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Perhaps you’ll find it surprising that people who don’t have a fixed address can spend much of their day being kind and helpful to others.

Reporter Sarah Reith has been talking with people we wouldn’t ordinarily get to know. She’s been interviewing men and women in Mendocino County who are struggling to find a steady place to live, while fighting to create stability in their lives. She’s got two stories for us today – the first from Sean Jarstrom, whose life used to revolve around buying and taking drugs – but who is now sober.

Catch up with more of Sarah Reith’s reporting on the homeless crisis in Mendocino County at KRCB.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.

It may surprise visitors to the county, if not residents, that cannabis, though “legal” to use and grow for personal use, still can’t be bought in many California towns.

Cannabis is on the agenda Monday at the Sonoma City Council – in a town where no dispensaries are yet open for business. A month ago, about 50 folks gathered at the Sonoma Grille to share ideas about how to make growing and selling pot more accepted in the Sonoma Valley. News director Steve Mencher was there as organizer Michael Coats kicked off the meeting of the Sonoma Valley Cannabis Enthusiasts.

Find more on the local Cannabis industry at KRCB.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.

Before filmmaker Maya Khosla headed out to the Sierra Nevada in 2014, her expectations were low. What beauty could there be in a burnt forest, she thought.

Fires bring death and destruction, as anyone who has lived in Sonoma County can attest. But filmmaker Maya Khosla, whose documentary "Searching for the Gold Spot" plays on KRCB TV 22 in early August, discovered that fire also brings new life. She spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about the film and her related work as Sonoma County's poet laureate.

Maya Khosla’s film “Searching for the Gold Spot” will be broadcast on KRCB TV 22 August 7 at 9 p.m. See the trailer at KRCB.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.

Talk about a dream job. Lisa Morehouse has been traveling throughout the state of California, looking for stories about food and the environment. Those tales have been featured on public radio’s KQED and now are coming together in the "California Foodways" podcast.

She tells KRCB news director Steve Mencher about one episode that shows how rice farmers and bird lovers are working together in the Central Valley.

Find links to Lisa Morehouse’s Foodways podcast at KRCB.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.

A Sonoma County group has been working for nearly two decades to dramatically overhaul the justice system here.

Restorative Resources advocates for a completely different approach to the current lock-em-up-and-throw-away-the-key justice system. The group’s Maria Freebairn-Smith dropped by KRCB to talk with news director Steve Mencher about the difference between restorative and punitive justice.

Find a link to the group at KRCB.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.

Since October, we’ve spent a lot of time worrying about the effect of smoke and fire on our local wine grapes. But have you considered that the October fires may have affected pregnant women and babies?

Were you pregnant at the time of the fires, or are you currently pregnant with a due date no later than October 31, 2018? If the answer to either question is yes, then a new study may be looking for you. KRCB news director Steve Mencher talked with Rebecca Schmidt of UC Davis about the study.

Rebecca J. Schmidt, M.S., Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California – Davis, School of Medicine. Find complete information about the study, including how to join, at KRCB.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.

Kevin Jorgeson and his rock climbing partner Tommy Caldwell, free-climbed the Dawn Wall of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2015. It was a historic achievement. Their story is one of several told in a film we're presenting on KRCB TV22 next week called "El Cap Report."

KRCB news director Steve Mencher talked with Jorgeson recently about how his climb has encouraged others to share their own stories with him.

Watch a trailer for El Cap Report featuring Kevin Jorgeson in advance of our July 17th, 9 p.m. broadcast at KRCB.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.

Erin Brockovich in Santa Rosa to Crusade Against PG&E for Possible Liability in North Bay Fires Air Date 07.011.18 Tease Do you like sequels? Erin Brockovich, whose life provided the material for a movie about fighting big corporations visited Santa Rosa this week. She spoke at a breakfast organized by lawyers seeking to sign people up to sue PG&E for their suspected role in causing the October wildfires. KRCB news director Steve Mencher joined more than 100 people drawn by the superstar consumer advocate. Among those in the audience: Santa Rosa resident Myke Judd. More on the North Bay fires at KRCB.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.

Have you ever wondered what life is like for people who are living on the street, in the woods, or in our parks? We engaged some of those neighbors in conversation.

To better understand the housing crisis in our region, KZYX in Mendocino County is putting a human face on homelessness. Reporter Sarah Reith is listening to people who are unhoused and sharing their stories. We’ll begin today with a woman who had just gotten a job as a live-in caregiver when Sarah met her.

To hear this story again, or learn more about homelessness in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, visit us on the web at KRCB.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.

When someone in the public eye takes his or her own life, there’s always worry that too much attention might cause copycats to mimic the celebrities. But silence too can be deadly.

Since the deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, the media has been full of stories about suicide. Supervisor Shirlee Zane was touched by this growing problem when her husband took his own life in 2011.

On July 11, Zane will present “The S Word,” a film about suicide and survival. She spoke with KRCB’s Steve Mencher about the crusade that began at her husband’s funeral.

More information on the film at KRCB.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.