KRCB-FM: North Bay Report: Recent Episodes
Steve Mencher
The North Bay Report is a daily in-depth look at an issue, event, person or activity in our region, prepared by KRCB News Director Bruce Robinson, a veteran journalist who has been covering Sonoma County since 1985.
These reports provide another view of news and events in our area, a way to look beyond the headlines and hear directly from the people who are shaping the present and future of Sonoma County and northern California.
Topics recently covered on The North Bay Report include the regional real estate market, offshore oil drilling on the Sonoma Coast, school testing, local theater projects, homelessness, affordable health care, women's history, protecting the Tiger Salamander, and interviews with foreign exchange students, combating invasive weeds, the proposed Living Wage ordinance in Petaluma, grade school gardening projects, quarrels over gravel quarries in the west county, and election season political issues.
The North Bay Report is heard Monday through Friday at 6:18 am and 8:18 am, repeating at 5:30 pm, on KRCB FM, 91.1 & 90.9 FM, and radio.krcb.org.
Every tenant in one Healdsburg apartment building received an eviction notice. Now, the city is looking at how to protect its renters.
The city of Healdsburg stalled on an urgency ordinance that would have required landlords to pay up to 7,000 dollars in relocation fees when evicting residents without just cause or when increasing the rent by more than ten percent. The ordinance was brought to the council after five families were evicted from the Piper Street apartment complex. Reporter Adia White tells us more about the evictions that sparked the ordinance and why it was tabled.
You can listen to more stories about affordable housing throughout Sonoma County on our website, norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Not all of the damages from the rainstorm two weeks ago were due to flooding. This makes the recovery effort even more complicated.
The sun came out yesterday and local residents enjoyed one of the most beautiful days of winter this year. It’s an important time to remember that many are still struggling to recover from the heavy rainfall and flooding two weeks ago. KRCB’s Adia White visited a small community in Forestville last week, where residents are living with uncertainty after the saturated ground beneath their homes began to slip.
Sonoma County is sending geologists to measure the movement of the slide in the Hacienda neighborhood. We have several more stories about the flooding and a list of resources for those still grappling with recovery. You’ll find it all at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s not every writer and professor who gets to help spend tens of millions of dollars to improve his community.
Yesterday, we talked with Sonoma State professor Greg Sarris about his newest book. Today, we move on to his role as tribal chairman. There, he helps direct millions of dollars from the Graton Resort and Casino to environmental and social justice causes. Sarris spoke with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher about the increased giving planned by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria.
To hear part one of our interview with Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris, visit us at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
This week brings the paperback release of a story collection from writer and teacher Greg Sarris. You may know Sarris from his other job – Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher has a special 2-part interview with Greg Sarris. Today – Sarris the author. Tomorrow, we’ll focus on his leadership role with the tribe. To begin, Greg Sarris reads the introduction to “How a Mountain Was Made.”
The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are planning to ramp up their giving in Sonoma County. Tomorrow, Chairman Greg Sarris tells us where the tribe’s many millions of dollars are headed. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Another atmospheric river hit yesterday, fortunately for us in the North Bay, it was concentrated well to south of us and should not significantly affect the Russian River. Still, residents have their hands full with other concerns.
Although the Russian River has receded below flood stage, those affected are still struggling to get their lives back in order. At a community meeting in Forestville Sunday night, around 200 people showed up to learn more about the recovery and pose questions to Sonoma County leaders. After the meeting, reporter Adia White spoke with emergency management director, Christopher Godley, about some of resident’s top concerns
Learn more about the recovery effort at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
After the worst flooding since 1995, residents along the Russian River are eager to learn whether they can get help from government at any level.
Nineteen hundred homes and 578 businesses were damaged by the Russian River flooding and record rainfall last week. Sonoma County officials estimate the total damages at 155 million dollars. Reporter Adia White travelled to Guerneville and Forestville on Sunday to find out whether recovery resources available are enough to meet the needs.
We’ll hear more from Sonoma County Emergency Manager Christopher Godley on the North Bay Report tomorrow. Visit norcalpublicmedia.org for recovery resource information. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Jerlena Griffin-Desta, the new chief of staff at Sonoma State, had some concerns about working and living in Sonoma County. Today, Why she’s thrilled she’s making the move.
Yesterday we heard part one of an interview with Sonoma State’s new chief of staff, who is also Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Diversity. Today, Jerlena Griffin-Desta talks about ongoing initiatives to diversify the Sonoma State campus with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher.
To hear part one of our interview with Jerlena Griffin-Desta, the new chief of staff and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Diversity at Sonoma State, visit us on the web at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Jerlena Griffin-Desta, the new chief of staff at Sonoma State, says her husband’s last name, Desta, means happiness in Amharic, the language of his native Ethiopia.
After nearly 30 years as an education leader, mostly with the U-C system, she feels she’s now in a position to make an even greater difference in the lives of students. She spoke with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher.
She’ll continue her conversation with news director Steve Mencher tomorrow. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If you follow Healdsburg politics, you may know that new Mayor David Hagele has found himself embroiled in the controversy surrounding affordable housing there.
We’re continuing our series of conversations with Sonoma County leaders. In this segment, KRCB’s Adia White talks with Healdsburg Mayor David Hagele. They discuss how the city is spending its affordable housing funds and other issues on the top of this year’s agenda
To see a breakdown of how Healdsburg spends those tax dollars visit norcalpublicmedia.org. We want to hear your opinion about affordable housing in Healdsburg. Drop us a line at news@norcalpublicmedia.org or on twitter @norcalpublic. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If you visit Drake’s beach at Point Reyes National Seashore, there may be an elephant seal or two taking up your parking space .
Every year in the winter, the Northern Elephant Seal makes the California Coast its home to breed and raise its young. But this year, one colony at Point Reyes National Seashore is doing something researchers haven’t seen before. Reporter Adia White has the story
To see photos of the Northern Elephant Seals at Drake’s beach visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is making an effort to teach parents how to talk to their kids about pot.
Sonoma County Department of Health Services is sponsoring trainings across the county to help parents learn about the potential dangers of cannabis use for teens. Reporter Adia White attended one of the trainings at Analy High School in Sebastopol and tells us more about how to parent in the era of marijuana legalization.
For more information on the trainings visit norcalpublicmedia.org . Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When Teresa Barrett served on the Petaluma City Council for eleven years, she didn’t get much attention. Now that she’s Mayor, she hopes to use the recognition to accomplish her goals.
Petaluma is the only city in Sonoma County that elects its mayor. Typically, the city council will select one of its members for the job. Next in our series of conversations with Sonoma County leaders, KRCB’s Adia White talks with Petaluma Mayor Teresa Barrett. Barrett was sworn in January and tells us what has surprised her most about the job.
That was Petaluma mayor Teresa Barrett talking with reporter Adia White. To listen to our series of interviews with Sonoma County leaders visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
He was elected to the city council at 32. Four years later, he’s the mayor of Windsor, and one of the younger elected officials in Sonoma County.
Next in our series of conversations with leaders in Sonoma County, Dominic Foppoli – mayor of Windsor - talks with KRCB news director Steve Mencher. This week, the Windsor City Council plans to continue discussions on a change from at-large representation to district elections. A Southern California law firm has been pushing the change to increase minority political power. It has sued cities all over the state, and hasn’t lost in court in any of the cases it has brought so far.
More on our website at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With the recent heavy rains, we look into how Sonoma County is working to improve its response to flooding and other weather emergencies.
KRCB reporter Adia White spoke with the new chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, David Rabbitt. They talked about the county’s ongoing effort to recover from the October 2017 wildfires and prepare for future weather related crises
You can listen to a longer version of the interview on norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
David Rabbit is just over a month into his new role as Chairman of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. But this won’t be his first time leading the board, he also served as chairman in 2013 and 2014. This time around he’ll lead the county through its second year of recovery from the 2017 wildfires. KRCB reporter Adia White spoke with him about his agenda for 2019.
To listen to a longer version of the interview visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We’re getting some perspective on the severity of our recent rain storms
You may have heard the term Atmospheric River, they are storms like the ones we saw earlier this year that dumped buckets of rain on the region. Now scientists can categorize the intensity of these storms as they do for hurricanes, on a scale of 1-5. KRCB reporter Adia White talked with one of the lead researchers on the team that came up with the new scale.
To learn more about Atmospheric Rivers, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As winter storms continue to roll through the region, we take a look at how local agencies are working to mitigate flooding.
Winter storms are taking a toll on River Road near Geyserville. On Tuesday, the county authorized a quarter million dollars as an emergency fix. In the midst of all the rain, Reporter Adia White travelled to Lake Sonoma to learn about what local agencies are doing to mitigate the risk of flooding on the Russian River.
To learn more about our region’s water supply, watch our newest episode of “Bay Area Bountiful ” called “Water Sheds” on norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
She shuns the label hero – and refused to take money offered by the French government for her courageous actions. But because of her, World War II ended more quickly, with fewer lost lives.
Last night, a Jewish group in Petaluma hosted WWII French spy Marthe Cohn. The 98-year old’s 2002 memoir, Behind Enemy Lines, tells the story of how Cohn, then in her 20s, slipped into Germany as the war wound down in 1945.
Blonde, 4 foot 11, and fluent in German, she pretended to be a German girl searching for her lost boyfriend. All the while, she was sending information about German troop movements to the French army, hastening the war’s end.
She met with KRCB news director Steve Mencher Monday night.
See a photo of Marthe Cohn and find a link to her memoir, Behind Enemy Lines, at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The number of wine tasting rooms will continue to be frozen in downtown Sonoma for the time being.
We’re continuing our conversation with Sonoma mayor Amy Harrington. KRCB news director Steve Mencher talked with Harrington about why the city is limiting the number of wine tasting rooms downtown and other new policies she hopes to implement this year.
To listen to part one of this story visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We just had a government shutdown and another may be on the horizon. But America’s towns and cities still need to function even when the Federal Government is closed. A bipartisan group of mayors just met in D.C. and among the attendees was Sonoma’s mayor, Amy Harrington. KRCB news director Steve Mencher talked with her about what was accomplished in D.C.
For more on the conference, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We’re continuing our conversation with the new Mayor of Santa Rosa, Tom Schwedhelm. Reporter Adia White talked with Schwedhelm about the annexation of Roseland into the city of Santa Rosa and asked how the police department’s approach to law enforcement will differ from that of the Sheriff’s office.
To listen to the first part of the interview visit norcalpulicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Santa Rosa’s new mayor is beginning his first year in office. Tom Schwedhelm is Santa Rosa’s former police chief and was voted into office by his fellow city council members. Reporter Adia White talked with him about his top priorities; homelessness and how to rebuild Santa Rosa after the 2017 Wildfires, with a special emphasis on affordable housing.
Mayor Tom Schwedhelm also participated in the county’s annual point in time homeless count, which we reported on yesterday. To learn more about that and the city’s downtown development plans visit norcalpublicmedia.org
In the past few days, consumer crusader Erin Brockovich and others have been trying to head off a PG&E bankruptcy.
Yesterday, KRCB News Director Steve Mencher began a conversation about PG&E’s looming bankruptcy with reporter Marisa Lagos of KQED. Today, Steve asks whether the past two fire seasons are the main – or only – reason for the utility’s current troubles.
Marisa Lagos is co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown. There’s more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
How have the 2017 wildfires affected homelessness in Sonoma County?
For the past fourteen years, counties across the nation have participated in the annual “Point in Time Homeless Count”. The count is required by the U.S. Department of Urban Development and helps determine how much aid the county receives to address homelessness. Reporter Adia White tagged along with a volunteer crew in Santa Rosa on Friday to help find out how many people are sleeping on the streets this winter.
To learn about the results of last year’s homeless count, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You’ve probably heard that California’s largest utility, PG&E, is planning to file for bankruptcy.
Four banks agreed yesterday to provide about $5.5 billion dollars to PG&E, to ease the utility’s way through an expected Chapter 11 bankruptcy. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher spoke with Marisa Lagos of the California Politics & Government Desk at KQED about the latest news. He asked whether bankruptcy is definitely on the horizon and about the newly announced financing.
Marisa Lagos is co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown. We’ll have more on the PG&E story tomorrow. And visit us on the web, anytime, at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You may not give your trash much thought. You put it out, it disappears, you fill up the bins again. But there’s more at stake.
In December 2017, the waste management company Recology took over garbage collection from the Ratto Group in parts of the North Bay, affecting 55,000 residential and commercial customers. In February 2018, Rhian Miller visited the San Francisco facility where Recology is working to make "Zero Waste" happen.
Tonight at 9:00 pm on KRCB TV22 you can watch, "Racing to Zero: In Pursuit of Zero Waste." It’s all about trash and Recology's work in San Francisco. For more information, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
At Santa Rosa’s twice-yearly Blue-Green Eggs and Ham conference, progressive North Bay elected officials and non-profit leaders spoke about the successes of 2018 and their hopes for the New Year. Reporter Adia White talked with attendees to find out how they’re working together to achieve their goals.
For more on the conference visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Conducting without a score is a high wire act – especially when the piece at hand is an hour-long Mahler Symphony.
This past weekend, Francesco Lecce-Chong, the new music director of the Santa Rosa Symphony, led the orchestra in works by Mozart, Mahler, and Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. Before rehearsal last week, he sat down on stage at Weill Hall with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher. They talked about the orchestra, and about the audience for classical music – which has long thought to be aging.
Later this year, watch for a TV feature on the new conductor on KRCB TV 22 and KPJK San Mateo. More at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Victoria Fleming is the first new Santa Rosa councilmember to join since the city moved to district elections. She took the seat that opened up when Mayor Chris Coursey decided not to run for reelection. Reporter Adia White talked with her at the Blue-Green Eggs and Ham political roundup that took place in Santa Rosa on Saturday. It’s a meeting of progressives and environmentally minded politicians and activists. She asked Fleming how she thinks district elections will change the makeup of the council moving forward
For more visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese released the names of 39 clergy members accused of sexual abuse on Saturday. Does this step represent a new era of transparency for the church?
Santa Rosa Bishop Robert Vasa held a press conference Monday to answer any questions about the list and the church’s policies moving forward. KRCB’s Adia White has more.
To view the list of names and find out how to report those not on the list visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
President Trump flew to Texas yesterday, to increase support for his border wall. Late last year, when the president was drumming up fears of an invading “caravan,” producer Scott Carrier visited Tijuana for his podcast Home of the Brave. Here’s what he found.
Today’s report comes to us from producers Katie Davis and Scott Carrier. Find a link to Carrier’s podcast Home of the Brave at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The New Year is bringing changes to Sonoma County Sheriff’s department.
We’re continuing our conversation with newly sworn in Sonoma County Sheriff, Mark Essick. Reporter Adia White talked with Essick about the police shooting of 15 year old Andy Lopez and how he expects his department will change moving forward.
Listen to Part 1 of this story at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There’s a new sheriff in town. Mark Essick took his oath as Sonoma County Sheriff on Monday. The 49-year-old is replacing former Sheriff Robert Giordono. Reporter Adia White spoke with Essick about how the department will change under his leadership.
Tomorrow on the North Bay Report, Essick talks about the tragic shooting of Andy Lopez and how his department must now work to rebuild the community’s trust. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In the fall of 2018, “the State of Working Sonoma” reported on income inequality and low-wage employment in Sonoma County. The report was commissioned by North Bay Jobs with Justice and written by consultant Jesús Guzmán, who holds a masters’ in public policy from the University of California Berkeley. Reporter Adia White talked with Guzmán about what the results of this report mean for workers in Sonoma County.
To read his full report visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s time to stop calling what happened at the Jonestown massacre mass suicide and start calling it murder – that’s according to U.S. representative Jackie Speier.
We’re continuing our conversation with Speier about her recently published autobiography “Undaunted.” Speier traveled to Guyana forty years ago to help rescue defectors from Jim Jone’s cult during the Jonestown massacre. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher asked how her personal experiences have informed her politics.
Listen to part one of the interview visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Representative Jackie Speier has written an autobiography. She calls it “Undaunted.” It’s packed with personal revelations. For Speier, the personal has always been political, starting before she nearly lost her life on Leo Ryan’s ill-fated mission to Jonestown, Guyana 40 years ago. She spoke with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher and their discussion ranged from the government shutdown to evolving ideas of feminism.
Tomorrow, part two of Steve’s interview with Democratic Representative Jackie Spear, including her insistence that people should stop talking about “mass suicide” at Jonestown. More at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
What if the government invited you to live in affordable housing – then told you that the ground on which those apartments were built was polluted with lead and arsenic. Yes, this really happened.
Today we’re concluding the previews of our podcast Living Downstream. Producers Annie Ropeik and Nicholas Janzen bring us the story of a public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana. It was built on a lead-and-arsenic polluted Superfund site. Residents like Keisha Daniels were left in limbo after the projects were shuttered.
Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast is produced here at Northern California Public Media. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. More at norcalpublicmedia.org/living.
There’s still plenty of time for skating and fun at Snoopy’s Home Ice this winter, but something special is in store in the coming year.
Attendance is down slightly at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center since the 2017 fires. It’s that way at many cultural organizations in Santa Rosa.
But 2019 is shaping up to be a banner year for the Museum. Among the highlights – the 50th Anniversary of Snoopy’s Home Ice. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher spoke with the General Manager of the ice rink and has this report.
To see Snoopy’s Home Ice, visit us at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You may have heard that veterans of Vietnam settled a suit in the 1980s related to exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange. You probably don’t know that civilians who tested the dangerous chemical got no such support.
To end our week of previews, here’s another excerpt from our Podcast on Environmental Justice. “Living Downstream” is the title and guiding metaphor. It sometimes means you show up at work every day, despite the danger, because you need the job.
Civilian workers at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida tested Agent Orange there during the Vietnam War. As reporter Jon Kalish discovered, when the government settled with veterans exposed to this pesticide, civilian workers were left behind.
As they age and become sick, some are still hoping to prevail in court. But so far, lawyers interested in helping don’t have the deep pockets needed to pursue such a case.
The Forgotten Civilians of Eglin Airforce Base was reported and produced by Jon Kalish. Hear the whole story, and subscribe to our Living Downstream podcast, at norcalpublicmedia.org/living. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
This week we’re previewing “Living Downstream,” our Environmental Justice podcast. Today, a story from Richmond, California. Reporter Claire Schoen (SHONE) calls this episode “Smackdown: City Hall versus Big Oil.” Her guide to Richmond is community organizer Andrés Soto, who leads a “Toxic Tour” through town.
To learn more, subscribe to Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast. Find links at norcalpublicmedia.org/living. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We hope you’re enjoying the holidays with friends and family. Take a moment to consider that many farmworkers who help grow and pick the food for our feasts live in precarious conditions. For some, those conditions are improving. That story is on our new podcast.
As the year ends, the North Bay Report is featuring excerpts from our new series Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast.
This time, news director and senior producer of the podcast, Steve Mencher, talks with reporter Ruxandra Guidi. She recounts her decade-long exploration of life for farmworkers in the Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles. Steve talked with Ruxandra to find out how she won the trust of those workers, as they battled for better living conditions while farming the food that ends up on our tables.
To hear “Trailer Park Activists of the Eastern Coachella Valley,” subscribe to Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast. There are links to the podcast and to this story at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Got time on your hands this December? Here’s something to add to your list of must-listens. Learn about Environmental Justice by subscribing to our new podcast Living Downstream.
During this holiday season, we’re presenting excerpts from Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast. Northern California Public Media launched the project this fall – and we’ve got a collection of stories we believe is unrivaled on the subject of environmental justice. Today, Indian journalists Allison Herrera and Debra Utacia Krol visit Santa Rosa’s Pepperwood Preserve. They learn how native practices could begin to tame California’s out of control wildfires like last year’s Tubbs fire, and this year’s even more deadly and destructive Camp Fire.
There’s more on the KRCB podcast Living Downstream. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Find a link at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Can cannabis be used to help prevent seizures?
We’ve been covering the Emerald Cup this week, It’s Northern California’s annual conference and celebration of cannabis that happened last weekend. The event draws experts and activists from across the nation. KRCB’s Adia White attended several panels on the latest medical marijuana research and has this report.
For more on the Emerald Cup visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Willie Nelson snagged a big award in Santa Rosa on Sunday. The famed “outlaw” is now a law-abiding citizen in California; at least, when it comes to his favorite habit.
The Emerald Cup is a harvest festival, trade show, and celebration… of outdoor sustainably grown cannabis. It brings together farmers from the famed Emerald Triangle, with their cousins in Sonoma and surrounding counties. The event Saturday and Sunday sent us to the dictionary to see if the festival was Dionysian or Bacchanalian. One’s Greek, the other’s Roman – but they mean the same thing – uninhibited celebration, often aided by wine or other substances. Twenty-five thousand plus were expected at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, among them, reporters Adia White and Steve Mencher.
More from the Emerald Cup later this week – for photos, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Community activists are fighting to reduce health disparities across Sonoma County.
Community activists and leaders met Tuesday for the first Health Action Chapter Training, hosted by Sonoma County. Representatives from non-profits and neighborhood groups gathered to discuss strategies for solving health disparities. KRCB’s Adia White attended the training at Santa Rosa’s Chop’s Teen Club and has this report.
For more on community activism and health visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In a disaster we all have our jobs to do. There are firefighters, doctors, construction workers and there are journalists. Tess Vigeland, former host of public radio’s “Market Place”, decided what she could contribute to survivors of this year’s wildfires was her skills as a reporter and host. As the Camp Fire was brought under control, she headed to Chico to start a half hour daily show on the Aftermath. KRCB’s Adia White talked with her about the experience.
At 6:30 tonight well be airing “After Paradise”. In the half hour special, hosted by Vigeland, survivors of the North Bay fires share their advice for those now beginning the long road to recovery. More on that special at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s part of the law about higher education in the U.S.. Title IX is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity. Title IX transformed college sports starting in the 1970s. More recently, student victims of sexual harassment and assault have used Title IX to make sure their stories are heard and acted upon.
Now, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is proposing changes to Title IX. Some say those new rules will gut protections for rape and assault; others welcome the proposed changes. KRCB News director Steve Mencher has more
Find links to more details about the changes and a way to make your voice heard, at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Survivors of the Tubbs Fire head to Butte County to share their stories with those now recovering from the campfire.
Representatives from the neighborhood group Coffey Strong are heading to Butte County today to offer recovery advice to survivors of the Campfire. KRCB’s Adia White talked with Pamela Halsema about what she hopes to share with people who are now going through what she went through last year when she lost her home.
For more on how North Bay residents are extending a hand to Paradise visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Big changes are underway for emergency preparedness in Sonoma County.
Christopher Godley’s interim role as the Sonoma County emergency manager may soon become permanent. The Board of Supervisors will vote on Godley’s permanent appointment on Tuesday. KRCB’s Adia White talked with him about what might change under his leadership.
For more on emergency preparedness visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County residents are finding ways to help evacuees displaced by the Camp Fire.
Thousands of people from Butte County remain displaced due to the Camp Fire. Though some evacuations in the town of Paradise were lifted, much of the area is still under an evacuation order. Some Sonoma County residents have decided to help by hosting evacuees free of charge in their Air Bnbs. KRCB’s Adia White spoke to Sebastopol resident Sally Parks, who hosted two families in her rental since the fire.
To find out how you can help survivors of the Camp Fire visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Is aid for homeless services best spent on prevention? Or is it better spent housing people that are on the street?
We are continuing our coverage of a 12-million-dollar grant to address homelessness in Sonoma County. Community activists met Saturday at the Santa Rosa City Hall to discuss the best use of the money. KRCB’s Adia White reports on the debate between preventing homelessness and providing shelter to those outside now.
To learn more about the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) grant, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County is slated to receive a 12 million dollar grant from the state of California to be used for Homeless Emergency Aid Programs. Santa Rosa City councilmember Julie Combs hosted a meeting this Saturday for community members to discuss how the funds could best be spent. Presenter Kalia Mussetter runs an organization called Living Bridges which helps connect the homeless with services. KRCB reporter Adia White spoke with her about her personal experience and the types of services she finds most effective.
For more on the grant visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The smoke and masks of autumn are gone now. But local residents, still recovering from our 2017 fires, are thinking about ways to help 2018 survivors.
Earlier this month, with the Camp Fire still raging, All Things Considered host Audie Cornish spoke with Santa Rosa Assistant City Manager David Guhin. They talked about the status of rebuilding here in Sonoma County. They also discussed lessons that might be passed on to our neighbors to the North and South devastated by this season’s fires. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher listened in.
Thanks to NPR for sharing this interview with Santa Rosa’s Assistant City Manager David Guhin. Find links to the original interview at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Good news for renters in the city of Santa Rosa!
The Santa Rosa City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to extend the city’s prohibition on rental housing price gouging. The ordinance will now remain in effect until October of 2019. As part of the ordinance, landlords will be barred from raising the rent by more than 10 percent. As has been the case at other municipal meetings, not enough attention was given to Spanish translation. KRCB’s Adia White was at the meeting and has this report.
Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from Internews. For more on wildfire recovery visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The City of Santa Rosa could soon be eligible for more fire recovery funds.
Representatives from the California Department of Housing and Community Development came to Santa Rosa Monday night to present their draft plan for how to spend 124 million dollars in Federal Disaster Funds to be used statewide. KRCB Reporter Adia White has more on who is eligible to apply for the money and how officials plan on distributing it.
The public comment period on the draft plan closes on December 14th. To read the draft visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A local non-profit is training young people to help resolve health disparities.
On average in the U.S., Latinos receive mental health services about half as often as whites -- that’s according to a 2015 study by Office of Minority Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Sonoma County non-profit, Latino Service Providers, is trying to bridge this gap. It’s training youth between 16 and 25 as community health workers, known in Spanish as “Promotores.” KRCB’s Adia White spoke with Brenda Vargas who represented the program at the Binational Health Fair in Roseland last month. Vargas is 17 years old.
For more on mental health visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Santa Rosa hosted the 2018 California Economic Summit on Nov. 15th and 16th. Policy makers, business leaders and others came from across California to talk about how to improve the state’s economy and residents’ quality of life. KRCB reporter Adia White has more on the ideas shared during the summit.
For more on the summit, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A tradition dating back to the 1800’s is now popular in Mendocino County.
Every year the Hopland Research Extension Center hosts an annual sheep dog trial. Contestants and their dogs travel to Mendocino county, in hopes of earning points that will help them qualify for the national sheep herding competition. That will take place in October of next year . KRCB’s Adia White went to this year’s event on Nov. 11th and has this report.
See photos of the sheep dog trials visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Concerned about climate change? Don’t give up. The Global Climate Action Summit in September brought leaders from around the world to San Francisco. Their mission: continue the international work of fighting climate change.
Music was a big part of the event – KRCB News Director Steve Mencher listened as the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir kicked off the opening session.
Listen to part one of this story at NorCalPublicMedia dot org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When you gather your family around the table this week – if that’s your thing – think about whether the earth will be warmer as the little ones grow up.
In mid-September, organizers of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco presented several days of panels and presentations with a hopeful spin. Under the leadership of Governor Jerry Brown and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the summit showed that companies and governments around the world are committed to reducing greenhouse gases. That’s despite our president’s tweets that climate change is a hoax.
For more on the companies we discussed, visit NorCalPublicMedia.org. Later this week, more from the Global Climate Action Summit. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Camp Fire continues to burn in Butte County and more than a hundred people are still missing. On the North Bay Report we talk to evacuees as they wait to hear from loved ones and consider how to move forward.
At least 63 people have been killed in the Camp Fire burning in Butte County. The fire is now 141,000 acres and 40 percent contained. Thousands of evacuees are still displaced from the fire and many are unsure of how to move forward. KRCB’s Adia White has this report on the recovery effort
As of Friday morning, we know the number of those listed as missing has risen to over 600. To find out how you can help survivors of the Camp Fire, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Camp Fire continues to burn in Butte County and thousands remain displaced.
Cal Fire officials are making progress; with now140,000 acres burned, the fire is 40 percent contained. The more than 50,000 people evacuated from the area are now wondering when they will be able to return and what they’ll find when they do. KRCB’s Adia White went to the Wal-Mart Parking lot in Chico and has this report.
8,576 homes have been destroyed in the Camp Fire and over 15,000 structures are still threatened. For more information on the Camp Fire norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Nobody said it would be easy. But the first full year of cannabis legalization for adults in California has brought challenges and successes.
California voters approved adult use or “recreational” sales of cannabis in 2016. Commentator David Downs is California editor for Leafly.com, and has this view of the first year of implementation.
Listen to earlier commentaries by David Downs and find links to his work for Leafly at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Firefighters continue to battle the Camp Fire burning in Butte County, which is now at 117,000 acres and is thirty percent contained. Air quality conditions throughout the North Bay remain at dangerous levels due to the smoke. KRCB Reporter Adia White has more on the health implications for Sonoma County residents
Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from Internews. For more on the Camp Fire visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Where you live can have a drastic effect on your health.
We’re continuing our coverage of the 26th annual Latino Health Forum, hosted by Sonoma State University last Wednesday. Earlier in the week, we heard from Sarah Katz, the Chief Epidemiologist with the Sonoma County Department of Health Services. Today, we’ll hear from Dr. Enrique Gonzalez Mendez who has worked in community clinics in Sonoma County for over thirty years. He stepped outside to talk with KRCB reporter Adia White, about what he believes to be the biggest health challenges facing Latinos in the county.
