North Bay Report 3

Lisa See launched her literary career with the non-fiction book “On Gold Mountain.” The story chronicles her great-great grandfather’s journey from China to California and follows multiple generations.   She’s written ten novels since then. See spoke at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library about her latest work, “The Island of Sea Women“. The book takes […]

      

Fair housing laws can mandate change. But they must also take into account historic discrimination in real estate and banking, and other ways people of color have been disadvantaged. Last week a group of public policy makers and advocates gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to learn about new fair housing laws […]

      

Since 2017, some Sonoma County schools have lost more than three dozen instructional days due to wildfires, floods, power shutoffs or other disasters. New legislation being proposed by State Senator Bill Dodd, could help students make up that time during the summer. In part two of the interview, KRCB’s Adia White spoke with Ricardo Cano about […]

      

At the beginning of the school year, over 360 schools in California had to close for at least a week due to power outages, wildfires, or other crises.  That’s according to Ricardo Cano, an education reporter at the state-wide news outlet CAL Matters. Cano published a series of articles on school closures called Disaster Days. KRCB’s Adia […]

      

Sonoma County set a goal of clearing the Joe Rodota trail by today. County officials switched their policy to enforcement mid-week and began issuing warnings and citations to those still camping there. KRCB’s Adia White talked to people camping on the trail Thursday to find out where they planned to go next. For more on […]

      

Last year, Sonoma County identified nearly 3,000 homeless individuals during the annual homeless count. The early morning count was on the calendar once again this week. But because of the emergency on the Joe Rodota trail, the count has been delayed a month.  KRCB’s Adia White asked the county’s homelessness manager Michael Gause about the […]

      

The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach, or IOLERO, was created to strengthen transparency and trust in the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.  This was in 2015, two years after a Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez. But Former Director of IOLERO, Jerry Threet, believes the office needs more funding and independence […]

      

The temporary homeless shelter at Los Guilicos opened on Sunday. The sanctioned encampment has room for 60 of the 250 people currently camping along the Joe Rodota Trail. All residents have been given notice to leave the trail by Wednesday. KRCB’s Adia White tells us how that effort is going. For more on homelessness visit […]

      

Sonoma County officials plan to close the Joe Rodota tail by the end of the month. However, officials delayed efforts to relocate around 60 people living along the Joe Rodota Trail to a sanctioned camp at the Los Guilicos Juvenile Justice Center. Local non-profit, St. Vincent de Paul will manage services there. KRCB’s Adia White […]

      

You can get books at the library. You can borrow DVDs and even cameras. But, the library might not be the first place you’d expect to learn how to make tamales. That’s exactly what happened last December in Santa Rosa. KRCB’s Camille Escovedo attended one of seventeen free bilingual cooking classes at Sonoma County libraries. […]