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What if the government invited you to live in affordable housing – then told you that the ground on which those apartments were built was polluted with lead and arsenic. Yes, this really happened.

Today we’re concluding the previews of our podcast Living Downstream. Producers Annie Ropeik and Nicholas Janzen bring us the story of a public housing project in East Chicago, Indiana. It was built on a lead-and-arsenic polluted Superfund site. Residents like Keisha Daniels were left in limbo after the projects were shuttered.

Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast is produced here at Northern California Public Media. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. More at norcalpublicmedia.org/living.

What if the government invited you to live in affordable housing – then told you that the ground on which those apartments were built was polluted with lead and arsenic. Yes, this really happened. Today we’re concluding the previews of our podcast Living Downstream. Producers Annie Ropeik and Nicholas Janzen bring us the story of […]

      

There’s still plenty of time for skating and fun at Snoopy’s Home Ice this winter, but something special is in store in the coming year.

Attendance is down slightly at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center since the 2017 fires. It’s that way at many cultural organizations in Santa Rosa.

But 2019 is shaping up to be a banner year for the Museum. Among the highlights – the 50th Anniversary of Snoopy’s Home Ice. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher spoke with the General Manager of the ice rink and has this report.

To see Snoopy’s Home Ice, visit us at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

There’s still plenty of time for skating and fun at Snoopy’s Home Ice this winter, but something special is in store in the coming year. Attendance is down slightly at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center since the 2017 fires. It’s that way at many cultural organizations in Santa Rosa. But 2019 is […]

      

You may have heard that veterans of Vietnam settled a suit in the 1980s related to exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange. You probably don’t know that civilians who tested the dangerous chemical got no such support.

To end our week of previews, here’s another excerpt from our Podcast on Environmental Justice. “Living Downstream” is the title and guiding metaphor. It sometimes means you show up at work every day, despite the danger, because you need the job.

Civilian workers at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida tested Agent Orange there during the Vietnam War. As reporter Jon Kalish discovered, when the government settled with veterans exposed to this pesticide, civilian workers were left behind.

As they age and become sick, some are still hoping to prevail in court. But so far, lawyers interested in helping don’t have the deep pockets needed to pursue such a case.

The Forgotten Civilians of Eglin Airforce Base was reported and produced by Jon Kalish. Hear the whole story, and subscribe to our Living Downstream podcast, at norcalpublicmedia.org/living. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

You may have heard that veterans of Vietnam settled a suit in the 1980s related to exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange. You probably don’t know that civilians who tested the dangerous chemical got no such support. To end our week of previews, here’s another excerpt from our Podcast on Environmental Justice. “Living Downstream” is […]

      

This week we’re previewing “Living Downstream,” our Environmental Justice podcast. Today, a story from Richmond, California. Reporter Claire Schoen (SHONE) calls this episode “Smackdown: City Hall versus Big Oil.” Her guide to Richmond is community organizer Andrés Soto, who leads a “Toxic Tour” through town.

To learn more, subscribe to Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast. Find links at norcalpublicmedia.org/living. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

This week we’re previewing “Living Downstream,” our Environmental Justice podcast. Today, a story from Richmond, California. Reporter Claire Schoen (SHONE) calls this episode “Smackdown: City Hall versus Big Oil.” Her guide to Richmond is community organizer Andrés Soto, who leads a “Toxic Tour” through town. To learn more, subscribe to Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice […]

      

We hope you’re enjoying the holidays with friends and family. Take a moment to consider that many farmworkers who help grow and pick the food for our feasts live in precarious conditions. For some, those conditions are improving. That story is on our new podcast.

As the year ends, the North Bay Report is featuring excerpts from our new series Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast.

This time, news director and senior producer of the podcast, Steve Mencher, talks with reporter Ruxandra Guidi. She recounts her decade-long exploration of life for farmworkers in the Coachella Valley east of Los Angeles. Steve talked with Ruxandra to find out how she won the trust of those workers, as they battled for better living conditions while farming the food that ends up on our tables.

To hear “Trailer Park Activists of the Eastern Coachella Valley,” subscribe to Living Downstream: The Environmental Justice Podcast. There are links to the podcast and to this story at norcalpublicmedia.org. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

We hope you’re enjoying the holidays with friends and family. Take a moment to consider that many farmworkers who help grow and pick the food for our feasts live in precarious conditions. For some, those conditions are improving. That story is on our new podcast. As the year ends, the North Bay Report is featuring […]