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We revisit our Fire Recovery Series with another organization built in the aftermath of the October fires to bring much needed support to our community. But instead of information or advocacy, this group deals with paper towels and toothpaste. Reporter J. Mateo Baker explains in this report.

To support PEER Sonoma, you can visit their Facebook page at @peersonoma and click on the donate button. You can also donate at their website, peersonoma.org, which also hosts their needs assessment form for fire victims requesting assistance.

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.

Six months after the fires, many in our community still need help.

Today’s story revisits our series covering services that have grown in the wake of the fires. We look at how Sonoma County and Santa Rosa worked together to set up a website that provides the latest information on assistance for victims of the October fires. Reporter J. Mateo Baker filed this report.

For anyone needing help recovering from the October fires, up-to-date information can be found at sonomacountyrecovers.org. You can also ask for help by e-mailing [email protected]. 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.

Out of the ashes of the October fires grew a variety of organizations to help rebuild the county. Today we revisit a series looking into what makes each one unique in what they bring to the recovery effort. To begin this series, reporter J. Mateo Baker looked into the Rebuild Northbay Foundation, founded just days after the fire, with this report.

The Rebuild Northbay Foundation website can be found at rebuildnorthbay.org with more information on KRCB’s website 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.

Our Fire Recovery Series continues with another organization built in the aftermath of the October fires to bring much needed support to our community. But instead of information or advocacy, today’s group deals with paper towels and toothpaste. Reporter J. Mateo Baker explains in this report.

To support PEER Sonoma, you can visit their Facebook page at @peersonoma and click on the donate button. You can also donate at their website, peersonoma.org, which also hosts their needs assessment form for fire victims requesting assistance.

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.

If you watched the winter olympics this year, the name Adam Rippon should be a familiar one. He won a bronze medal for the United States and has taken the LGBT community by storm as a role model and activist. Outbeat Radio host Greg Miraglia talks with Adam on today’s North Bay Report.

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.

As eviction looms for residents of a Santa Rosa homeless camp, finding alternative housing solutions proves no easy task.

The homeless encampment in the Roseland area of Santa Rosa is slated for eviction tomorrow. Authorities claim shelter beds are available. But, homeless advocates are saying those beds cannot accommodate people with mental and physical disabilities or ensure safety. Darren LaShelle has the story.

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.

Tours and tastings have long been a big part of tourism here in Wine Country. Now, with the legalization of cannabis in California, new start-up tour operators are looking to expand into that realm.

Legal recreational use of marijuana in California is expected to quickly grow into a multi-million dollar business. That includes tourism, and cannabis-focused tour operators are already eyeing Sonoma County as a prime destination, with one already up and running, and more to follow soon. Bruce Robinson reports.

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.

Six months after the fires, many in our community still need help. In today’s installment in our series covering services that have grown in the wake of the fires, we look at how Sonoma County and Santa Rosa worked together to set up a website that provides the latest information on assistance for victims of the October fires. Reporter J. Mateo Baker filed this report.For anyone needing help recovering from the October fires, up-to-date information can be found at sonomacountyrecovers.org. You can also ask for help by e-mailing [email protected]. 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.

Through appearances in scary stories, we’ve come to fear bats. That’s despite the fact they help with pest control and rarely threaten humans. Dress as a bat for Halloween if you like, but know they are our friends.

All the flying mammals in the world are bats: the pollinators, the blood-sippers, and the insect-eaters. In Northern California, most bats spend their nights hunting down the kinds of insects people regard as pests. Reporter Sarah Reith tells us more about these voracious nighttime creatures.

Thanks to member station KZYX in Mendocino County for that report – see a bat on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot 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.

The “Maker” movement was born in Sonoma County and has flourished here.

In October, Sonoma State University opened a newly enlarged and enhanced “makerspace.” If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s a place where people can use a variety of tools – from sewing machines to laser cutters to 3-D printers – to collaborate creatively. The National Science Foundation provided a large grant to set up the space in the SSU library – and physics professor Jeremy Qualls provided leadership to get the project off the ground.

SSU physics professor Jeremy Qualls spoke with KRCB news director Steve Mencher about the university’s new maker space. See some photographs of the ribbon cutting on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot 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.