North Bay Report 3

The Santa Rosa City Council is expected to decide on July 7 whether to require employers in the city to provide 14 days of sick leave for employees during the current health emergency. Currently, the state mandates three sick days for most workplaces. News Director Steve Mencher spoke about the proposal with Maddy Hirschfield, political […]

      

The Santa Rosa City Council is expected to decide on July 7 whether to require employers in the city to

provide 14 days of sick leave for employees during the current health emergency. Currently, the state mandates three sick days for most workplaces.

News Director Steve Mencher spoke about the proposal with Maddy Hirschfield, political director of the North Bay Labor Council. https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NBR_07.07.20-Hirschfield-16.mp3

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35-year old La’Marcus McDonald is suing the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in a federal lawsuit filed at the end of last month. McDonald, who is Black, says that a deputy slammed his head to the pavement and knocked him unconscious in July of 2019. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with KQED Criminal Justice Editor, Alex Emslie, […]

      

The latest data from the state of California shows unemployment for May at nearly 17%. That’s more than four times what it was a year earlier. Because of pandemic related economic stress, food banks and government aid programs are seeing a dramatic rise in need. In Sonoma County, the Department of Human Services reports increasing numbers […]

      

35-year old La’Marcus McDonald is suing the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in a federal lawsuit filed at the end of last month. McDonald, who is Black, says that a deputy slammed

his head to the pavement and knocked him unconscious in July of 2019. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with KQED Criminal Justice Editor, Alex Emslie, about the details of the lawsuit. In the audio clip, Emslie starts by describing what happened to McDonald that night.

You can hear the entire interview at norcalpublicmedia.org. https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NBR_ForceLawsuit_7.2.20.mp3

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The latest data from the state of California shows unemployment for May at nearly 17%. That’s more than four times what it was a year earlier. Because of pandemic related economic

stress, food banks and government aid programs are seeing a dramatic rise in need.

In Sonoma County, the Department of Human Services reports increasing numbers of residents enrolling in Calfresh, the state’s version of food stamps. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with Felisa Pinson, Division Director for the county’s Economic Assistance Division. Pinson explains just how many new applications for Calfresh her department has received.

That was Felisa Pinson, Division Director for the county’s Economic Assistance Division. You can learn more about economic resources and ways you can help on our website norcalpublicmedia.org https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NBR_20200701.mp3

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In 2018, then-House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi, held the House floor for over 8 hours, reading testimonies and advocating for young immigrants. These youth relied on the protections of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA. Sonoma Valley resident, Denia Candela, was one of the young people Pelosi spotlighted that day. KRCB’s Adia White spoke […]

      

In 2018, then-House Minority Leader Representative Nancy Pelosi, held the House floor for over 8 hours, reading testimonies and advocating for young immigrants. These youth relied on the protections of the

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA. Sonoma Valley resident, Denia Candela, was one of the young people Pelosi spotlighted that day. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with Candela about the ongoing fight over DACA, including the recent Supreme Court decision to temporarily protect the program.

For more on the DACA program, watch our documentary, “An Uncertain Future: Connecting With Dreamers in Our Community” on norcalpublicmedia.org https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NBR_DeniaCandela_6.30.20.mp3

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The Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County has begun hosting weekly ‘Conversations on Race.’ The series supports the partnership’s mission to fight racism in Sonoma County.  In the most recent conversation, Vince Harper, director of community engagement, interviews Rubin Scott, President of the local chapter of the NAACP. In this excerpt,Scott starts by talking about how the Black […]

      

The Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County has begun hosting weekly ‘Conversations on Race.’ The series supports the partnership’s mission to fight racism in Sonoma County. In the most recent conversation,

Vince Harper, director of community engagement, interviews Rubin Scott, President of the local chapter of the NAACP. In this excerpt,Scott starts by talking about how the Black community in Sonoma County responded to the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide movement that followed.

You can hear the full conversation at norcalpublicmedia.org. https://media.krcb.org/podcast/north_bay_report/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NBR_WRAP_JUNE_26.mp3

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