Songwriting labor organizer Joe Hill died 100 years ago, but John McCutcheon is keeping Hill’s legacy alive.

Long-ago labor organizer Joe Hill used music to make his point. Now his music is central to a biographical play about Hill's life, which returns to Sonoma County this weekend.

Hear more by and about Joe Hill 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.

The push for a $ 15 per hour Living Wage for jobs funded by Sonoma County won approval yesterday, but workers won’t be seeing bigger paychecks right away.

Sonoma County Supervisors have unanimously backed a $ 15 per hour “Living Wage” for workers paid directly or indirectly by the county. But it’s going take a year or more to be fully implemented.

Find out 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.

It’s not just rain .... Some meteorologists can predict wildfire outbreaks.

From the Forest Service, to CalFire, to local volunteer departments …. agencies are geared up for fire season. One kind of fire fighter is often overlooked though … those who try to stop blazes before they break out. KRCB’s Danielle Venton recently visited a fire meteorologist to learn more.

You can find more news online 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.

Singer-songwriter Audrey Auld’s latest recordings are the result of some unusual collaborations - with inmates at San Quentin prison.

Every inmate inside San Quentin prison has at least one story to tell. Some of them have now been melded into music by a North Bay singer-songwriter. She talks about that process on today’s North Bay Report.

Audrey Auld’s Hey Warden CD is available from her website, AudreyAuld.com. You find a link and see a video for the song, “I Am Not What I have Done” 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.

In her recent documentaries, Marin filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia digs into the serious science of soil.

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 Soil in Good Heart, and learn more about North Bay Bountiful online, 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.

Sonoma County voters have resoundingly rejected Measure A leaving the prospects for improving local road , 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.

A bid to raise the sale tax and use the revenues for road repairs fell well short of the 50% vote needed for passage yesterday, as anti-government sentiments prevailed in a low-turnout special election.

About 31% of the county’s registered voters cast ballots on Measure ; More than 4/5th of them were mailed in before June 2nd. Learn more on our website 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.

A new museum, dedicated to “all things bicycle” is set to open this weekend in Fairfax.

A new and specialized “cultural center” opens Saturday in Fairfax: The Marin Museum of Bicycling, which will also be the new home of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Bruce Robinson has a preview.

Find a schedule of grand opening activities and see pictures of some of the items to be displayed at the Marin Bicycle museum, 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.

Marin County is pushing residents to face up to sea level rise, before it gets bad.

Flooding, severe storms, and “king tides” are a severe problem in much of West Marin. Rising global temperatures will mean more intense storms and higher sea levels. But, as KRCB’s Danielle Venton reports, Marin is already looking to the future, looking for ways to adapt.

Learn more, and see pictures from the workshop on our website 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.

Sonoma Compost’s operation at the county landfill will soon be phased out and gone. But what will take its place?

From modest beginnings in the 1990s, commercial composting in Sonoma County has grown into a sizable enterprise, one that has been embraced by both consumers and farmers. But with big changes about to kick in, the future of composting here is uncertain.

Find out more about the past and possible future of commercial composting in Sonoma County 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.

Soma County’s new measures to protect riparian corridors go too far, say some affected farmers.

Sonoma County’s Riparian Corridor ordinance is the culmination of an effort that began 25 years earlier. But a late addition to the new rules is causing some grumbling among growers.

The next workshop on the new rules will be held on June 24th in Rohnert Park. We’ve got more on this issue 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.