
Austin Murphy
Staff Writer at The Press Democrat
reporter for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, author, political junkie, husband, proud Dad, ex-SI scribe, tragically bad dancer
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2 days ago |
pressdemocrat.com | Austin Murphy
For more stories about SSU cuts, go to pdne.ws/4jp7Znc The tenure of Sonoma State University Interim President Emily Cutrer, who began in that role last August, has been especially tumultuous since January, when she announced sweeping, unprecedented cuts of about $24 million to address the school’s deficit.
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3 days ago |
pressdemocrat.com | Austin Murphy
Cow Mountain Recreation Area, 52,000 acres of oak and pine forest straddling Mendocino and Lake counties, has something for everyone: fishing, target shooting, 120 miles of trails for ATVs and four-wheeling, and a separate, nonmotorized area for hikers and mountain bikers. This rugged refuge of federal land in the Mayacamas range, east of Ukiah, was officially conserved as a recreation area in a 2006 wilderness bill whose chief sponsor was Rep. Mike Thompson.
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4 days ago |
huffman.house.gov | Austin Murphy
Prized public lands on California’s North Coast at risk under Senate proposal to sell off up to 3 million public acresCow Mountain Recreation Area, straddling Mendocino and Lake counties, is among the 250 million acres of public land that would be eligible for sale, if bill passes. And opposition is mounting.
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4 days ago |
marinij.com | Austin Murphy
By Austin MurphyResponding to complaints from sleep-deprived residents living near the train tracks in and around Windsor, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit has suspended three early morning, southbound trips. The move comes just a few weeks after SMART, with considerable pomp, opened its Windsor station May 31. Not all residents, however, are jubilant.
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6 days ago |
pressdemocrat.com | Austin Murphy
That pathway joins up with the aptly named Panorama Trail, which in turn gives way, at Barn Fork, to the Colgan Highlands Trail, whose hard-earned switchbacks lead to the park’s East Knoll. That lookout provides, as Reid put it, “a totally different perspective on Annadel. You see how it’s attached to Sonoma Mountain — there’s a saddle of ridge going across.
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