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The federal government settled with veterans exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam war, but civilian workers exposed to the same pesticide were left behind. This year, our news team won three awards from the Public Media Journalists Association, formerly known as PRINDI. This week, we’re highlighting those stories. Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast, […]

      

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is deciding on

significant cuts after a shortfall in this year’s budget.

This week, The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is

deliberating on how to spend its nearly 2-billion-dollar budget for the 2019 to

2020 fiscal year. The board initially recommended funding cuts across nearly

all departments, with the Department of Health Services facing some of the most

extreme. Public Outcry appears to have swayed their decision on the matter.

KRCB’s Adia White has the story.

We’ll have an update at 5:30 p.m. on the North Bay Report.

For more local news visit norcalpublicmedia.org.

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is deciding on significant cuts after a shortfall in this year’s budget. This week, The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is deliberating on how to spend its nearly 2-billion-dollar budget for the 2019 to 2020 fiscal year. The board initially recommended funding cuts across nearly all departments, with the […]

      

Native American traditions could be the key to taming

California’s destructive wildfires

More than a half dozen fires broke out across Northern

California last weekend. They are now nearly extinguished but serve as a

reminder that this year’s fire season is well underway. Native Americans have

long tamed wildfires with controlled burns. In this excerpt from our

environmental justice podcast, Living Downstream, Indian journalists Allison

Herrera and Debra Utacia Krol visit Santa Rosa’s Pepperwood Preserve to learn

how these native practices could be used today.

Learn more at norcalpublicmedia.org/living.

Native American traditions could be the key to taming California’s destructive wildfires More than a half dozen fires broke out across Northern California last weekend. They are now nearly extinguished but serve as a reminder that this year’s fire season is well underway. Native Americans have long tamed wildfires with controlled burns. In this excerpt […]

      

Too many Sonoma County teenagers don’t understand why

E-cigarettes are dangerous. At least that’s what their teachers think.

In 2018 the U.S. surgeon general declared teen vaping a

national epidemic. Local publisher Sonoma West Magazine published an

investigation into the growing problem here in the North Bay. KRCB news

partnered with Sonoma West to host a panel discussion at Analy High on May 22nd

, to share some of that information. KRCB’s Adia White tells us what advice

panelists had for parents.

To read Sonoma West’s investigation on teen vaping in the

North Bay visit our website norcalpublicmedia.org. We’ll also be airing a

longer special on this health crisis later this month.

Too many Sonoma County teenagers don’t understand why E-cigarettes are dangerous. At least that’s what their teachers think. In 2018 the U.S. surgeon general declared teen vaping a national epidemic. Local publisher Sonoma West Magazine published an investigation into the growing problem here in the North Bay. KRCB news partnered with Sonoma West to host […]

      

It can take less than a minute to save someone’s life during

an opioid overdose. One Petaluma organization is working to make sure more

people know how to intervene

On average, there are around 44 deaths related to drug

overdose in Sonoma County per year. That’s according to the County Department

of Health Services. Some Petaluma business leaders are working to slash those

numbers. KRCB’s Adia White has the story.

You can find photos of the class and learn more about opioid

overdoses in the county on our website, norcalpublicmedia.org

It can take less than a minute to save someone’s life during an opioid overdose. One Petaluma organization is working to make sure more people know how to intervene On average, there are around 44 deaths related to drug overdose in Sonoma County per year. That’s according to the County Department of Health Services. Some […]

      

School is out in Paradise California, but one school will be

closing permanently.

Summer has officially started for students in Paradise

California, but some students are not looking forward to it. Ashlyn Miley and

Abby Brown are high schoolers at Achieve Charter School which burned down

during the Camp Fire. The school was relocated to Chico but will not be

reopening next year.  News Director Sarah

Bohannon, from our partner station North State Public Radio spoke with Miley

and Brown about what the decision to shut down the school means to them. Ashlyn

Miley starts the conversation.

For more fire reporting, visit norcalpublicmedia.org.