by Lynda McDaniel exploring options for dealing with the housing crisis in our County:
...

This is a perfect opportunity for those who are mourning the loss of a sanctuary that provided healing and joyful experiences. Transform your sadness, grief and loss into a generous offering of...

From the Harbin website:

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Relief Fund
Please support the people of Harbin

You can help the people of Harbin...

FREE DROP-IN DISASTER COUNSELING

Redwood Empire Chapter of California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (RECAMFT.org)
is holding FREE drop-in counseling for those impacted by the...

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...

From the Harbin website:

FIRE UPDATE: 9/14/15, 1:30 PM

Harbin Hot Springs was evacuated on Saturday afternoon, just before the Valley Fire advanced into our main valley. Although an official...

Hello my friends,

The Sonoma County Permit Resource Management Division is rewriting the General Plan for the coast. The new language aims to change areas that are zoned for agriculture to...

Dear Community, Here is my article that was just published in the Gazette.
https://www.sonomacountygazette.com/cms/pages/sonoma-county-news-article-4290.html

Following is link to the cover of this week’s Bohemian and the first few paragraphs.

It is the longest article that I have seen in the Bohemian during my 24 years here. It relates directly to...

My appreciations to Lilli for this report. Others in the 4 Russian River tributaries, which these letters focus on, have also received such letters. Meanwhile the County is still permitting yet more...

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Got apples? Now there’s a great new way to make apple juice! Slow Food Russian River is providing 2 FREE Community Apple Presses at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm in...

An overflow crowd spilled into the lobby at California State Senator Mike McGuire’s August 13 promised Town Hall. Many were alarmed by an article at the top of the front-page of the prior day’s...

To everyone who finds this disturbing - if we all support apple farmers, buy their products, pay a fair price for them, eat lots of them in season, make apple sauce for the winter, come to the Free...

Afraid I don't have anything constructive to offer on topic. The wine-lifestyle phenomena, and its destructive impact on landscape and community, just depresses the hell out of me. Thanks to everyone...

Yet another apple orchard has been converted to a vineyard and an application has been made to make it into a winery. This is at the corner of Elphick, Pleasant Hill, and Watertrough, southwest of...

The 15% figure published by PD is perhaps a diminished perspective because the percentage of all votes cast is different from the percentage of voters. Each voter could vote three times. 2354 people...

It was surprising and unsettling for me to read Helen Shane’s post above, and her identical letter in Sonoma West, challenging my leadership role in countering the CVS project.

It was my...

I do not trust the news media much these days and that is why I pointed out the headline about the judge "refusing" mediation, when in fact he recommended it.

The hidden agenda and conflict of...

Thank you Jonathan and Dan. When I first read the editorial something about it smelled- lots of charges and personal attacks and absolutely no details. The attacks on Dan, who probably more than...

I am also voting for Victoria Shanahan. Ravitch's failure to act in a timely way with respect to the killing of Andy Lopez reveals a serious defect. Shanahan also seems more supportive of medical...

It was five weeks ago, soon after I started investigating the Palm Drive closing, when I attended the April 23 hearing.

That's when I first started hearing the allegations of "conflict of...

[First let me say that I have learned not to respond to attacks like Jim Horn’s because it only gives them more credibility than they deserve. But since I have been asked, I would offer the...

Shepherd, this is just over-the-top beautiful! I am so happy for you! Love is the best!
Your sharing of it this way is a wonderful gift to the community.

Building relationships and...

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...

The legal action continues. The city has responded to CVS' response to Sebastopol's request for a summary judgment in the case. Reading it leaves me feeling that our lawyers are doing an excellent...

Now that the feed store burned down, that entire block from the corner Chevy dealership to the feed store is defunct. What a great fortune! A chance to reclaim that area as an extension of...