For more of our coverage on the Latino Health Forum, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The California election results are in. We had a high voter turnout this midterm election, the Press Democrat reported that around 80 percent of Sonoma County registered voters cast their ballots. KRCB reporter Adia White and news director Steve Mencher talk about what some of these results could mean for Sonoma County.
For more on the midterm elections watch our hour-long special at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
How does racial inequality impact health in Sonoma County?
At the 26th annual Latino Health Forum, hosted by Sonoma State University last week, a number of presenters discussed how racial inequities may have a detrimental effect on health. Sarah Katz, is the chief epidemiologist with the Sonoma County Department of Health Services. KRCBs Adia White spoke with her and has this report.
This report was supported by a grant from Internews. For more on health visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The congregation of Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa held a remembrance service for the victims of the Pittsburg shooting.
Members of the Jewish community across the nation gather tonight for Shabbat services - the first since last Saturday’s massacre in Pittsburg. Last night, Santa Rosa communities of faith gathered together to honor the victims and stand against hate. Congregation Shomrei Torah hosted the service. KRCB’s Adia White attended and has this special report.
For photos and video of the service, visit us online at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The congregation of Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa held a remembrance service for the victims of the Pittsburg shooting.
Members of the Jewish community across the nation gather tonight for Shabbat services - the first since last Saturday’s massacre in Pittsburg. Last night, Santa Rosa communities of faith gathered together to honor the victims and stand against hate. Congregation Shomrei Torah hosted the service. KRCB’s Adia White attended and has this special report.
For photos and video of the service, visit us online at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park had a difficult beginning. That’s largely due to the efforts of local consultants who dealt a bad hand to a local tribe.
In a recent cover story for the North Bay Bohemian, investigative journalist Peter Byrne told of how local powerbrokers Darius Anderson and Doug Boxer (yes, former Senator Barbara Boxer’s son) defrauded the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria in the guise of helping them build their casino in Rohnert Park.
We haven’t independently confirmed Byrne’s reporting, but you can read it in the Bohemian and judge for yourself. Byrne described his research to KRCB News Director Steve Mencher, starting with his pleasure at using a word that investigative reporters often shy away from.
For a link to Peter Byrne’s story about Darius Anderson and the Graton Casino, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Anderson, we should point out, is managing partner of the group that owns the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Still trying to decide how to vote on Tuesday? We continue our election coverage with a look into the Santa Rosa city school board race.
The race is drawing out several innovative candidates. Reporter Adia White talked with Omar Medina, who is running for the Area Four seat.
Catch our election special, it airs on KRCB FM Radio 91 and on KRCB TV 22 this Tuesday evening from 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
On Tuesday, voters will decide on a number of issues that will affect our community. One of those issues is affordable housing. Residents of the city of Santa Rosa will decide whether they want to adopt a housing bond that will allow the city to spend over a million dollars on building 12 hundred affordable housing units. Reporter Adia White has more.
For more of our election coverage, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County is finalizing a plan on how to respond to and recover from natural disasters. But does the plan go far enough to include everyone in the community?
Sonoma County Officials are now working on finalizing their recovery and resiliency framework. The plan is a set of guidelines and goals that will determine how the County can best respond to and recover from natural disasters. One of the goals mentioned in the draft of the plan, is improving communication in Spanish. KRCB Reporter Adia White looks into whether or not the draft framework goes far enough to address the issue.
Reporting for this story was supported by funding from Internews. For more on recovery and resilience, visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s not easy gaining community buy-in for a local park – especially if cultural issues separate two factions in the neighborhood.
We’re finishing our series about Roseland Creek Community Park today. News Director Steve Mencher is joined on the 20-acre site by resident Sandra Valencia, who works for a local nonprofit. We asked Valencia what her Latino neighbors think about the park, which is now making its way through the planning process.
Find all three chapters of this story, at norcalpublicmedia.org. Reporting for this project supported by a grant from the USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There’s a quiet tug of war happening these days over a planned park in Roseland. The city is trying to bring together community members to agree on a vision for the 20 acre gem.
Yesterday, we heard from Santa Rosa’s deputy parks director about plans for a new community park in Roseland. The 20-acre site is an oasis of nature and beauty. Members of the community differ on how the park should be built to provide maximum benefit to all.
Today, we meet Duane DeWitt, a neighborhood activist who lives near this park, and who played in what he calls this “neighborWOOD” as a child.
Tomorrow, how the park might serve young and old. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When we asked nonprofits active in Roseland about issues connected to the health of the community, they drew our attention to a small proposed park on a creek. It has become a controversial neighborhood dispute.
Today we begin a series of reports about a city park planned for Roseland in Santa Rosa. In this first story, Jen Santos, Deputy Director of Santa Rosa’s Department of Recreation and Parks walked Roseland Creek with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher in late summer.
Tomorrow, a neighborhood activist talks about protecting what he calls the neighbor-WOOD. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The fibrous hemp plant--a botanical cousin of cannabis--has long been used for making paper, textiles and many other products. A local builder from Sebastopol, has found another unique use for this plant.
A small building site southwest of Sebastopol is the region's first experiment in using the modern version of an ancient building material, a mixture of lime and plant stalks known as hemp-crete. Reporter Bruce Robinson has the inside story.
Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You know that joke about a place becoming so popular, nobody goes there any more – well, a new book looks into the successes of the Bay Area, and talks candidly about who is being hurt by the region’s apparent prosperity.
Richard Walker taught geography at the University of California, Berkeley for nearly 40 years. He has long written stories about the state in clear and perceptive prose. His latest book is “Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area.” In it, he bemoans the idea that the people who made the Bay Area a wonderful place to live can no longer afford to stay here. He spoke with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher
There’s more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You know that joke about a place becoming so popular, nobody goes there any more – well, a new book looks into the successes of the Bay Area, and talks candidly about who is being hurt by the region’s apparent prosperity.
Richard Walker taught geography at the University of California, Berkeley for nearly 40 years. He has long written stories about the state in clear and perceptive prose. His latest book is “Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Prosperity in the San Francisco Bay Area.” In it, he bemoans the idea that the people who made the Bay Area a wonderful place to live can no longer afford to stay here. He spoke with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher
There’s more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You may remember the countywide emergency alert test last month.
Sonoma County performed the first Wireless Emergency Alert test of its kind on the West Coast last month. It also tested the subscription based warning system, SoCo Alert. The results of those tests have recently been released. Reporter Adia White went over them with the county’s Interim Emergency Services Manager, Christopher Godley and has this report.
Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from Internews. You can hear a longer version of this interview at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Who says that the best background for political office is law or business? Meet a supermarket cashier running for a seat in the House of Representatives.
Perhaps the third time will be the charm for candidate Dale Mensing, running for the House seat of Representative Jared Huffman. Mensing lost his challenges in 2014 and 2016. He’s is a strong supporter of Donald Trump, and a believer in the Second Amendment, the entire Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. He talked with News Director Steve Mencher.
Dale Mensing is running for the seat of Jared Huffman in the 2nd Congressional District of California. Listen again, and hear his opponent, at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Representative Jared Huffman’s district encompasses the North Coast of California, from San Francisco to the Oregon border. Will Huffman and his Democratic colleagues take the House?
With the midterm elections just three weeks from today, Representative Jared Huffman sat down with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher to talk about the Democrats’ chances in the upcoming elections.
Tomorrow, we’ll talk with Jared Huffman’s opponent in the Congressional Second District race, Dale Mensing.
Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
One year after the October wildfires, many families are still uprooted.
We are continuing our coverage of the anniversary of the October Wildfires. On Monday night, The City of Santa Rosa invited the community to attend a ceremony and express themselves with chalk art in Courthouse Square.
KRCB reporter Adia White met the Terrazas family there. In this audio postcard, she listens to the stories of 15-year-old Isabella and younger brother Jesse. Their family was separated after they lost their home in the Tubb’s fire. They are now living apart with friends and relatives.
Siblings Jesse and Isabella Terrazas spoke with KRCB reporter Adia White. For more on art and resilience, catch our documentary special, The New Normal; Visions of Healing. It airs on KRCB TV 22 this Saturday evening at 7. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square is now filled with inspirational messages and drawings in chalk.
This week we are remembering the night the wildfires ripped through our community. In observance of the anniversary of the fires, the City of Santa Rosa invited members of the community to illustrate their experiences with chalk in Courthouse Square. In this audio postcard, KRCB reporter Adia White listens to Lisa Mast as she writes messages of hope on the sidewalk with her friends.
For more on art and resilience, catch our documentary special, The New Normal; Visions of Healing. It airs on KRCB TV 22 this Saturday evening at 7. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We all experienced the trauma of last year’s October wildfires, but recovery looks different for everyone.
On the anniversary of the October wildfires, we’ve all been reminded of the trauma of last October. KRCB reporter Adia White looks at how this is affecting mental health for Spanish speakers because counseling services are not widely available in Spanish.
Reporting for this story was sponsored by a grant from Internews. More on mental health and wildfire recovery services at norcalpublicmedia.org. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You probably got the Wireless Emergency Alert test on Wednesday, but not everyone could actually understand it
The Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA, requires that all government agencies provide equal access to information during disasters. KRCB reporter Adia White looks into how well agencies are complying with this requirement in the North Bay.
Reporting for this story was sponsored by a grant from Internews. More on communication during disasters at norcalpublicmedia.org. Reporting for this project supported by a grant from the USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
How can art help heal trauma? We talk to a class of third graders to find out.
Seventeen Schools in Sonoma County participated in a program that brings in guest artists to teach kids to cope with trauma. KRCB reporter Adia White sat in during the last class at John B. Riebli Elementary; where many students lost their homes during last year’s wildfires.
To see photos of the student’s art projects visit us at norcalpublicmedia.org. Reporting for this project supported by a grant from the USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s harvest time for our region’s two big crops: grapes and cannabis. Our commentator David Downs addresses the latter.
David Downs is the California correspondent for the cannabis information resource Leafly dot com. He joins us every month to talk about the business of pot, and how California’s new laws are playing out on the ground in our region. This is all in the context of continuing Federal Prohibition – but that seems to matter little in the Golden State.
You can hear earlier commentaries by David Downs at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
During the October wildfires many Spanish speakers received no alert to evacuate in their language. But that wasn’t the only communication failure during that disaster.
In the Napa Valley, Community Organizations Active in Disaster, called COAD for short, held a conference Thursday on how to best prepare for emergencies. Reporter Adia White attended a session on eliminating language barriers in disaster response. She talked with one of the panelists, Emilia Carbajal, who’s the program director of the Graton Day Labor Center. Carbajal witnessed a number of communication failures both during and after last year’s wildfires.
Reporting for this story was sponsored by a grant from Internews. Join us tonight for a live event on language barriers during disasters at KBBF’s studio. More on our website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You’ve probably heard about the tradition of grape-stomping, but does it actually change the wine?
We’re continuing our coverage of this year’s grape harvest. In the second part of this series, KRCB reporter Adia White tells us what happens with all those barrels of grapes after they’re picked.
For more on the grape harvest visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The grape harvest is underway across our region. KRCB Reporter Adia White went to pick grapes with the crew at Santa Rosa’s Old World Winery during their second harvest of the year. This winery’s approach is a bit unconventional.
We’ll be back Friday, where reporter Adia White will take off her shoes to help stomp on some of those grapes. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
How did you spend YOUR summer vacation? For one local activist, dedication to her view of Middle East Peace made her choice clear.
Local activist Linda Sartor is giving a slide presentation this week about her recent visit to the West Bank. She traveled to the Middle East as a witness for peace; it reinforced her feeling that life in the Palestinian territories is difficult and unfair. Sartor talked with KRCB news director Steve Mencher
See Linda Sartor’s slide show Thursday, September 27 at the Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rosa. Catch a sneak peek at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Santa Rosa may not appear to have an issue with gangs, but that appearance may be misleading.
October is Gang Prevention Awareness Month. Last night The City of Santa Rosa held a training seminar so that parents can be more aware of the risks their children face. Reporter Adia White went to that training and has more.
This report is part of our ongoing partnership with radio station KBBF. It's supported by a grant from the USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. Find out more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Gang violence has been reduced in Santa Rosa over the last twenty years - that’s according to police crime statistics and the city’s violence prevention partnership. The reduction in violence is partly due to the formation of this partnership - which pairs youth with services to keep them out of trouble. Reporter Adia White talked with the partnership’s community outreach specialist, Salvador Sanchez Strawbridge, about why he joined a gang in Santa Rosa during his youth and how he’s been able to turn his life around.
This report is part of our ongoing partnership with radio station KBBF. It's supported by a grant from the USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Many towns have monuments to young men lost in war. But one local town has a monument honoring those who work for peace.
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, a crowd of about 200 people gathered in Sebastopol’s town plaza to honor men and women who work for peace and justice. It was the fourth annual induction ceremony for Sebastopol’s Living Peace Wall. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers was there, as was Dolores Huerta, an activist for the rights of women, Latinos and farmworkers. Delfin Vigil reports….
See Sebastopol’s Living Peace Wall at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County could soon see a boost in funding for homelessness and mental health services.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has approved a proposal for 1.3 million dollars in state money for mental health programs and to aid the homeless. Reporter Adia White sat down with Sonoma County Director of Human Services, Karen Fies. They talk about how big of a difference this could make for those in need.
Find more on homelessness and mental health services, visit our website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
One local vineyard is growing grapes and supporting California’s natural habitat at the same time.
The Global Climate Action Summit just concluded last week in San Francisco. One of the topics brought up, was severe habitat loss across the state of California. According to the University of California Davis, over a quarter of California’s land mass is used for agriculture. This leaves little space for bugs, birds and other animals. KRCB reporter Adia White visited a North Bay vineyard to find out how one winery is hoping to bring back some of California’s natural habitat while improving the productivity of the farm.
To see what a biodynamic vineyard looks like, visit us online at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Some local artists are helping wildfire victims cope with trauma and loss.
Sonoma State University is hosting an art exhibit on the aftermath of October’s wildfires. These pieces are displayed in the campus’ library gallery. KRCB’s Adia White went to see the exhibit, titled “Reflections after the Fire”. She tells us how it’s intended to help our community cope with trauma
The exhibit is currently open on the Sonoma State University Campus. The reception will be held on October 17th from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Find out more on norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
To reduce fire risk, it’s important to clear properties of tall grasses and shrubs.
The Meadow Drive neighborhood of Redwood Valley was hard hit by last year’s fires. Now, scorched oaks with green leaves provide shade for dry grass that’s grown about four feet tall. Reporter Sarah Reith met with a contract grazer who’s taking on that tall grass.
You can see photos, plus a link to Sarah Reith’s original report.on our new website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When you think about seafood, you probably think of fish right? Well there’s another kind of seafood we don’t think about much, and it turns out this seafood is more important than you might think.
The Mendocino Sea Vegetable Company is working to make seaweed a dinner staple. Alice Woelfle reports on how this unusual type of veggie is actually good for your health.
You can see photos, plus a link to Alice’s original report, on our all-new website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
California Governor Jerry Brown is hosting the global climate action summit in San Francisco this week. On Saturday over 30,000 people marched to San Francisco’s Civic Center to voice their hopes for climate action ahead of this week’s summit. Reporter Adia White followed a group of North Bay residents to the march and has more.
For more information on this week’s Global Climate Action Summit visit us on our brand-new website at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Who would have thought, even a few years ago, that we would be presenting a cannabis commentator on KRCB. Meet David Downs, an expert on all aspects of California’s mega-industry.
David Downs has a job that didn’t exist just a few years ago. He writes about all aspects of the cannabis industry for the online resource Leafly dot com. KRCB news director Steve Mencher introduces Downs and talks about why we’ve decided to tap into his expertise.
If you have a question about any aspect of the cannabis business or culture, write us – news at norcalpublicmedia.org – and put “cannabis” in the subject line. Learn more on our brand-new website at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Coming up on the North Bay Report… in a fire emergency, owners who sneak into evacuation zones to look for their farm animals or pets may endanger themselves and firefighters.
Yesterday we heard about the report of the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury – a report that found serious shortcomings in the county’s emergency preparedness. One part of the jury’s report concerns the evacuation and sheltering of animals displaced in the wildfires. The report makes several strong recommendations regarding this issue and foreperson Gina Nellor explains why this is so important.
Thanks to Corey Hudson for help with this story. Visit us on the web – at norcalpublicmedia.org to hear part one of this interview. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When you think of a Grand Jury, you probably don’t imagine advice about better emergency preparedness. But the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury has delivered some ideas to improve disaster response.
The anniversary of the October wildfires is coming next month. Even now, some aspect of the crisis is in the headlines nearly every day. After investigating the county’s response to the disaster, the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury issued its findings recently in a 55-page report. Gina Nellor, Foreperson of the Grand Jury, visited KRCB to offer some insight into the jury’s recommendations
Tomorrow, Gina reviews more of the Grand Jury recommendations. Thanks to Corey Hudson for help with this interview. And visit us on the web – at norcalpublicmedia.org for more coverage of the North Bay fires and aftermath. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County has convened plenty of meetings this year on the fires. One, held at the end of August, was unique. On Aug. 28th, Sonoma County held its first wildfire recovery meeting entirely in Spanish – nearly 11 months after the October fires began.
About a hundred people showed up at Lawrence Cook Middle School in Roseland to meet with county officials. Reporter Adia White was there and has more on residents’ top concerns.
This report supported by a grant from Internews. Find more coverage of our community’s recovery from last year’s fires at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
On average, residents of Southwest Santa Rosa have worse health outcomes than their neighbors in more affluent sections of the city.
As part of our continuing coverage of health in Roseland, KRCB’s Adia White attended a class called “Cultivating for Health” at Bayer Farm. She has more on how this group is taking control of their health by growing, preparing and using medicinal plants.
This report is part of our ongoing partnership with radio station KBBF. It's supported by a grant from the USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. Learn more at www.norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County is overhauling its emergency management division and changing the way it deals with fires and other disasters. One change; it plans to use community - wide wireless emergency alerts, which officials say they didn’t use last October for fear of clogging evacuation routes. KRCB’s Adia White sat down with Interim Emergency Manager Christopher Godley.
More at norcalpublicmedia.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Imagine a world without the monarch butterfly.
Those gorgeous creatures with the “stained-glass” wings, have been in decline for years. That’s largely because it’s hard for larvae to find food. Reporter Sarah Reith spoke with advocates for the Monarchs at a farmers market in Ukiah.
See a monarch caterpillar and find a link to Sarah’s original story for Mendocino Public Radio at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There are lots of complications as counties, towns and the state of California create regulations about cannabis. And things are getting more complicated, not simpler.
News director Steve Mencher introduces a new contributor today who will unpack the complicated California cannabis industry:
David Downs is the California Bureau Chief of the online cannabis resource Leafly.com. Find a link at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Charles M. Schulz museum is hosting a silent auction September 29 to raise money for wildfire relief. This year’s hot item - doghouses, painted by local artists. The museum will be auctioning 13 of these doghouses and six of them are already on display in locations around Santa Rosa. KRCB reporter Adia White went to see several of them and has this report.
The Schulz museum will display all thirteen doghouses in a free public viewing on September 29. For more information visit norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The number of drownings is down at the Russian River in recent years, and life jacket use is up.
Even in summer, the calm surface of the Russian River masks hidden hazards. This summer, the county parks department has expanded its River Patrol safety program at several popular beaches along the River's lower reach. Independent producer Bruce Robinson reports.
River patrols continue through Labor Day. Find a photo of the life jacket station at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Perhaps you passed someone on the street today as you went about your business – someone in your neighborhood who can’t afford housing or who doesn’t want to live under a roof.
To better understand the housing crisis in our region, KZYX in Mendocino County is putting a human face on homelessness. First up today, reporter Sarah Reith talks with Christopher Hall, who was homeless in Ukiah for about five years. Now he’s housed and sober. He talks about how he hit rock bottom, then found his way back with the help of the Mendocino County AIDS and Viral Hepatitis Network.
Catch up with the other stories in Sarah Reith’s homeless series at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With the annexation of Roseland by Santa Rosa, one of the things that hasn’t changed is the high rate of students qualifying for free and reduced lunches at school. Nearly ninety percent of students in the district take advantage of this key boost to their health -- that’s according to the California Department of Education.
KRCB’s Adia White went to the first day of school at Roseland Elementary to find out how food insecurity affects student health.
This reporting was supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's Impact Fund. Find out more at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Firefighters continue to make progress on the three largest wildfires burning in California right now. The Ranch Fire is now just over 321,000 acres and is 72 percent contained. The Carr fire is around 215, 000 acres and is also 72 percent contained. The Ferguson fire is now around 97,000 acres and is 87 percent contained; with the Yosemite Valley back open to residents and tourists.
KRCB Reporter Adia White talked with Cal Fire Deputy Chief Scott McLean and has the latest on what additional challenges firefighters face before these wildfires are no longer a threat.
You can find more fire reporting on our all-new website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The backcountry of Mendocino County is well known for its cannabis grows. Meet some farmers who pooled resources and muscle to save their crop from the Ranch Fire.
In Potter Valley, workers at Heartrock Mountain Farm, saved their property with quick thinking and collective action. Reporter Sarah Reith talked with cultivator Daniel Morford and others who fought off the fire.
For the latest fire information visit our brand new website at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Fire recovery has been a difficult process for many Sonoma County residents and businesses.
Ten months after the October wildfires, a number of local businesses have still not recovered. Economic development was a concern brought up by residents at a recent fire recovery community workshop hosted by Sonoma County. KRCB reporter Adia White was there and has more on how the county plans to help businesses and individuals recover financially.
For more on economic development in Sonoma County visit our all-new redesigned website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As fires continue to break out across the state, officials are taking another look at how we notify people to evacuate
The Ranch Fire, burning in Mendocino county is considered the largest in state history. The Carr Fire, in Shasta county has killed eight people and destroyed over a thousand homes. But it’s still relatively early in the season, leaving many wondering how conditions will look in the next coming months. In the wake of another dangerous season, KRCB Reporter Adia White looks into whether our emergency alert systems are warning people in time
For more information on Emergency Preparedness visit our all-new redesigned website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Cannabis growers will see some significant changes in Sonoma County moving forward, after a contentious board of supervisors meeting on August 7th. KRCB reporter Adia White tells us what impact the discussion will have on both county residents and those in the cannabis industry.
For more information on Cannabis laws in Sonoma County visit our all-new redesigned website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Redwood Empire Food Bank and the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are announcing a new partnership.
Today, The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria present the Redwood Empire Food Bank with a $280,000.00 check. The donation will be used to support the food bank’s efforts to feed those in need in Rohnert Park. KRCB reporter Adia White went to one of the food bank’s distribution sites in Santa Rosa, where she met and talked with a family that receives free lunch. She has more on how the Rancheria’s donations will support similar programs in Rohnert Park.
For more information on food insecurity in Sonoma County visit our all-new redesigned website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Mendocino complex fire, the biggest in the state’s recorded history, continues to burn, with 49 percent containment. The fire damaged the Hopland Research and Extension Center, with some unexpected results.
Two-thirds of the more than 5,000 acre Hopland Research and Extension Center were scorched in the River Fire last week. Reporter Sarah Reith of KZYX in Mendocino County met with the center's community educator, Hannah Bird, on Saturday. Bird described why the fire wasn't as destructive as it could have been.
For the latest fire information visit our all new website norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In the middle of a deadly wildfire season, it’s hard to find any positive news about the destructive force of the flames.
With wildfires burning throughout the state, fire is the subject tonight on KRCB TV as we present Searching for the Gold Spot, by filmmaker and poet Maya Khosla. The documentary describes how the natural world regenerates after wildlands burn. Khosla spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher
Searching for the Gold Spot airs on KRCB TV in the North Bay at 9:00 pm. See a preview on our all new website at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Containment lines are growing around the Mendocino Complex Fires, but thousands of homes are still threatened this morning/afternoon. The fires have currently burned 115,168 acres and with containment currently at 41 percent. Firefighters are concerned because a red flag warning is in effect over part of the weekend.
Reporter Adia White talks with Cal Fire Public Information Officer Tricia Austin about what these conditions mean for firefighters’ efforts to bring the blazes under control.
For the latest fire information visit krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A recent attempt to put rent control on the November ballot in Santa Rosa failed due to an insufficient number of signatures from registered voters.
Rent control was one of many subjects at a recent meeting for the Alliance for a Just, Equitable and Sustainable Recovery. Reporter Adia White tells us more about their hopes to pass rent control for many residents who struggle to stay in the area after the recent wildfires.
Find more information on rebuilding and recovery at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Rebuilding after the deadly October wildfires can be about more than construction. It can also be about building a community that is safer and fairer for all residents.
After the devastating October wildfires, communities across the North Bay are grappling with how to rebuild in a way that is fair, just and efficient. Community organizers met on July 19th to talk about using the reconstruction efforts to improve the lives of all North Bay residents. Reporter Adia White has more on the ideas that several speakers shared during this meeting.
For more on social justice and fire recovery efforts visit krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Reporter Adia White joins the Northern California Public Media news team. She talks about her experience covering wildfires in the Redding
Adia White joins us from Chico, California. She’s been covering wildfires and other breaking news in that area for the past couple of years. She talked with News Director Steve Mencher about how the Carr Fire compares with wildfires she’s covered in the past, and what a fire this severe means for those living in the area.
Catch up on the latest fire information at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If you’re still feeling the emotional effects of the October wildfires, or find yourself scared or anxious as new fires break out around us… there’s free counseling available. Find out where, on the next North Bay report at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30pm.
This week, Kaiser Permanente announced a million dollar grant to help fund free counseling for survivors of October’s fires. The money is earmarked for project HOPE – which stands for Helping, Outreach, Possibilities, and Empowerment. Project Manager Wendy Wheelwright told KRCB news director Steve Mencher that many folks dealt confidently with the crisis during and right after the fires. But they may just now be feeling the pain of loss.
Hear part two of our interview with Wendy Wheelwright at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A foundation is making six figure grants available to cities that are using the arts to shake up city government and enrich urban life.
Congratulations are in order. Santa Rosa has been named a finalist in the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge. The city now has the chance to submit a proposal for a huge pot of money earmarked for civic art projects. Tara Thompson, Santa Rosa’s Arts Coordinator, shared some of the details with KRCB’s News Director Steve Mencher.
Find out who the competition is for the Arts grants at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In considering how to rebuild after last year’s fires, a new coalition has formed with a focus on equity. How do immigration, fair wages, environmental action and other progressive causes relate to the county’s rebuilding?
At a meeting July 19th, Alliance for a Just Recovery brought together unions, environmental groups, and progressive organizations to consider how recovery from last year’s firestorms can be a catalyst for social change. Today, we’ll hear from organizer Martin J. Bennett of North Bay Jobs With Justice.
Find more about “Alliance for a Just Recovery” at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Perhaps you’ll find it surprising that people who don’t have a fixed address can spend much of their day being kind and helpful to others.
Reporter Sarah Reith has been talking with people we wouldn’t ordinarily get to know. She’s been interviewing men and women in Mendocino County who are struggling to find a steady place to live, while fighting to create stability in their lives. She’s got two stories for us today – the first from Sean Jarstrom, whose life used to revolve around buying and taking drugs – but who is now sober.
Catch up with more of Sarah Reith’s reporting on the homeless crisis in Mendocino County at KRCB.org./news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It may surprise visitors to the county, if not residents, that cannabis, though “legal” to use and grow for personal use, still can’t be bought in many California towns.
Cannabis is on the agenda Monday at the Sonoma City Council – in a town where no dispensaries are yet open for business. A month ago, about 50 folks gathered at the Sonoma Grille to share ideas about how to make growing and selling pot more accepted in the Sonoma Valley. News director Steve Mencher was there as organizer Michael Coats kicked off the meeting of the Sonoma Valley Cannabis Enthusiasts.
Find more on the local Cannabis industry at KRCB.org./news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Before filmmaker Maya Khosla headed out to the Sierra Nevada in 2014, her expectations were low. What beauty could there be in a burnt forest, she thought.
Fires bring death and destruction, as anyone who has lived in Sonoma County can attest. But filmmaker Maya Khosla, whose documentary "Searching for the Gold Spot" plays on KRCB TV 22 in early August, discovered that fire also brings new life. She spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about the film and her related work as Sonoma County's poet laureate.
Maya Khosla’s film “Searching for the Gold Spot” will be broadcast on KRCB TV 22 August 7 at 9 p.m. See the trailer at KRCB.org./news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Talk about a dream job. Lisa Morehouse has been traveling throughout the state of California, looking for stories about food and the environment. Those tales have been featured on public radio’s KQED and now are coming together in the "California Foodways" podcast.
She tells KRCB news director Steve Mencher about one episode that shows how rice farmers and bird lovers are working together in the Central Valley.
Find links to Lisa Morehouse’s Foodways podcast at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A Sonoma County group has been working for nearly two decades to dramatically overhaul the justice system here.
Restorative Resources advocates for a completely different approach to the current lock-em-up-and-throw-away-the-key justice system. The group’s Maria Freebairn-Smith dropped by KRCB to talk with news director Steve Mencher about the difference between restorative and punitive justice.
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Since October, we’ve spent a lot of time worrying about the effect of smoke and fire on our local wine grapes. But have you considered that the October fires may have affected pregnant women and babies?
