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August 07, 2020Coronavirus: A Weekly Report from NPR News – Friday at 8pm & Sunday at 12am
Hosted by Lulu Garcia-Navarro, this special report features the best of NPR's reporting on the coronavirus crisis over the past week, with a focus on the latest science, wide-scale impacts, and things you can do to stay safe. Find our complete programming schedule here. -
July 23, 2020KBBF Informe: Licencia Por Enfermedad Remunerada, Paid Sick Leave
Por Edgar Avila, KBBF Radio This episode was produced by Edgar Avila, KBBF Radio This article is a summary of a KBBF informe special loosely translated by NorCal Public Media. Listen to the original version in Spanish below. Puedes escuchar este episodio en español abajo: Welcome to this episode of… -
July 21, 2020Hundreds of Healthcare Workers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Strike Over Safety Concerns and Benefits
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Workers are on strike for the week to demand a safer workplace. They say Providence St. Joseph Health, which owns the hospital, is proposing to cut their health care benefits and sick leave. They also say the hospital is not providing adequate personal protective… -
July 07, 2020Santa Rosa City Council to Vote on Emergency Sick Leave
We provide local news updates on The North Bay Report Tuesday-Friday at 6:45, 8:45 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. on KRCB radio 91 and 90.9. Here's our North Bay Report episode for Tuesday, July 7. Subscribe to The North Bay Report podcast to listen on the go. The Santa Rosa City Council is expected to decide… -
June 15, 2020County Coronavirus Health Disparities Continue To Grow
Latino residents in Sonoma County are now nine times more likely to become infected with coronavirus than white residents. On Thursday, the Latino leadership organization Los Cien hosted a virtual Town Hall to discuss this disparity. In this excerpt from the event, co-moderator Oscar Pardo asked… -
June 12, 2020Public Health Officials Face Wave Of Threats, Pressure Amid Coronavirus Response
By Lauren Weber and Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press June 12, 2020 Emily Brown was stretched thin. As the director of the Rio Grande County Public Health Department in rural Colorado, she was working 12- and 14-hour days, struggling to respond to the pandemic with… -
Jun 09, 2020Minority Leader Schumer Tackles Pandemic Housing Issues
In a call Monday with the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told several thousand people what he was… -
Jun 04, 2020NorCal Outreach to Latinx Community Recognized Nationally
In an article from the public media journal Current, Northern California Public Media was recognized this week for its efforts to ramp up… -
Jun 01, 2020Live Virtual Town Hall - Coronavirus: What You Need to Know – Tuesday at 7pm
NorCal Public Media is working with officials from Sonoma County and other Bay Area health officials to answer your questions. This week's guests… -
May 29, 2020The National Conversation with All Things Considered – Weekdays at 6pm
Each weekday, the 6:00 pm hour of All Things Considered will generate and respond to the national conversation around the COVID-19 outbreak with… -
May 28, 2020'InformaGente' - Health Dispatches to Latinx Communities
A new organization called Listos California, in partnership with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the National Hispanic… -
May 28, 2020Two Members of H.S. Class of 2020 Animate Call for Unity
Kyle Trefny and Julian Jordan are graduating from the public arts high school Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts. To mark their graduation…
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August 12, 2020Community Action Partnership Hosts Discussion on Law Enforcement Accountability
We're in the midst of a national debate about law enforcement oversight and accountability. That was the subject of this week's edition of the virtual "Community Conversations on Race". These interactive panels have been presented by local nonprofit Community Action Partnership. In this excerpt,… -
August 11, 2020Health Officials Warn Against Ending Protections For Renters
Housing and tenant advocates are concerned the State’s current eviction moratorium could end Friday, causing a wave of homelessness that would worsen the current public health crisis. On August 3rd, San Francisco Assemblymember David Chiu held a press conference about the health impacts of… -
August 10, 2020CEO Discusses Racism and Starting a Sonoma County Business
Every Monday, the Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County hosts a community conversation on race. On July 27, the conversation focused on the experience of local Black business owners and influences. In this excerpt, moderator Joy Dehnert asked Letitia Hanke about the barriers she's faced as… -
August 07, 2020Changes to Police Oversight Set for November Ballot
In an epic meeting of more than nine hours, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors covered a number of controversial topics yesterday. Among them, an agreement to put significant reforms of IOLERO, the police oversight office, on the ballot in November. According to Supervisor Shirlee Zane,… -
August 05, 2020Local High Schoolers Are Finalists in NPR Podcast Contest
Back for its second year, the NPR Student Podcast Challenge wrapped up in June. Among two thousand entries in grades 5 thru twelve, the story of Popo the Clown, a local entertainer, rose to be one of only 25 finalists, although it didn't win one of the two top awards. NPR's website celebrates the… -
August 04, 2020Sonoma County School Districts Move Carefully To Reopening
Our friends at Sonoma West Publishers are a unique local resource. For years, they produced newspapers that reflected life in the towns of Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Windsor and West Sonoma County. Now only the Healdsburg paper continues in print, while the others live as digital information sources.… -
Jul 30, 2020Sonoma County Report Finds Santa Rosa Police Violated Protesters' Rights
At the beginning of July, The Sonoma County Human Rights Commission published a 40-page report titled, “Human Rights Violations in Santa Rosa… -
Jul 30, 2020Sebastopol Celebrates Black Lives Matter in Art - Photos
Photos and Text by Diane Askew On Friday evening, July 24, several hundred people came out to create Sebastopol’s Black Lives Matter mural. The mural… -
Jul 29, 2020Could Looser Cannabis Permit Requirements Help Boost Tax Revenue?
When Sonoma County shut down this spring, cannabis businesses, deemed essential, were allowed to stay open. Now that the county is wrestling with a… -
Jul 28, 2020Local Organization Works To Get Everyone Counted On The 2020 Census
By Adia White, Nor Cal Public Media Posted July 28, 2020 The State of California is suing the Trump administration over an order that aims to block… -
Jul 28, 2020Board of Supervisors To Vote On Ordinance To Strengthen Sheriff's Office Oversight
Next Tuesday, The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is set to vote on an ordinance intended to strengthen the county’s law enforcement watchdog… -
Jul 23, 2020KBBF Informe: Licencia Por Enfermedad Remunerada, Paid Sick Leave
Por Edgar Avila, KBBF Radio This episode was produced by Edgar Avila, KBBF Radio This article is a summary of a KBBF informe special loosely… -
Jul 22, 2020Lawyer in Voting Rights Cases Faces Death Threats
News director Steve Mencher spoke with Malibu lawyer Kevin Shenkman this spring about his work convincing localities in California to move to… -
Jul 22, 2020Cómo postularse para ocupar un cargo para el consejo municipal en su ciudad o pueblo
Este video explica cómo postularse para ocupar un cargo de ayuntamiento. Según la ciudad de Santa Rosa, "El período de nominación de candidatos para… -
Jul 20, 2020BLM @ SRJC - July 11, 2020 - Photo Essay by Diane Askew
Text and photos by Diane Askew On Saturday afternoon, July 11, several hundred people showed up for a rally on the campus of Santa Rosa Junior… -
Jul 20, 2020Santa Rosa Activist Describes What Defunding The Police Could Look Like
The national movement for racial justice following George Floyd’s killing has found a stage in Sonoma County. Libby is a local activist working with…
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