Cultivating Futures (Video)
By Albert Gregory and Maarya Zafar Seed libraries have sprouted up all over the Bay Area and now the world. They can provide a diversity of seeds free to the public that are not always offered at your local grocery store or nursery. They have the power to increase food sovereignty, but the people involved…
Rasta Charlie: Representation or Racist? (Video)
By Albert Gregory and Maggie Fuller Charles Shulz’s “Peanuts” characters have been commemorated with statues all over the city of Santa Rosa, CA, where Shulz spent the latter part of his life. After a recent complaint about a statue known as Rasta Charlie, debate sparked over the removal of a once beloved statue.
The Uncounted
San Francisco’s homeless deaths have gone unreported by the city and county since 2019. By Albert Gregory and Albert Serna Jr. The last time Reverend Victor Floyd saw his friend Charles Davis, he was smiling. Davis had spent much of the last 45 years unhoused, living on the streets of San Francisco and Seattle. It…
SESTA-FOSTA and COVID-19 Drastically Changed the Digital Sex Work Landscape
The impacts from a law that changed the industry forever were still reverberating, then a global pandemic hit. By Albert Gregory Kristen DiAngelo was posting her services on a sex work advertising site known as SFRedbook.com one day in 2014. Rather than the links to forums, reviews and ads she was typically met with all…
SRJC Trustee is a Role Model for Underrepresented Students
By Albert Gregory As far back as Mariana Martínez can remember, she has always loved Wonder Woman. As a kid, she sat in her mother’s home in Southwest Santa Rosa and watched reruns of the ’70s-era TV show, admiring the capeless crusader played by the actress Lynda Carter as she easily bent steel and tossed…
Want to Make Money on OnlyFans and not waste your time?
By Albert Gregory Melissa Harris stares at her computer. She has too many tabs and separate windows open on her screen to count. She is sitting on the navy-blue couch in her tiny living room as she has been since March 2020 when the world shut down, forcing her to conduct business as a sales…
From Prison to College
Education opportunities in and out of incarceration can transorm lives By Albert Gregory The incarceration system is a complicated institution. When a person enters prison, their life is often changed forever. Hope for a promising future may feel like a fleeting memory. Whether incarcerated as a youth or an adult, education has been a life…
Eddie Alvarez wins city council seat, gives representation to Roseland and Latinos
By Albert Gregory Eddie Alvarez has claimed victory in Santa Rosa’s city council election Nov. 4, winning the seat to become the first representative of District 1 and only the second Latino council member ever, according to the Sonoma County Voters Registrar office. With all 13 precincts reporting, Alvarez, who leads by a 15% margin,…
Profile: Local businessman’s leap of faith into cannabis pays off
By Albert Gregory Distanced from much of his wilder partying days and Burning Man escapades, Aaron Selverston’s newest adventure now finds him as a husband and a father—all while running a thriving cannabis distribution company in Santa Rosa, amidst a pandemic, with the same fervor and energy he’s had since he was a kid. “He’s…
LOCAL RESIDENTS DEMAND MORE ACCOUNTABILITY OF SHERIFFs
By Albert Gregory Activists and local area residents gathered at the Andy Lopez mural Sunday in Roseland to show support for Measure P and demand more accountability and transparency from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department at the “Say Their Names!” protest. The protest in Santa Rosa consisted of a call and response of names, randomly…
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