Were you pregnant at the time of the fires, or are you currently pregnant with a due date no later than October 31, 2018? If the answer to either question is yes, then a new study may be looking for you. KRCB news director Steve Mencher talked with Rebecca Schmidt of UC Davis about the study.
Rebecca J. Schmidt, M.S., Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California – Davis, School of Medicine. Find complete information about the study, including how to join, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Kevin Jorgeson and his rock climbing partner Tommy Caldwell, free-climbed the Dawn Wall of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2015. It was a historic achievement. Their story is one of several told in a film we're presenting on KRCB TV22 next week called "El Cap Report."
KRCB news director Steve Mencher talked with Jorgeson recently about how his climb has encouraged others to share their own stories with him.
Watch a trailer for El Cap Report featuring Kevin Jorgeson in advance of our July 17th, 9 p.m. broadcast at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Erin Brockovich in Santa Rosa to Crusade Against PG&E for Possible Liability in North Bay Fires Air Date 07.011.18 Tease Do you like sequels? Erin Brockovich, whose life provided the material for a movie about fighting big corporations visited Santa Rosa this week. She spoke at a breakfast organized by lawyers seeking to sign people up to sue PG&E for their suspected role in causing the October wildfires.
KRCB news director Steve Mencher joined more than 100 people drawn by the superstar consumer advocate. Among those in the audience: Santa Rosa resident Myke Judd.
More on the North Bay fires at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Have you ever wondered what life is like for people who are living on the street, in the woods, or in our parks? We engaged some of those neighbors in conversation.
To better understand the housing crisis in our region, KZYX in Mendocino County is putting a human face on homelessness. Reporter Sarah Reith is listening to people who are unhoused and sharing their stories. We’ll begin today with a woman who had just gotten a job as a live-in caregiver when Sarah met her.
To hear this story again, or learn more about homelessness in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, visit us on the web at KRCB.org/news.
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When someone in the public eye takes his or her own life, there’s always worry that too much attention might cause copycats to mimic the celebrities. But silence too can be deadly.
Since the deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, the media has been full of stories about suicide. Supervisor Shirlee Zane was touched by this growing problem when her husband took his own life in 2011.
On July 11, Zane will present “The S Word,” a film about suicide and survival. She spoke with KRCB’s Steve Mencher about the crusade that began at her husband’s funeral.
More information on the film at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As the recovery from last October’s wildfires progresses, national experts on resilience are visiting Sonoma County to share best practices.
Yesterday we met Laurie Johnson, a specialist in disaster recovery. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher was among those at her talk in Santa Rosa last month. She says she learned a lot from researching the aftermath of an earthquake that shook New Zealand in 2011, killing 185 people.
Find part one of Johnson’s talk to Sonoma County Rises at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Several Sonoma County groups are working to make sure the recovery from October’s wildfires is not only fast but also fair. One group recently convened a “summit” on equity, recovery and resilience.
SoCo Rises is one of several groups active in the county’s recovery from last October’s fires. The group pulls together many constituents of the progressive community to consider equity in the rebuilding process. Laurie Johnson was among the speakers. She is an urban planner specializing in disaster recovery and risk management. Our news director Steve Mencher was in the audience.
Find links to Laurie Johnson’s book at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If you’ve ever been to a luncheon sponsored by the local group Los Cien, you know that politicians, nonprofit leaders and others come often to see and be seen.
The Latino leadership organization that hosts regular community luncheons, has hired its first executive director. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher sat down with the new E.D., Magali Telles, and Los Cien founder Herman Hernandez to learn about the history – and future – of Los Cien.
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There’s a fire sale going on at dispensaries around California.
New rules come into effect July 1 that require testing of cannabis sold in California. Shops are getting rid of untested products before the deadline, resulting in big sales. Corinne Smith reports.
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It’s not always a wonderful day in the neighborhood – but kids need to know they are safe and loved every day.
Documentary film maker Morgan Neville says that everyone wanted to help with his latest film, about the life of TV icon Mr. Rogers. Neville told KRCB News Director Steve Mencher that Rogers may have sounded like a kid himself, but he was a brilliant educator and spiritual guide.
Get tickets to KRCB’s July 1st screening in Sebastopol at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
An effort is being made in Mendocino Counrty to put a face on homelessness. Find out what they’re doing on today’s NBR
Our neighbors at KZYX, Mendocino County's Public and Community Radio have started an essential project. They’re talking to homeless people in the county – with the goal of putting a human face on this social catastrophe.
Reporter Sarah Reith talked with three people who are currently living on the streets in Ukiah. The first one, James Hoffman, is a bit difficult to understand – but worth the effort.
You’ll find a transcript of today’s report at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County has argued that a sheriff’s deputy should have immunity from a civil action following the shooting death of 13-year-old Andy Lopez.
The Supreme Court decided Monday not to hear an appeal from Sonoma County to block a civil suit brought by the parents of Andy Lopez.
The teenager was shot and killed by sheriff's deputy Erick Gelhaus in 2013. Filmmaker Ron Rogers is working on a documentary about the aftermath of the Lopez shooting KRCB news director Steve Mencher asked him about the decision.
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Students at Chico State University have been studying how stories are used to market wine. Their recommendation: To appeal to younger drinkers… lighten up!
Chico State Professor Jim Downing recently analyzed stories used as marketing tools by175 wineries in Napa. His surprising finding: some wineries are on the wrong track. Reporter Adia White has the story.
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Happy first day of summer. It’s a day beloved by people and mosquitoes alike.
Mosquitoes are most active as temperatures warm up in the summer months; and they’re more than just a pest. Many mosquito species can be carriers of disease. Reporter Adia White tells us why the October wildfires may have been a boon for these insects and what is being done about the problem.
Find out how you can fight mosquitoes around you home, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Hungry? You will be after listening to this report on the plucky entrepreneurs who have started a new chicken spot in Petaluma.
In Petaluma, a town known for its 150-year history of poultry farming, a husband and wife from Michoacan, Mexico have opened an oddly named barbecue chicken restaurant. Delfin Vigil reports on why folks are lining up out the door.
We’ve got lots of stories about the food we eat at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
They’re still enjoying the excitement in Santa Rosa over the recognition awarded to the Press Democrat for its coverage of the North Bay fires.
A few weeks ago, some of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat travelled to New York City to accept the paper's award for its outstanding coverage of the North Bay wildfires. PD columnist Chris Smith visited our studio that day, and talked with Corey Hudson about the paper's achievement, and about the future of print journalism. Newspapers are in trouble all over the country, as revenue and readership continue to fall and journalists abandon ship for other work. For the Press Democrat, local ownership is a point of pride, as is the new recognition from the Pulitzer committee.
Find links to the Press Democrat’s fire coverage and KRCB’s at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Two local nonprofits -- Ceres Community Project and Food for Thought -- are working with Medi-Cal on an innovative program to feed patients with congestive heart failure. The aim is to offer more proof that food can be medicine.
The groups will provide low salt, low fat meals for low income patients. The goal is to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs. KRCB news director talked with Food for Thought executive director Ron Karp about the pilot program.
There’s more at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Imagine learning from winemakers in Croatia or Australia while sitting in a classroom in Rohnert Park.
The new Wine Spectator Learning Center is now open on the Sonoma State campus in Rohnert Park. The facility aims to introduce a new generation to skills needed for the wine business, while sharpening the capabilities of those in mid-career.
Ray Johnson, executive director of the Wine Business Institute spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about how the center will transform the institute's work.
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Discover the one thing that fire survivors can do first when memories feel immediate and overwhelming.
Now here’s the second part of our conversation with Wendy Wheelwright, who manages the California HOPE program locally. HOPE provides free counseling for fire survivors and other community members still healing after October's wildfires. Wheelwright told KRCB news director Steve Mencher that counselors will go anywhere to provide support.
To find out more about free counseling services, and to hear one survivor’s story, visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Eight months after the North Bay Wildfires, our caring community is offering free counseling to survivors and others affected by the fires.
Today, we talk with Wendy Wheelwright, project manager for a county-wide counseling initiative called HOPE – for Helping, Outreach, Possibilities, and Empowerment. It aims to help people suffering physical and mental effects of October’s fires. The counseling is free, and can be accessed anywhere.
Wheelwright told KRCB news director Steve Mencher that many folks dealt confidently with the crisis during and right after the fires. But those same people may just now be feeling the pain of loss: their own, and that of others.
For links to free counseling resources nearby and to hear one survivor’s story, visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The women’s march after Donald Trump’s inauguration made a powerful statement. But some women of color felt left out.
Thousands of Black women will march to the Capitol in Sacramento tomorrow for the second annual Black Women's March. Organizers say this march gives Black women a safe space to empower one another. Ja'Nel Johnson reports.
See a photo from last year’s Black Women’s March at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There weren’t too many surprises in local elections Tuesday night, but avoiding a runoff in the Sonoma County sheriff’s race was somewhat unexpected.
Capt. Mark Essick garnered just over 57-percent of the vote for Sonoma County sheriff Tuesday night, avoiding a runoff in November. Here’s part one of our interview with Essick, conducted a few weeks ago. He spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher.
Hear all three parts of our interview with the next Sonoma County sheriff Mark Essick at KRCB.org/news – and you can find the election returns you care about at KRCB.org/primary. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The last week of May, a milestone was reached in Coffey Park – elected officials and neighbors gathered to celebrate the completion of Dan Bradford’s home – the first to gain a certificate of occupancy in the fire-devastated area.
KRCB News Director Steve Mencher was there as the festivities got underway.
Find more of our coverage of the North Bay fires, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
On a scorching afternoon, community members from Southwest Santa Rosa and throughout the county came to remember Andy Lopez. The shooting death of the 13-year-old boy in 2013 inspired community members to build a park in his honor.
It would have been Andy Lopez's 18th birthday Saturday. To mark the occasion, a park opened in the Moorland neighborhood. It commemorates the life of the thirteen-year-old shot by a sheriff's deputy in 2013. KRCB news director Steve Mencher has this audio postcard.
You can find a link to upcoming activities at the park on our website krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Four-and-a-half years after his death, Andy Lopez is in the news again this weekend.
Tomorrow would have been the 18th birthday of Andy Lopez, who died four-and-a-half years ago in Sonoma County when a sheriff's deputy mistook his toy gun for a real one. His life and death still hang over the county today, as filmmaker Ron Rogers tells KRCB news director Steve Mencher. A park created in his honor opens Saturday.
Catch up on news of the Andy Lopez case at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s like a game of whack-a-mole – but with people – Santa Rosa has once again closed a major homeless encampment.
Fences went up Wednesday morning on the Joe Rodota Trail between Dutton and Roseland Avenues in Santa Rosa. Over the next week, the trail will be cleared of all traces of a homeless encampment. Felicity Gasser of the Sonoma County Community Development Commission explained who was working the trail Wednesday morning to help with the eviction.
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Today, we conclude our interview with candidate for Sonoma County Sheriff, Capt. Mark Essick. He’s the only candidate who’s currently part of the Sheriff’s office. In two dozen years with the department, he’s held a variety of positions – and he has been endorsed by the current sheriff, Rob Giordano. News Director Steve Mencher asked Essick what he expects will be the hardest part of moving from his current role to become sheriff if he’s elected.
In this series, we’ve also heard from John Mutz, a former station commander in the Los Angeles Police Department, and Ernesto Olivares, who serves on the Santa Rosa City Council after a long career with the Santa Rosa Police Department.
Election Day is June 5th, and we’ll offer digital coverage on our website at KRCB.org. Hear all our candidate interviews at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Nobody thinks Santa Rosa can arrest or bulldoze its way out of the homeless problem. But there are plans to once more evict the homeless from a large encampment.
An estimated 100 homeless residents camping on the Joe Rodota Trail in Santa Rosa are getting ready for yet another mass eviction. Officials cite the recent assault of a bike commuter as well as other health and safety concerns.
One month ago, the County evicted approximately 120 people living in an encampment in an adjacent parking lot. Critics say the county is failing its most vulnerable residents by simply moving them from place to place. The camp is scheduled to be cleared Wednesday before noon. Corinne Smith reports.
Tomorrow, part 3 of our interview with Capt. Mark Essick, one of three candidates for Sonoma County Sheriff. More at krcb.org/news.
Like the current sheriff, Rob Giordano, Capt. Mark Essick will adhere to the letter of California’s Sanctuary State law if he’s elected sheriff.
Yesterday, we met candidate for Sonoma County Sheriff Capt. Mark Essick. He’s a veteran of two dozen years in the department he hopes to lead. He tells news director Steve Mencher why voters should see him as an agent for change, not an upholder of the status quo.
We’ll hear part three of our conversation with Mark Essick on Tuesday. Hear part one of our interview, plus interviews with the other candidates at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Endorsed by the current sheriff. Two dozen years on the force – Capt. Mark Essick is running for sheriff as both an insider and a reformer.
The closest thing to an incumbent running in the Sonoma County sheriff's race, Captain Essick told KRCB news director Steve Mencher what his current responsibilities are in the sheriff's office, and how he will use lessons learned from the Andy Lopez shooting to improve the force.
Hear more form Captain Mark Essick in the days to come. Find interviews with the other candidates at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Groups of neighbors are banding together to take collective action against fires.
A few weeks back, we covered a meeting on the Sonoma State campus about our October wildfires and lessons to be learned. Among the presenters in early May was Caerleon Safford, of Fire Safe Sonoma. Her slides included not only burned areas but surviving homes that dodged the raging flames. She explained how.
Find more of our coverage on the North Bay Fires at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As election day approaches, we're talking with candidates for Sheriff of Sonoma County. On the campaign trail, John Mutz frequently cites his experience as a station commander in Los Angeles. Today we conclude our conversation by learning more about how he plans to use that experience to transform the sheriff's office into a responsive and culturally aware organization.
Mutz told KRCB news director Steve Mencher what the department might look like under his leadership.
Find the first two parts of our interview at krcb.org/news, as well as our interview with Ernesto Olivares. Later this week, we’ll hear from the third candidate, Mark Essick. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If John Mutz is elected sheriff of Sonoma County, he plans to start his tenure by having honest conversations with his deputies and with the community.
After Mutz left the Los Angeles Police Department, he became a consultant and coach – working both with law enforcement and with private business clients to improve their leadership skills, focus and efficiency. He spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about how he plans to turn around the culture of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office by providing leadership to the force.
Hear the third and final part of our conversation with candidate for Sonoma County Sheriff John Mutz Tuesday. Find all our chats with the candidates at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Today, we meet John Mutz, a candidate for sheriff of Sonoma County. Mutz is running as an outsider, who can change the culture of the Sonoma County Sheriff’s office. He served for 25 years on the Los Angeles Police Department. There he says he worked to change the culture of several station houses after the Rodney King beating.
As he told news director Steve Mencher, he plans to transform many aspects of the Sonoma County sheriff’s office, starting with training…
Part two of our conversation with candidate for Sheriff John Mutz tomorrow. Find all our conversations with the candidates at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new documentary about elders who maintain meaningful and rich lives is playing around town. Lives Well Lived director Sky Bergman told KRCB news director Steve Mencher what inspired her to make her first film.
Find show times and locations at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Today we conclude our conversation with Sonoma County Sheriff candidate, and current Santa Rosa City Councilmember Ernesto Olivares. KRCB news director Steve Mencher asked Olivares how he plans to improve diversity within the county sheriff’s office.
We’ll hear from candidates John Mutz and Mark Essick in coming days.
If no candidate receives a majority of votes on June 5, a runoff will take place in November. Find more on this and other stories at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Yesterday, we talked with Santa Rosa City Council Member Ernesto Olivares. He’s one of three candidates for Sonoma County sheriff. Today, news director Steve Mencher continues that conversation.
The first phase of the election happens June 5 – a runoff will take place in November if no candidate receives a majority of votes. More at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sheriff Rob Giordano will be handing the keys to the jail and other trappings of his office to someone else next year.
With a primary scheduled for June 5, we’re going to be talking over the next few weeks with all three candidates for Sheriff of Sonoma County.
Ernesto Olivares is a Santa Rosa city council member whose long service on the Santa Rosa police department prepares him, he says, for the role of Sheriff. There’s another part of his background that makes him unique, as he told KRCB News Director Steve Mencher.
More from Santa Rosa City Council Member and County Sheriff candidate Ernesto Olivares tomorrow. Find more at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Today is the final day of a three day meeting on the Sonoma State Campus called – Living with Fire in California’s Coast Ranges. Today is for field trips, while the first two days were packed with presentations on the science, behavior and history of fire. Speakers emphasized information on protecting our homes and communities from fire. News director Steve Mencher attended one of the sessions and has this report.
Find more on fire recovery and prevention at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
According to Mayor Chris Coursey, one part of Santa Rosa has supplied more than 90 percent of its city councilmembers. That’s about to change.
This fall, the Santa Rosa City Council begins a process that will eventually result in every councilmember representing a specific geographic area. Currently, they are all “at large.” Mayor Chris Coursey is one of those standing for election this year – and he spoke to KRCB news director Steve Mencher about how the new district system will work.
There are 4 remaining districts which will elect their representatives in 2020. More, at KRCB.orb/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There was wide agreement that the White House doctor didn’t have the skills to lead the country’s second largest agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs. So what would it take?
After the failed nomination of Admiral Ronny Jackson to lead the VA, we invited an expert on the veterans’ healthcare system to talk with us. Suzanne Gordon told KRCB News Director Steve Mencher what experience she believes is needed to lead the VA – and what is at stake in the choice.
Suzanne Gordon’s next book, due out this fall, is Wounds of War – How the VA Delivers Health, Healing and Hope to the Nation’s Veterans. Find a link to Suzanne Gordon’s latest book at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Behind the nomination of the White House physician to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, there was the suspicion that the president was looking for an ally in privatizing veterans’ health delivery.
Suzanne Gordon is a journalist and author who often writes about health. Her latest book is The Battle for Veterans’ Healthcare. Gordon spoke with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher, and suggested who might benefit if long-standing conservative plans for privatization take hold.
Find a link to Suzanne Gordon’s latest book at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat earned a Pulitzer Prize this year for its gutsy and wide-ranging coverage of October’s fires. As he celebrated that achievement, the paper’s Editorial Director, Paul Gullixson, was leaving after two decades to become Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications at Sonoma State. He talked with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher about the P-D’s proud moment.
Paul Gullixson describes his new gig at KRCB.org/News, where you’ll also find links to fire coverage from the Press Democrat and from KRCB. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Six months after the North Bay fires, experts will converge on Rohnert Park next week for a Symposium aimed at improving our understanding of fire ecology.
“Living with Fire in California’s Coast Ranges” – that’s the title of a Symposium at Sonoma State beginning Monday May 7. For three days, experts from throughout the West will talk about fire in the region – including ways we can mitigate the damage it causes during catastrophes like October’s Wine Country fires.
Two of the women helping organize the Symposium joined KRCB News Director Steve Mencher for a preview of the event. Claudia Luke is with the Sonoma State Center for Environmental Inquiry.
You can find a link to registration for the event on our website at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Napa County may not have been hit as hard as Sonoma by the October wildfires, but it was the second major disaster in the county in four years. On today’s North Bay Report, we conclude this week’s Fire Recovery Series by looking at how an earthquake helped the Napa Valley Community Foundation prepare for the 2017 Wine Country fires. J. Mateo Baker files this report.
Find out how to connect with the Napa Valley Community Foundation by visiting krcb.org/news where you can also find links to more of our stories about the fires and the ongoing recovery. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We revisit our Fire Recovery Series with another organization built in the aftermath of the October fires to bring much needed support to our community. But instead of information or advocacy, this group deals with paper towels and toothpaste. Reporter J. Mateo Baker explains in this report.
To support PEER Sonoma, you can visit their Facebook page at @peersonoma and click on the donate button. You can also donate at their website, peersonoma.org, which also hosts their needs assessment form for fire victims requesting assistance.
Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Six months after the fires, many in our community still need help.
Today’s story revisits our series covering services that have grown in the wake of the fires. We look at how Sonoma County and Santa Rosa worked together to set up a website that provides the latest information on assistance for victims of the October fires. Reporter J. Mateo Baker filed this report.
For anyone needing help recovering from the October fires, up-to-date information can be found at sonomacountyrecovers.org. You can also ask for help by e-mailing info@sonomacountyrecovers.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Out of the ashes of the October fires grew a variety of organizations to help rebuild the county. Today we revisit a series looking into what makes each one unique in what they bring to the recovery effort. To begin this series, reporter J. Mateo Baker looked into the Rebuild Northbay Foundation, founded just days after the fire, with this report.
The Rebuild Northbay Foundation website can be found at rebuildnorthbay.org with more information on KRCB’s website at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Our Fire Recovery Series continues with another organization built in the aftermath of the October fires to bring much needed support to our community. But instead of information or advocacy, today’s group deals with paper towels and toothpaste. Reporter J. Mateo Baker explains in this report.
To support PEER Sonoma, you can visit their Facebook page at @peersonoma and click on the donate button. You can also donate at their website, peersonoma.org, which also hosts their needs assessment form for fire victims requesting assistance.
Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If you watched the winter olympics this year, the name Adam Rippon should be a familiar one. He won a bronze medal for the United States and has taken the LGBT community by storm as a role model and activist. Outbeat Radio host Greg Miraglia talks with Adam on today’s North Bay Report.
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As eviction looms for residents of a Santa Rosa homeless camp, finding alternative housing solutions proves no easy task.
The homeless encampment in the Roseland area of Santa Rosa is slated for eviction tomorrow. Authorities claim shelter beds are available. But, homeless advocates are saying those beds cannot accommodate people with mental and physical disabilities or ensure safety. Darren LaShelle has the story.
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Tours and tastings have long been a big part of tourism here in Wine Country. Now, with the legalization of cannabis in California, new start-up tour operators are looking to expand into that realm.
Legal recreational use of marijuana in California is expected to quickly grow into a multi-million dollar business. That includes tourism, and cannabis-focused tour operators are already eyeing Sonoma County as a prime destination, with one already up and running, and more to follow soon. Bruce Robinson reports.
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Six months after the fires, many in our community still need help.
In today’s installment in our series covering services that have grown in the wake of the fires, we look at how Sonoma County and Santa Rosa worked together to set up a website that provides the latest information on assistance for victims of the October fires. Reporter J. Mateo Baker filed this report.
For anyone needing help recovering from the October fires, up-to-date information can be found at sonomacountyrecovers.org. You can also ask for help by e-mailing info@sonomacountyrecovers.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Through appearances in scary stories, we’ve come to fear bats. That’s despite the fact they help with pest control and rarely threaten humans. Dress as a bat for Halloween if you like, but know they are our friends.
All the flying mammals in the world are bats: the pollinators, the blood-sippers, and the insect-eaters. In Northern California, most bats spend their nights hunting down the kinds of insects people regard as pests. Reporter Sarah Reith tells us more about these voracious nighttime creatures.
Thanks to member station KZYX in Mendocino County for that report – see a bat on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The “Maker” movement was born in Sonoma County and has flourished here.
In October, Sonoma State University opened a newly enlarged and enhanced “makerspace.” If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s a place where people can use a variety of tools – from sewing machines to laser cutters to 3-D printers – to collaborate creatively. The National Science Foundation provided a large grant to set up the space in the SSU library – and physics professor Jeremy Qualls provided leadership to get the project off the ground.
SSU physics professor Jeremy Qualls spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about the university’s new maker space. See some photographs of the ribbon cutting on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Providing delicious apples for school lunches; honoring the county’s tradition of Gravenstein production; the Walker family was named 2017's Farm Family of the Year.
Walker Apples of Graton, was recently named Farm Family of the Year by The Sonoma County Farm Bureau. Six generations of family members have helped preserve heritage apple varieties, hopefully for generations to come. Rhian Miller visited the farm and has this report.
Walker Apples is just one of many local farms open to the public and can be found on the Farm Trails website. You can find a link at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Out of the ashes of the October fires grew a variety of organizations to help rebuild the county. Today begins a series looking into them to find out what makes each unique in what they bring to the recovery effort. To start off this series, reporter J. Mateo Baker looked into the Rebuild Northbay Foundation, founded just days after the fire, with this report.
The Rebuild Northbay Foundation website can be found at rebuildnorthbay.org with more information on KRCB’s website at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
What do we gain when we talk about death and listen to our neighbors on that scary subject?
Death Cafes are informal gatherings in public places where people meet to share their ideas--and fears--about death and dying. Since the idea debuted in London 17 years ago, they have spread worldwide, and now number in the thousands. Beginning on Friday, there will be one more, this one at the Sebastopol Area Senior Center. Bruce Robinson offers a preview.
The new Death Cafe at the Sebastopol Area Senior Center will hold its first session on Friday afternoon, Jan. 19, from 3:30 to 5. Additional sessions are planned for the third Friday of each month. You can find out more by calling 829-2440 or visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A meeting on resilient rebuilding Monday night in Santa Rosa drew a crowd to a local church.
The meetings have a clever name – Conversations Around the Fire. The idea? That the recent wildfires might bring together people in the progressive community to work for change during these post-fire months and years.
Monday night’s gathering featured speakers on insurance and green rebuilding. One speaker talked eloquently about the need to value workers who help rebuild our community. And then there was former Sonoma County environmental planner Ray Krauss – who spoke for nearly half an hour on fire, politics and history.
More from Conversations Around the Fire later this week – and visit us on the web at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There’s turmoil in the nation’s high schools right now – just yesterday Analy High School in Sebastopol was closed in mid-morning after threatening graffiti was found on its campus. The recent Florida shootings have inspired teen activists to make their voices heard about gun control and other issues.
The Sonoma County Junior Commission on Human Rights – made up of high schoolers – has released a report which identifies overt racial hostility in the county schools as a serious issue. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher spoke with two members of that commission – Lucia Garay and Tara Sullivan.
Find links to their report on discrimination and bullying in county schools at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Last week in Novato, a father was picked up by immigration officers as he was dropping off his child at school. Events like this rattle the immigrant community which has had to deal with changing policies and more federal activity. But Sonoma County is making its own efforts to help protect families. J. Mateo Baker visited the Office of the Sonoma County Counsel to bring this report.
If you’d like to support Sonoma families affected by the changes in federal immigration policy, visit www.sonomacountysecurefamilies.org and click on the “Donate Now” button to make your contribution.
Find more information at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
High School students are in the news these days for their increasing activism. And Sonoma County provides a forum for those students to take a role in promoting human rights.
We recently brought you the story of how the Sonoma County Junior Commission on Human Rights had created a survey showing that bullying and racial harassment is on the rise in Sonoma County schools.
We’ve continued to learn more about the junior commission’s work – and wanted to hear from its advisor, Dmitra Smith, who had come to the studio to accompany the students. She talked with KRCB news director Steve Mencher. We’ll also hear about an initiative of the junior commission to present a powerful documentary on the subject of human trafficking.
You’ll find that link to Strong Survival – and to educational materials about human trafficking, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
An unlikely form of high-intensity exercise is helping people with Parkinson's Disease to keep their symptoms at bay.
There is no known cure for Parkinson's Disease, but there are things than can be done to slow down its progress. One of them is a specialized fitness program called Rock Steady Boxing. Yes, boxing. Bruce Robinson stopped by the class in Petaluma to take a closer look, and filed this report.
See pictures and find out more about Rock Steady Boxing in Petaluma on our website, at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
On today’s North Bay Report, KRCB’s Darren LaShelle has a conversation with world –renowned drummer Barbara Borden. Borden is featured in an upcoming public television documentary about her life and work.
Find out more about Barbara Borden in the News Section of the krcb.org website, and watch “Keeper of the Beat” tomorrow night at 9:00 on KRCB TV22.
Learn more at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In an earlier North Bay Report, we looked at county efforts to protect undocumented immigrants from new federal immigration policies and the fallout of the October fires. Today we look at the North Bay Organizing Project, a collection of private organizations working together toward the same goals. KRCB reporter J. Mateo Baker has more.
More information about the Undocufund can be found at their website, undocufund.org. And information on North Bay’s Rapid Response Network can be found at the North Bay Organizing Project’s website, northbayop.org/rapidresponse which includes a multilingual downloadable graphic with their hotline number and information on legal rights.
Learn more at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Volunteers were out in force recently, planting acorns which a pair of nonprofits hopes will grow into mighty oaks.
When the October firestorms swept through Redwood Valley in Mendocino County, the innovative Frey family winery on Tomki Road lost vehicles, equipment, homes, and a barn full of goats. Last month, reporter Sarah Reith watched Katrina Frey welcome volunteers bearing acorns onto the burned land around her dormant vines.
Learn more about the Frey winery, and what it lost in the fires, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With most lots cleared of fire debris, parades of trucks still clog local roads. If you’re wondering which toxic materials are still a threat, we’ll hear from the EPA on the North Bay Report at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm.
With the removal of fire debris moving quickly toward a conclusion, we checked in with the EPA official who’s been helping oversee the cleanup of toxic material. Reporter Sujata Shrivastav has more.
For more of our coverage of the North Bay Fires, the cleanup and recovery visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Last week in Novato, a father was picked up by immigration officers as he was dropping off his child at school. Events like this rattle the immigrant community which has had to deal with changing policies and more federal activity. But Sonoma County is making its own efforts to help protect families. J. Mateo Baker visited the Office of the Sonoma County Counsel to bring this report.
