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News and transparency advocates lament another loss of public resource due to news consolidation and cost cutting.
This is an ongoing exploration - what journalism looks like post enshittification of social media.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...
Bodega Bay NIMBYs and their private enclave are influencing how we can access lands that belong to us.
youtu.be/SG18gzUBPkA
Great Redwood Trail to be "rails with trails" between Cloverdale and Willits.
theava.com/archives/281...
A hillshade map showing a magenta area of Neely Road neighborhood at risk of landslide and treefall.
a google map screenshot of the same area
Sonoma Sheriff's Office has issued an *EVACUATION WARNING* for a LARGE area in Guerneville.
Many homes in the Neely Road neighborhood are said to be at threat of a large landslide and treefall hazards (risky area circled in magenta)
more: socoemergency.org/emergency/wa...
Map link: t.ly/iE5SD
The Surface Transportation Board today determined that the Great Redwood Trail Agency needs to keep the rail open from Willits to Cloverdale such that the Skunk Train not become landlocked from the national rail network.
Maybe there WILL be a coal train?
www.pressdemocrat.com/2022/06/15/p...
Watching Green Valley residents ignore the concept of 'turn around, don't drown' is enjoyable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcQJ...
Residents asked for feedback on Annadel Master Plan - Deadline for comment submission: Feb 27th
www.parks.ca.gov?page_id=31763
After holding a single public meeting, California State Parks Staff are releasing an arguably half-baked, barely vetted Road and Trails Master Plan for Annadel State Park.
Meeting #2 on Feb 4 - RSVP required.
www.parks.ca.gov?page_id=31763
It's the Wild West in Covelo!
Unmarked vehicle pursuit - Red&Blue flashing pursuer was stopped by Sheriff and CHP and RELEASED. Three pursuers wearing tactical gear and weapons released.
kymkemp.com/2026/01/21/u...
A California state appeals court last week denied a landowner’s request that the court reconsider its decision that the owner of the Skunk Train in Mendocino County has the power to condemn private property. The decision is the latest salvo in a long-running dispute over the attempt of Mendocino Railway — the owner and operator of the popular Skunk Train excursion service — to condemn a 20-acre undeveloped parcel in Willits, allegedly to be used for current and future passenger and freight rail operations. In California, a public utility is authorized to condemn private property for public purposes, providing that it pays the owner “just compensation” for the land. The owner of the parcel, John Meyer, challenged the condemnation on grounds that Mendocino Railway is not a “public utility” for purposes of the eminent domain law and therefore had no power to pursue condemnation. Meyer also argued that even if the railway was a public utility, the proposed use of the condemned property was not for public purposes and therefore did not qualify for condemnation. After a six-day jury trial in 2022, Meyer’s arguments prevailed in Mendocino County Superior Court. Under California law, to be deemed a public utility, a rail operator must be open to, and actually serve, the general public, not a private group, and the property to be condemned must be for public purposes. The railway owns a roughly 40-mile rail line that runs from Fort Bragg to Willits. The track’s primary operations and revenues (over 90%) come from running private Skunk Train excursions. In addition, the line provides passenger commuter service to a small number of individuals and families that commute to their properties on the line. The train also has some modest freight operations and hopes to have more in the future. The line was open for the full 40-mile run until 2015 when a collapsed tunnel — yet unrepaired — severed the line into two parts. Notwithstanding the collapse, the railway continued off…
Skunk Train a "Public Utility" - can condemn private property for public use (as they intend to do in Willits) - raising questions about their system's collapsed tunnel (between Fort Bragg and Willits) - and also how it would impact railbanking for Great Redwood Trail
theava.com/archives/279...
map of H1 flying looking for Kale. https://www.sebastopoltimes.com/p/missing-man-grew-up-in-west-county
A week after he went missing, Sonoma County Sheriff's Henry1 appears to be finally looking for missing man.
globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=a023ff
www.sebastopoltimes.com/p/missing-ma...
Landslide on State Route 116 West of Monte Rio in Sonoma County Caltrans Has Implemented One-way Traffic Control Update January 9, 2026 Caltrans hired an emergency contractor who arrived at the site yesterday to stabilize the highway. Using a crane with a large auger, the contractor drilled through the pavement and earth below the eastbound lane, lowered steel beams into the holes, and backfilled them with gravel. Although the steel beams aren’t interlocked to create a solid wall, they are aligned close enough together to stabilize the road until a permanent retaining wall is designed and built.
