North Bay Report 3

In a film now available on the web and through KQED’s series Truly, CA, Eva Rendle explores the aftermath of the 2017 Wine Country Fires, and their impact on agricultural workers and others at the bottom of the pay scale in our divided and unequal community.  KRCB news director Steve Mencher spoke with the filmmaker about […]

        

In a film now available on the web and through KQED’s series Truly, CA, Eva Rendle explores the aftermath

of the 2017 Wine Country Fires, and their impact on agricultural workers and others at the bottom of the pay scale in our divided and unequal community. KRCB news director Steve Mencher spoke with the filmmaker about what she learned. She has moved to Colorado, where she continues to work on socially relevant documentaries. https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NBR_20200826.mp3

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The LNU Lightning Complex Fires broke out in Napa and Sonoma Counties during this year’s peak grape harvest season. Reports are now surfacing that vineyard workers are being asked to continue the harvest despite poor air quality. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with Omar Paz, Lead Organizer of North Bay Jobs with Justice about health and […]

        

The LNU Lightning Complex Fires broke out in Napa and Sonoma Counties during this year’s peak grape harvest season. Reports

are now surfacing that vineyard workers are being asked to continue the harvest despite poor air quality. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with Omar Paz, Lead Organizer of North Bay Jobs with Justice about health and safety concerns for agricultural workers.

Report workplace violations by calling the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health at (707) 649-3700.

(Photo: A view of the wildfire smoke blanketing Healdsburg – Via AlertWildfire.com) https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NBR_20200825.mp3

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Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick requested $50,000 from the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday for legal services. Essick intended to explore the legality of a ballot measure aimed at strengthening oversight of his office. KRCB’s Adia White reports.   Read more about the Board of Supervisors’ discussion in the North Bay Bohemian article, “Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff’s […]

        

Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick requested $50,000 from the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday for legal services. Essick intended to

explore the legality of a ballot measure aimed at strengthening oversight of his office. KRCB’s Adia White reports.

Read more about the Board of Supervisors’ discussion in the North Bay Bohemian article, “Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff’s Association Mull Legal Action Over Ballot Measure.”

Learn more about the Evelyn Cheatham Ordinance in this January interview with Attorney Jerry Threet and KRCB’s Adia White. Threet is one of the authors of the ordinance and the former director of the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach.

(Photo: Sheriff Mark Essick at the special meeting on August 12 – County of Sonoma) https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NBR_20200814.mp3

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We’re in the midst of a national debate about law enforcement oversight and accountability. That was the subject of this week’s edition of the virtual “Community Conversations on Race”. These interactive panels have been presented by local nonprofit Community Action Partnership. In this excerpt, Moderator Mary Watts Sparks asks Black Lives Matter organizer Amber Lucas […]

        

We’re in the midst of a national debate about law enforcement oversight and accountability. That was the subject

of this week’s edition of the virtual “Community Conversations on Race”. These interactive panels have been presented by local nonprofit Community Action Partnership.

In this excerpt, Moderator Mary Watts Sparks asks Black Lives Matter organizer Amber Lucas and Santa Rosa Police Chief Ray Navarro to share their thoughts.

(Photo: A Black Lives Matter protest in Sonoma – Diane Askew) https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NBR_20200813.mp3

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Every Monday, the Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County hosts a community conversation on race. On July 27, the conversation focused on the experience of local Black business owners and influences. In this excerpt, moderator Joy Dehnert asked Letitia Hanke about the barriers she’s faced as CEO of her own roofing company in Santa Rosa.  […]

        

Every Monday, the Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County hosts a community conversation on race. On July 27, the conversation focused on the experience of local Black business owners and influences.

In this excerpt, moderator Joy Dehnert asked Letitia Hanke about the barriers she’s faced as CEO of her own roofing company in Santa Rosa.

You can hear the entire conversation with Joy Dehnert, Letitia Hanke, Amber Lucas, and Malia Anderson HERE. https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NBR_20200811.mp3

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