If you’d like to support Sonoma families affected by the changes in federal immigration policy, visit www.sonomacountysecurefamilies.org and click on the “Donate Now” button to make your contribution.
Find more information at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new food truck appearing off the Sonoma Highway offers tasty meals. The truck is also an example of a local organization supporting small business with a special kind of investment.
La Luz Center in Boyes Hot Springs offers a variety of programs to help local immigrants. They’re seeking to expand one that shows great promise, as reporter Mateo Baker learned.
La Luz Center is actively seeking more local projects in need of innovative financing, as well as increased support for the program. Find more information at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
These days our household waste goes in all different directions. And some of the most re-usable material – like the green waste that can be composted - turns into something valuable.
For the past two and a half years, Sonoma County has been trucking roughly 80 tons of compostable materials to landfills in neighboring counties, at a cost of some $4 million per year. A decision on a new composting site is moving closer, as Bruce Robinson reports.
Find more local news and information, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There are lots of reasons to visit the coast. But there’s nothing quite like the visual delight of watching whales go by.
Whale watching season has arrived, and while the peak is still at least several weeks away, this year is already on track to be one of the best. Today’s North Bay Report comes from Bodega Bay, where reporter Mateo Baker joined a group overlooking a popular whale migration path.
Parking is free at Bodega Bay Trailhead, and docents will be available most days through the end of the northbound migration season in June. Find more information at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Today, we revisit two reports from the aftermath of October’s fires. They came to us through our partnership with KQED’s California Report.
First, an independent state watchdog called “the Little Hoover Commission” says California needs to re-examine how it manages the state’s forests to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
One key recommendation? It may be smart to use fire as a tool – with controlled burns helping to avoid firestorms like the ones we experienced last year. Molly Peterson has the story.
Special thanks to our friends at KQED’s California Report for making these stories available to our listeners. For links to the original stories, and to our coverage of the North Bay fires and recovery, visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
What’s happening to California’s middle class? And what are the consequences of the state’s failure to make the economy work for all? We’ll hear more on the North Bay Report at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm.
California prides itself on having the world’s sixth largest economy with a 2 point 75 Trillion dollar G-D-P. But we all know the state’s wealth is distributed unevenly. As part of the Capital Public Radio collaboration looking at the California Dream, KPBS’s Amita Sharma reports on the state’s shrinking middle class.
This story is part of our statewide California Dream collaboration. Find links to more stories at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
High School students are in the news these days for their increasing activism. And Sonoma County provides a forum for those students to take a role in promoting human rights.
We recently brought you the story of how the Sonoma County Junior Commission on Human Rights had created a survey showing that bullying and racial harassment is on the rise in Sonoma County schools.
We’ve continued to learn more about the junior commission’s work – and wanted to hear from its advisor, Dmitra Smith, who had come to the studio to accompany the students. She talked with KRCB news director Steve Mencher. We’ll also hear about an initiative of the junior commission to present a powerful documentary on the subject of human trafficking.
You’ll find that link to Strong Survival – and to educational materials about human trafficking, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
For the first time in decades, a contested election for Sonoma County Sheriff will allow voters a choice of who to lead this department crucial to the safety and well-being of our community.
The Russian River Chamber of Commerce presented a debate among the three candidates for Sonoma County Sheriff Monday night at the Rio Theater in Monte Rio – KRCB News Director Steve Mencher was there and has this report.
Find links to the candidates’ websites at KRCB.org/news and stay tuned to KRCB for more information on the race. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The arts community in Sonoma County has mobilized to create and share work about October’s fires. Some of that creative output is already on display.
The phrase "second responders" has been used about artists, mental health professionals and others helping our community cope with grief and loss since the North Bay fires. An exhibition at the Chroma Gallery in Santa Rosa features work by artists processing their own reactions to October's events, and using art to help heal their neighbors. J. Mateo Baker paid a visit to the gallery and has this report.
Find links to Healing by Art currently at the Chroma Gallery, and to The Fire Project of the Museums of Sonoma County at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Monday was already set to be a big day in the fight over DACA. But now it will be a day of protest and resistance.
Monday, March 5 was the original deadline set by President Trump for winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – or DACA – program. But courts have stayed President Trump’s order and the program is now in limbo. On Monday students and community members will gather at Santa Rosa Junior College to march downtown to the Federal Building in Santa Rosa – Among them will be DACA recipients who have been trying to find their way through a very uncertain period – as Steve Mencher reports.
Find links to information about Monday’s protest at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There are lots of reasons to visit the coast. But there’s nothing quite like the visual delight of watching whales go by.
Whale watching season has arrived, and while the peak is still at least several weeks away, this year is already on track to be one of the best. Today’s North Bay Report comes from Bodega Bay, where reporter Mateo Baker joined a group overlooking a popular whale migration path.
Parking is free at Bodega Bay Trailhead, and docents will be available most days through the end of the northbound migration season in June. Find more information at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There’s turmoil in the nation’s high schools right now – just yesterday Analy High School in Sebastopol was closed in mid-morning after threatening graffiti was found on its campus. The recent Florida shootings have inspired teen activists to make their voices heard about gun control and other issues.
The Sonoma County Junior Commission on Human Rights – made up of high schoolers – has released a report which identifies overt racial hostility in the county schools as a serious issue. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher spoke with two members of that commission – Lucia Garay and Tara Sullivan.
Find links to their report on discrimination and bullying in county schools at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
These days our household waste goes in all different directions. And some of the most re-usable material – like the green waste that can be composted - turns into something valuable.
For the past two and a half years, Sonoma County has been trucking roughly 80 tons of compostable materials to landfills in neighboring counties, at a cost of some $4 million per year. A decision on a new composting site is moving closer, as Bruce Robinson reports.
Find more local news and information, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A local woman who served in Vietnam now devotes her time to improving the lives of other women who have served in the Armed Forces.
Today – the third and final part of our conversation with army nurse Kate O’Hare-Palmer. She went from denying the trauma of her Vietnam experience to becoming an activist. Now she fights for women veterans from her time and ours, as she told news director Steve Mencher.
Find the first two parts of our conversation with Kate O’Hare Palmer, and learn about the experience of other local veterans, at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Some women veterans believed they wouldn’t experience the severe ups and downs that men felt upon their return from Vietnam. We know now that PTSD strikes regardless of gender.
Last week we heard from former Army nurse Kate O’Hare-Palmer as part of our series of interviews with local Vietnam-era veterans. We heard how she saw intense action 50 years ago in two army field hospitals. Today, she continues her conversation with KRCB news director Steve Mencher. She says that a book by another nurse who’d served in Vietnam convinced her that women, as well as men, came home transformed by their wartime experiences.
The next time we check in with Kate, we’ll hear how she got help for herself, and dedicated her life to advocating for women veterans. Find the first part of their conversation at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new food truck appearing off the Sonoma Highway offers tasty meals. The truck is also an example of a local organization supporting small business with a special kind of investment.
La Luz Center in Boyes Hot Springs offers a variety of programs to help local immigrants. They’re seeking to expand one that shows great promise, as reporter Mateo Baker learned.
La Luz Center is actively seeking more local projects in need of innovative financing, as well as increased support for the program. Find more information at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Remembrances and dedications connected with the fires last October continue nearly every week, even while attention turns to cleanup and rebuilding.
When the fires moved onto the Redwood Valley Rancheria on October 8th, eleven members of the Little River Band of Pomo Indians joined together to fight the flames. Reporter Sarah Reith was at the annual Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority meeting, where the men were honored.
Thanks to KZYX, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting where that story first appeared. For more on the North Bay fires and the rebuilding effort, visit us at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Uber, AirBnB and the other tech giants in San Francisco believe what’s good for their industry is good for the city.
Sunday night at 10, KRCB TV 22 is rebroadcasting “Company Town” a documentary about San Francisco politics by local filmmakers, Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman. When News Director Steve Mencher talked with them in October, he asked how the city’s infatuation with technology may be putting stress on the social fabric.
More at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma State University recently announced that 15 students have been awarded up to $10,000 each in scholarships. The new Wine Industry Scholars Program joins the school’s Educational Opportunity Program and its Wine Business Institute to support first generation students.
Karen Thompson is Interim Dean of the School of Business and Economics at Sonoma State. She brought to our studio a student recently awarded support –Rosie Zuniga, a 4th year psychology student. They talked with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher.
Applications are now being accepted for the next academic year. More at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With most lots cleared of fire debris, parades of trucks still clog local roads. If you’re wondering which toxic materials are still a threat, we’ll hear from the EPA on the North Bay Report at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm.
With the removal of fire debris moving quickly toward a conclusion, we checked in with the EPA official who’s been helping oversee the cleanup of toxic material. Reporter Sujata Shrivastav has more.
For more of our coverage of the North Bay Fires, the cleanup and recovery visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
No matter how many times we’re reminded, we tend to picture men in battle, even though a multitude of women have served on the front lines in many roles.
Last month, KRCB presented Ken Burns’ revealing history of the War in Vietnam. We also interviewed a number of veterans about their experiences. Today, we add one more veteran to that list. Kate O’Hare-Palmer is a nurse who served in Vietnam 50 years ago. She’s chair of the Women Veterans Committee of the Vietnam Veterans of America and has become a leader in fighting for the rights of women who served in the military. She talked with KRCB news director Steve Mencher.
We’ll hear from Kate O-Hare-Palmer in subsequent reports. Find more at krcb.org/Vietnam. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You may not give your trash much thought. You put it out, it disappears, you fill up the bins again. But there’s more at stake.
In December, the waste management company Recology took over garbage collection from the Ratto Group in parts of the North Bay, affecting 55,000 residential and commercial customers. Reporter Rhian Miller looks at how the switch will also change how we deal with trash.
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Coffey Strong Organizes to Help Displaced Residents, and Santa Rosa Tackles Rebuilding and New Building
Chris Coursey, Santa Rosa’s mayor is fond of saying that city officials need to walk and chew gum at the same time. That is, they must tackle rebuilding along with necessary housing growth.
In the wake of the October fires in Santa Rosa, residents of the Coffey Park neighborhood have organized. The group Coffey Strong now numbers nearly 1000 residents who act collectively to pool information and save money. Jeff Okrepkie represented the group on a recent edition of KQED’s Forum with Michael Krasny.
We also hear from David Guhin, director of Planning and Economic Development for Santa Rosa who spoke about rebuilding the city.
More on rebuilding our city and county at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
This winter, despite the shortage of rain, green shoots are peeking through many natural landscapes where fire rampaged last fall.
Today, we’ve got two reports about the aftermath of October’s fires. They come to us through our partnership with KQED’s California Report.
First, an independent state watchdog called “the Little Hoover Commission” says California needs to re-examine how it manages the state’s forests to minimize the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
One key recommendation? It may be smart to use fire as a tool – with controlled burns helping to avoid firestorms like the ones we experienced last year. Molly Peterson has the story.
Special thanks to our friends at KQED’s California Report for making these stories available to our listeners. For links to the original stories, and to our coverage of the North Bay fires and recovery, visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Last week we visited the State of the County event and heard from some key voices representing our diverse community. Visit our website to hear from Ana Lugo, President of the North Bay Organizing Project, Reno Franklin, Chair of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians, and Beth Brown, President and CEO of the Community Foundation of Sonoma County.
Today we’re back at the State of the County breakfast with News Director Steve Mencher. He says the expert that many had come to see was Jerry Nickelsburg, director of UCLA’s Anderson Forecast. His talk focused on the local, state and national economy; as well as how the county’s recovery would be aided – or hindered – by economic trends.
For a link to our Friday special broadcast on the State of the County, visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Coffey Park was the topic on a recent edition of KQED’s Forum program with Michael Krasny. Among the guests – Jeff Okrepkie, chair of the neighborhood group Coffey Strong, Robert Digitale, a reporter for the Press Democrat and David Guhin, Director of Housing and Community Services for the City of Santa Rosa.
KRCB News Director Steve Mencher has some excerpts from the discussion.
Find links to information about rebuilding, and more of our coverage of the fires and recovery at KRCB.org/news. We’ll hear more about Coffey Park rebuilding next week on the North Bay Report.
Volunteers fanned out across cities and towns in America at the end of last month on a very important mission: counting the homeless. Knowing the statistics allows communities do a better job helping people without regular shelter.
On a single night in January, volunteers all over the country participate in a federal program counting homeless people in their communities. This so-called “point in time” count occurs when the weather is at its worst in many parts of the U.S. In Mendocino County, the count began at 5 a.m. on January 25 at a soup kitchen in the county seat. Reporter Sarah Reith was there.
To learn more about the “point in time” homeless count, visit us on the web at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Many tourists, hearing about “The Wine County Fires,” postponed or cancelled trips to nearby wineries. Tasting rooms and tours should have been busy in harvest season. Instead, the wine business took a major hit.
A new study describes the effects of the North Bay fires on local vineyards and wineries. In addition to surveying stakeholders, the authors also crunched the first available statistics. The report comes from Sonoma State’s Wine Business Institute, part of the School of Business and Economics. Honor Comfort, the Institute’s Executive in Residence, talked with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher about the study.
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In his final state of the state address, Governor Jerry Brown took a victory lap on some signature achievements, continued to push some pet projects, and avoided mentioning by name the man in Washington whose agenda opposes his.
Born into politics, educated by Jesuits, Brown will stand, by any measure, as one of the most important leaders in California history. In Sonoma County, we were listening to hear what he’d say about the traumatic wildfire season – and that came early in the speech. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher listened along…
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Fire displaced homeowners throughout our area are in tough negotiations with their insurance companies. But they have an ally they may not know about.
Yesterday, we heard a presentation from “Conversations Around the Fire.” That’s an initiative hoping to guide local residents to greener, safer and more just ideas about rebuilding our community. Today, KRCB News Director Steve Mencher has our second report from this community meeting. One speaker at the conversation Monday night represented a group that helps answer questions about insurance. It advocates for those seeking fair treatment from their carriers. The nonprofit, called United Policyholders, formed after the Oakland Hills firestorm of 1991.
Find links to Dan Wade’s group United Policyholders and listen to our previous fire coverage at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A meeting on resilient rebuilding Monday night in Santa Rosa drew a crowd to a local church.
The meetings have a clever name – Conversations Around the Fire. The idea? That the recent wildfires might bring together people in the progressive community to work for change during these post-fire months and years.
Monday night’s gathering featured speakers on insurance and green rebuilding. One speaker talked eloquently about the need to value workers who help rebuild our community. And then there was former Sonoma County environmental planner Ray Krauss – who spoke for nearly half an hour on fire, politics and history.
More from Conversations Around the Fire later this week – and visit us on the web at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Now that any adult can buy cannabis legally, guess who makes up a growing percentage of the market locally? Hint – it’s not the 20-somethings.
California officially opened cannabis sales to all adults at the start of the New Year. That’s after voters passed Proposition 64 back in November 2016. Local dispensaries are slowly getting up to speed on permits and paperwork. They’re adjusting to a new flow of customers. And they're finding that a growing clientele consists of older folks. Some are returning to marijuana after trying it in their youth. Others are using it for the first time. Some are attracted because they can buy it for their health without needing a doctor’s note. Reporter Sarah Tan has more on efforts to educate – and market products to - older cannabis users.
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Whether or not ICE is planning huge raids in Northern California, a report to that effect has unsettled local immigrants and put the whole community on edge.
The planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ICE – immigration raids in our area are partly to punish California for its recent decision to become a so-called sanctuary state. So says a report in this week’s San Francisco Chronicle. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher asked Omar Medina of the North Bay Organizing Project about the story.
See the original Chronicle article and connect to the North Bay Rapid Response Network at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Insurance was on the agenda at a Fire Recovery and Rebuilding town hall Saturday. And the man who organizes California resources to fight fires and floods was there to stand once again with our community.
Mark Ghilarducci, head of the California Office of Emergency Services, took time off from marshaling forces in Southern California cleaning up mudslides there, to answer questions from fire survivors in our region.
For details on the legislative proposals in Sacramento, visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Fire survivors gathered Saturday – some skeptical, some hopeful, all wanting answers to their concerns about rebuilding.
Local residents by the hundreds showed up at a town hall Saturday for updates on fire recovery and rebuilding. Local politicians were there, as well as representatives from FEMA, California Office of Emergency Services and the Army Corps of Engineers. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher has more.
James Gore, the new Chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, spoke at a Town Hall Saturday morning on rebuilding and resilience. We’ll have more from that meeting tomorrow. For links and more information visit our website KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
What do we gain when we talk about death and listen to our neighbors on that scary subject?
Death Cafes are informal gatherings in public places where people meet to share their ideas--and fears--about death and dying. Since the idea debuted in London 17 years ago, they have spread worldwide, and now number in the thousands. Beginning on Friday, there will be one more, this one at the Sebastopol Area Senior Center. Bruce Robinson offers a preview.
The new Death Cafe at the Sebastopol Area Senior Center will hold its first session on Friday afternoon, Jan. 19, from 3:30 to 5. Additional sessions are planned for the third Friday of each month. You can find out more by calling 829-2440 or visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Do you feel your concerns about rebuilding Sonoma County are being heard by our elected representatives and by government officials?
A town hall meeting tomorrow about Fire Recovery and Rebuilding will present updates and allow time for airing citizen concerns. Among elected officials scheduled to attend are members of the Santa Rosa City Council and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, State Senators Mike McGuire and Bill Dodd, and Assembly Members Jim Wood, Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and Marc Levine.
Representatives Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman will be there – and KRCB news director Steve Mencher talked with Huffman about the meeting.
Santa Rosa High School is at 1235 Mendocino Avenue. The town hall begins Saturday morning at 10. Find links to more information at KRCB.org/news. Let us know what issues you’d like us to keep an eye on as Sonoma County rebuilds. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Should every fire-affected homeowner have complete control of how they rebuild? Or should people be directed to build more resiliency and fire resistance into their new homes?
Yesterday, KRCB News Director Steve Mencher brought us some excerpts from a conversation about rebuilding the North Bay first broadcast on KQED’s Forum program. Today, part two - One of the callers to the show asked whether unions would play a big part in the rebuilding effort. Keith Woods, CEO of the North Coast Builders Exchange, responds.
Special thanks to KQED’s Forum for providing these excerpts from their recent program. Hear part one of this conversation about Rebuilding the North Bay at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As construction activities begin over the next few months in areas devastated by the recent fires, industry professionals fear that lack of labor and limited availability of building materials may slow the rebuilding. More, on the North Bay Report at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm.
Rains will slow construction activities that have started in areas destroyed by the fall fires. But the real slowdown will come from lack of materials and workers as building gears up. A recent episode of KQED’s Forum program hosted by Michael Krasny addressed those concerns. News Director Steve Mencher has some excerpts.
More on rebuilding the North Bay tomorrow, and visit us on the web at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It seems to some that the Trump administration is at war with California. From Cannabis to drilling on the coast, recent activity in Washington seems to run counter to the wishes of many in our state.
Last week, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave leeway to federal prosecutors to enforce federal laws against cannabis. That’s even in states where medical and adult use is legal. News Director Steve Mencher spoke with Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins and the county’s Cannabis Program Manager Tim Ricard about the Sessions announcement.
Listen to the unedited conversation at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Nearly every afternoon for 30 years, Robert Siegel has cohosted the flagship NPR news magazine All Things Considered. Now he’s looking forward to other challenges.
One of Public Radio’s most familiar voices is signing off this week. Robert Siegel is retiring from hosting All Things Considered after 30 years… Siegel chatted with our News Director Steve Mencher. They started by talking about Robert’s colleague Susan Stamberg.
Hear the unedited conversation with retiring NPR host Robert Siegel at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Kirstjen Nielsen, the Secretary of Homeland Security was in Santa Rosa yesterday, touring Coffey Park and other fire damaged areas. She met with federal, state and local officials to help coordinate aid for the recovery.
After touring Santa Rosa's Coffey Park neighborhood, Neilson talked briefly to the press, then took some questions from reporters.
Hear the answers to those questions, including one about California’s role as a “sanctuary state,” at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Volunteers were out in force recently, planting acorns which a pair of nonprofits hopes will grow into mighty oaks.
When the October firestorms swept through Redwood Valley in Mendocino County, the innovative Frey family winery on Tomki Road lost vehicles, equipment, homes, and a barn full of goats. Last month, reporter Sarah Reith watched Katrina Frey welcome volunteers bearing acorns onto the burned land around her dormant vines.
Learn more about the Frey winery, and what it lost in the fires, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
One unintended consequence of full cannabis legalization: the history of the illegal marijuana business in Northern California risks being lost.
Recently, we shared some news and impressions from this year’s Emerald Cup – the yearly meeting of cannabis business professionals and enthusiasts. As you may know, the era of cannabis prohibition is ending in California on January 1. You probably won’t be able to walk into your local pot store on the First – the rules and regulations are still emerging. But it may be time to make sure that the history of the underground marijuana trade isn’t lost to the ages. Reporter Sarah Reith hung out with some budding historians at the Emerald Cup, and has this report.
Listen to our earlier report from the Emerald Cup and find more stories on the cannabis business at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Even a 15-dollar an hour minimum wage isn’t going to help you find a home in the North Bay – but one politician has his sights set on a fix.
Last week we talked with Assembly member Marc Levine about the challenging year we’ve had. Today, News Director Steve Mencher asks Levine about his number one concern for 2018 – it turns out to be the ever-widening gulf between rich and poor in our community.
Hear more from Assemblyman Marc Levine at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You’ve seen them on the road. Perhaps you’re in your car now behind a long line of them. But where are those dump trucks with fire debris going?
About two months ago the North Bay wildfires were contained. Most of the toxic debris has been carted away -- like asbestos, burned plastic, and car batteries. Material like ash and everything else left behind is still being cleared. Reporter Sarah Tan tracks progress at the main county landfill.
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Environmental legislation, housing help, and revenue from an increased gas tax – these are the highlights of the year in Sacramento, according to Assemblyman Marc Levine.
KRCB News Director Steve Mencher began a conversation earlier this week with Assemblyman Marc Levine, who represents Marin and Southern Sonoma Counties. Today they touch on lessons learned from the North Bay fires, and the Assemblyman’s view of what the California legislature accomplished this year.
You can hear their previous conversation at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Residents of fire ravaged areas are looking back to happier times and thinking ahead to what’s next.
Ready or not Christmas is coming. After October’s fires in the North Bay, this will be a holiday like no other. April Dembosky of the California Report visited Coffey Park to find out how some fire survivors are marking Christmas this year.
There’s new information being posted every day on SonomaCountyRecovers.org – including daily news updates.
Find a photo of Christmas in Coffey Park and links to our extensive coverage of the ongoing recovery, at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It was a busy year in Sacramento, and that was before legislators had to grapple with the historic fire season. Today, we hear the first part of a conversation with Assembly member Marc Levine, who represents parts of the North Bay.
News director Steve Mencher started with an issue that has gained traction due to the state’s extraordinary fire season. Wireless Emergency Alerts call people in the event of a natural disaster or other crisis. That system, Levine says, needs to be improved, and he is joining other local lawmakers to suggest some changes.
See more at KRCB.org/news, including a link to some criticism Levine received for created a glossy brochure about his accomplishments in Sacramento. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Nobody was surprised when the FCC Thursday struck down Net Neutrality.
The FCC has voted to remove rules that require Internet giants like Comcast and AT&T to treat all traffic the same. They’ll now be able create tiers for faster and slower service. News director Steve Mencher talked with Tara Sharp, head of marketing at local ISP Sonic, about the details.
Sonic is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a group of states planning to sue the FCC to save net neutrality. Find out more at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Tomorrow on KRCB TV 22 we’ll be broadcasting our second special about the North Bay Fires. The New Normal tells stories from the community about lives turned upside down, and the strength of the human spirit.
One story we’ll be telling: how photographer Diane Askew (ASK-you) finds beauty in the rubble – and partners with those in the community to share their stories. She tells News Director Steve Mencher about her photo of a woman in a red dress…
Watch Diane and see other powerful stories on The New Normal at 6:30 p. m. tomorrow on KRCB TV 22. We’ll simulcast the program on KRCB FM Radio 91. See a few of Diane’s extraordinary images at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Emerald Cup held this weekend will be the last in California during what advocates consider the era of “Prohibition.” On January 1 the legal landscape for cannabis changes, and the industry is getting ready.
The 17th annual Emerald Cup, a celebration of all things cannabis, was held December 9 and 10 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. Reporter Stacey Dennick joined the crowd of approximately 25,000 attendees who were, by the look of it, ready to party like it was already 2018.
Visit KRCB .org/news for a slide show of images from the Emerald Cup.
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Scientists are sifting evidence about whether climate change is to blame for the ongoing fires. And the state insurance commissioner warns about disruptions in the insurance market.
Today’s stories come from our partners at The California Report. We’ll hear about whether there’s a direct link between climate change and the state’s worst-ever fire season. But first, the state’s insurance commissioner Dave Jones tells KQED’s Guy Marzorati that some insurance companies may end up issuing fewer policies in the years ahead. Companies have more flexibility about whether or not to issue policies than they do about renewing policies or raising rates. The story begins in Santa Rosa…
This Friday at 6:30 pm, KRCB presents our second TV special about the fires and the ongoing recovery. We’ll also be simulcasting the special – Called The New Normal – on KRCB Radio 91.
We will follow the progress of UnDocuFund, which aims to distribute at least $5 million to undocumented immigrants affected by the fire. Also, see the story of a family sifting through the ashes of their home. We’ll follow a photographer who has been making poignant and beautiful pictures of the fire’s destruction. Plus, we’ll see an animated film shared by millions of people around the world that documents a family’s losses in a very personal and intimate way.
You can always find more at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Free meals, friendly signs. The North Bay poured out love to its first responders in October. But what help will be available when the stress and trauma catches up to them?
Monday night at 9 KRCB TV 22 will present a documentary about the stresses caregivers and first responders suffer as part of their jobs. News Director Steve Mencher spoke with producer Rodney Whittenberg who started off by describing the background of his filmmaking partner Vic Compher.
“Portraits of Professional Caregivers” airs at 9 pm Monday on KRCB TV 22. Watch a preview at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A local group is raising money to help undocumented members of the community get back on their feet after the North Bay fires.
Susan Shaw of the North Bay Organizing Project realized early on that help from insurance companies and government agencies would likely bypass undocumented community members. What resulted was the UnDocuFund. Shaw began her talk last week with evidence of why the UnDocuFund is needed.
To learn more about the UnDocuFund and listen to the entire meeting of funders and nonprofits, visit KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
At last week’s meeting of nonprofits and funders raising money for the recovery, one organization reintroduced itself to the public. Rebuild Northbay wants to make sure our region gets every dollar coming to it from government sources.
We reported last week on a meeting here in Rohnert Park that brought together funders, government representatives and nonprofits working to coordinate fire recovery dollars. The Community Foundation of Sonoma County invited the North Bay Fire Relief Fund, United Way of the Wine Country, UnDocuFund, and Tipping Point Community to give an accounting of how much money they’ve raised and where it’s going.
Darius Anderson, founder of Rebuild Northbay, laid out his organization’s priorities and the places he sees where it can make a difference.
You can hear the entire Resilience Convening, led by the Community Foundation of Sonoma County, at KRCB.org/News.
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Laughter through tears – that often happens when things are at their worst.
There is a fire relief fundraiser scheduled for Saturday at the Charles Schulz Museum. Author Dave Eggers, and Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis, head an all-star cast talking about how humor and creativity can help the North Bay recover. Pastis and Brian Fies, author of "A Fire Story,” join KRCB news director Steve Mencher to talk about the benefit.
Watch the animated version of A Fire Story at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Rents have soared 36 percent; a new homeless encampment is active off Sebastopol Road in Santa Rosa. What was a housing crisis before the fires is getting worse.
Today, we’re returning to a meeting held earlier this week that focused on two issues: rental housing and homelessness after the North Bay fires. We’ll hear from Santa Rosa City Council Member Julie Combs and Adrienne Lauby, an expert on local homelessness. Combs laid out some facts and figures to keep in mind as the city struggles to recover.
Find our earlier story on this meeting at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
There may be some confusion about all the money being collected by and distributed locally after the North Bay fires. Funders and nonprofits convened this week in Rohnert Park to get some clarity.
At a “Resilience Convening” meeting this week, more than 150 community nonprofits gathered in Rohnert Park. They heard from some of the organizations that have sprung up since the North Bay fires to collect and distribute funds for the recovery. Elizabeth Brown, CEO of Community Foundation, Sonoma County welcomed the attendees – including KRCB news director Steve Mencher - with an insight into what everyone in the room has been grappling with for nearly two months since the fires…
If you’d like to listen to the entire 90 minute meeting of funders and nonprofits, visit our website at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
So here’s a question for renters – If you were forced to evacuate your home during the fires, do you still owe rent for that time?
Before the North Bay fires, Sonoma County was in a housing crisis. Now, the squeeze is even worse.
Several dozen people met Monday in Santa Rosa to talk about the fire’s effects on renters and the homeless. Reporter Steve Mencher was there as Kendall Jarvis of Sonoma County Legal Aid provided answers to questions about renters’ rights.
These “conversations around the fire” will continue in December. More at KRCB.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Can lessons be learned from 2015’s Valley Fire as local homeowners begin the long and sometimes difficult process of working with insurance companies?
