With the cycle of fire disaster picking up once again in Napa and Sonoma counties, we take a closer look at how Wine Country became so combustible and, also, how the hard-hit wine industry is responding to the crisis. 

Guests: 

Host: Keith Menconi 

KCBS Radio is joining with the national I'm Listening campaign to promote awareness about suicide prevention and end the stigma around mental health. In this edition of KCBS In Depth, we highlight the work of Bay Area community groups that are stepping up their efforts to provide mental health support during this time of crisis and uncertainty.

Guests: 

• Van Hedwall, director of programs, San Francisco Suicide Prevention, part of Felton Institute, a Bay Area mental health agency
• Meg Sierra, hotline manager, San Francisco Suicide Prevention 
• The organizers behind SafeSpace, the Love Not Blood Campaign and the National First Responders Fund

Host: Keith Menconi and Patti Reising 

KCBS Radio is joining with the national I'm Listening campaign to promote awareness about suicide prevention and end the stigma around mental health. In this edition of KCBS In Depth, we highlight the work of Bay Area community groups that are stepping up their efforts to provide mental health support during this time of crisis and uncertainty.

Guests: 

Host: Keith Menconi and Patti Reising 

The Bay Area and California seem to be making progress on the Covid-19 pandemic, but as summer becomes fall another public health risk is approaching: the annual flu season. 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we discuss why public health experts are worried the seasonal flu could make the pandemic even worse and also what they’re hoping residents will do to prepare. 

Guests: 

• Dr. George Han, deputy health officer for Santa Clara County’s Public Health Department
• Dr. Michael Matthay, a professor of medicine with UC San Francisco who specializes in severe lung disease

Host: Keith Menconi 

The Bay Area and California seem to be making progress on the Covid-19 pandemic, but as summer becomes fall another public health risk is approaching: the annual flu season. 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we discuss why public health experts are worried the seasonal flu could make the pandemic even worse and also what they’re hoping residents will do to prepare. 

Guests: 

Host: Keith Menconi 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, as wildfires throughout the state spread with unprecedented speed, we consider what it takes to keep those in the path of the flames safe. 

Guests: 

• Kipp Goding, chief warrant officer, California Army National Guard 40th Combat Aviation Brigade
• Chris Dicus, professor of wildland fire and fuels management at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Hosts: Keith Menconi and Kathy Novak 

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, as wildfires throughout the state spread with unprecedented speed, we consider what it takes to keep those in the path of the flames safe. 

Guests: 

Hosts: Keith Menconi and Kathy Novak 

Another start to fire season, another reminder that we are living in a new, far more destructive normal. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we discuss why this new normal is the result of some pretty abnormal fire management in California, and what it might take to bring our wildlands back to a more natural, fire resilient state. 

Guests:

• Bill Stewart, a forestry specialist with UC Berkeley and the co-director of Berkeley Forests
• Malcolm North, a forest ecologist with the US Forest Service and a professor at UC Davis

Host: Keith Menconi 

Another start to fire season, another reminder that we are living in a new, far more destructive normal. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we discuss why this new normal is the result of some pretty abnormal fire management in California, and what it might take to bring our wildlands back to a more natural, fire resilient state. 

Guests:

Host: Keith Menconi 

After generations battling wildfires, California has among the most robust fire fighting systems in the world, but as the last two weeks have demonstrated even the golden state has its limits. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we take stock of California’s firefighting resources after weeks of major fire disasters that have stretched those resources to their breaking point.  

Guest: Brice Bennett, deputy state fire marshal and spokesperson, Cal Fire

Host: Keith Menconi