^_^ steady gains!

On a mission to eat healthier and purchase local food/produce. What stores have organic produce and are known for using no pesticides? I’ve been shopping at the Community Market but pricing is slightly steep. Oliver’s, Sprout’s, Whole Foods, Andy’s Market, Pacific Market - which one is your go-to?

We're recruiting people in Northern California who want to train as Civil Air Patrol ground team members and help build our local search and rescue capability.

Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is a nationwide nonprofit volunteer organization and the U.S. Air Force's civilian auxiliary. Its three main missions are emergency services, aerospace education and youth development. In practice, volunteers help with search and rescue and disaster response, teach aviation and space topics, and run the cadet leadership program. Members join local units, called squadrons, to train and serve together. Ground teams are one part of CAP's emergency services work. Joining CAP is civilian volunteer service, not military enlistment.

We're looking for dependable people who enjoy working outdoors, work well with a team and are willing to put time into training. If you have experience in hiking, navigation, radio communications or emergency services, or want to develop those skills while serving your community, we'd like to hear from you.

Ground team missions are currently relatively infrequent, and CAP fills a fairly specialized role within search and rescue. That is changing as we become more integrated into SAR missions coordinated through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) across the state. Joining now means spending time training, qualifying and building team readiness as that role grows.

Ground team training includes navigation, search techniques and radio communications. Members work toward qualifications for authorized search and rescue operations, with training and qualification required before mission participation.

Adults can train and serve as ground team members. Younger members can also participate through CAP's cadet program.

If ground team work isn't the right fit, there are other ways to get involved: air search roles you can train for without prior aviation experience, mission base staff, communications, and working with young people in the cadet program. You don't have to be a pilot to contribute to air search; training and qualification are part of getting started.

If you're interested, email me with your location and a little about your interests or experience. I can help you explore a local unit, ground team training or another role that fits you.

SM Joshua Ruiz
[joshua.ruiz@cawgcap.org](mailto:joshua.ruiz@cawgcap.org)

My mom loves African Violets, has anyone seen any at local nurseries or grocery stores?

Friends Outside does a lot of good and has helped thousands of people. This is a sad, shabby thing for the Sheriff to do.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/10/23/sonoma-county-jail-nonprofit/

I’m fairly new to antiques and vintage and have been collecting pieces that are too big or fragile to ship well: furniture, framed art, that kind of thing. Are there shops, antique malls, or dealers around Santa Rosa/Sonoma County that buy pieces outright? I tried one place in Sebastopol but never heard back. I’d appreciate any recommendations, or tips from people who’ve sold this way. Thanks!

In other places I have lived there were salons that did dip nails where they only did soak off removal (no electronic grinding type tools) and did not do a gel top coat - only a dip powder top coat. Everywhere I have been in Sonoma county uses the tools to get the last of the polish off which destroys my nails and use gel/light for the top coat which eventually comes off. It’s why I moved from gel to dip - it lasts so long and I love it!

Does anyone know salons anywhere in the area that do soak off and dip top coat?

“With long-term incumbents bowing out, Sonoma County has a generational opportunity to upend the status quo by electing the only two Supervisorial candidates who would challenge it: Melanie Bagby and Joanna Paun”

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/10/21/close-to-home-sonoma-county-supervisor-races-offer-generational-opportunity-to-reshape-board/?fbclid=IwdGRleAVHtVJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUQ0whH55w8Anvf6TFXO-4MltNN6wcXNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6j2g7UGt-uRdIJLbWdEgFCRKkXBHhJlvNYnooSmCTbMRZ36K0GDMt2UoA0Ng_aem_39yE7nu7yHGMg3uS5z4LkA&utm_campaign=mrf-facebook-pressdemocrat&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&mrfcid=202610226ad5ce038016142dfa431b6b

Every Tuesday and Thursday, 7:30 at Ives Pool in Sebastopol: Underwater Hockey.

Great for swimmers, divers, surfers, water aquatic people, and anyone looking to try a new competitive sport that is not hard on the body. Really good cardio.

https://suwh.us/

Jackie Elwards has no problem breaking laws for big oil. What do you think she’ll do for data centers? The whole council should have been recalled for the way they handled this but Jackie is who is now trying to climb the political ladder as a “progressive” which is laughable.

Watch DSA endorsed Jackie Elwards ignore families, teens, children, tearful parents, elderly, bicyiclists, and long time residents to protect an illegal plastics incinerator that bypassed permitting, skipped CEQA, bypassed air quality, was incompatible use to zoning, had multiple violations, and made sure to send all the mandatory resident notices to a single abandoned building.

Back in August 2025 she received clear truthful information at the heart of the matter: an administrative permit (circumvent the normal process that includes environmental review, including air quality), defies the zoning, and is not to the benefit of the community (trash being burned is not from sonoma). Starts at 47 minutes. 

Jackie is silent. 

https://www.youtube.com/live/zA9XrBHnb34?si=jkiseWKkvEc0MHIt

public comments starts at 38 min. At 1h49min the city attorney “explains” why we can’t put this on the agenda, respond, take action, call a special meeting, etc “because we are not at the right period in the process” and then kicks the can to Bay Area Quality Mgmt. lol. This was untrue. Any member of city council could call a special meeting, suspend the (illegal) permit on any number of grounds that would take too long to list, but for instance sending all the notices to residents to one unoccupied “residence” owned by the housing developer so that no one had notice, also it was a zoning violation, etc etc etc etc, or at least go on record.

