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As the Glass Fire moved quickly toward Santa Rosa Sunday night, residents living in the path of the fire had to move quickly to get out of harm’s way. But many who sought shelter at evacuation centers found themselves being moved from place to place that night as the fast-moving fire combined with the need to social distance during COVID-19 presented added challenges that the community hadn’t seen before with past blazes. KRCB’s Sarah Bohannon has more.
As of Tuesday evening, LaBerge's neighborhood was downgraded to an evacuation warning. The interviews in this story were conducted by KQED’s Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez as part of a collaboration with the California News Hub.
(Image: Elderly fire evacuees many from Spring Lake Village and Oakmont Gardens waiting to enter at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Credit: Erik Castro)
We provide local news updates on The North Bay Report Tuesday-Friday at 6:45, 8:45 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. on KRCB radio 91 and 90.9. Here's our North Bay Report episode for Wednesday, September 30. Subscribe to The North Bay Report podcast to listen on the go.
Joy Ayodele emerged as a frontline activist for racial justice over the summer, organizing youth through her movement 'What We Are Fighting For'. She’s also on the student advisory board to pass ethnic studies courses now required for graduation in the Santa Rosa City Schools district. Ayodele spoke with KRCB's Camille Escovedo about why ethnic studies matter in the movement for racial justice.
In the 2017 North Bay fires and the 2018 Camp Fire, three-quarters of the people who died were over the age of 65. In a KQED investigation called Older and Overlooked, reporters Molly Peterson and April Dembosky explore how to protect elderly people who live independently. We begin with April, in fire-prone Nevada County.