As trucks continue to haul away the remains of homes burned in the North Bay fires, homeowners are beginning to deal with the next big step in recovery – claiming their insurance. KQED’s Sukey Lewis talked with homeowners, insurers and state officials. She started in Lake County, where the Valley Fire destroyed homes in 2015 and some residents are still fighting to get their payouts.
Today’s report was part of our continuing project to share news of the fire and recovery with KQED’s California Report. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We’re hoping that people in our battered region are finding ways to be thankful this holiday weekend. The family behind the Frey Winery in Redwood Valley is looking toward the future, as they rebuild their business after the North Bay fires.
Four generations of the Frey family live and work at their winery in Redwood Valley. It was the first organic and biodynamic winery to open in the US. The October wildfires destroyed many structures on the site, while sparing most of the vineyards and the main house on the property. From KQED’s The California Report, April Dembosky takes us to the vineyard where the family is trying to figure out how to rebuild its business.
This report is part of our partnership with KQED to share coverage of the North Bay fires and recovery. Find a link to April’s original story, plus other stories from our ongoing coverage at KRCB.org/news.
A family crammed into a one-bedroom apartment will be finding ways to enjoy the holiday today. They are thankful to be together, and hopeful that the future will sort itself out
The Espinoza family plans to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner in the one bedroom apartment they’ve been sharing since the North Bay fires. Between the parents and kids, the family lost two homes as flames rushed through Redwood Valley in Mendocino.
Like them, many families are living in tight quarters this holiday season – some in hotel rooms, others in the first FEMA trailers, still others staying with friends and relatives.
This report is part of our partnership with KQED to share coverage of the North Bay fires and recovery. Find a link to April Demboksy’s original story, plus more of our ongoing coverage at KRCB.org/news.
An international group led by Palestinian Christians is presenting a conference on Middle East issues in Santa Rosa next week.
Friends of Sabeel North America defines itself as a Christian ecumenical group. Its Northern California chapter is assembling Christian, Muslim, Jewish and secular leaders to discuss the complicated political struggles in Israel and Palestine. News director Steve Mencher talked with conference organizer Therese Maughannam.
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“Outrageous. Unacceptable. A dereliction of duty.” That’s the response from Representatives Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman to a Trump administration request for disaster relief that leaves out money for Northern California fire recovery.
Is the Trump administration playing politics with disaster relief? That’s the implication of a statement released on Friday by Representatives Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson. Representative Huffman spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about the strongly-worded complaint.
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How some immigrants reacted to the North Bay fires; a request from California's senators; and plans to rebuild the hospitality business.
Yesterday, we heard about a new hotline that helps protect local immigrants who may be swept up in raids by Immigration officers. At the rally announcing the new Rapid Response phone line, news director Steve Mencher spoke with immigrant rights activist Anna Salgado. He asked whether her neighbors’ fears of deportation have been heightened by the North Bay Fires and how the hotline will help.
Farida Jhabvala Romero’s report is part of KRCB’s partnership with KQED, generously sharing their fire-related coverage with our audience. Find links to Romero’s original story on local tourism, and more of our own reporting about local immigrants, at krcb.org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new communication system launched last week, with the goal of providing witnesses and support for immigrants subject to raids by ICE.
In the pouring rain last week, a coalition of groups announced a new initiative to protect immigrants in our community. The North Bay Rapid Response Network of Sonoma and Napa Counties aims to, in its words, “Witness, Accompany, Advocate and Defend” people who may be subject to immigration raids. Through a telephone hotline wedded to innovative communication software, trained legal observers and citizens agreeing to witness immigration raids can be contacted at any time.
The number for the new Rapid Response Network is 707-800-4544. For more on immigration issues, visit us at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Yesterday, we talked with former Supervisor Efren Carrillo about the annexation of Roseland. Today, he’s back to talk about housing in the wake of the historic fires.
Former Supervisor Efren Carrillo is now director of governmental and community relations at Burbank Housing in Santa Rosa. The organization is grappling with the reality that an already tight housing market has gotten worse since the North Bay fires. Carrillo talked about affordable housing with KRCB news director Steve Mencher.
Former Supervisor Efren Carrillo, director of governmental and community relations at Burbank Housing in Santa Rosa. Find more at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Efren Carrillo represented the 5th District on the County Board of Supervisors. He recounts the history of how Roseland came to be annexed into the city of Santa Rosa.
Earlier this month, the Roseland neighborhood finally became an official part of the city of Santa Rosa. News director Steve Mencher talked with former supervisor Efren Carrillo, who played a large part in bringing together politicians and citizens to build consensus for annexation.
Former Supervisor Efren Carrillo now works as director of government and community relations at Burbank Housing in Santa Rosa . Find more on Roseland at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The youngest victim of the North Bay wildfires was just 14.
Kai Shepherd was the youngest person to die in the North Bay wildfires. He and his sister and parents fled their home in Redwood Valley as flames overtook the neighborhood. As part of our continuing partnership on fire coverage, KQED’s April Dembosky went to Kai’s school to see how friends remember him.
Kai’s 17-year-old sister, Kressa, died October 29. Their parents Jon and Sara Shepherd continue to recover. Find more information at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Tonight in Sebastopol, join KRCB for a free screening of highlights from the PBS series The Vietnam War. On our panel following the film, we’ll hear the experiences of one vet who returned to Vietnam and came face to face with his memories… Hear part of his story at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm.
Tonight, KRCB hosts a screening of highlights from the PBS documentary series “The Vietnam War.” Recently, we talked with Fred Ptucha, who served four tours in Vietnam. In 2002, he returned there with a group of vets. He told KRCB news director Steve Mencher about that visit.
Vietnam Veteran Fred Ptucha will take part in KRCB’s free screening and panel discussion at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol tonight at 7:15. Find more information at krcb.org/Vietnam. Look for KRCB’s broadcast of The Vietnam War, from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick to begin this January. Find this story and others at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In advance of our screening tomorrow in Sebastopol of excerpts from the Ken Burns Vietnam series, we’ll hear from one veteran who remembers the exact moment he stepped on the improvised bomb that changed his life.
Tomorrow night, KRCB is hosting a film showing at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. We’ll be screening highlights of the PBS series The Vietnam War and hearing about the experiences of those who fought and returned home changed forever.
Vietnam veteran Martin Lesinski is one of the panelists who will be joining us tomorrow at this special event. He recently spoke with news director Steve Mencher.
Join us tomorrow night at 7:15 when KRCB hosts a showing of highlights from The Vietnam War series, followed by a panel discussion at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. Visit our website at krcb.org/Vietnam for details and for other stories from this series. Look for KRCB’s broadcast of The Vietnam War, from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick to begin this January. Find this story and others at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Providing delicious apples for school lunches; honoring the county’s tradition of Gravenstein production; the Walker family is this year’s Farm Family of the Year.
Walker Apples of Graton, was recently named Farm Family of the Year by The Sonoma County Farm Bureau. Six generations of family members have helped preserve heritage apple varieties, hopefully for generations to come. Rhian Miller visited the farm and has this report.
Walker Apples is just one of many local farms open to the public and can be found on the Farm Trails website. You can find a link at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Santa Rosa Junior College became a place for remembering lost neighbors and thanking first responders last Saturday.
Earlier in the week we heard from Sheriff Rob Giordano, but now let’s listen to the music and poetry that brought the audience of several hundred to tears… and to their feet repeatedly on a crystal clear and warm fall day. You’ll hear MC Pat Kerrigan of KSRO – and young poet Vicente Reyes from Mark West Charter School. Tenor Mark Kratz and soprano Linnea Hill started things off with the National Anthem.
Transcendence Theater Company will be leading a Sonoma Strong Benefit Concert in New York City with other Broadway stars on Sunday at 4:00 pm (Pacific). They will be broadcasting that performance live on Facebook and you can find a link at KRCB.org/News. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With an estimated $3.3 billion in damages from the North Bay Fires, maps that control building codes may need to be rewritten.
The record-breaking destruction of the North Bay fires has many experts questioning the way California determines fire risk. It seems clear that stricter building codes will be required in high-risk areas, but some say the current risk designations are outdated and need re-mapping. Penny Nelson, host of KQED’s The California Report, recently discussed the issue with KQED Science reporter Lauren Sommer.
This story continues a partnership we’ve been developing to share content among California stations reporting on the fire and recovery. Let us know your story – and what you’d like us to cover going forward – by sending us a note to news@krcb.org. For up to the minute information about the North Bay fires – visit the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
On Saturday, city, county and state officials gathered at Santa Rosa Junior College to remember – with bagpipes and song – those lost in the North Bay fires.
There were a few voices that calmed and informed us during the recent fires, among them, Pat Kerrigan of KSRO. She held the microphone for hour after hour, providing critical updates to a growing audience during the crisis. Another calming presence was Sheriff/Coroner Rob Giordano. Appointed as a short-term caretaker sheriff, he had pledged that he wouldn’t run for the office next year. Now, after watching him in action every day, some in the community are urging him to become a candidate for Sheriff in 2018.
Find links to resources for the fire recovery, places to donate, and our stories on the North Bay fires
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A linchpin of the Mendocino County economy, some cannabis farmers were hit hard by the North Bay fires.
They’ve been called the “wine country” fires – but cannabis farmers suffered losses in the recent firestorm as well. Unlike vintners, whose grapes were nearly all picked, the cannabis harvest was just getting started when the fires struck. Reporter Sarah Reith visited growers who are now reckoning with their losses.
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We’re meeting Vietnam veterans in our area – learning about their experiences during and after the war. What happens when a vet returns to Vietnam decades after fighting there?
Over the past few months, we talked with local Vietnam veterans about their lives during and after the war. Fred Ptucha served four tours in Vietnam. In 2002, he returned there with a group of vets to help build homes for their former enemies. He told KRCB news director Steve Mencher about that visit.
Fred Ptucha will take part in KRCB’s “Vietnam War” screening and panel discussion November 9th at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. More information at krcb.org/Vietnam. Find more stories on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCB
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The “Maker” movement was born in Sonoma County and has flourished here.
Sonoma State University has just opened a newly enlarged and enhanced “makerspace.” If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s a place where people can use a variety of tools – from sewing machines to laser cutters to 3-D printers – to collaborate creatively. The National Science Foundation provided a large grant to set up the space in the SSU library – and physics professor Jeremy Qualls provided leadership to get the project off the ground.
SSU physics professor Jeremy Qualls spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about the university’s new maker space. See some photographs of the ribbon cutting on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Through appearances in scary stories, we’ve come to fear bats. That’s despite the fact they help with pest control and rarely threaten humans. Dress as a bat for Halloween if you like, but know they are our friends.
All the flying mammals in the world are bats: the pollinators, the blood-sippers, and the insect-eaters. In Northern California, most bats spend their nights hunting down the kinds of insects people regard as pests. Reporter Sarah Reith tells us more about these voracious nighttime creatures.
Thanks to member station KZYX in Mendocino County for that report – see a bat on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
San Francisco is a company town – with tech and the so called sharing economy determining the details of daily life. A new film covers the political battle to save the last pockets of middle class life in the city.
Filmmakers Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman chronicle a Board of Supervisors race in San Francisco – a race that became something of a last stand for those fighting gentrification in the city. Kaufman and Snitow spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about their film.
Their film Company Town airs on KRCB Monday night at 9. There's more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Our series of conversations with Vietnam veterans continues today. Bob Young was a medical corpsman – and has grappled with PTSD.
On November 9th, KRCB will host a screening of highlights from the Ken Burns Vietnam documentary. As part of this ongoing project, we’ve been talking with local veterans, like Bob Young – who enlisted in the Naval Reserve as a hospital corpsman at the age of 19. Steve Mencher talked with him about his service.
For other Vietnam stories and to reserve a seat for our November 9 screening in Sebastopol, go to krcb.org/Vietnam. There's more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Imagine it’s the late 19th century – and Chinese workers have found their way up the Mendocino Coast. One historian is uncovering their secrets.
In the latter half of the 19th century, the village of Mendocino was home to one of the few large Chinese communities on the Pacific north coast. Mendocino’s Chinatown burned in 1910. But historian Jeff Kan Lee has been documenting the community there. He gave reporter Sarah Reith a tour of the Chinese Taoist temple in Mendocino one recent Saturday afternoon.
This report comes to us from station KZYX in Mendocino County. See photos of the Kwan Tai temple on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When we hear about services available to those in crisis after our fire event, it seems simple to connect. But those who are stressed the most may not be able to find the help they need.
The psychological toll from our local fires is very much on our minds today, as people return to their neighborhoods to find homes that are destroyed, damaged or unscathed. News director Steve Mencher visited the Santa Rosa Veteran’s Memorial Building and the Sonoma County Fairgrounds yesterday afternoon and has this report.
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Bright colors and new works of art are featured in Museum of Sonoma County’s Dia de los Muertos exhibit.
The traditional mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos - or Day of the Dead, is still a few weeks away. But the Museum of Sonoma County is getting a head start on the festivities with a new exhibition that opened this week. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
Dia de los Muertos is open now at the Museum of Sonoma County. Find out more about the exhibition on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The financial and legal aspects of growing cannabis are on the agenda at a seminar tomorrow (10/6).
You can’t yet major in Cannabis Studies at Sonoma State. But SSU is getting serious about sharing information on the burgeoning industry. Tomorrow, the school hosts a seminar focused on Cannabis Finance, Investment and Investment Law. News Director Steve Mencher talked with Jason Snyder, who is leading the cannabis initiative at SSU, about his background and tomorrow’s event.
Find links to Friday’s Cannabis in California seminar and to an in depth article on Sonoma State’s cannabis plans on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Santa’s Rosa’s new Housing First homeless plan is cleaning up and clearing out encampments across the city.
First the city of Santa Rosa vacated and cleaned out the tent city at Farmers Lane and Bennett Valley Road - also known as Homeless Hill. Now the city is targeting the sixth street encampment under the 101 highway. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports these cleanups are part of Santa Rosa’s new homeless strategy...
Find out more about Santa Rosa’s new approach to end homelessness on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Marin County is looking to become a carbon-free community and help reverse climate change.
For environmentalists, the term "drawdown" refers to the point when greenhouse gases start to decline yearly. To reach that goal, Marin County is launching Drawdown: Marin. It’s a campaign that looks to drastically reduce greenhouse gases - like carbon dioxide. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi spoke with Marin County Supervisors Kate Sears and Damon Connolly about the project.
Find out more about Drawdown: Marin on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The most important Jewish holiday of the year starts at sundown tonight.
The Jewish Holiday Yom Kippur begins tonight at sundown. Reb Irwin Keller of Cotati’s Congregation Ner Shalom returns to the studio to tell news director Steve Mencher all about the “Day of Atonement.”
Find links to more information about Yom Kippur on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s the middle of Banned Books Week, sponsored by a coalition of groups like librarians who fight censorship.
Since 1982, a coalition of groups takes a week each year – this week – to call attention to books that are removed from shelves in school and public libraries in the United States because someone decides they are inappropriate. Suzanne Lang, host of KRCB’s A Novel Idea joined News Director Steve Mencher to talk about Banned Books week.
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Today we return to last week’s DACA town hall at Santa Rosa Junior College, to learn about county lawyers providing help and resources to young immigrants.
Yesterday we heard from Congressman Mike Thompson, who co-hosted a town hall on immigration at Santa Rosa Junior College last week. Today we hear from others at the forum, called to support students struggling to respond to President Trump’s dismantling of DACA. First up – Alegria de la Cruz, Chief Deputy County Counsel for Sonoma County.
Find more information about resources for ‘dreamers’ – and about a benefit Sunday night in Petaluma, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A town hall on DACA last week provided support for those at risk of losing their foothold in the U-S.
On September 20, Santa Rosa Junior College hosted a Town Hall on DACA, with elected officials and representatives from groups who aid young immigrant “Dreamers.” Those registered to work or study under DACA are living with uncertainty since President Trump upended their lives in early September. We hear first from the Vice President of Student Services at SRJC.
Learn more about upcoming DACA information sessions, and find links to actions DACA recipients need to take, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Vietnam War – from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, continues on many PBS stations Sunday night. We’re reaching out to Vietnam vets in our area to tell us about their service. Ken Holybee remembers feeling confused when he returned home from serving in the army as a truck driver.
Ken Holybee will take part in a panel discussion on Vietnam November 9th at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. Watch for details on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Coming up, we’ll hear from the director of innovation at the Sonoma County Office of Education. He talks about money available for “out of the box” solutions that improve learning.
Grants of up to $2,500 (twenty-five-hundred dollars) will soon be available to fund innovative approaches to learning for Sonoma County students. Reporter Steve Mencher talked with the official in charge of handing out the money.
Dan Blake is director of Innovation and Partnerships for the Sonoma County Office of Education. Applications for the innovation fund are due by Friday October 6. Find a link on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
For observant Jews, tonight begins a 9-day period of thoughtfulness, followed by a day of fasting.
Beginning at sunset this evening, the Jewish Holiday Rosh Hashanah ushers in the High Holidays and the Jewish New Year. Many local congregations have a full slate of activities planned between this evening and the end of Yom Kippur next weekend. Steve Mencher talked with Reb Irwin Keller of Ner Shalom in Cotati about the meaning of these holidays.
More about Irwin Keller, Ner Shalom, and the upcoming holidays on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As Ken Burns and Lynn Novick continue their documentary series about The Vietnam War, we conclude our conversation with one local veteran.
Last week, we met Vietnam veteran Martin Lesinski. We heard his poetry and learned about his acute sense of responsibility for men under his command. Today he tells reporter Steve Mencher about his own injuries…
The Vietnam War – a documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, continues tonight with part 3 on many PBS stations – Watch for KRCB’s presentation of the series this winter. On November 9, KRCB will host a showing of highlights from the series, followed by a panel discussion at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. Watch our website for information about tickets to this free event. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With the PBS presentation of The Vietnam War beginning this weekend, we continue our conversation with a local veteran.
Yesterday we met Vietnam veteran Martin Lesinski and heard his poem about coming to terms with his wartime experiences. We continue with that interview today. As a sergeant, Lesinski felt keenly responsible for the safety of his men . It was a burden that grew, he told News Director Steve Mencher, as the war wound down. A warning… some of his descriptions of battle are quite graphic…
The Vietnam War – a documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, starts this weekend on many PBS stations – Watch for KRCB’s presentation of the series this winter. On November 9, KRCB will host a showing of highlights from the series, followed by a panel discussion at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. Watch our website for information about attending this free event. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A local Vietnam veteran has been working through the experiences of wartime since the 1970s. Poetry has been part of the process.
Vietnam is once again pushing its way into the national conversation – courtesy of an 18-hour film by documentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. It starts on many PBS stations Sunday night; KRCB will air the series at a later date. The film inspired us to connect with local Vietnam veterans – including Martin Lesinski, a Nicasio-based photographer and poet. When he visited our studio this week, he brought a poem, inspired by an art project that encouraged vets to create sheets of paper by pulping their combat uniforms. He read some excerpts to News Director Steve Mencher.
You can read Vietnam Vet Martin Lesinski’s complete poem, Combat Paper, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. On November 9 at 7:15 pm, KRCB will host a showing of highlights from the Ken Burns Vietnam series, followed by a panel discussion, at Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for details. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts brought ukulele lessons to a Santa Rosa school, the reaction was unanimous.
With the school year beginning, programs that focus on non-traditional approaches to education are also getting underway. One such innovation brings free weekly music lessons to a local elementary school. As Steve Mencher reports, the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts is building on a successful pilot.
Watch young musicians from last year’s ukulele classes sing, clap and play on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Celebrating the harvest and delicious varieties of homegrown food, the National Heirloom Exposition came to Santa Rosa last week with speakers, booths, music and optimism .
The National Heirloom Exposition returned to Santa Rosa last week. You may have seen photos of the enormous piles of squashes that have become the event’s calling card – but the fair is about more than simply showing off the shapes and colors of fruits and vegetables. It’s about growing food that’s tasty and also sustainable, as Steve Mencher reports.
Find links to the Heirloom Exposition and photos organization, and how you can get involved on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We’ll meet the founder of an organization that’s making connections between our food, our water, and climate change.
Many national organizations consider the politics of food or water, or advocate for necessary changes to our use of fossil fuels--but few take a holistic look at all three… The founder and executive director of Food and Water Watch stopped by our studios yesterday to tell news director Steve Mencher what her organization is working on – and how she’s helping people make connections to heal the systems that nourish us.
Wenonah Hauter is founder and executive director of Food and Water Watch. She spoke with KRCB News Director Steve Mencher. Find links to her organization, and how you can get involved on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We talk with the mom of a dreamer, and an immigration lawyer about the end of DACA.
In Santa Rosa Tuesday evening, about 60 people gathered in solidarity with dreamers – those young people brought to this country as children, who were granted rights to work and study here under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. As Steve Mencher reports, this followed the announcement earlier in the day that President Trump was ending DACA and asking Congress to make new rules for the 800,000 or so dreamers.
Find links to the timeline currently in place for DACA recipients, and other stories on the issue on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new report by the Press Democrat found that a growing number of mentally-ill patients are not receiving the care they need...and instead ending up in hospital emergency rooms and jail. Find out why on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, about four percent of adults in the United States suffer from some form of severe mental illness. Here in Sonoma County that's as many as 20-thousand people to take care of. But a recent investigative report by The Santa Rosa Press Democrat revealed that many mentally ill adults are ending up in emergency rooms or in jails. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi sat down with Press Democrat Health Reporter Martin Espinoza to talk about his six-month investigation into the county’s mental health system.
Listen tomorrow to find out how Sonoma County is trying to better care for its mentally ill patients. You can find links to Press Democrat reporter Martin Espinoza’s reporting on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The “at large” system for City Council voting has left Santa Rosa’s Latino community chronically under-represented.
The Santa Rosa City Council moved ahead this week with a dramatic change – members voted unanimously to begin a transition to election by district, rather than at large. Reporter Steve Mencher talked with Mayor Chris Coursey and council member Julie Combs about the vote and the big changes coming in Santa Rosa politics:
In other Santa Rosa news –among cooling stations open today will be Finley Community Center, 2060 West College Avenue. Links to other resources for staying cool on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A Marin County couple scavenges for discarded wood to create unique pieces of art.
When a tree falls it’s often chopped up and hauled away. Some might use it as firewood or it could end up in a wood chipper. But for one woodworking couple in Marin County, a fallen tree offers artistic inspiration. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
Several pieces of the couple’s work will be showcased at this years Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Today, we continue our coverage of the threat to local Marine Sanctuaries.
Last week, we visited a Congressional forum convened by Representative Jared Huffman to consider President Donald Trump’s executive order on Marine Sanctuaries. Today, we hear from some of the experts who spoke against downsizing the protected areas. Steve Mencher has more…
Find all our recent coverage of the fight for the coast on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Jay Asher’s young adult bestseller “Thirteen Reasons Why” is a hit on Netflix, despite some concerns about its subject matter.
This summer, actors and crew members returned to Sebastopol’s Analy High School to film scenes for Season Two of “13 Reasons Why.” – It’s a Netflix drama about high schoolers based on the popular young adult novel by Jay Asher. In advance of a local appearance this weekend, news director Steve Mencher spoke with Asher about his 2007 novel – and the controversy it’s attracted.
Jay Asher’s appearance at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa on Sept 2nd at 2 pm is free and open to the public – find a link on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A series of town halls focusing on immigration issues begins tonight in Sonoma County.
According to Sonoma County officials, fear and anxiety among its immigrant communities are at an all-time high. But the county is working to make these communities feel safe and secure. As KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports...the county-sponsored Immigration Initiative kicks off tonight with a town hall in Roseland.
Find out more about the upcoming immigration town halls and links to other services on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A local nonprofit will be serving locally-sourced goodies on the new SMART trains as they begin service today.
Regularly scheduled SMART Train service kicks off today after a Grand Opening ceremony in Santa Rosa. You can ride for free today – and half price until Labor Day. Reporter Steve Mencher talked with the CEO of the group providing concession services on the trains about its innovative partnership with SMART.
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Part teach-in, part rally, politicians and ocean activists met yesterday to challenge President Trump’s executive order, which could shrink local marine sanctuaries.
Yesterday in Sausalito, Representative Jared Huffman convened a packed meeting that had the look and feel of a Congressional hearing. Several hundred people listened to politicians and ocean activists discuss President Trump’s threat to make local marine sanctuaries shrink by about half. Reporter Steve Mencher was there.
Find links to earlier stories on the marine sanctuaries issue on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The College of Marin is moving towards becoming a zero emissions school.
This week students at College of Marin headed back to the classroom to start a new school year. And one thing they might not have noticed is a change in what kind electricity the college is using. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
Learn more about the school’s sustainability efforts on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma State University kicked off its academic year yesterday with a convocation at the Green Music Center. Find out some of the school’s priorities, on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at KRCB.org
Last week, we talked about Sonoma State’s new approach to remedial learning in English and Math. Today we return to the Rohnert Park campus, to listen in on remarks by SSU President Judy Sakaki. Her address yesterday to the opening convocation for the academic year emphasized plans to broaden access to the school for underrepresented groups. Steve Mencher has more.
Find our earlier story about Sonoma State’s curriculum changes, and links to Judy Sakaki’s official biography on our webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Trash rates are going up in Santa Rosa. But service improvements may lessen the bite.
No city official wants to wake up to a headline in the paper about rates for trash and recycling soaring 60 percent. But although Santa Rosa's rates are very likely to rise that much next year, people may be more willing to pay the higher fees if they bring better, more earth-friendly service. Santa Rosa Deputy City Manager Gloria Hurtado told reporter Steve Mencher that the new contract is not quite a done deal.
Find links to our story from earlier this summer on the successful union organizing campaign among city sanitation workers on our webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
By 2030, a new report suggests, there’ll be no reason to buy an internal combustion vehicle in Sonoma County.
Earlier this month, a report from the Center for Climate Protection in Santa Rosa made a startling prediction: if the current rate of adoption of electric vehicles in Sonoma County continues, the sale of internal combustion vehicles here could essentially end by 2030 – just 13 years from now. Steve Mencher talked with the report’s author about its findings.
Find links to the electric vehicle report and information about steep discounts and special EV programs on our webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
North Bay winegrowers can’t find enough workers to pick their grapes.
Harvest season is in full swing for vineyards in Northern California...but many winegrowers are seeing a shortage of laborers to work in their fields. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi spoke with Karissa Kruse of Sonoma County Winegrowers to find out what’s causing the labor crunch...and what growers are doing to make sure no grape goes unpicked.
Sonoma County Winegrowers executive director Karissa Kruse talked with Tiffany Camhi, for this edition of KRCB's North Bay Report. Find out more about the organization on our webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Classes start next week at Sonoma State – just down the road from us in Rohnert Park. We’ll find out about big changes in the CSU system coming exactly a year from now, on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at KRCB.org
Earlier this month, the California State University system announced some significant changes in its approach to teaching. The focus is on improving outcomes for students who arrive at school with deficits in English or Math. Steve Mencher sat down with one of the administrators at Sonoma State charged with implementing the new direction.
Although Sonoma State has a head start on the new initiative, campuses throughout the CSU system will be rolling out the changes starting in the fall of 2018. More details on the changes are on our webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Santa Rosans who came to the Charles Schulz Museum Saturday for a party may have missed a small gem of an exhibition.
The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa celebrated its 15th Anniversary over the weekend. Reporter Steve Mencher dropped in last week to visit one of his favorite Peanuts characters, subject of a small but lively new exhibition…
Behind Peanuts: Pigpen runs through January 14, 2018 at the Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa. You can see Snoopy’s doghouse wrapped by Christo and his late wife and collaborator Jeanne -Claude any time. Find pictures of the doghouse, and a couple of Pigpen strips, on our webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s coming, one week from today. Here's what you need to know about the eclipse.
The countdown is on… Next Monday, the total solar eclipse will darken a swath of the country. Forward looking enthusiasts have booked up most of the hotel rooms and campsites in the eclipse’s path. Reporter Steve Mencher talked with a local expert about what you’ll see if you’re staying home.
On August 15th, 16th and 19th the Santa Rosa Junior College planetarium will present a program about the eclipse. Eclipse viewing parties are planned throughout the area. For more, visit our webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Today, we have part two of our story on a hearing last week considering annexation of Roseland into Santa Rosa.
Yesterday on the North Bay Report, we listened in on last week’s hearing about Santa Rosa’s annexation of Roseland. There’s hope that this unincorporated part of town can prosper under Santa Rosa’s governance, with improved education, health and economic outcomes for its residents. But not everyone in the area favors annexation, as Steve Mencher reports.
You can listen to part one of this story on our website at KRCB.org/news. If you have thoughts about Roseland Annexation, write to us at news@krcb.org with Roseland in the subject line. Find more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
After decades of failure, it looks like the annexation of Roseland and some nearby areas into Santa Rosa is on the fast track.
If you live in Santa Rosa, you probably know that chunks of land there – dominated by the 620 acres of the Roseland neighborhood - are not part of the city. These unincorporated islands are served by a patchwork of agencies providing municipal services. As Steve Mencher reports, that problem may soon be solved if Roseland and four smaller islands come under the city’s wing through annexation.
Find links to resources about the annexation and a KRCB video about Roseland parents, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
One West Marin creamery is closing the loop on climate change.
