Fabiola Espinoza, Analista de Planificación y Evaluación de Programas del Departamento de Servicios de Salud del Condado de Sonoma, habla sobre el suicidio y prevención, incluidos los recursos disponibles para quienes los necesitan.

Today’s episode hopes to offer an important conversation involving suicide and suicide prevention. To talk to us about this painful yet necessary topic we welcome back Melissa Ladrech., the Mental Health Services Act Coordinator for the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.

On average, there are 73 deaths by suicide each year in Sonoma County, making it the ninth leading cause of death for our county. The Sonoma County suicide rate of 14.3 per 100,000 residents is even higher than the California rate of 10.5.

A conversation with Substance Use Disorder Services Manager for the County of Sonoma, Will Gayowski, who discusses the underlying causes of opioid addiction and how we can address this epidemic.  

¿Cuáles son las causas subyacentes de la adicción a los opioides y cómo podemos abordar esta epidemia? Una conversación con Especialista del Programa Manejando Bajo la Influencia, Laura Gomez, División de Salud Conductual del Condado de Sonoma.

Our guest, Janice Blalock, former commissioner of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women, joined us as we dug into a new report that reveals some surprising insights into how women and girls are faring in Sonoma County.

Talking about goats, otters and other highlights of

In today’s interview, we talked with Nikolaos Pelekis, Sonoma County Law Library Manager, who oversees the Law Library. He discusses the amazing services provided including passport services, lawyers in the library and how to get a state park pass on loan. Listen in to hear all the amazing details.

In this episode we talk about the County’s safety net. When people fall on hard times, the Sonoma County Human Services Department is there to soften their landing and help them get back on their feet.

Our guest is Angela Struckmann, who oversees the County’s safety net services as director of the Human Services Department.

We talk with Becky Bartling, Chief Executive Officer of the Sonoma County Fair, on what’s new and exciting at this year’s event.

Hablamos con Hugo Mata, Tesorero de la Junta de directores del Centro de Eventos de la Feria del Condado de Sonoma, sobre la feria, incluidas las novedades y entretenimiento de este año.