SMART Neighborhood Planning

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:04:31 +0100

With the SMART Train commuter rail system will come a growing number of commuters. So plans are being formulated to build new neighborhoods around the train stations to accommodate them. Today we look at that process in northern Santa Rosa.

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Bernie Krause's Soundscaped

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:55:31 +0100

In his most recent book, Bernie Krause traces of origins of music in the sounds of our natural environment Bernie Krause has spent his life capturing the sounds of the natural world. Now his archives are the only place where many of them can be found any more.

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Railroad Freight Update

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:48:16 +0100

Freight trains have been quietly rolling through the south part of the North Bay twice a week over the past 11 months. Now they are poised to run farther north, and more frequently.

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Save Our Sonoma Roads

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:22:49 +0100

One of the many hazards that awaits unwary travelers on Lichau RoadThe hundreds of potholes that jar travelers Sonoma County's roads should not be seen as a result of insufficient funding, a new advocacy group argues, but a direct consequence of inappropriate budgetary choices.

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"Chrysopylae"

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 04 May 2012 07:00:00 +0100

Rob KapilowThe Golden Gate is a dramatic space traversed by an iconic bridge. These two strongly visual elements have now been rendered in music, in new work for orchestra, chorus and real world sound.

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tanks

Occupy Mayday

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:42:03 +0100

Next Tuesday is International Workers Day, and the newest group to join in the annual Mayday march for immigrant rights and related issues locally is Occupy Santa Rosa.

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Bruce Robinson — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:53:41 +0100

Long before humankind developed agriculture, gathering food from the natural landscape provided sustenance. And to a limited degree, it still can, even here in the Bay Area.

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