Straus Family Creamery in West Marin has for years been a leader in sustainable and organic farm practices in California. Now, what was a wild idea eight years ago has finally been realized: To power the machinery that feeds the dairy cows...with their own manure! KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
See photos of Straus Creamery’s farm and new electric feed truck – and find links to other stories on sustainable farming - on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Mountain lions roam nearby hills, and we can all just get along, if we learn more about them and work to conserve their dwindling habitat.
Yesterday, we talked with a researcher about his studies of local mountain lions. Today, we’ll dig deeper into how mountain lions and humans coexist. Are they a danger to us or to our livestock? Bruce Robinson reports on the lives of these cats in the Mayacamas mountains.
Dr. Quinton Martins will talk about studying our local mountain lions in a presentation at Laguna Environmental Center Thursday night. Find links and more information on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We know there are mountain lions here in the North Bay’s mountains. But they see us more than we see them.
In the wilder, wide open uplands of the North Bay, mountain lions remain a steady if elusive presence. But just how many are out there? Bruce Robinson reports on a current study of the big cats that tracks their activity with GPS collars.
More details about the Mountain Lion Study, and a link to a presentation by Dr. Quinton Martins at the Laguna Environmental Center Thursday night, are on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Unruly drunks, rocky roads and roving dogs were just some of the reasons why Petaluma became Sonoma County’s first incorporated city in the 19th century.
In the mid 19th century, pioneers from across the country came to Northern California to strike it rich in the Gold Rush. And some began settling in the North Bay, in places like Petaluma. A new exhibition at the Petaluma Historical Museum takes a look at what life was like for early Petalumites...and what it took to get the budding Sonoma County town incorporated. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
Find out more and see historical photos of 19th century Petaluma on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
North Bay dairy farmers are trying innovative ways to reduce methane – a potent greenhouse gas.
Earlier this week we visited the orchards of Torrey and Lucy Olson with a group of legislators and aides and conservation district leaders. Today, the group visits a local dairy farm where one farmer is managing manure with simple and effective techniques, as Steve Mencher reports.
We link to our tour guides from the California Climate and Agriculture network, and to stories like this from our North Bay Bountiful project on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Carbon farming—boosting fertility and yield by increasing biomass in soils—is making some old practices new again.
Carbon is essential to all living things—even dirt. Which is why concentrated efforts to get more carbon out of the air and into the soil is an accelerating trend in California agriculture.
Find out more about carbon farming practices in a video from KRCB’s North Bay Bountiful. You’ll find it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Local farmers are working together to share news of best practices that fight climate change.
It doesn’t take a huge farm to make a big difference for the climate. Reporter Steve Mencher visited an orchard in Sebastopol recently on a tour organized by the California Climate and Agriculture Network - CalCAN. The idea was to witness how initiatives developed in Sacramento are changing practices on the ground in Sonoma County.
This story is part of our North Bay Bountiful initiative. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Last week provided some insight into President Trump’s policies on LGBTQ rights.
Last week was a tough week for the LGBTQ community. President Trump’s tweets appeared to withdraw the welcome mat from transgender service members; a Justice Department brief asserted that the LGBTQ community is not covered by certain anti-discrimination protections. Local activists were left wondering what their role should be going forward. Steve Mencher talks with a Santa Rosa lawyer and rights advocate.
Let us know what you’re thinking about this issue on our North Bay Report Facebook Page. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
You may be surprised to learn that American Badgers don’t cause trouble or have a bad attitude.
Tomorrow at the Laguna Environmental Center in Santa Rosa, naturalist Susan Kirks will talk about why badgers are great for the land, contradicting their reputation as troublemakers. Reporter Steve Mencher met Kirks in an open field, where she’d been called to investigate possible badger activity.
You can see American Badgers, and find links to Susan Kirks’ Saturday presentation at the Laguna Foundation - on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument covers over 3-hundred-thousand acres of land across five Northern California counties. But now the area is at risk of losing its monument designation.
Earlier this week, we reported on President Trump’s executive order to review the 2015 expansion of National Marine Sanctuaries. The same week in April, the president ordered Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to review 27 National Monuments across the U-S. Six of those are in California, including Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument in Northern California. As KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports, supporters of the monument are doing everything they can to keep this public land protected.
Find out more about Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument and see photos on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Al Gore talks about winning over climate change skeptics,.
Ten years ago, Al Gore’s climate change slide show morphed into an award-winning documentary about the climate crisis. He’s back with a sequel, which suggests that things are both better and worse, as Steve Mencher reports.
Watch a trailer for An Inconvenient Sequel, opening in select theaters Friday and “everywhere” August 4th, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In 2015, the protected area in Marine Sanctuaries off our coast was doubled. Coming up, we'll have the second part of a two part look at how that protection, thought to be permanent, is now threatened.
Yesterday we learned about the history of two National Marine Sanctuaries off the coast of Northern California. Now, reports Steve Mencher, an executive order issued by President Trump asks the public to weigh in on whether the ocean's potential as a source of energy is more important than continuing protections.
We've got links to more information and ways to take action, on the North Bay Report web page at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In April, President Trump issued an executive order which could lead to rule changes, resulting in drilling and mining in local marine sanctuaries that are now off-limits.
Time is growing short to make your voice heard on the president's Executive Order to review and possibly shrink the National Marine Sanctuaries off the coast of Northern California. The sanctuaries were expanded by President Obama in 2015. In the first of two stories, Steve Mencher describes how the areas were expanded and what's at stake now.
We've got links to more information and ways to take action, on the North Bay Report web page at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Horses are the focus of a new exhibit at the Sonoma County History Museum.
Horses have played in integral part in Sonoma County’s history: From prehistoric times to the modern day. Now a new exhibition at the History Museum of Sonoma County, opening tomorrow, looks to highlight the role horses have and still play in the county. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports
Find out more about the Equine Epochs exhibit on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Even companies with a tradition and culture of good citizenship are finding more than can do through a Benefit Corporation Certification Process.
Long before benefit corporations were established as a category of business empowered to allocate resources to more than maximizing profits, many companies took voluntary steps to aid their communities and their workers. Now, some of them are finding additional ways to expand their positive impacts through B-Corp certification. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson talked with two local examples.
Hear more about how local companies are integrating new practices through their work with B-labs on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
How can businesses become better corporate citizens? By measuring themselves against a rigorous set of uniform standards.
In an era of expanding corporate hegemony, a growing number of smaller businesses are seeking to boost their image—and revenues—through good behavior, as “benefit corporations.” Bruce Robinson reports on the standards that have been developed to encourage and measure those efforts.
Not all companies are ready to seek B Corp certification, but they, too can still benefit from the assessment tools. Hear more about that on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Incidents of toxic blue-green algae have been reported across the Bay Area, including the North Bay.
As the thermometer rises this summer, North Bay rivers and lakes might seem like a good place to cool off. But these warmer temperatures can also bring the threat of blue-green algae to our waterways. It’s a toxic bacteria harmful to people and animals. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
Find out more about how to identify and report blue-green algae on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Tony Kushner’s acclaimed play “Angels in America” – about AIDS in the time of Reagan – has renewed relevance in the current age of Trump.
Tony Kushner's masterwork Angels in America is a huge hit in London this summer. There are no more tickets available to see Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane in this powerhouse production at the National Theatre. But you can see the show in Sebastopol starting July 20th at the Rialto Cinemas. It's one of a series of productions “captured live” and streamed to movie theaters, as Steve Mencher reports.
We’ve posted the Rialto’s showtimes for Angels in America and more information about the play on the North Bay Report website at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A group of dedicated maritime radio volunteers at Point Reyes are keeping the tradition of morse code radio stations alive.
Point Reyes National Seashore is home to one of the most historic morse code radio stations in the U-S. In 1999, it became the last commercial station to send and receive morse code messages. But a group of dedicated volunteers are keeping the tradition - and the station - alive. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
Find out more about K-P-H and upcoming events at the morse code station on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The next time you want to celebrate an important occasion with a gift, give a unique present that won’t end up in the back of a closet.
You're invited to a birthday party July 14 -- and the site is perfect: Armstrong Woods. The celebration recognizes a decade of work by a local company that honors and memorializes friends and loved ones with a unique and sustainable gift. Steve Mencher talked with Kim Isley, "treehugger in chief," about her brainchild.
More information about the Trees for a Change party July 14, and links to the organization’s unique gifts, are on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
An unusual collaboration between a local sculptor and poet has expanded to also include dance and music.
Sonoma County sculptor Bruce Johnson is known for his massive redwood and metal structures. But he has also been central to some unexpected collaborations with artists from quite different fields.
The events bringing all this together are billed as "from the Poetry House and Into the Heartwood," happening Saturday, July 15 and 4 and 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 16 at 4 pm, all at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts. You can find more details on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We’ll learn how workers and the environment will benefit from ongoing changes in how the North Bay handles trash and recycling
It's easy to forget about trash. We bring it to the curb once a week, and it disappears. But trash is becoming an increasingly important subject in our region, as we try to figure out how we can avoid creating ever-higher mountains of garbage near our towns and cities. Steve Mencher reports on a recent gathering where trash and jobs were the central focus.
You can find links to more information about our trash and better ways to dispose of it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We'll find out what consumers need to know about Net Neutrality and how they can influence the ongoing debate.
July 12th is being promoted across the Internet as a “Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality.” The forces on the other side of this issue proclaim their allegiance to what they call an “Open Internet.” But as Steve Mencher reports, these two things are not the same.
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A legal document that's easy to create can help you convey your medical wishes when you can't speak for yourself.
My Care, My Plan: Speak Up Sonoma County is a local initiative promoting the idea of advance care planning. Reporter Steve Mencher talked with two of the volunteers driving this effort, and learned why everyone over 18 should update their plan regularly to fit changing circumstances.
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A return to Lake Berryessa’s heyday could be near if a partnership between the federal government and Napa County comes to fruition.
Lake Berryessa was once a popular destination for boaters, fishermen and families looking for a day of fun at the lake. It brought in millions of annual visitors... Now it attracts just a fraction of that. That’s because several of its resorts were demolished or severely downsized in 2009 by the federal government. But as KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports, a proposal for Napa County to take over resort management could bring tourists and revitalization back to the lake.
See photos of the lake and find out more about the existing recreational opportunities there on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma’s Stone Edge Vineyard is growing micro grid technology alongside their grapes.
Micro-grids are scaled-down versions of the giant network that delivers electricity across huge distances to thousands of customers. They hold great promise for both utilizing renewable power and serving remote or isolated populations. And an important testing ground for this emerging technology is a local vineyard.
See photos and hear more about the research underway at Stone Edge Farm on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Will consumers care if their cannabis is marketed as “carbon free” or “salmon safe?” Some California growers are betting they will.
For wine consumers, Appellations provide useful information about conditions where the grapes in a given bottle were grown. In Mendocino County and elsewhere, cannabis growers are now getting ready to apply the same philosophy to their products, as Steve Mencher explains.
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After years of waiting, some eager North Bay train riders got their first taste of travelling on the SMART train yesterday.
It’s been a long wait for the SMART Train to start rolling through Sonoma and Marin Counties, and while the official launch of the commuter service is still pending, there was a large and enthusiastic turnout for the first day of free preview rides yesterday. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was aboard with some of them.
There will additional free preview rides Saturday and Tuesday, taking riders to the Marin County Fair both days. You can find details about those trips on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Beautiful sculptures in steel – some rusting, some gleaming – will be featured on the plaza in Sonoma this summer.
The town of Sonoma will welcome the largest exhibition of public art in its history this summer. As Steve Mencher reports, sculptor Albert Paley will be represented by nine monumental yet fanciful sculptures, installed in locations near the center of town. The exhibition is organized by the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art.
The exhibition in downtown Sonoma -- including guided walking tours – kicks off with a celebration and unveiling at 2 pm on July 1. The exhibition runs until October 1. Details on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A bid to roll out localized bicycle sharing along the North Bay’s main transit corridor is moving forward.
Public bicycle sharing hubs could be installed at central points from Santa Rosa to Larkspur, under a bi-county proposal being submitted this week to the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Bruce Robinson takes a look ahead at what’s being envisioned.
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Service Dogs are more than a vest – and a Santa Rosa organization is pushing back on the growing problem of service dog fraud.
It’s a more and more common sight. You’re at the airport or in a store, and you see a dog with a colorful vest walking beside its owner. How do you know the dog is trained and necessary to assist that person? And what’s the problem if a vest or patch was simply ordered off the Web and put on a pet? Steve Mencher reports about efforts to blow the whistle on service dog fraud.
Find links to Canine Companions for Independence, and learn how you can help fight Service Dog Fraud, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A Marin County program aims to help rehabilitate creeks and urban streams by focusing in on private property owners. Find out more on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
For many homeowners in Marin County having a creek or stream run through their property can provide a beautiful atmosphere. But keeping these waterways clean and healthy can also require a great deal of time and energy. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports on a program that aims to simplify creek restoration for Marin residents.
Find out more about upcoming workshops, programs, and creek cleanups in Marin County on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Could a single payer health care system be coming to California? It’s closer than ever before.
While much attention has been focused recently on federal health care policy, California lawmakers have advanced a bill to create a new “single payer” system here, one that would take insurance companies out of the picture altogether. Advocates for the bill made the case for it at a Town Hall meeting in Healdsburg last night.
Hear more about SB 562, including details on how it would be paid for, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Ham radio operators are preparing for a public demonstration of their hobby in Santa Rosa this weekend.
For over 100 years, amateur or “Ham” radio has been a hobby for people from pre-teens to seniors. This weekend, the American Radio Relay League will sponsor a field day to celebrate and promote ham radio. Sonoma County Radio Amateurs – representing the area's nearly 25-hundred licensed operators – will host the event in Santa Rosa.
Find more details on the event, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Fields of lavender are becoming more and more common in Sonoma County.
Lavender is known for its sweet scent and its vibrant purple flowers. The plant is native to Mediterranean areas like Spain and France, but as KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports...more and more farmers in Sonoma County are beginning to grow the popular plant.
Find out more about Sonoma’s lavender farms and events on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Rattlesnakes are native to much of Sonoma County, but they’re not as dangerous as you might think.
Rattlesnakes are part of our landscape, and while they are indeed poisonous, they need not be feared and killed, but can be relocated to less populous areas. We hear more about them today from a man who does just that, and is known as the Sonoma County “snake whisperer.”
Fine out more about living with rattlesnakes in Sonoma County on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Healdsburg was a tourist destination before it was a town, as a new local museum exhibit details.
As the impacts of high-end tourism stir increasing debate in Healdsburg, a new “Destination Healdsburg” exhibit at the local museum traces the history of that industry in the north county area.
See pictures and hear more about the “Destination Healdsburg” exhibit on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Golden Rule, a historic sailboat that now advocates for nuclear disarmament, will be visiting Sonoma County this weekend.
Almost 60 years after it first sailed into the South Pacific to protest nuclear weapons testing, the sailboat Golden Rule has come to Bodega Bay with an updated message on the same issue.
Learn more about the Golden Rule and its local stopover on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
What is the life of a California farmworker really like? A new book provides answer, in their own words.
California‘s agricultural bounty feeds millions, but much of that is made possible by legions of little-seen farmworkers. A new collection of oral histories lets them tell their own stories.
Gabriel Thompson will talk about his book, chasing the Harvest, at Copperfield’s Books in Sebastopol, Saturday night at 7 pm. You can also hear more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
An 1884 promotional brochure for the town of San Rafael is the basis for a new history exhibit.
A new exhibit mounted by the Marin County Library pairs illustrations of San Rafael from more than 130 years ago with photos of their present-day counterparts. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the “Then and Now” photo exhibition reveals the city’s similarities and differences over several generations.
The exhibit is on display at the Marin County Civic Center through September. Find details on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Can a kite that simulates a soaring falcon protect vineyards from other problem birds? Initial tests say yes.
Falcons are a proven deterrent to the birds than can raid and damage ripening grapes. Now a North Bay innovator with a background in bird management is promoting a look-alike kite to do the same job.
See pictures and hear more about the falcon “fright kites” on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Grazing animals were once a key part of the grasslands’ ecosystem here. Now that approach is being tested anew at a Petaluma park.
Sheep can chew down grasses that might later burn, snack on unwanted poison oak, and fertilize the soil as they go. And they can co-exist with human users of parklands while doing all that. Bruce Robinson has more.
You can hear more about the Regional Parks grassland grazing experiment on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It was THE pivotal event in California history, but not everything you think you know about the Gold Rush is true.
The Gold Rush brought thousands of dreamers, seekers, entrepreneurs and charlatans into California, each, it seems with a story to tell. A new non-fiction book samples dozens of these first-person accounts to create a multi-faceted portrait of a tumultuous time.
Historian Gary Noy will talk about his Gold Rush Stories book at the Sonoma Community Center, Saturday afternoon at 2 pm. You can also hear more from his on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Find out how the Napa River Flood Control Project kickstarted economic and environmental rejuvenation to the City of Napa on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
The 55-mile long Napa River runs from Mount Saint Helena south into San Pablo Bay. Along the way it winds through several cities and towns...where it’s been known to flood regularly. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports that a flood control project, more than half a century in the making, has dramatically changed one of those cities.
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Record spending by outside business interests dominated yesterday’s special election in Sonoma County, but Santa Rosa’s Measure C was not the day’s only story.
Voter turnout was low yesterday with just 40 thousand ballots cast, nearly three-quarters of them in Santa Rosa.
Find a link to the full election results on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Rohnert Park’s Jake MacKenzie is now chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. But what does that actually mean?
For the first time in more than 35 years, the head of the bay area’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission is an elected official from Sonoma County: longtime Rohnert Park city councilman and current mayor Jake MacKenzie.
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The Sonoma Coast’s “mammoth rocks” got that name from smooth areas possibly caused by big animals rubbing against them. But is it true?
Smooth surface areas on some large rocks on the Sonoma Coast might be a remnant of prehistoric animals rubbing against them, but actual evidence to justify the popular name given to these Mammoth Rocks” has been elusive.
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There’s a cannabis tax measure on the ballot in Santa Rosa next week. But that’s not where the controversy is.
Santa Rosa voters will decide a controversial rent control measure next Tuesday, one that has drawn big spending from the opposition and dominated political dialog for weeks. But there’s a second item on the ballot as well. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson brings us up to speed on Measure D, which would set new tax rates for cannabis businesses within the city.
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Some Healdsburg community members are concerned about the town’s growing tourism industry.
The North Bay is known for its burgeoning food and wine industry - people travel far and wide to get a sip of our local wine or bite into an organic steak. But now some of Sonoma County’s smaller towns are starting to feel crushed by the tourism...like in Healdsburg where some in the community feel the town could lose its small town character. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
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Native Americans regularly used fire to optimize their landscape. Can that still work today?
That plume of smoke rising near Glen Ellen late Tuesday morning was a carefully watched experiment in applying a land management technique that goes back thousands of years. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was there to observe, and report.
See pictures and hear more about the controlled burn yesterday on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Students at a Sebastopol grade school are turning their lunch scraps into compost—with a little help from some worms.
One good way to learn about sustainability is by practicing it. That’s what students at a Sebastopol campus are doing, through a hands-on composting project that is ten years old and going strong.
The composing project is also supported by grants from the Sebastopol Rotary Club, and gift certificates from Mary’s Pizza shack. It will continue, on a scaled back basis, during summer school session at the campus. See photos of the program in action on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new documentary shines a light on an important, but overlooked songwriter and record maker from the 1960s.
A new film biography of 1960s songwriter and record producer Bert Burns is out to raise awareness of his behind-the-scenes contributions to popular music. It’s named for the record label Burns launched and ran: Bang.
Bang: The Bert Berns Story opens tonight at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol Hear more about the making of it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sir Francis Drake spent only months in California in 1579, but he established an important historic legacy here.
Sir Francis Drake, a critical figure in British naval history, left his mark on this region’s history as well. He visited the Pacific coast of North America during his circumnavigation of the globe in the late 1570s, several decades before the Mayflower sailed.
Nautical historian Edward von der Porten will discuss Drake’s role in the history of “New Albion” in a talk for the Marin Historical Society tonight. Find details about the event, and hear more from von der Porten on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In the schools where Arts Education is happening in Sonoma County schools, it generally rates highly. But there are gaps.
Just about everyone involved agrees that arts education is important and valuable. But new survey data reveals that it is far from uniformly available to students in Sonoma County.
The results of the survey were made public at a “data reveal” event last night at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
California University students - including those at Sonoma State - continue to graduate with weighty debt.
Nearly 26-hundred Sonoma State seniors walked across the stage at Weill Hall this past weekend to receive their diplomas. It was the University’s largest graduating class in its history … so even more graduates left commencement with student loan debt. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
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A micro-lending program for small business start-ups in Sonoma County is flourishing—and so are the loan recipients.
Banks and other traditional lenders are wary of entrepreneurs and small start-up companies. But a county-sponsored program with local lending partners is helping to meet that need instead.
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There’s no upper age limit for enjoying Sonoma County’s myriad outdoor recreational opportunities. A special event demonstrated that yesterday.
The opportunities for Sonoma County’s older residents to get out and enjoy our local environment were promoted and demonstrated yesterday in an event called “Age Out Loud, Age Outside.” KRCB’s Bruce Robinson reports it was a convergence of demographics, recreation, and thinking ahead.
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Sonoma County sheriff Steve Freitas says he won’t seek re-election in 2018. But some local critics want him out even sooner.
Sheriff Steve Freitas’s six-plus years in that office have been tumultuous on multiple fronts. Now a group of local activists is pushing to recall him, even before his announced retirement at the end of his current term next year.
You can hear more about the campaign on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Dry-farming vineyards saves water. But it yields other benefits as well.
For vineyards, dry farming means no irrigation, relying only on what Nature provides—with an assist from composting and other supportive measures. An experienced practitioner shared his insights at an onsite workshop yesterday, and KRCB’s Bruce Robinson sat in.
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Proposed legislation in Sacramento has Marin’s coastal communities fearing they’ll lose the ability to protect their homes from sea level rise.
A new bill - set to be heard in the California Assembly tomorrow (Wednesday) - addresses sea level rise and aims to protect public access to shorelines up and down the state. But it would also penalize many coastal homeowners who have illegal or unpermitted seawalls. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports, not all coastal communities are happy about it.
Find out more about the bill on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With ample water available this summer, how much will be flowing through the Russian River?
In recent years, lower summertime flows in the Russian River have been necessary for water conservation as well as the benefit of young salmon preparing to head out to sea. But this year, with ample water available, the calculus may be different.
The county water agency will hold its annual community meeting on the condition and management of Russian River estuary tonight in Monte Rio. You can find details about that, and hear more about the river and its fish on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Getting to Zero waste is more of a mindset than a specific goal, but it helps to focus on sustainability in all aspects of life.
Recycling is up in California and so is composting. But we are still sending millions of tons of garbage to landfills. Various ways to cut that back were on the agenda at a Zero Waste Symposium at Sonoma Mountain Village yesterday. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was there, and has this report.
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A legislative response to the Wells Fargo scandal takes narrow aim at mandatory arbitration requirements.
Nearly half of the 2 million Wells Fargo bank accounts that were opened without the customers’ knowledge or consent are here in California. A new, narrowly tailored bill in the state legislature would give those fraud victims some additional leverage to fight back.
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Santa Rosa’s reunified Old Courthouse Square aims to be the new heart of the city.
Santa Rosa’s Old Courthouse Square reunification project is nearly finished. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the new plaza - which city planners hope will revitalize and unify the city -will be dedicated this Saturday.
Find out more about the Old Courthouse Square dedication celebration on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The next international expedition for Santa Rosa’s Climbers for Peace faces challenges that are more political than geological.
Santa Rosa-based Climbers For Peace organizes and leads multi-national teams in bond-building ascents of major mountains. Their next trip will take them up the highest peak in the Middle East—assuming the government of Iran allows it.
There’s more information about Climbers For Peace, including pictures from some of their past international expeditions, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
What do Americans think? Chris Register is out to find out—by asking them, everywhere he goes. We’ll hear from him on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
Riding a bicycle through all 50 states is a good way to get acquainted with America. And talking with folks, in depth, everywhere along the way is an even better way. Today we meet a man who is doing just that.
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Will genetic analysis of cannabis aid big pharma in making expensive new products? Or hold down prices by protecting generic strains.
Genetic analysis of varying cannabis strains may aid in the development of narrowly targeted pharmaceutical products. But using the same tool to protect generic strains could help hold prices down.
There’s more on the subject on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Marijuana has a long and colorful history. Understanding that may offer keys to understanding the modern cannabis plant in all its variations.
Cannabis has been cultivated and used by humankind for centuries. Now the industry’s challenge is understanding and applying that history.
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An old and underused mobile home park in Sebastopol will become the town’s new response to local homelessness.
For years, the aging Village Park campground and trailer park at the eastern edge of Sebastopol was a problem site, subject to flooding, poverty and other issues. Now it is poised to help answer to the city’s homelessness concerns. Bruce Robinson has details.
The new units will be added gradually, with the goal of having them all in place before the rains return next fall. Hear more about the pending changes at the renamed “Park Village” property on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s been 17 years since the shallow channel into Bodega Bay was last dredged. So it’s time to do it again, and plans for a project this fall are moving ahead.
Plans are moving forward to scoop out the silt and sediment that is beginning to impede boat traffic in and out of Bodega Bay. The $4.1 million project is on track to be done later this year.
Check out the map of the channel and hear more about the project on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Increasing California’s gas tax will help maintain the state’s roads, but it isn’t a sustainable solution.
In California, efforts to boost funding for road repairs are at odds with expanding electric vehicle usage. So how can these two needs co-exist?
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A rare, untouched forest of old growth coast redwoods is now under the protection of Sonoma County’s Open Space District.
A forest of massive coast redwoods and the diverse wildlife they shelter are getting new and permanent protection, funded by distant urban residents who will never see the lands. Bruce Robinson has more.
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A pair of bald eagles have been calling Lake Sonoma home for over 15 years.
The once endangered bald eagle is now thriving across North America, including in the North Bay...where several have been spotted this breeding season. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
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With the new month comes a long-awaited change in the Sonoma County Library system.
Sonoma County voters gave strong support last November to a sales tax increase to boost funding for local libraries. As of today, the first benefits from Measure Y will take effect.
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CannaCom, a major cannabis industry trade show, has come to Santa Rosa.
Yet another indication that the cannabis industry is already large and diverse in and around Santa Rosa: a business-oriented trade shows now underway at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
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Californians throughout the state will be marching in support of science on Saturday, including here in Santa Rosa.
As science increasingly comes under fire from political forces, public support for research and empirical evidence is being rallied in a global array of pro-science events this weekend—including two in Santa Rosa.
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Sonoma State’s new Makerspace will be a playground for student innovators and creators.
The rise of the do-it-yourself movement, combined with the push in STEM - or science, technology, engineering and math - education has led to a boom in Makerspaces across the country. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports, Sonoma State will be joining the maker community when it opens its own Makerspace on Friday.
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This winter’s storms not only brought heavy rain and wind, but also a hefty amount of repairs to Sonoma County’s roads.
Sonoma County’s roads have taken a severe beating from this winter’s nonstop storms. Now the county’s Department of Transportation and Public Works is out with an initial estimate of over 16-million dollars worth of damages. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
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We already know how to undo global warming, argues the new book, Drawdown. We just have to do more. Of everything.
In agriculture, building, urban design transportation, energy production and use and more, there are steps already being taken to keep carbon out of the atmosphere. And according to a serious new book, scaling up those actions—all of them—could be a pathway to reversing global warming.
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For most farmers more rain means more growth, but for Tomales Bay oyster farmers it’s the opposite.
The winter storms that drenched Northern California and brought much of the state out of the drought have been a good thing for most of us. But for oyster farmers in Tomales Bay...lots of rain means lots of closures. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi visited one oyster company to check on the health of their oysters and their business.
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Instead of slowing down climate change, Paul Hawken wants to reverse it. Drawdown,” the new book he edited, offers a plan to do that.
“Drawdown” is the term used to describe the time when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have peaked and then begin to decline. A new book offers a pathway to get there by 2050.
Drawdown will officially be released tomorrow. You can hear more about it from the author on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Tax day tomorrow is serving as a time for renewed demands that President Trump release his past returns, including a protest in Santa Rosa.
Tomorrow’s deadline for filing 2016 income tax returns applies to all American, including President Trump. It is also serving as an occasion for renewed calls for him to make public has past tax documents.
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“Reverse racism” isn’t really a thing. But it still needs to be debunked.
Whether its unconscious or overt, racism remains a sensitive issue in America. But the idea of “reverse racism” isn’t an inversion of that—it’s an example. A free public gathering to examine and debunk that idea is happening in Santa Rosa tonight. Bruce Robinson has an advance look.
The Racial Justice Allies dialog on Reverse Racism happens tonight, 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa. It’s free and all are welcome. Find more about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Car-sharing is coming to Santa Rosa, possibly as soon as this summer as part of a program called Shift Sonoma County.
Curing traffic congestion means using fewer vehicles to move a growing number of people. Sonoma County is preparing to test some strategies to do that, as Christian Kallen reports.
The deadline for submitting proposals for the county’s car-sharing pilot program was last Friday. Interviews with the most promising applicants will be held later this month. Learn more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Nurse-Family Partnership helps first time mothers have a successful pregnancy and birth—but it doesn’t stop there.
