Small, personal stories fill the pages of Petaluma's tiniest literary magazine.

Susan Bono is the editor of Tiny Lights, “A Journal of Personal Narrative”  which features short personal stories not often found in other literary magazines. To view her website, click here .

Tiny Lights publisher Susan Bono on why she does what she does.

You'll find the details on Tiny Lights' annual essay contest here , along with links to past winning entries.

What does the future hold for the swath of vacant land that was once meant to hold an extension of Highway 12 through Santa Rosa's east side?

 Julie Combs of the Neighborhood Association of Bennett Valley describes the present state of the Highway 12 right-of-way lands:

After CalTrans was unable to build a planned extension of Highway 12 through Bennett Valley and over Spring Lake (above)  because of community resistance, the future of the land that was acquired for that project (see overhead view and map below) has remained in limbo.

On September 16^th, the Neighborhood Association of Bennett Valley will  to discuss transportation issues as they pertain to the land that was meant to be a continuation of Hwy 12, at their regular monthly meeting.

To visit their website and read more about their upcoming meeting, click here.

Job training, social work and gourmet food all converge in chef Evelyn Cheatham's unique Worth Our Weight culinary apprentice program.

Chef Cheatham explains the origin of her program's name.

Luke, one of the current students in the WOW program, talks about what he hopes to get out of it.

 Worth Our Weight is currently open Fridays and Saturdays from 9 to 4, and serving Sunday Brunch from 9 to 1.They also have a catering service and a tent at the Santa Rosa Farmers Market on Saturday mornings.

The new location is at 1021 Hahman Drive, next to the Boys and Girls Club, between Montgomery Village anMontgomery High School.

The dining area at Worth Our Weight includes this long, single plank table for shared meals.

If you haven't heard of plans being made for a North American Union, an economic and political consolidation of Canada, Mexico and the United States, it may be because the powers behind those plans want them kept quiet.

Constance Fogal, a leader of the Canadian Action Party , speaks out against the North American Union.

The Amero, a new currency which would cover all of the Americas, could be introduced as a future step into the North American Union.  Here's what Fogal says about that.

You can read a U.S.  government fact sheet about NAFTA here.