Sebastopol CITY LIMITS Podcast

Since John Namkung retired as an administrator of special education services in Sonoma County, he’s been involved in several humanitarian missions abroad. Earlier this year, John went to Poland, weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine had created a flow of refugees out of Ukraine. He helped at the border for two weeks transporting families by car for three hours to Kraków where they might then...

Joan Churchill, the Executive Director of the Sebastopol Area Senior Center, joins me to talk about the programs and activities for seniors as well as some of the issues that impact seniors in our community — even who identifies as a senior these days. Before we dive into the interview, I want to highlight a few news items from our conversation. * The Harvest Cafe inside the Center re-opens today...

“Analy” returns this week as the name of the high school in Sebastopol that serves West County, which served as its name last year. Students will be back at Analy on Thursday. Chris Meredith is the new Superintendent for West Sonoma County Union High School District. Most recently, Chris was the Director of Human Resources for Windsor Unified School District. He has a lot of challenges in this new...

Horizon Shine was put forth as a name by a homeless person on Morris Street and everyone in the planning session liked it. It’s now the name of the village community on North Gravenstein Avenue built by Sonoma Applied Village Services (SAVS) and opened in February 2022. About 20 RVs and 30 individuals were relocated from Morris Street to Horizon Shine Village where they have access to showers, a d...

There’s a new school in town. Well, not exactly. It’s a set of ideas about how to improve the old school. While the Analy/El Molino merger, and the resulting battle over the name of West County High School, would make anyone wary of promising change within the education system, Nicole Wilkinson, an Analy alumnae and teacher, gave a brilliant presentation at a school board meeting in January 2022 a...

Our guest on this episode is the Executive Director of Zero Waste Sonoma , Leslie Lukacs. The goal of Zero Waste Sonoma broadly speaking is to reduce the amount of waste generated in Sonoma County through programs to promote reuse, recycling and composting. Zero Waste Sonoma recently received a $1 million State grant to open CRV redemption centers. Leslie explains the background on the new CRV red...