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.

A life of dedicated progressive activism is detailed in Rebel Fagin’s new memoir.

Sonoma County has long been home to a fervent and persistent community of progressive political activists. One of them is now telling his personal story in a new autobiographical account of nearly four decades of dissent and protest.

Rebel Fagin will be selling and signing his book at the annual Progressive Festival in Petaluma’s Walnut Park on Sunday afternoon. There will also be a book release party at the Peace and Justice Center on Friday evening, August 12. 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. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

What are the best practices for growing cannabis in the wild? A new guide spells them out.

Legal or not, there are right ways and wrong ways to grow cannabis outdoors A new document from Mendocino County covers them in detail. Reporter Valerie Kim has details.

You can find document links, as well as the link to a Spanish version, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. These stories are part of KRCB’s North Bay Bountiful reporting 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. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

What will life be like in an all-electric future? It depends on how soon we start preparing for it.

Rampant consumerism won’t survive in a fully renewable future. But there may be some compensatory gains once we get there. Bruce Robinson has the third and final report in our series with the authors of Our Renewable Future.

You can hear the previous segments in this series on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org slash news. These stories are part of KRCB’s North Bay Bountiful reporting 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. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

Clean electricity can meet the world’s basic needs in time, but there won’t be nearly so much to waste.

As we contemplate an all-electric future, supplied only by renewable sources, we must also plan for changes on the demand side of the equation. Economic changes rise to the forefront in this second report from our three part series with the authors of Our Renewable Future.

You can also hear more from the authors of Our Renewable Future on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org slash news. This story is part of KRCB’s North Bay Bountiful reporting 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. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

A future powered entirely by clean energy is possible, but not easily attained, say the local authors of an important new book.

Sooner or later, clean electricity will have to power our future. But that future world will be significantly different than the one we live in now. In this first of a three-part series, KRCB explores the projections of two local energy industry analysts.

For more on the transition challenges facing the manufacturing and shipping sectors, go to the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org slash news. This story is part of KRCB’s North Bay Bountiful reporting 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. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

Both campers and staff at a special summer camp near Camp Meeker share a common bond—they are organ transplant survivors.

Life is often 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—wraps up this year’s session tomorrow. See pictures from the camp on the North Bay Report webpage 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. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

A coastal farmer is out to prove that raising beef can also be sustainable.

Self-sufficiency is a cornerstone of sustainability, and it can even be applied to raising prime grass-fed beef. We hear from a young farmer who is doing just that in this report which is part of KRCB's North Bay Bountiful reporting initiative.

Hear more about how livestock are raised at True Grass Farms on the North Bay Report webpage 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. You can comment, share and like us there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

The most enduring attraction at the Sonoma County Fair is also the most perishable.

The Hall of Flowers is always a powerful attraction at the Sonoma County Fair, and this year’s exhibit has been dedicated to Greg Duncan, the man who has been creating the floral spectacles for the past two decades. We profiled him on the North Bay Report two summers ago, and here, from our archives, is that story.

This year’s theme for the Hall of Flowers is “Sonoma Cinema.” The annual preview party in the Hall is tomorrow evening; the full fair opens on Friday, and continues through August 7, but is closed on Mondays. There's more on the North Bay Report webpage at krcb.org/news. 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.