Every day, we learn more details about what’s killing people who vape black market products. Most think they’re vaping T-H-C, but instead they’re inhaling deadly chemicals. David Downs is California Editor at Leafly dot com, a cannabis news outlet. He spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about the crisis. This interview is part of […]

      

E-cigarette use has skyrocketed among teens, with one in four high school students nationwide saying they vaped in the last month.  Last spring, San Francisco’s board of supervisors considered a measure to ban the sale of e-cigarettes in the city. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with KQED health reporter Laura Klivans to learn what happened next. […]

      

The Camp Fire was the most destructive fire in California’s history – and the World’s most costly disaster of 2018. 19,000 homes were destroyed – at least 85 people were killed. With a perfect storm of climate change, increased fuel, and misguided fire suppression policies, some experts have been asking why we haven’t seen even […]

      

The Documentary Two-Spirit Pow Wow is the first full-length film to give an inside look at an LGBT-hosted Native American Pow Wow. In his film, Rick Bacigalupi follows the development of the first LGBT Native American pow wow in the United States. Thousands travel from across the region to attend this annual gathering in San […]

      

Following the Tubbs fire in 2017, concerns about water in Fountaingrove delayed rebuilding. This year’s Kincade fire will also affect local water supplies. The Russian River provides water to more than 600,000 local residents; close to a million visitors use the river for recreation in the summer. Reporter Pamela Lorence visited Healdsburg last week to […]

      

Friday, residents of Healdsburg gathered on the plaza to celebrate their narrow escape from the Kincaid Fire. Since the Kincade fire, there’s some talk of folks pulling up stakes– tired of the alerts, the blackouts, the evacuations. But for two residents of Healdsburg, the latest fire has only deepened their love of home. Pamela Lorence […]

      

Documentary filmmaker Bill Chayes wanted to make a film about autism from a perspective that is typically ignored in documentaries. In his film, Men Caring, Bill Chayes breaks down stereotypes about adults living with disabilities and their caregivers. One of the stereotypes he addresses is that caregivers are all female. Reporter Adia White talked with […]

      

When kids look forward all year to Halloween, they don’t care if it’s a few days late. Kids in the Parkland Farms neighborhood of Healdsburg returned home at the end of last week – too late for Halloween. So, Saturday afternoon, neighbors organized a Halloween do-over that radiated gratitude and good spirits. Roving reporter Matt […]

      

While the Kincade fire is now largely under control, it has left many of our neighbors reliving the nightmare of the Camp Fire, the Tubbs Fire and other recent fires they survived. Reporter Adia White has the story we first broadcast earlier this week. This story was produced in collaboration with North State Public Radio’s […]

      

Sonoma County issued a cold blue advisory, meaning near-freezing temperatures are expected in the county over the next few days. The weather, in addition to hazardous air from smoke, means sleeping outside this week is especially perilous. KRCB’s Adia White tells us what’s being done for those living in tents along the Joe Rodota Trail. […]