The months from pregnancy through infancy are critical for both mothers and newborns, and can shape the course of the child’s life into adulthood. It can be a critical time for a little constructive guidance, which is provided by a low-profile, but impactful county program.
The Nurse-Family Partnership program originated in Denver and is now being used all across the county. Right now it is serving about 10% of the eligible households in Sonoma County. Learn more about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A car with a pending recall repair notice can be a danger to its owner, any passengers, and other drivers. And there are thousands of them all around us.
An automobile recall repair notice is a warning that something could go wrong with the car unless a part is replaced or fixed. But many of those warnings are going unheeded. So a new Bay Area business is trying to help.
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Principles of sustainability are gaining traction in the economy at large, at least in some sectors.
As the annual Sustainable Enterprise Conference marked its 12th year yesterday, a recurring thread was the many ways these ideas have taken hold in the wider economy.
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Getting older awaits everyone. But how we think about it can shape our eventual experience.
Don’t look now, but you’re already aging. So how are you going about it? A science-based, musical show that is heading for Santa Rosa wants to change how we think about getting older. Bruce Robinson has a preview.
The Changing Aging Tour will be at the Friedman Center in Santa Rosa tomorrow. Find out more about it, including a link to Tickets, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A lack of cultural diversity can weaken a nation and imperil its security. That’s a lesson one scientist sees in Japan’s Fukushima disaster.
The flaws that were disastrously exposed at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant were enabled by that county’s compliant culture, says an internationally recognized physicist. And he believes that holds a lesson for Americans.
Dr. Ohska spoke to a physics colloquium at Sonoma State yesterday afternoon and to the local United Nations Association chapter in Rohnert Park on Saturday. You can hear more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new collaboration between two Northern California dog rescue groups is taking root in Santa Rosa.
In poverty stricken areas throughout the world uncared for dogs are a common sight. But the Sonoma County based non-profit, Compassion Without Borders, is dedicated to caring for and adopting out these animals. And now they’re celebrating the grand opening of a new dog rescue facility in Santa Rosa. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
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There's legislation pending in Sacramento to teach California schoolkids how to spot fake news and other misinformation on the Internet.
How prepared are today's young people to deal with the growing amount of misinformation on the Internet? In today's North Bay Report we look at legislation to update public school curriculums to teach youngsters survival skills for the digital age. George Sampson reports.
You can find additional information, including details on an April 12th Petaluma Regional Library class for teens and adults on how to evaluate on-line sources, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sausalito’s historical tall ship will finally be hitting the water of the San Francisco Bay this weekend.
Sausalito’s work-in-progress tall sailing ship - The Matthew Turner - will soon reach another milestone this weekend. The nearly finished ship will move from its harbor building site down into the water of the San Francisco Bay. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports...
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Asbestos expert Tom Sargent found problems at SSU, which he says got him fired. A jury agreed, but what about the asbestos itself?
For 24 years, Thomas Sargent was an environmental health and safety specialist at Sonoma State. Earlier this month, a Sonoma County civil jury agreed that he'd been harassed and forced to resign under duress in 2015, after complaining about the school's handling of asbestos in Stevenson Hall. But the verdict has not put an end to the concerns, as Steve Mencher reports.
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Even low-flow toilets use a lot of water; composting toilets don’t. But that’s not the only benefit they offer.
For decades, composting toilets have been an off-the-grid novelty. But in a time of limited fresh water and burgeoning interest in sustainable living, they are ripe for re-examination.
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An updated old idea—composting toilets—is getting a new examination, through a lens of both health and sustainability.
Waterless composting of human waste is not a new idea. But in the modern world, it’s never been a popular one either. A new study of the latest models of composting toilets, getting underway here in Sonoma County, hopes to set the stage for changing attitudes toward them.
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Tiny houses for homeless vets? A promising concept is getting put to the test in Santa Rosa.
After being announced last year, a project to build a dozen tiny houses for homeless vets is hoping to break ground this summer and test the viability of a novel form of affordable housing.
Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa will host a free showing of the documentary, "Homes for the Homeless - A Better Way" tomorrow night at 7. The panel discussion will follow the screening. Find out more about the event on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The GOP’s new American Health Care Act, if passed as is, would blow a huge hole in California’s budget. State officials made their projections public yesterday.
Congressional Republicans have long clamored for change in federal health care laws. Now that their actual proposals are moving toward a vote, Health and Finance officials in Sacramento have been able to detail how the replacement plan would affect California. And it’s not a pretty picture.
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The boom in craft-beer brewing locally is spurring a much smaller revival of hop growing here.
Hops were once a major agricultural product in Sonoma County. Now they’re starting to come back, but mostly as a specialty crop for the craft beer market.
There will be a one-day workshop on hop growing this Saturday at SRJC’s Shone Farm in Forestville. Find details about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Gold is a pivotal part of California’s history. And it’s part of our present as well.
An ounce of gold is worth a little more than $1300 these days, enough to keep even casual prospectors interested and active, especially here in northern California. Today we hear from a Santa Rosa group dedicated to keeping the search alive.
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A Marin County Rosie the Riveter is looking to get national recognition for her and MILLIONS of other women who worked during the war effort of World War Two.
During World War Two, women became vital wartime workers, filling jobs traditionally held by men. Collectively they became known as “Rosie the Riveter.” And now for the first time, there will be a national holiday recognizing the work of these women... But only for this year. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports a Marin County ‘Rosie’ is behind the effort to get the holiday on the calendar every year.
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Charles Schultz’ Peanuts helped shape the sensibility that produced the “Series of Unfortunate Events” books for young readers.
The man behind the arch-gothic Lemony Snicket books for young readers says the Peanuts comic strip was an important influence on his writing.
San Francisco author Daniel Handler will talk about his appreciation for Peanuts in a visit to the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa tomorrow. Fine event details, and hear more from him tomorrow to on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The state’s new tool for evaluating school district’s progress is getting good marks from local educators.
Yesterday, the California Department of Education made public its new system for evaluating how local school districts are performing. Local educators say it is more complex but also more helpful.
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The fairgrounds become a lively and diverse outdoor classroom for elementary kids during Ag Days.
Ag Days returned to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds yesterday and today. The annual event, hosted by the local Farm Bureau, gives thousands of elementary school students some first-hand exposure to this region’s agricultural heritage and its products.
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Obamacare remains hugely popular in the North Bay, a town hall in San Rafael Demonstrated, while the GOP’s alternative4 is decidedly not.
A fired up crowd eager to defend the Affordable Care Act filled the Marin Civic Center, to hear a panel led by Congressman Jared Huffman detail the problems they foresee in the new, Republican-sponsored alternative.
The presentations at the Town Hal meeting included two detailed accounts of complex medical crises that were successful weathered with support from the ACA. Hear those first-person stories on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Many homeless people keep their pets with them. But only one local program assists with the care.
Pet owners are deeply attached to their dogs, cats, birds and other animals, and that doesn’t change if they become homeless. But their ability to care for their pets may. That’s where an unusual and specially focused non-profit steps in to help.
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With Measure A strongly approved, Sonoma County’s cannabis businesses are preparing to take the next steps toward legality.
With new tax rates approved by Sonoma County voters on Tuesday, the local cannabis industry is gearing up to enter—and pay for—their new era of legitimacy.
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The new head of Sonoma County's Health Services Department comes with some bold ideas for better coordination of services.
After a year getting acquainted with the inner workings of Sonoma County's Department of Health Services, Barbie Robinson is starting her new job as the department's head with plans for some ambitious collaboration at the top of her agenda.
You can hear more from new Sonoma County Health Department chief Barbie Robinson on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A decade long effort to clean up and build habitat on the Santa Rosa creek is paying off.
For nearly ten years a group of volunteers have been gathering every first Saturday of the month to clean up trash and help beautify the Santa Rosa Creek. Now what was once just considered a flood controlling waterway for the city has become a vibrant creek filled with life. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi checked out this month’s clean up...
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Housing costs are a big factor in Sonoma County’s teacher shortage. So some creative measures to provide help are being tried.
Training new teachers for local schools isn’t enough. The Sonoma County office of Education is also partnering in efforts to help secure housing for them.
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To combat the shortage of teachers here, the Sonoma County Office of Education has launched its own training program.
To meet the persistent shortage of teachers locally, a new program is recruiting and training would-be educators who are already here, but doing something else right now.
Learn more about the program, and hear from a couple of participating future teachers on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The emerging argument for the impeachment of Donald Trump rests not on his politics, but his finances.
Donald Trump, both personally and politically, is deeply unpopular with a wide swath of Americans. That’s not a basis for impeachment, but there appears to be one in the constitution.
The petitions and the case for impeachment are online at Impeach Donald Trump Now dot org. For more on this issue, visit the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Members of Santa Rosa’s Redwood Gospel Mission are finding a new way of life through coffee.
Many of us start our day with a hot cup of coffee...but for some local men who’ve gone through Redwood Gospel Mission’s coffee roasting program that cup of joe is beginning to mean a lot more. For them it could be a new way of life. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
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Sonoma County’s Measure A would Tax the local cannabis industry for the first time. But even supporters say it’s flawed.
Sonoma County is grappling with the many complexities of legalizing cannabis, bringing a fast-growing, largely free-wheeling industry under governmental control. Opposition to Measure A, which would tax cannabis businesses here, fears it will cripple the small-scale operations it is out to regulate.
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Temple Grandin became an internationally recognized advocate for people with autism with a lot of help from her mother.
While Temple Grandin has become a well-known exemplar of a person with autism, attaining that status required overcoming a daunting series of challenges. It was a journey begun and largely shared with her mother, who has become an ardent advocate for families that include children on the autism spectrum. She has her own story to tell.
Hear more from Eustacia Cutler and find details about the autism in the Family conference on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The Indivisible Guide is encouraging and mobilizing new and experienced political activists in Sonoma County and across the county.
Activists and citizens in Sonoma County seeking to oppose the Trump administration are finding support and gleaning tactics from the Indivisible Guide, and the local chapters that are promulgating it.
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Biochar puts carbon into the soil, nor the air. It worked for ancient Amazonian tribes; now it can help us, too.
In centuries past, bio-char helped grow food for the indigenous people of the Amazon basin for hundreds, maybe even thousands of years before the first Spaniards arrived. Now it could help the 21st century world to slow global climate change.
The Sonoma Biochar Initiative is hosting a workshop on the process this Friday at Circle Bar Ranch south of Sonoma. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Highway 37 east of Novato has flooded multiple times since the beginning of the year...but this winter’s storms aren’t all that threatens this waterlogged roadway.
The North Bay’s Highway 37 is one of the Bay Area’s many roadways that’s been plagued by flooding during this winter’s very wet season. But a recent U-C Davis study suggests sea-level rise is also playing a major factor in the highway’s flooding and transit agencies are taking note. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi has more.
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In the North Bay’s expanding agri-tourism economy, there’s much more to see than vineyards.
An informational meeting about the expanding business of agri-tourism drew an intensely interested cross section of farmers, promoters and others to the Petaluma Community Center yesterday. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was there, too.
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You may think you know the Beatles’ music. But Scott Freiman knows it even better.
The records made by the Beatles have sold millions of copies, and their songs have been heard exponentially more often. Yet there are details and surprises within that familiar music that can be revealed through careful deconstruction.
The filmed version of Scott Freiman’s presentation, Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper, will be shown twice next Tuesday at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol, at 1 and 7 pm. Hear more from him and see a trailer on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The arts are everywhere in Sonoma County, but is that also true in local schools? An online survey hopes to find out.
As school budgets shrink and curriculum requirements tighten, are Sonoma County students still getting taught about the arts? Creative Sonoma is trying to assess the situation, with an eye toward boosting those efforts going forward.
You can access the survey through the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Good News for Channel 22. KRCB-TV is s a big winner in the FCC’s auction of underused broadcast spectrum rights.
KRCB-Television has come out a winner in an auction of broadcast spectrum rights conducted by the FCC. While most viewers will not notice the resulting technical changes, the station’s long-term economic health has gotten a significant boost.
We’ve got more on this story for you on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Why is a 27 foot tall replica of a wooden chair standing next to a roadside coffee shop south of Sebastopol?
It’s hard to miss The Big Chair, a large, whimsical piece of public art alongside Highway 116 south of Sebastopol. But it has some serious intentions behind it.
See pictures of the Big Chair, and hear more about it, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Government tracking of our daily phone and computer use is sophisticated and real. And we’re helping to enable it.
It’s true: Big Brother IS watching us. And listening, and reading our emails and more, while we are making it easier for our data to be captured and sold.
Bill Blunden spoke about cyber spying and personal data protection at a computer science colloquium at Sonoma State University yesterday. You can hear more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The salmon fishery off the Sonoma Coast will be getting an extra boost from imported hatchery fish—but not right away.
Bodega Bay’s beleaguered salmon fishery will get a boost from the release of thousands of smolts there this spring. But the fishermen will have to wait another two years for the fish to grow, mature and return before they can be caught.
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The Santa Rosa City Council is giving more protections to its undocumented immigrants.
The city of Santa Rosa is joining the ranks of cities across the nation that are broadening civil rights for immigrants…but don’t call it a sanctuary city. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the Santa Rosa City Council adopted a resolution last night declaring it an Indivisible City.
Find out more about Santa Rosa’s resolution granting additional protections to immigrants on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
From company town to progressive beacon, Richmond has undergone a dramatic political rebirth in the 21st century.
In the past 5 years, one bay area city has placed a soda tax measure before its voters, passed a strong rent control measure, and rejected a big-money city council campaign from its biggest employer. And no, it wasn’t Berkeley.
Steve Early will talk about Richmond’s Rent Control law, in a Santa Rosa forum tonight at the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa. He’ll also appear at Book Passage in Corte Madera tomorrow night. Find details about both events on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Who better to guide troubled young adults to seek mental health services than their peers?
Some of the young people who most need mental health services have been conditioned to avoid them. A new youth-led initiative hopes to use peer outreach to overcome that.
Hear more about this new program on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Calculating the costs of greenhouse gases could become part of the budgeting for big new public works projects in California.
California’s major public institutions would be required to weigh Greenhouse gas Emissions into their budget analyses when purchasing materials for large infrastructure projects, under a proposed new bill unveiled this week.
Hear more about the proposed new legislation and read its text on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The native oysters of San Francisco Bay can help mitigate the effects of climate change, if we first help them repopulate their habitat.
Once prolific in San Francisco Bay, but now scarce, Olympia oysters are getting some human help in building new reefs—and helping their benefactors, too.
See pictures of the reef balls and find out more about the Wild Oyster Project on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Having heard a prescription for making homeless services more effective, local providers must now make some hard changes to act on it.
A call to radically rethink how homeless services are structured and provided locally found a generally receptive audience in Santa Rosa this week. Now the challenge is to implement those ideas.
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The single best—and perhaps only –way to end homelessness is to get people housed, without preconditions. That’s among the recommendations of a national expert, who was in Santa Rosa yesterday.
To cure homelessness, give priority to the most challenging individuals. That radical rethinking of the issue served as the starting point for the two-day Summit on Homeless Solutions in Santa Rosa yesterday. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was there, and spoke with the lead presenter.
We’ve got more from Homeless Solutions expert Iain DeJong on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
One North Bay restaurant is joining a nationwide trend to help eradicate invasive fish species--by serving them for dinner.
Sausalito’s harborside restaurant FISH is specializes in serving fresh and local seafood. But recently they have added fish shipped in from Florida and Kentucky to their menu. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi explains why.
Find photos of FISH’s kitchen and its local seafood on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Donald Trump’s tweets don’t just get under your skin; they’re also changing your brain.
George Lakoff is a founder of the science of cognitive linguistics—how language functions wit in our brains. Understanding that led him to predict the election of Donald Trump last summer—and now to offer ideas on how to process and debate what the new president says.
George Lakoff will talk about Effective Framing and Messaging at the Vintage House in Sonoma Sunday afternoon. Hear more from him and find details about the event on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A documentary film about the shooting of Andy Lopez plans to focus not on his death, but the community’s response to it.
The fatal shooting of 13 year old Andy Lopez was shocking and polarizing. But documentary filmmaker Ron Rogers is more interested in what has happened in the neighborhood afterward.
That fund-raiser for the “Andy” film will be held from 4-6 pm Sunday at Worth Our Weight café on Hahman Drive in Santa Rosa, and will also include a Q& A session with the film's producers. Find more details on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Just about anyone can contribute to the massive global pool of knowledge that is Wikipedia.
Fifteen years ago, the idea of a free, digital encyclopedia, compiled and edited almost entirely by volunteers, and available at no cost to everyone, seemed like an idealistic fantasy. Today, Wikipedia offers millions of articles in hundreds of languages, and continues to grow every day. And it is easier than you might think to contribute to that growth.
John Broughton has more to say about editing Wikipedia on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Marin Sanitary Service keeps a small farm of chickens, peacocks and pigs at its landfill site. Find out why on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
What do you think of when you imagine your local landfill? Piles of trash? A foul stench? ...how about visions of peacocks? At Marin Sanitary Service, the colorful birds, plus chickens and hogs are part of the scene. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi visited the garbage service’s small farm - aptly named the Flying Can Ranch - to bring us this report.
See photos of the animals at Flying Can Ranch on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Donald Trump won just 22% of the vote in Sonoma County last November. The other 78% were well represented at the Santa Rosa protest March Saturday. We’ll hear from some of them on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
The thousands of marchers who filled the streets of downtown Santa Rosa early Saturday afternoon were there in common cause—but for a multitude of individual reasons. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was on the scene to ask a sampling of participants why they had turned out.
See pictures from the march on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As often as we see the Golden Gate Bridge, it’s hard not to be impressed by its distinctive color and profile. Its history is also impressive.
Historian Kevin Starr, known for his 8-volume chronicle of the state of California, died last weekend. One of his last books was a short but comprehensive history of the Golden Gate Bridge, which he discussed in this archival North Bay Report from the summer of 2010.
You can hear Kevin Starr talk about the naming of the Golden Gate and his favorite picture form the days of its construction on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
An archeological survey at a site in northern Marin County found interesting relics from both the long ago past, and the middle of the last century.
Surrounded by thousands of years of native history, the burned out ruins of a 196os commune in northern Marin County have yielded an unexpected glimpse into the details of “hippie” life of that era.
Archeologist Breck Parkman will present more of his discoveries at the Sonoma County History Museum tomorrow night, in a program called Digging Olompali: The Archaeology of the Recent Past. Find details about that event on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Ron Campbell isn’t quite as old as animation itself, but he made it life—from Popeye to the Bealtes to the Smurfs. We’ll meet him on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
Back in 1965 and 66, there was a Saturday morning kids show watched by up to 2/3s of the televisions in America. It was the Beatles Cartoons, which Australian animator Ron Campbell helped create, among many other shows, before and since.
Ron Campbell will be showing his art and talking with visitors at the Area Arts Gallery in downtown Santa Rosa, through tomorrow. You can hear him talk more about his life in animation on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Home-sharing is catching on in Marin and Sonoma - Find out why—and how-- on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
With rents continuing to rise and available housing stock dwindling, finding affordable housing in the Bay Area is increasingly difficult. Two North Bay two groups have come up with creative ways to help more people keep a roof over their head. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
Find out more about Lilypad Homes and SHARE Sonoma County on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Workers inside the Sonoma County Hall of Justice say their workplace treatment is itself unjust.
Staff reductions, failed computer systems, funding cuts and unpopular spending priorities have all contributed to some serious morale problems for the workers in Sonoma County’s Superior court system. They are also impeding negotiations for a new contract, reports KRCB’s Bruce Robinson.
The hearing tomorrow morning is open to the public and will be held at the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa, from 9:30 to 11:30 am. For additional information go to the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Harsh winter storms are making life even more difficult for the many homeless across Sonoma County.
Even before the latest series of cold and wet winter storms raked the North Bay, some 1000 homeless people were living outdoors in the elements across Sonoma County. And service providers have been able to offer little more to help them as the weather worsened.
Hear more about the situation on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A scholarship fund created to help undocumented “dreamers” attend college is now partnering with Sonoma State.
A scholarship program that works specifically with undocumented students who want to attend college has added Sonoma State University to its list of partner schools in California.
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Both campers and staff at a special summer camp near Camp Meeker share a common bond—they are all organ transplant survivors.
Life is more complicated for kids who have had an organ transplant. But a special camp in the hills of western Sonoma County brings them together for a week each summer. Reporter Rhian Miller visited their annual session this year.
The Annual Solid Organ Transplant Camp by Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford –its official name—happens in July. See pictures from this year’s camp on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Move over oak, stand aside, stainless steel; the trending new material for aging wine is concrete.
In their perpetual quest for new and better winemaking tools and methods, some Northern California vintners have been turning to something that is almost as old as wine itself.
See pictures of concrete wine tanks, in various sizes, shapes and colors, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Even small events can generate a large volume of trash. But borrowing plates and glasses from Green Mary helps cut it down.
For minimizing garbage, nothing beats reusing things. That’s why Green Mary has assembled an unconventional lending library of plates, glasses and other event essentials.
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How to grow food is pretty well understood. But how do we grow new farmers?
Northern California is home to a growing number of innovative and holistic farms and farmers. A new Farm School program in Sebastopol is out to help export those practices more widely.
Hear more about the Permaculture Skills Center’s Farm School on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
When a band of wild horses were headed for a slaughterhouse, one Sonoma County resident took action.
Wild mustangs are still seen as a symbol of American culture - representing freedom, beauty and power. But these horses are rapidly losing their place on public lands. One Sonoma County resident is trying to change that by providing a sanctuary for displaced mustangs. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
You can learn more about Montgomery Creek Ranch and it’s horses up for adoption on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
We’ve all seen dragonflies—they’re fairly abundant around North Bay ponds and streams—but how much do you really know about them?
Dragonflies aren’t just old—they date back to the age of the dinosaurs—they’re strange. Also colorful, pest-eating, non-threatening to humans, and still surprisingly unstudied.
Want to know more? Find details about dragonflies’ unusual mating practices--on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Across northern California, nature offers a wide array of wild edibles, if you know where to look and how to recognize them.
All around us, there are wild edible plants. The trick is knowing which ones they are, where to find them, and how best to make use of them. On today’s North Bay Report, Bruce Robinson talks with some who not only knows all that, she wrote the book on it.
Hear more about foraging in the Bay Area from Margit Roos-Collins on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
As police forces increasingly embrace diversity, it’s getting easier for LGBT officers to feel comfortable on the job.
Police and Sheriff’s departments in California and beyond have long included Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender officers. But now they are increasingly willing and able to let their presence be known, some with the help of a local writer and instructor.
Greg Miraglia is currently the Dean of Criminal Justice Training at Napa Valley community College, as well as the host of Out beat News here on KRCB. You can also hear more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new book dissects the problems that led to rock and roll’s most notorious concert:
The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 free concert at the Altamont speedway has become mythologized as “the end of the 60s,” a symbolic counterweight to the romanticized images of peace, love and Woodstock. But a detailed new book from veteran San Francisco music writer Joel Selvin shows that the full story of the event is much more complicated.
Joel Selvin has more to say about Altamont on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Around the world, creative local solutions to both poverty and climate change are emerging. A new e-book documents them.
Is it possible to fight poverty and climate change at the same time? The answer is emphatically yes, and Rocky Rohwedder has examples to prove it.
You can find the link to Ecological Footprints and hear more about the book on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Proposition 64 has now legalized recreational use of marijuana. But, it also goes farther - onto the past.
Thanks to the passage of Proposition 64, it is now legal to grow, possess or transport small amounts of marijuana. But the measure can also roll back the convictions of people who were jailed for doing those things before November 9th. It's a process that is now getting started, as BR explains.
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A main artery into the popular Marin Headlands will soon be closing.
Anyone that has ever visited one of Marin County’s crown jewels - the headlands - knows that there is only one of two ways to get there: A scenic two-lane road that winds along the hills or through the Baker-Barry Tunnel shortcut. But soon one of those two main arteries will be shutting down for a lengthy amount of time. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
See photos of the Marin Headland’s antiquated Baker-Barry Tunnel on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
1967’s “Summer of Love” was centered in San Francisco but it was felt in the North Bay as well. A new museum show examines that and we hear from its curator.
As the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love” approaches, a new exhibit at the Sonoma County Museum examines that how era played out in the North Bay.
The Beat Goes On exhibit goes on through April 2nd. The History Museum of Sonoma County is open Tuesdays through Sundays at 425 7th street in downtown Santa Rosa. There’s more about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
What will it take to re-establish commercial composting in Sonoma County? At least another year, for one thing.
The process of setting up a new composting operation in Sonoma is finally taking its first steps. But in the meantime, both residents and compost users are paying significantly more.
Form more about the state and prospects of composting in Sonoma County, visit the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
North coast fishermen troll nearby waters for their catch, but most of it doesn’t land on local plates.
Fishing has long been a major industry on the Pacific coast, but surprisingly little of what is caught here winds up on local tables. A recent documentary examines that paradox, as we hear today from the filmmaker.
Of the Sea will be shown on KRCB television tonight at 9 pm. You can see the trailer for it and hear more from the filmmaker on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A quiet but potent coalition of politically active forces in Sonoma County has found added impact through joint efforts.
There are plenty of Democrats, union members, and environmentalists in Sonoma County, who often find common cause on local issues and candidates. Collectively, in those cases, they are the Blue-Green Alliance.
The Alliance will hold their post-election Blue Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast on Sunday. Find details about the event, and more about the Alliance itself, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Cultivators of cannabis breed their plants for specific characteristics—potency, medicinal efficacy, even appearance. Today we meet someone whose emphasis is primarily on flavors—which can be manipulated in some divergent directions.
Cannabis has long been combined with other things in foods—brownies being a classic example. But Jay Michaels says his cross-breeding efforts have been able to simulate the tastes of some other foods—and quite a range of them.
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The disagreement on how to zone residential land for medical cannabis grows continues for Sonoma County residents and pot growers.
Sonoma County’s Board of Supervisors are close to making a decisive decision on where and how much medical marijuana can be grown in parts of the county. It’s a step towards bringing this largely unregulated industry into compliance. But as KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the process has pitted small cannabis growers against their neighbors in rural, residential communities...
See the proposed medical marijuana regulations on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A carefully tended forest outside of Santa Rosa is becoming a popular site for family outings.
For 50 years, Jim Dirkson has managed and maintained a small mountainside covered in fir and redwood, and narrow footpaths. His Rancho Mark West is becoming an increasingly popular place for nature education and family outings.
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Violence, abuse and neglect can scar a child for life. But identifying those wounds can help healing begin.
Adverse Childhood Experiences, such as abuse and neglect, have life-long effects on both mental and physical health. But recognizing, and working to prevent them, can begin to break that pattern. That’s what a new educational program in Sonoma County hopes to do.
Learn more about ACES on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
How will recreational Cannabis coexist and combine with California’s wine industry? Other states hold some interesting examples and possibilities.
The 2016 Wine Industry Expo at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds yesterday included workshops on marketing to millennials, legislative issues, and harvest methodologies. But the panel discussion on “Marijuana and Wine” may have drawn the biggest crowd, among them KRCB’s Bruce Robinson.
Hear more from the Wine & Cannabis panelists on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Could a new public bank in Santa Rosa be the needed financial haven for the growing cannabis industry here?
A municipal public bank wouldn’t pay bonuses and dividends, and could have a more flexible relationship with federal regulators. All good reasons, says a local supporter of the alternative fiscal businesses, for creating one to serve the region’s cannabis industry.
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Sonoma County planners and citizens are coming together to address the issue of sea level rise.
Over the next 20 years, sea levels along California’s coast are expected to rise by at least a foot, according to the National Research Council. And Sonoma County’s coastline is no exception to that prediction. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports now the county is preparing a plan to deal with the looming reality sea level rise.
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A new handbook gives teens tools to handle anxiety.
From big tests to small slights, teenagers encounter potential sources of fear, worry and even panic almost constantly. Some skills to deal with those anxieties are the core of a “survival guide” written specifically for adolescents.
Shannon is a co-founder of the Santa Rosa Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She has also written a Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens, and for adults, the soon-to-be-published "Don't Feed the Monkey Mind." There's more on on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With new funds on the way from measure Y’s passage, it’s all systems go for our local libraries.
Christmas came early for the Sonoma County Library system, which is now setting priorities for the additional sales tax revenues voters authorized by passing measure Y. First up: reopening on Mondays.
There is also discussion about reopening at least some of the library branches for limited hours on Sundays, but no timetable has been set for that. Hear more about changes in the works for the Sonoma County Libraries on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
In her recent documentaries, Marin filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia digs into the serious science of soil. She talks about that work on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:06 and 8:06 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
Dirt is ancient, alive, and essential to agriculture. But it is not necessarily eternal. And that can be a big problem.
You can see the trailer for Symphony of the Soil online, at KRCB dot org slash news. And watch the entire documentary on KRCB television tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm, or next Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 10:30 pm. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
One man’s vision for tiny, practical yet portable living spaces for the homeless is now a prototype project in Santa Rosa.
Sebastopol artist Harold Wallin had a vision for a simple but solid shelter for homeless individuals. Now he’s leading a team of volunteers who are building ten of them. But where they will go remains to be determined.
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A pilot program to train assistance dogs for veterans with PTSD is underway in Santa Rosa.