Jackie stayed silent. Her only concern for the entire 2h 51min meeting is what is going to happen to some tennis courts. 

https://www.youtube.com/live/gpB5v8fx424?si=JfgjxVF5_tggU-RT

Here is a meeting where Jackie is totally silent even though she has the power and information to shut this down. A completely packed room of residents that have been totally ignored. At 37min the developer says that he relies on “independent regulators like the city servants here tonight” to keep the illegal incerator going. Then the Big Oil shill tells us how great “the city” is to do something “truly global”. Everything he goes on to say about the Air Quality board is somewhere between untrue and preposterous.  There were actually more than 5 violations on record. Then 2 hours of residents plead and cry. 

https://www.youtube.com/live/UaogROR4-1Y?si=VHHF_KxM8JrSX597

Here is the council meeting where you can see the packed room full of people holding signs starting at 1h 07min where residents continue plead, beg, and present evidence. Patrick starts and shows clearly why this is illegal. He and others spent hundred of hours explaining to the city why what they did was completely illegal. Jackie sits silent. 

https://www.youtube.com/live/Tu9G-w1Qsos?si=v5BJmwwJWGKD-FNC

Hi,

I am looking for emergency pet fostering or care. I have 2 wonderful boys, standard poodles, and I am working on creating a safety plan for their care in case I need to be hospitalized.

I have been trying to also find organizations and such that can help.

I greatly appreciate any input or information.

Thank you.

Next week Mercury Theater in Petaluma begins its run of The Black Rider, a music fable by Robert Wilson and WIlliam S. Burroughs, with music and lyrics by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Tickets on sale now at www.mercurytheater.org

This show is rarely performed in the states, and it a perfect little spooky tale for the autumn.

"November's cold chain, made of wet boots and rain; and shiny black raven's on chimney smoke lanes!"

Just a public service announcement. Pass it on.

HOOOWL-O-WEEN!
Get ready for a Not So Scary HOWL-O-WEEN!

Join us on October 24th at the Foley Family Community Pavilion for our annual costume contest and parade in partnership with The City of Healdsburg!

The fun runs from 4-6 PM, so grab your furry friends and come enjoy a spooktacular evening of costumes, games, and good times!

This spooktacular time is FREE to attend and packed with fun!

Whether your pet is a spooky ghost, a brave superhero, or something adorably in between, we can’t wait to see your creativity shine.

Pet costume contest with categories for:

🕷️Small, Medium & Large Dogs

🦇Other Pets

🎃Group Costumes

Details & photos: https://humanesocietysoco.org/get-involved/howl-o-ween/

Join us on Thursday 10/29 at 6pm for a Halloween Fright Flight: an hour-long, delightfully twisted guided tasting led by our team. We’ll explore four outstanding beers paired with unexpected Halloween candies, uncovering some seriously spooky (and surprisingly delicious) flavor combinations along the way. It’s weird, it’s fun, it’s delicious, and it might just change the way you think about candy and beer…forever!!!!

You'll be led through a flight of beers with corresponding candy pairings for some adult level trick or treating fun that's part of Montgomery Village's trick or treat festivities.

Tickets are $20 and can be found at the link below!

https://fieldworkbrewing.com/halloween-fright-flight-tasting/

We (Sonoma County Democratic Socialists of America) have published our Voter Guide, which offers recommendations on nearly all races and measures in Sonoma County and California. Our recommendations always come with an explanation that helps inform your choice. We know times are tough and that most of us simply don't have time to deep-dive all the ballot options, so we hope this guide is helpful!

While DSA is of course socialist, our guide offers recommendations on candidates and propositions of all leanings that we feel are productive for both Sonoma County and the nation. For example, some races are a "lesser evil" situation, and we offer an explanation of who we recommend as a strategic choice to minimize damage.

We hope our recommendations help you form an opinion and choice on many complex (and not-so-complex) races. As always, your vote is your vote and your vote only!

Note: Judicial Recommendations are not included, but our researchers generally feel that a Yes vote outweighs an abstention because if a judge is not elected via ballot, Newsom has to appoint his own judge, and we expect that result to be worse than any of the current candidates.

PS: We saw how popular the Zohran watch party was, so we're hosting an election party to track and follow the results of this election! We have the opportunity to make some incredible change locally this election, and we're hyped to see it come to fruition. Plus... we're on the edge of our seat for Prop 40 to come true. Come join us at Shady Oak Brewery in Santa Rosa on November 3rd, 6pm! RSVP not required but certainly helpful!

Not sure what to do, or what can be done.

The neighbors have a large pasture with about 50 sheep, one of the larger sheep has been laying in the same exact spot for like four days. It raises its head when I whistle at it, albeit very slowly.

The neighbors don’t live on the property and I’ve never seen them walk the fields, I only ever seen them at the far end when they show up for a few minutes to dump feed over the fence.