Nicole Zimmerman
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Locavortex
Meet a local Artist: Jessica Yoshiko Rasmussen Jessica Yoshiko Rasmussen is a visual artist and arts program coordinator. She used to keep these identities separate, but as the pandemic wore on and her personalities spent more time together under one roof, they started to share ideas and eventually became one. Rasmussen’s assemblage and installation work…
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All Hands on Deck
At The Spring Hill School in Petaluma, students take hands-on learning to heart. During the 2019–20 school year, middle schoolers made nesting boxes for western bluebirds, bats, owls, and kestrels while learning about the habitat needs of native birds in environmental science. They designed and built catapults and trebuchets after researching medieval European siege and…
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Root Down
Kovi Kai Elixirs brings Hawaiian-grown ginger and turmeric to the Mainland Rather than brewing coffee in the mornings, Kima McKeirnan, the founder of Kovi Kai Elixirs, has long preferred a hot infusion of fresh ginger. As a substitute for caffeine, the drink makes her feel awake and revitalized, says the 36-year-old mother of two. When…