Landslide on State Route 116 West of Monte Rio in Sonoma County Caltrans Has Implemented One-way Traffic Control Update January 9, 2026 Caltrans hired an emergency contractor who arrived at the site yesterday to stabilize the highway. Using a crane with a large auger, the contractor drilled through the pavement and earth below the eastbound lane, lowered steel beams into the holes, and backfilled them with gravel. Although the steel beams aren’t interlocked to create a solid wall, they are aligned close enough together to stabilize the road until a permanent retaining wall is designed and built.
Landslide on State Route 116 West of Monte Rio in Sonoma County Caltrans Has Implemented One-way Traffic Control Update January 9, 2026 Caltrans hired an emergency contractor who arrived at the site yesterday to stabilize the highway. Using a crane with a large auger, the contractor drilled through the pavement and earth below the eastbound lane, lowered steel beams into the holes, and backfilled them with gravel. Although the steel beams aren’t interlocked to create a solid wall, they are aligned close enough together to stabilize the road until a permanent retaining wall is designed and built.
Landslide on State Route 116 West of Monte Rio in Sonoma County Caltrans Has Implemented One-way Traffic Control Update January 9, 2026 Caltrans hired an emergency contractor who arrived at the site yesterday to stabilize the highway. Using a crane with a large auger, the contractor drilled through the pavement and earth below the eastbound lane, lowered steel beams into the holes, and backfilled them with gravel. Although the steel beams aren’t interlocked to create a solid wall, they are aligned close enough together to stabilize the road until a permanent retaining wall is designed and built.
West Sonoma County is nearly divided in two by this Monte Rio Hwy 116 slide.
dot.ca.gov/caltrans-nea...
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-123.2/centery:38.3/zoom:10
crab pots - old style (not legal anymore like this) https://norcalpublicmedia.org/2026010899988/news-feed/bodega-bay-crabbing-fleet-heads-out-to-sea-despite-price-uncertainties
Commercial fleet is said to be putting crab pots out today - yet AIS shows none are using their mandated transponders.
Read all about it:
norcalpublicmedia.org/202601089998...
google maps of the accident
Three vehicle pile up blocking all lanes of SB 101 @ Baker this morning.
One rollover, no extrications. One patient.
Slow TF down, people. Leave earlier for work, sheesh.
A book too hot for Windsor HS to teach in the classroom? Scythe, by Neal Shusterman is that book.
norcalpublicmedia.org/202601089997...
It's the season of flooding and guess who can't keep their flood cameras working? If you guessed Sonoma County Public Works, you're right!
www.youtube.com/@SonomaCoPI/...
The Pilot of Sonoma County Sheriff's helicopter, Henry1, is alleged to have prevented the promotion of a black deputy to Henry1 because "black men can't swim"
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www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/12/18/s...
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
This is the video.
Lake Berryessa's Glory Hole (spillway)
The Glory Hole Watch has commenced!
Source: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
raw sewage alert for the lower russian river
The Brown Trout are running!
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has officially disbanded, months after Congress and President Trump stripped funding from public media.
Lopez De San Roman disrupting expectations as stand-out cyclist web.archive.org/web/20251230...
A train through downtown Sebastopol as recently as 1978?!
Believe it, or not.
With as much as 10% of Sonoma and Monterey counties without power, and 25% of Mendocino County!
The last 24 hours of storm development over California is truly something to behold! The December 24th early morning wind event stopped power to more than 100,000 households (and counting)!
SF to Fort Bragg - coast is out of power almost without exception, and deep into west Sonoma County
SF to Big Sur - many outages including most of the Monterey Peninsula
Huge swaths of coastal California are without power this Christmas Eve.
pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools...
Cordell Marine Sanctuary end-of-year report:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_VY...
cordellfoundation.org
mailchi.mp/accd4150cd76...
"The final installment of the Flock Trilogy, filmed on a publicly deployed Flock Safety camera."
Benn found nearly 70 #Flock AI surveillance cameras with no user name or password required to access the past 31 days of recorded or live footage! 😩
Cancel Flock! 🚫
#deflock #surveillance #flocksafety
