Page 30 - Sonoma County Gazette Janaury 2019

The Sinner
The beginning credits of The Sinner will have you hooked, a mesmerizing blending of black and white Rorschach blots that change
and blend until a woman’s eyes emerge. An eight episode, forty-five minute limited series, it was the most watched cable show
Springs Residents tell us what’s on their minds for 2019!
this year. Star, Jessica Biel, also produced. This mystery/thriller is binge-worthy.
Gail Vigna: We need better paved roads.
Unidentified Buyer at the Fruit Basket: Food and vegetables for everyone.
We meet Cora Tonnetti (Biel) in what appears to be a typical middle class outing. She is lazing
There should be no homelessness.
Teri Shore, Greenbelt Alliance: Protect the Sonoma Developmental Center
on a beach with her husband and her son. She walks into the lake and suddenly disappears. We fear she is trying
campus and over 700 acres of beautiful natural landscape.
Araceli Larion: Maybe we need a bowling alley for fun nights. Let’s have a
to commit suicide. It takes her a long time to resurface. We can sense that she has a secret of sorts. There is a distant, vacant look in her eyes as if she were
large community swimming pool for hot summer days. We all love art! Let’s have more artists creating murals. The Ernie Smith dog park simply must be updated, cleaned, and made a welcome place for dogs and owners.
all the pieces of the puzzle together. Although her present life seems rather harmonious even humdrum, there are many flashbacks interspersed that reveal a different reality. She had a cruel, ghoulish mother who apparently blames Cora for her congenitally disabled younger sister. Cora also was involved with an abusive, drug dealing boyfriend. And what about the guy with the bear mask? The denouement is complex and complicated. Pay careful attention.
The series has received many awards, a stand
out is Bill Pullman for
his portrayal of Detective Harry Ambrose . In this first season he intuits a kind of innocence in Cora despite the fact that she
lost. She returns to her family and nestles into the beach blanket and begins to peal a pear with a sharp knife. The camera zeroes in on the knife. We know that something horrific is about to occur.
Omar Homran, Fruit Basket: Improve the roads throughout the Springs. Tom Tollefsen, Fruit Basket: I’m OK with things as they are. The new
An attractive couple is indulging
in some romantic horseplay nearby. Cora rises robot-like and stabs the guy to death. There is a remembrance of another beach death in Camus’ The Stranger but at least that person had a motive. Cora doesn’t. So now we have not a “Whodunit” but a “Whydidshe”.
many small scale local merchants. I’m happy with that.
John Garcia: We have beautiful Sonoma Creek that is mostly hidden from
The rest of the series tries to figure out the “Why” by putting
Antonio Machuca, Parsons Hardware: We need less traffic and lower rents. High rents are causing people to move to other states. Folks from San Francisco move in and Springs residents move out.
Christina Palenchar: People need to walk, use the sidewalks in the Springs. More people need to ride bicycles!
Esther Oros: Let’s have more artwork... more murals, add more color, liven the Springs up!
Shariyah Scalis: The bicycle path that ends at Highway 12 (across from Lucky’s) needs to be extended into the Springs. We have to walk a bike to reach the path into town.
William Murray, William’s Auto Service: We need greater participation in community groups like the Springs Community Alliance and organizations affiliated with the La Luz Bilingual Center. Let’s see greater participation in the Sunday Farmer’s Market in the “Plaza” behind the Post Office.
Elizabeth Prince: Repair the pot holes and sidewalks on Calle del Monte. More flowers and trees are needed everywhere in the Springs.
Alejandra Cervantes: Become a volunteer with Nuestra Voz: the desire to help, to live a new experience, to overcome challenges, to acquire abilities, to establish social relationships, get practice or contribute to the common good, to build the amount of hours to be eligible for scholarships and college admissions, etc. There are of venues to achieve a healthy, dignified, productive and safe life for the families of Sonoma Valley.
Pat Dudy: What I’d really like to see more then a Chinese restaurant would be improvement to the traffic light at W. Thomson and Hwy 12. I believe there should be a “Green arrow” light to indicate when cars turning west from Hwy 12 onto W. Thomson can safely do so. Often there are accidents and close calls (vehicles and pedestrians) as cars are stuck in the middle of the intersection trying to turn quickly before the light changes. I’ve written the county and Cal Trans and gotten nowhere. Just food for thought.
Alex Gruber, Fruit Basket: In addition to Mexican restaurants the Springs can use a greater variety of eating places after 9 p.m.
Denise Carvillo, North Bay Credit Union: The Springs need road improvements. Greger Street by La Luz is really bad!
Joe Murphy, Parsons Hardware: We need cheap housing for senior citizens. Highway 12 traffic is too great.
roadwork on Highway 12 with street lights is an improvement. There are
view. Let’s open up a creekside trail where Native Americans used to live. If the State can build a trail from Mendocino to Arcata, let the County build a walking and bicycle trail from Glen Ellen to Sonoma.
is a murderess whose
deed was witnessed by a
flock of beach goers. In a
subplot we learn that he
also has demons of his
own occasionally visiting
a dominatrix who inflicts
bodily harm on him.
Jessica Biel’s performance
is fierce in that she is
photographed, at times, without make up, stripped of any glamour. She looks confused, forlorn and bedraggled.
Adapted from a novel, there are many deliciously dreadful details that require adept acting to interpret. Fortunately it is not difficult for this cast. This is season one. Season two has a different narrative and is now streaming.
Al Rappoport: A litter patrol is needed to pick up trash left along sidewalks. Matea Medak and Kerri James: The roads in the Springs need improvement.
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Victor Hodgson: It’s been many years. When is the Mission Inn going to re- open the Big 3? A restaurant? Store? Garage? Do something!
Make them smooth.
Alex Garcia, Kirsten Hodgson, Barking Dog: I like the Farmer’s Market.
There is a need for more outdoor events in spring and summer months.
Makes it good for the Barking Dog. We need more people after 1 & 2 p.m.