For more than 60 years, Canine Companions for Independence has been providing trained assistance dogs for people with disabilities. A pilot program now underway at their Santa Rosa headquarters is now preparing dogs specifically to work with veterans who are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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A project started by the Sonoma County 4-H club is helping bring back the heritage turkey to Thanksgiving tables. Find out how on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
For over a decade, Sonoma County 4-H’s Heritage Turkey Project has been teaching local kids how to raise, butcher and sell Heritage Turkeys - That’s the colorful and longer-living turkeys that were nearly wiped out due to the commercial popularity of the traditional broad-breasted white turkey. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi visited a budding turkey farmer at his Santa Rosa home to find out more...
See photos and video of Andrew’s turkeys And find out more about the Heritage Turkey Project on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Reyna Grande’s story of illegally coming to California to find her parents is not unique. But sharing it makes it powerful, especially for younger readers.
In both novels and a memoir, award-winning writer Reyna Grande examines her own past as an illegal immigrant, arriving, assimilating and succeeding in modern California. She shared her story in person with students at a Santa Rosa Middle School yesterday. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson spoke with her there.
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Environmentalists with Marin Audubon are unhappy about a new Marin County Parks road and trail plan.
A fight over how to best use public open space land in Marin County is coming to a head - and caught in the middle is the Northern Spotted Owl –a federally listed endangered species. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
See photos of some of Marin County Park’s adopted trails and the Northern Spotted Owl on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
It’s hard to identify and 100 time more potent than morphine. Little wonder that street Fentanyl is a dangerous drug.
The epidemic of opioid addiction across America has triggered a surge in the use of other, related drugs, including heroin, and it’s more potent synthetic relative, fentanyl. That’s a trend that may now be reaching into Sonoma County.
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It’s hard to identify and 100 time more potent than morphine. Little wonder that street Fentanyl is a dangerous drug.
The epidemic of opioid addiction across America has triggered a surge in the use of other, related drugs, including heroin, and it’s more potent synthetic relative, fentanyl. That’s a trend that may now be reaching into Sonoma County.
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Ishi was a surviving member of an Indian tribe that was nearly wiped out. But much of the rest of his well-known story is a myth.
Ishi, the so-called “Last Yahi” may be the most famous Indian in California history. But much of what has been taught about him over the past century has turned out to be wrong.
The exhibit about Ishi at the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center, continues to be open to the public weekdays from 9 to 5. You can also hear more about Ishi on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
New research suggests that deeply conditioned, instant neurological reactions may play a crucial part in racial discrimination.
Long before this week’s election results came in, organizers of the annual Latino Health Forum in Santa Rosa had selected as this year’s theme, the health impacts of racism and Discrimination. But current events added new notes of alarm and urgency to the SRO event. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was there.
This story is part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful initiative. We’ve got more from some of the speakers at the Latino Health Forum on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A handful of North Bay school districts are going against the grain and offering healthy, fresh and local foods during lunchtime.
Can you remember what your school lunches were like? For many the thought can conjure up memories of bland sandwiches, dry meat meat patties and sugary juices. But with stricter food regulations and a general move towards healthy and nutritious eating...those meals are poised to become a thing of the past. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi visited one North Bay school district offering a different kind of lunch.
This story is part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful initiative. Find out more about the Healdsburg and Sausalito Marin City School District food programs on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County followed its own path in this election, with most incumbents retaining office, and bid money campaigns proving largely unsuccessful.
The electoral upheaval at the national level was not felt much in Sonoma County’s local races, where big money from Independent Expenditure committees bought mixed results.
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What’s causing the disappearance of kelp forests on the North Coast’s ocean floor, and it is getting any better?
The die-off of starfish along the Pacific coast has disrupted the underwater ecosystem, with a radical impact on other sea life on the region’s ocean floor.
We’ve got pictures, and more about the interlocking life cycles on the nearby ocean’s floor, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Parents, teachers and community members in Sausalito and Marin City are looking big changes in the area’s school board district.
Sausalito and Marin City’s school district has been slowly gaining traction over the past 15 years - attracting parents and students back to the area’s two schools. But after disappointing test scores in recent years...and a scathing report from a state agency accusing the district of diverting money away from its largely minority school...parents, teachers and community members are looking for change. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports that change could come soon after voters in the district cast their ballot for two open seats on the school board tomorrow.
Find out more about the four candidates for the Sausalito Marin City School District Board on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Are Muslims really different from other Americans? Not so much, says the author of The Muslim Next Door.
Who better to educate Americans than about Islam than a southern California girl who grew up to be a lawyer, scholar and writer on the subject?
Sumbul Ali-Karamali will be speaking at Ner Shalom Sunday afternoon from 3-4:40. The event is free and open to the public, but with limited seating, advance reservations are required. You can make them, and hear more from her on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If corporate influence is all about padding the bottom line, maybe coordinated consumer pushback can effect change. We hear from someone who believes that on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
John Perkins, the self-described “Economic Hitman,” says the problems he helped create-- before reforming--have gotten worse in recent years. But he’s got a recipe for turning things around.
John Perkins talk about his books and his prescriptions for change in Sonoma this coming Sunday afternoon. We’ve got event details and more from Perkins on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Point Reyes National Seashore is celebrating the recognition of its second National Historical Landmark, Drakes Bay.
For years history buffs and archaeologists have said Drakes Bay, in Marin County’s Point Reyes National Seashore, is the first North American landing site of the English sailor Sir Francis Drake. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Interior officially recognized the bay as a National Historical Landmark. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports now the site is getting attention again with a new plaque commemorating the historical event.
Find photos of Drakes Bay and more on the nautical history of Sir Francis Drake in Point Reyes on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Anti-nuke activists from the 1980s and earlier, gathered in Bodega Bay Saturday to recall past campaigns and contemplate new challenges.
When local opposition scuttled plans for an atomic energy plant on Bodega head in the early 1960s, the seeds were sown for subsequent no-nukes protests throughout California and beyond. Members of the Abalone Alliance, an early protest group, reunited in the coastal town over the weekend, to review their shared past, and consider their part in shaping a nuclear-free energy future.
Hear more about the gathering and see pictures on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Nearly four dozen local leaders will sleep on the street for a night later this month, simulating youth homelessness to help combat it.
The SAY Dream Center opened its doors last spring, and saw its beds for homeless youth filled immediately. Now they are staging an unusual pubic event to call attention to the needs they are working to serve.
Find out more about One Cold Night, including how you can help support it, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Politics is serious business. So Will Durst has made a career out of lampooning it.
Political issues and positions are of secondary interest to comedian Will Durst. He zeros in on their personalities and foibles to, in his words, “put the ‘mock’ in democracy.”
Will Durst brings his “Elect to Laugh 2016” show to the Cinnabar Theater in Petaluma on Sunday night at 7:30. He also talks more about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
By law, earthquake insurance is available for all California homeowners, but only 10% actually have it.
Notwithstanding the earthquake that struck downtown Napa a little more than 2 years ago, our state as a whole has been enjoying an overall lull in significant seismic activity. So the California Earthquake Authority is intensifying its calls for homeowners to take protective steps.
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Is it possible to drive an electric car all the way around the world?
For his summer vacation this year, Alan Soule took a trip around the world—literally—behind the wheel of his electric car.
Hear more about the international Electric Vehicle trek, and see some pictures from it, on our North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The biological diversity of the Gardens on Alcatraz has been captured, beautifully, by the region’s botanical artists.
For a dozen years, volunteers have been working diligently to restore the historic gardens on Alcatraz Island. Now the results of those efforts have been documented in a series of details, full-color drawings by dozens of botanical artists.
The original art from the Alcatraz garden project is are currently on display at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross, through Nov. 13.You can see samples of these artworks, and hear more about how the project was begun, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Founding Beach Boy Mike Love offers an inside view of the group’s often discordant history in his new memoir, Good Vibrations.
It’s been half a century since the Beach Boys were at their peak in the 1960s, yet their music endures and surviving members of the band maintain a busy concert schedule. One of them is founding singer Mike Love, whose new autobiography charts the often rocky history inside the band.
Mike Love was at Copperfield’s books in Petaluma Monday at 7 pm, where he talked about his book with veteran music writer Joel Selvin. Love will return to Sonoma County on Nov 17 when the Beach Boys perform at the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa.
We also have more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
If it lives in our coastal waters, Sea Forager Kirk Lombard knows how to catch and cook it.
Our coast is home to dozens of varieties of strange, often elusive, sometimes slimy, yet almost always somehow edible sea life. Kirk Lombard knows where to find them, and what to do with them.
Kirk Lombard has also launched CSA-style fish-mongering service, Sea Forager Seafood, that he is currently juggling with an intermittent book tour, which brings him to book Passage in San Rafael on Saturday afternoon at 4 pm. We also have more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Telecom pioneer Don Green recounts his lively and compelling personal history in a new autobiography.
Eighty-five years in 400 pages—with plenty of pictures included. That’s what entrepreneur, philanthropist and music lover Don Green has packed into his newly public memoir.
A public book release celebration of Don Green’s autobiography, including a reading of excerpts, will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Green Music Center. Proceeds from the sale of Defining Moments will benefit the Santa Rosa Youth Orchestra. For more, go to the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
How about some locker room talk that emphasizes respect for women and girls? It’s already happening in some local schools.
A new, targeted effort to combat violence against women is taking hold in an important, if unexpected context: junior high and high school locker rooms.
The YWCA is hosting a screening of the documentary, Audrie and Daisy tomorrow night at 7 at the Rosy in downtown Santa Rosa. The film shows how teens and their families saw their lived upended as the result of some poor decision making on social media. The event, with a panel discussion after the film, is a benefit to support the Coaching Boys Into Men program in Sonoma County. For more, go to the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
With three detailed alternatives now open to public review, plans for the Southeast Greenway in Santa Rosa are gradually moving ahead.
Eight years into the process of creating the proposed southeast Greenway in Santa Rosa, ideas for what it will actually look like are taking shape. An online survey, reviewing three possible alternatives, is underway.
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Farming is traditionally seen as a male dominated field, but women have played a vital role throughout history. Find out how a local women farming advocate is trying to get their voices heard on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
Women farmers have been a backbone in agriculture for hundreds of years, but according to some their voices and stories are not being heard. Now a group in Sebastopol is trying to break that mold. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
This story is part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful initiative. Find out more about the event’s women farmers on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The controversy over genetically modified crops is shifting to alarm over the potent herbicide that some seeds enable. That compound is called glyphosate, and it’s coming under fire.
Thanks in large part to the widespread use of genetically modified corn, soy and other crops, herbicides containing glyphosate are being more widely used than ever before. At the same time, new concerns about the health and environmental damage that the chemical causes are prompting calls to restrict it.
This story is part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful initiative. For more about the International Monsanto Tribunal, go to the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Activists in wheelchairs staged a history-making sit-in in San Francisco in 1997. A visiting exhibit coming to Santa Rosa recounts it.
Almost 40 years ago, an unprecedented sit in at the Federal Building in San Francisco helped launch the nationwide disability rights movement. A special exhibit coming to SRJC details that historic turning point.
The “Patient No More” exhibit, in the Bertolini Student Center on the SRJC campus in Santa Rosa, will open tomorrow afternoon with a special presentation on “Equal Education for All.” It will also be open for free viewing next Monday through Thursday only, from 7 am to 8 pm each day. We also have more about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Marin County officials are working on a plan to protect and encourage the biodiversity of its open spaces.
For nearly a decade Marin County’s Open Space District has been working on a plan to better manage the vegetation and biodiversity on their nearly 16-thousand acres. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the plan gained approval from the county’s Open Space Commission this week.
Find a link to the draft management plan and see photos of Ring Mountain on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A third airline will begin regular flights in and out of Santa Rosa early next year, and more carriers may be joining them. Listen for details on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
American Airlines will add daily flights to and from the Sonoma County airport in four months, but the list of direct destinations served from Santa Rosa remains the same, at least for now.
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An extended water-level survey of the entire length of the Russian River is setting the stage for a new look at its future next year. We’ll summarize the final stage of the river descent.
The three-stage descent of the full length of the Russian River wrapped up this weekend with a public finale kayaking from Duncan’s Mills to Jenner. It was an extended prelude to a broad examination of the watershed and its future next year.
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International peace worker Linda Sartor was honored on the Sebastopol Peace Wall this week.
Santa Rosa resident Linda Sartor has traveled to many international hot spots, speaking out for peace, tolerance and understanding. On Sunday, she was among the four new honorees added to Sebastopol’s Living Peace Wall. Today, we revisit an interview with her from 2012, in which she reported back on her recent visit to war-ravaged Afghanistan.
The other honorees added to the Living PEACE Wall this week were the late long-time Sonoma County activist Lucy Forest, former President Jimmy Carter, and Santa Rosa attorney Charles Pickett, a lifelong civil rights advocate. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Safe disposal of unwanted medicines is a widely applauded goal. The argument is over who pays for it.
Sonoma County Supervisors this week signaled their intention to apply the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility to pharmaceuticals, through a new ordinance to require the safe collection of extra or unwanted medicines.
Hear more about this issue on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Humans are born curious; the challenge for educators is how to preserve and cultivate that.
Efficiency and curiosity are fundamentally at odds with each other, says a Sonoma State liberal studies professor. And that basic conflict needs to be acknowledged in shaping our educational systems.
Hear more from Professor Ostroff on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A decade of local collaboration around climate change has been recognized by the White House.
For years now, Sonoma County agencies and NGOs have bene working together to understand and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Now that work has been honored and promoted at the national level.
We’ve got links to the Sonoma County portions of the new Dashboard on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new ordinance in San Rafael is pushing out homeless living in oversized vehicles.
The San Rafael City Council wants to crack down on people living in recreational vehicles and cars. But some homeless advocates are saying a new city ordinance could push this population out on the streets. KRCB's Tiffany Camhi reports.
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What Libertarianism says on the surface, and what it means in practice, are not necessarily the same, according to a cohort of local critics. We’ll hear from them on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
Libertarianism is a political ideology that has undergone some internal, rather severe, revisions in recent years which have moved it well away from its philosophical origins. A locally produced analytical anthology examines what Libertarianism means today. Bruce Robinson has more.
Three of the authors will be on hand to talk about their contributions to Uncivil Liberties, at a special book event in Sonoma tomorrow evening. For details, go to the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Can talking about homelessness help end it? A series of conversations in Santa Rosa aims to try.
What do the people of Santa Rosa think about homelessness in their city? A series of facilitated public conversations is about to get started in an effort to gauge public opinion—and ideas.
We’ve got an introductory video, and a list of the Homeless Talk meetings already scheduled, posted on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Even before the printing press was invented, some people tried to ban books. They’re still trying.
Whether the motivation is political or religious, or just protective parenting, efforts to see certain books suppressed seem as persistent as the seasons. So Banned Books week is here again to remind us of that.
The American Library Association has released a video that lists the top teen banned books of the past year. You can see it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A group of 50 Latinos from Sonoma County visited Yosemite over the weekend, courtesy of LandPaths.
For several years, LandPaths has been offering hikes and other outings for Sonoma County’s Latino residents. This weekend, they took that program a big step further.
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Feminism and religion are not incompatible, insists Sabina Kahn-Ibarra,--even when the religion is Islam.
“Islam vs. Feminism: the False Dichotomy” was the topic of a talk given yesterday at Sonoma State, part of the feminist lecture series there. On her way to the campus, the speaker also visited KRCB to explain her topic and how she came to it.
We’ve got more from Sabina Kahn-Ibarra—and a link to her website— on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Some Sonoma State students are building a NASA-funded satellite.
Three years ago, some Sonoma State students successfully built and launched a tiny research satellite into space. Now a new team of students is working to get an even smaller satellite into orbit. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
This story part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful initiative. See pictures of the students’ CubeSat prototype on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Voters in California as a whole, and Sonoma County face a record number of ballot measures this fall, for a complex set of reasons.
Although no one will see them all, voters across Sonoma County are being asked to decide 23 separate ballot measures this fall. That’s in addition to the 17 initiatives everyone will see from the state. To find out why so many, KRCB News Director turned to Sonoma State Political Science professor and ballot measure analyst David McCuan for insights.
For a deeper dive into some of the machinations that shape this electoral process, hear more from professor McCuan on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
One Marin rancher is taking a chance and exploring new ways to use carbon farming on his land.
Near West Marin’s small farming town of Tomales there’s a ranch that is sucking TONS of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. The ranch was part of an experimental carbon farming project a few years ago and now it’s sharing the results. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
This story is part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful initiative. Find out more about the work Stemple Creek Ranch and the Marin Agricultural Land Trust are doing on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Fire lookout towers are waning in California. But a critical one remains active, watching over the coastal mountains above Cazadero.
Across California, mountaintop fire lookouts are increasingly rare. Spotters can’t penetrate the smog in the southland, and elsewhere, ubiquitous cell phones have diminished the need for them. But in the remote coastal highlands above and east of Jenner, the Pole Mountain Lookout remains active and essential. On today’s North Bay Report, reporter Ryan Miller takes us there.
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Social change doesn't require songs to empower it, but having them has often helped.
For much of American history, music has demonstrated a consistent power to unify movements and effect change. But, is this still true?
Occupy Sonoma County is hosting David Walls in a teach-in Monday evening at the Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rosa. His topic is "Singing the Revolution: Music and Social Protest." Hear more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A doctor at Marin General wants it to be the state’s first hospital to openly offer medical marijuana treatment.
Earlier this week, Marin General Hospital took a first tentative step toward becoming California’s first public medical center to openly allow patients to use medicinal cannabis. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi was at the hospital’s governing board meeting and prepared this report.
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Decreasing biodiversity may be hard to see, but in some wild places, even here in Sonoma County, it can clearly be heard.
Audio ecologist Bernie Krause has been capturing the sounds of the natural world for decades. But the changes he hears in those recordings now carry a clear and worrisome message.
Bernie Krause talks in greater detail about the Paris museum installation, plus find more information about his presentation at Ramekins in Sonoma tonight on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Local history does not have to be a dull, dry presentation, as a polished new video history of Santa Rosa demonstrates.
A well-known quote from Luther Burbank provides the title for “Santa Rosa: The Chosen Spot of all the Earth.” And most of the rest of the concise new video history of the city is locally sourced as well.
You can hear more about the project on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Not just people but animals, large and small, sometimes need rescuing. And it takes special training to know how to do that. A local group is dedicated to providing that training.
HALTER, the Horse And Livestock Team Emergency Response project, got started about three years ago, to provide training to fire and rescue workers on how to deal with big animals in difficulty. Already, the Glen Ellen–based organization is making an impact—and getting some major recognition for their efforts.
Hear more about the HALTER project and the work they are doing on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Carl Hiaasen’s satiric novels of South Florida may be hard to categorize, but they are easy to enjoy.
Carl Hiaasen’s latest novel mocks reality TV, restaurant inspection standards, product liability lawyers, and beach restoration opportunists. But it’s all draw from reality in contemporary south Florida.
Carl Hiaasen will talk about writing and his latest book at the downtown Santa Rosa Library tomorrow night at 7 pm. The free event, but proceeds from book sales will benefit the Library. Hear more from the author on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
She may be a lone voice in the wilderness, but Katrina Blair is an undaunted defender of weeds.
Herbalists have long recognized numerous and varied medicinal uses for many of the plants we think of as weeds. But that’s not all they are good for, argues Katrina Blair, Durango, Colorado ‘s defender of wild weeds.
The Heirloom Expo, now it its 6th year in Sonoma county, continues through tomorrow. Find more reporting about it on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. This story is part of our North Bay Bountiful initiative. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Nowhere in Nature, says John Valenzuela, is biodiversity more colorful and delicious than in the realm of rare and exotic fruits.
The Heirloom Expo, a colorful celebration of old, rare, exotic and bountiful produce, returned to the fairgrounds in Santa Rosa yesterday, with scores of vendors and nearly as many speakers. We hear from one of them on today’s North Bay report.
The National Heirloom Expo continues through Thursday. We’ll have another report from the food fair tomorrow. In the meantime, check out some pictures of locally grown exotic fruit on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. This story is part of our North Bay Bountiful initiative. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet finds a home at Petaluma Adobe State Park.
Bay Area theater company We Players is known for immersing their audience into the scenes and actions of their plays - often at State and National Parks. In their new production of Romeo and Juliet the company transforms Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park into the hot and steamy streets of Northern Italy. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi went to a recent performance of the play...and reports.
We Player’s production of Romeo and Juliet will run through three more weekends at Petaluma Adobe. Find a link to tickets and photos from the play on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The huge toxic algae bloom that forced a costly delay on last year’s crab season was due to conditions that won’t repeat this year. Probably.
As a weak salmon season follows the closure of much of last year’s crab season, the beleaguered north coast fishing fleet is hoping for better conditions this winter. And they’re not the only ones who are being cautiously optimistic.
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A small park, just opened in Roseland, holds big significance for that community.
The official opening of a small new park on the site of the future Roseland Village complex offers further tangible evidence bigger and better things to come.
We’ve got pictures of the new park on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Cannabis, medical or otherwise, cannot be patented under current law. But trademarks are possible.
As cannabis transitions into a full-fledged industry, some of the big challenges that producers and purveyors face lie in the legal realm of intellectual property, such as trademarks and patents.
We’ve got more on this subject on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. This story is part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful initiative. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A kit full of items to calm overstimulated kids on the autism spectrum is now available at a few Sonoma County restaurants, with more expected to follow.
Dining out with children who get overstimulated or impatient can present challenges for any parent; even more so for parents of children on the autism spectrum. A new program, being introduced in a few Santa Rosa area restaurants, is addressing that situation.
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A unique Marin County art gallery specializes in showcasing bad art.
Have you ever gone into an art gallery and seen a particular work of art and thought... "Huh?" For one Marin County couple that’s the exact effect they want to get. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.
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“Of One Soul” is an interfaith initiative in Sonoma County.
The local grass-roots interfaith effort to countermand anti-Islam rhetoric is gaining momentum, support, and recognition.
Find a link to the “Friendship Not Fear,” letter, as well as details about the Sunday event on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A new book dissects the problems that led to rock and roll’s most notorious concert: Altamont.
The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 free concert at the Altamont speedway has become mythologized as “the end of the 60s,” a symbolic counterweight to the romanticized images of peace, love and Woodstock. But a detailed new book from veteran San Francisco music writer Joel Selvin shows that the full story of the event is much more complicated.
Joel Selvin will talk about his new book at Copperfield’s in Petaluma tomorrow night at 7 pm. He’s also got more to say about Altamont on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
From an unusual electronic instrument to the acoustic piano and back again, Marin composer and Musician Suzanne Ciani’s career has come full circle.
Bolinas-based composer Suzanne Ciani has achieved success and earned five Grammy nominations for her New Age piano music – but her body of work goes far beyond that one category. Ciani was an early pioneer of the Buchla – an unusual electronic instrument developed here in the Bay Area in the 1960’s. Now thanks to renewed interest… and a recent music reissue…Ciani finds herself returning to her analog sounds. Katie McMurran has her story.
Two of Suzanne Ciani’s live performances from 1975 were recently released on Finders Keepers label. You can hear excerpts and see pictures of the Buchla on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma State’s new president, Judy Sasaki, introduced herself to the college’s students and faculty at the yearly convocation Monday morning.
Dr. Judy Sasaki, the newly installed 7th president of Sonoma State University, greeted the campus community yesterday at the annual convocation, which marks the beginning of the new academic year. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was there, and filed this report.
We’ve also posted the audio of President Sasaki’s entire speech on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sea snails in tide pools may be a helpful indicator of the consequences of ocean acidification for lower forms of ocean fauna.
Increasing acidity in the world’s oceans is affecting far more than coral reefs. A local researcher is studying how changing pH in seawater may alter the balance of life in tide pools along the North Coast.
See pictures of the snails and their predators on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews. This story is part of our North Bay Bountiful initiative.
Cannabis is already big business in Sonoma County, so local officials are scrambling to enact needed regulations for it before the industry grows even bigger.
With new legislation at last providing uniform statewide guidelines for medical marijuana in California, and the possibility of legalizing recreational use on the November ballot, cannabis is attaining new visibility in the business community. But that is accompanied by a great deal of uncertainty, which was a big part of the discussion at a Cannabis Impact conference in Rohnert Park this week. Bruce Robinson reports.
Hear more from the Cannabis Impact conference on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews. This story is part of our North Bay Bountiful initiative.
An important early member of KRCB’s growth and development passed away early this week.
Dyan Ellis Foster was the first Volunteer Coordinator for Chanel 22 Public Television, but had moved on to other creative social and educational projects by the time Radio 91 signed on. One of those was the creation of an innovative charter school, the Arts and Ethics Academy. She talked about it with News Director Bruce Robinson as the doors were about to open in August of 2007.
Dyan Foster, a native of Sonoma County, and a lifelong advocate and leader for at risk youth, was 56. A funeral service and memorial will be held Sunday afternoon at Community Baptist church in Santa Rosa. Find out more on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews. This story is part of our North Bay Bountiful initiative.
Petaluma’s World Centric receives recognition for its work to raise awareness of social and environmental issues. Find out why they do it on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org
Most people recognize Petaluma based World Centric as a provider of compostable packaging to cafes, restaurants and retailers. But the core value of the company is to educate the public on environmental, sustainability and global world health issues. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports on how that work is being recognized.
Find out more about World Centric’s products and local events on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews. This story is part of our North Bay Bountiful initiative.
A Petaluma sculptor says the elaborate temple he builds are not works of art, but places for healing.
Petaluma artist David Best began building temples almost by accident, first for Burning Man and now other places as well, as he seeks ways to expand their healing power into the world at large.
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Medusa, a fearsome figure from Greek mythology is about to make a return trip to Burning Man, after some retooling in Petaluma.
From the neck up, she is 26 feet tall, with a head-full of fire-breathing snakes. It’s the Burning Man version of Medusa, the attention-commanding creation of Petaluma artist Kevin Clark. Bruce Robinson paid them both a visit recently.
See pictures of Kevin Clark’s Medusa on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Find out how educators are learning how to use mindfulness to change traumatic school climates.
Toolbox, the Social and Emotional learning program that began in Sebastopol about a decade ago, is gaining more traction in the U.S. and worldwide. And educators near and far are hungry to bring it to their own classrooms. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi went to a recent Toolbox training to find out how teachers are learning the skills to bring the program’s 12 tools to their own schools.
Find out more about the Toolbox method and Dovetail Learning on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Shakespeare with Writer’s block? That’s just the starting point for the playful new play, The Plot Against Shakespeare.
One playwright David Beckman decided that his new play about Shakespeare would find the Bard suffering from writer’s block, it was up to the Santa Rosa writer to find his own words to tell that story.
The Plot against Shakespeare debuts Friday night as part of this summer’s Shakespeare in the Cannery performance. We’ve schedule information and a link to get tickets on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Making cement is extremely energy intensive. That’s why Steve Rosenblatt is working to develop a greener substitute. We hear from him on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at krcb.org.
One of the most common building blocks in the developed world—cement—is also hugely polluting. So a Petaluma businessman is working to scale up an alternative to it.
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Move over oak, stand aside, stainless steel; the trending new material for aging wine is concrete.
In their perpetual quest for new and better winemaking tools and methods, some Northern California vintners have been turning to something that is almost as old as wine itself.
See pictures of concrete wine tanks, in various sizes, shapes and colors, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sonoma County’s Wildlife Rescue got the rare opportunity to raise a mountain lion cub.
Three months ago Sonoma County’s Wildlife Rescue got an unexpected call from the department of U.S. Fish and Wildlife - an orphaned female mountain lion cub was sick, under-weight and needed immediate care. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the Petaluma-based rescue center was up for the task.
See photos of Nicole and find out how to donate to her new enclosure on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Jack Kerouac’s On The Road and The Road by Jack London have more in common that just similar names.
Jack Kerouac’s On The Road had a literary antecedent written by another Jack 50 years earlier, The Road by Jack London. London scholar Jonah Raskin discussed the similarities in themes and in the two authors’ lives with Bruce Robinson back in September 2007, in this story from the North Bay Report archives.
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In addition to his writing, Jack London was a skilled and empathic photographer.
As a writer, Jack London wielded his pen as a prolific and passionate novelist, journalist and essayist. He also became a skilled user of another tool—the camera, and his photojournalism was first compiled and published in 2011, when Bruce Robinson talked with the authors, in this story from the North Bay Report archives.
You can see some of Jack London’s photographs on the North Bay Report website at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
Sports-writing is an often overlooked aspect of Jack London’s literary output.
The craft and cunning of competition, age versus youth, and “the allure of the game”—these were recurring themes in Jack London’s writing, especially when the subject was sports.
We continue our week or archival stories about Jack London tomorrow with a look at his work as a photographer. And we are posting all the pieces on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
A long-lost manuscript offered new insights into the personal lives of Jack London and his wife, Charmian.
All this week, the North Bay report is revisiting archival stories about lesser known aspects of Jack London’s life and work. Today, a portrait of the writer’s personal life from the perspective of his long-time valet.
We continue our week or archival stories about Jack London tomorrow with a look at his writing about sports. And we are posting all the pieces on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.
The only opera ever written about Jack London is a musical look at his personal demons.
All this week, the North Bay report is revisiting archival stories about lesser known aspects of Jack London’s life and work. We begin today with a look back at the 2006 biographical opera, “Every Man Jack.”
We continue our week or archival stories about Jack London tomorrow with a rare insider’s view of his personal life. And we are posting all the pieces on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.