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  • Plans for new east Santa Rosa 7-Eleven store with gas pumps run into opposition

    02/25/2020 7:27:34 AM PST · by rey · 14 replies
    Press Democrat ^ | 24 Feb 2020 | Will Schmitt
    7-Eleven’s plan to demolish one of its east Santa Rosa stores and several surrounding buildings to build a sleek new convenience store and add gas pumps has sparked opposition from activists who oppose new fossil fuel outlets in Sonoma County. Texas-based 7-Eleven aims to replace the existing shop at Highway 12 and Middle Rincon Road with a new 24-hour convenience store and at least six gas pumps, according to an application filed with Santa Rosa planning officials. Designs call for demolishing the store, a martial arts studio and at least one adjacent home, forcing longtime tenants to find another place...
  • In search of a nice Gaia (You can't make this up)

    11/18/2006 7:39:21 PM PST · by Valin · 174 replies · 3,195+ views
    San Francisco magazine ^ | Stefanie Olsen
    As if it weren't hard enough to get a date in this town, ecosexuals add another kind of green to their ideal mate's personal profile. ______________________________________ San Francisco designer Rachel Pearson, 33, owns a successful line of children’s clothing made of organic cotton that also meets international fair-trade rules. For herself she favors clothing from thrift stores—“Not buying new,” she says, “eases the toll on the earth.” A vegetarian, she recycles religiously and loves to pamper herself with yoga and meditation. There’s another arena in which Pearson upholds green values, and it can create a bit of an etiquette problem....