Prime Suspect	by Simone Wilson As Election Day draws near, Governor Wilson and other politicians increasingly seek to scapegoat immigrants and minorities, hoping to build support for laws like the hateful "Civil Rights" Initiative. To history buffs, it all sounds unhappily like the anti-Asian racism of the 1880's, particularly against the Chinese -- a time when a sensational Sonoma County murder inflamed hatred statewide
Hostages in the Sewer Wars	by Lois Pearlman As Sonoma County argues about millions of dollars with the EPA, forgotten are 300 homeowners forced to hookup to a sewer they neither want nor need

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