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To reduce fire risk, it’s important to clear properties of tall grasses and shrubs.

The Meadow Drive neighborhood of Redwood Valley was hard hit by last year’s fires. Now, scorched oaks with green leaves provide shade for dry grass that’s grown about four feet tall. Reporter Sarah Reith met with a contract grazer who’s taking on that tall grass.

You can see photos, plus a link to Sarah Reith’s original report.on our new website 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.

When you think about seafood, you probably think of fish right? Well there’s another kind of seafood we don’t think about much, and it turns out this seafood is more important than you might think.

The Mendocino Sea Vegetable Company is working to make seaweed a dinner staple. Alice Woelfle reports on how this unusual type of veggie is actually good for your health.

You can see photos, plus a link to Alice’s original report, on our all-new website 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.

California Governor Jerry Brown is hosting the global climate action summit in San Francisco this week. On Saturday over 30,000 people marched to San Francisco’s Civic Center to voice their hopes for climate action ahead of this week’s summit. Reporter Adia White followed a group of North Bay residents to the march and has more.

For more information on this week’s Global Climate Action Summit visit us on our brand-new website 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.

Who would have thought, even a few years ago, that we would be presenting a cannabis commentator on KRCB. Meet David Downs, an expert on all aspects of California’s mega-industry.

David Downs has a job that didn’t exist just a few years ago. He writes about all aspects of the cannabis industry for the online resource Leafly dot com. KRCB news director Steve Mencher introduces Downs and talks about why we’ve decided to tap into his expertise.

If you have a question about any aspect of the cannabis business or culture, write us – news at norcalpublicmedia.org – and put “cannabis” in the subject line. Learn more on our brand-new website 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.

Coming up on the North Bay Report… in a fire emergency, owners who sneak into evacuation zones to look for their farm animals or pets may endanger themselves and firefighters.

Yesterday we heard about the report of the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury – a report that found serious shortcomings in the county’s emergency preparedness. One part of the jury’s report concerns the evacuation and sheltering of animals displaced in the wildfires. The report makes several strong recommendations regarding this issue and foreperson Gina Nellor explains why this is so important.

Thanks to Corey Hudson for help with this story. Visit us on the web – at norcalpublicmedia.org to hear part one of this interview. 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.

When you think of a Grand Jury, you probably don’t imagine advice about better emergency preparedness. But the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury has delivered some ideas to improve disaster response.

The anniversary of the October wildfires is coming next month. Even now, some aspect of the crisis is in the headlines nearly every day. After investigating the county’s response to the disaster, the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury issued its findings recently in a 55-page report. Gina Nellor, Foreperson of the Grand Jury, visited KRCB to offer some insight into the jury’s recommendations

Tomorrow, Gina reviews more of the Grand Jury recommendations. Thanks to Corey Hudson for help with this interview. And visit us on the web – at norcalpublicmedia.org for more coverage of the North Bay fires and aftermath. 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.

Sonoma County has convened plenty of meetings this year on the fires. One, held at the end of August, was unique. On Aug. 28th, Sonoma County held its first wildfire recovery meeting entirely in Spanish – nearly 11 months after the October fires began.

About a hundred people showed up at Lawrence Cook Middle School in Roseland to meet with county officials. Reporter Adia White was there and has more on residents’ top concerns.

This report supported by a grant from Internews. Find more coverage of our community’s recovery from last year’s fires 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.

On average, residents of Southwest Santa Rosa have worse health outcomes than their neighbors in more affluent sections of the city.

As part of our continuing coverage of health in Roseland, KRCB’s Adia White attended a class called “Cultivating for Health” at Bayer Farm. She has more on how this group is taking control of their health by growing, preparing and using medicinal plants.

This report is part of our ongoing partnership with radio station KBBF. It's supported by a grant from the USC-Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund. Learn more at www.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.

Sonoma County is overhauling its emergency management division and changing the way it deals with fires and other disasters. One change; it plans to use community - wide wireless emergency alerts, which officials say they didn’t use last October for fear of clogging evacuation routes. KRCB’s Adia White sat down with Interim Emergency Manager Christopher Godley.

More at norcalpublicmedia.org/news. 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.

Imagine a world without the monarch butterfly.

Those gorgeous creatures with the “stained-glass” wings, have been in decline for years. That’s largely because it’s hard for larvae to find food. Reporter Sarah Reith spoke with advocates for the Monarchs at a farmers market in Ukiah.

See a monarch caterpillar and find a link to Sarah’s original story for Mendocino Public Radio 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.