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Sonoma County Studies Disaster Response, Rolls Out New Tools for Public

Major natural disaster threats on the North Coast include earthquakes, floods, wildfires and landslides. All of which allow for less immediate advance planning than hurricanes, which is what makes it so important that residents take preparedness seriously, officials say. Here’s what Sonoma County emergency coordinators recommend: – Sign up for SoCoAlert at socoalert.com to learn about emergencies and evacuation orders as they happen directly from first responders. – Have an emergency evacuation plan. – Purchase a NOAA weather radio to get alerts about storms at the same time emergency responders do. – Practice taking cover beneath sturdy furniture and holding […]

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Outwatch – Wine Country’s LGBTQI Film Festival Review: “Retake”

For his feature film debut Nick Corporon chose to co-write and direct a road movie with a difference. True having a lonely middle-aged gay man pay for the services of a young hustler to accompany him is hardly new, but the journey they undertake together makes this intriguing resourceful wee drama  a very suspenseful edgy thriller. When Jonathan (Tuc Watkins)  picks a nameless rent boy off the streets of San Francisco, he senses that they may have some sort of connection and he hires him for the next few days to travel with him to the Grand Canyon.  He offers to pay him […]

Unrepentant Anti-gay Sizzla to Play Petaluma’s Mystic Theatre

Petaluma’s Mystic Theater has scheduled a September show by reggae artist Sizzla whose lyrics insight violence against the LGBTQI Community and who makes anti-gay statements during performances.  He first emerged onto the Jamaican dancehall scene in the late ‘90s, and quickly became notorious for incorporating hateful lyrics into his songs. The North Bay LGBTQI Community is in the process of alerting the local media to bring attention to the concert and Sizzla’s reputation.  Many are emailing and calling the Mystic to express their concern and urge owners and management to cancel the Sizzla show.  Members or the group have noted […]

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