North Bay Report 3

At the end of August, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group hosted a forum in Mountain View to celebrate women leaders. In this excerpt from the event, Wendy Okolo, a NASA Aerospace Engineering Researcher and Hannah Gordon, a former journalist and now the Chief Administrative Officer of the San Francisco 49ers share lessons they’ve had to […]

      

How progressive is Sonoma County? Barbie Robinson, Director

of the Department of Health Services, shares her opinion during

a panel discussion.

The local non-profit, California Human Development held a panel

discussion with North Bay Women leaders last month. In this excerpt from the

panel, Barbie Robinson, the Director of the Sonoma County Department of Health

Services, was asked how she disrupts the status quo.

Two of the participants from that panel, Supervisor Lynda Hopkins

and Karen Demarest of the Sonoma County Community Foundation will be joining us

on Sunday night for our next edition of Connect the Bay — Closing the Gap,

Conversations with Women Leaders. We will also be joined by School Board

Trustee Stephanie Manieri and Sonoma State Chief of Staff Jerlena Griffin-Desta.

Send questions for these guests to  [email protected].

The show will also feature Co-founder of United Farm Workers Dolores Huerta and

Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 

If you enjoy this and

other programs on KRCB FM, you can support us during our Fall

Fundraiser, September 7th – 14th!

Start your membership at

just $5 a month, or maybe a little more, like $10 or $20 a month as an ongoing

sustaining member. Your contribution keeps the music, news, and other programs

you love on your radio, and in your life.

Make a donation right now

at norcalpublicmedia.org/donate. THANK YOU!

(Photo:

Elizabeth Gore listens as Barbie Robinson makes a point – Steve Mencher)

How progressive is Sonoma County? Barbie Robinson, Director of the Department of Health Services, shares her opinion during a panel discussion. The local non-profit, California Human Development held a panel discussion with North Bay Women leaders last month. In this excerpt from the panel, Barbie Robinson, the Director of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services, […]

      

Supervisor Lynda Hopkins is tired of being asked, “How can

you do your job with kids?” She talked about why this question is problematic

during a panel discussion about women in leadership at the Paradise Ridge

Winery at the end of August. The panel was hosted by the non-profit California

Human Development and moderated by Karen Demarest from the Community Foundation

of Sonoma County. In this excerpt from the panel, Demarest talks with Hopkins

about how to overcome sexism in politics.

Lynda Hopkins and Karen Demarest will be joining us for our

live TV show Connect the Bay: Erasing the Gap, Conversations with Women

Leaders. Watch the show this Sunday at 5 p.m. on KRCB TV Channel 22.

Supervisor Lynda Hopkins is tired of being asked, “How can you do your job with kids?” She talked about why this question is problematic during a panel discussion about women in leadership at the Paradise Ridge Winery at the end of August. The panel was hosted by the non-profit California Human Development and moderated by […]

      

California oyster growers are looking for ways to protect

the industry from climate change.

Research from the University of California at Davis

published last month shows that climate change is especially bad news…if you

like to eat oysters. KRCB’s Adia White visited Hog Island Oyster Company on

Tomales Bay to find out why.

To learn more about how oysters will be affected by climate

change visit norcalpublicmedia.org.

(Photo: Sarah Stierch [CC BY 4.0])

If you enjoy this and other programs on KRCB FM, you can support us during our Fall Fundraiser, September 7th – 14th!

Start your membership at just $5 a month, or maybe a little more, like $10 or $20 a month as an ongoing sustaining member. Your contribution keeps the music, news, and other programs you love on your radio, and in your life. Make a donation right now at norcalpublicmedia.org/donate. THANK YOU!

California oyster growers are looking for ways to protect the industry from climate change. Research from the University of California at Davis published last month shows that climate change is especially bad news…if you like to eat oysters. KRCB’s Adia White visited Hog Island Oyster Company on Tomales Bay to find out why. To learn […]

      

Director Ann Shin started out wanting to make a documentary

about female spies. But the film she ended up making, wasn’t what she expected.

This Saturday on KRCB TV 22, we’re premiering Reveal TV,

from The Center for Investigative Reporting. The first documentary, “The

Terrorist Hunter,” tells the story of Rita Katz, who co-founded her own private

intelligence company.  But Katz’s legacy

is also surrounded by controversy. Director of the film Ann Shin talked with

KRCB’s Adia White from her office in Canada.

“The Terrorist Hunter” airs Saturday at 8 p.m. on KRCB TV 22. For a link to watch the film online visit norcalpublicmedia.org.

(Photo courtesy of Reveal)

Director Ann Shin started out wanting to make a documentary about female spies. But the film she ended up making, wasn’t what she expected. This Saturday on KRCB TV 22, we’re premiering Reveal TV, from The Center for Investigative Reporting. The first documentary, “The Terrorist Hunter,” tells the story of Rita Katz, who co-founded her […]

      

When President Donald Trump said that Jews who don’t support

him were “disloyal,” alarm bells went off in Jewish communities throughout the

U.S.

To some, this brought up the shadow of anti-Semitism. The

supposed dual loyalty of Jews has long been used as a weapon against them. One

local spiritual leader, Reb. Irwin Keller, responded with a poem…

The complete conversation between Reb. Irwin Keller of Ner Shalom in Cotati and News Director Steve Mencher is at norcalpublicmedia.org.