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The End of Roe: A PBS NewsHour Special Report

With today's announcement of the Supreme Court's decision on abortion, KRCB will air The End of Roe: A PBS NewsHour Special Report tonight, June 24, at 6:30 PM PT, immediately following PBS NewsHour at 5:30. This 30-minute program, hosted by Judy Woodruff, will look at the division on the court, anti-abortion activism, and the history of pre-Roe America.

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Sonoma County FIRST NEWS Podcast

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Prime Time Wine

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KRCB TV Live Stream

Now you can watch KRCB TV (PBS) anywhere you are in the Bay Area! From your computer, laptop, or even on your mobile phone. No need for an antenna, cable, or satellite service.

Center for Environmental Reporting

NorCal Public Media is a leader in covering the most important environmental stories of our time. Find out more about our local and national TV shows, radio programs, digital news, and national podcasts.

Arts & Culture

The North Bay LGBTQI Timeline

Special exhibit at this year’s Sonoma County Pride Festival Take a trip down memory lane… and learn more about how the LGBTQI community has evolved in this county. Sonoma County has long been a friendly and welcoming home to LGBTQI people. In the 1970s, lesbian and gay culture flourished here. The Gay Liberation and Lesbian Feminist movements created grassroots organizations and leaders, businesses and social groups dedicated to coming out and establishing ourselves in public spaces. LGBTQI…

Environment

Connect the Bay: Luther Burbank Home & Gardens

At Luther Burbank Home & Gardens, garden curator Rachel Spaeth wrangles dedicated student and community volunteers to keep this historic landmark an ongoing center of learning and beauty.

Science & Health

Science for Kids and Families

Peer into the world of wildlife with Critter Cam and learn from the host Tracey Simmons as they explore and explain wildlife facts of all sorts of creatures from butterflies and bobcats to owls and otters. WATCH VIDEOS

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How to Be Likable in a Crisis, Episode 1

Wednesday, June 29 at 9 pm on KPJK TV. Viewers around the world now can see one of Japan’s most popular TV dramas. This dark comedy follows a public relations specialist for a prestigious university. As he tries to escape a slew of crises, he confronts social contradictions and individual sorrows.

Radio

The Sonoma County "First News" Podcast from KRCB 104.9

The Sonoma County FIRST NEWS podcast is available for download now. Subscribe now to the weekday news podcast that offers the top local stories and weather forecast you need to start your day. Get Sonoma County news stories featuring the latest in breaking news, county government, elections,…

Breaking News

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades

The U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade on Friday, declaring that the constitutional right to abortion upheld for nearly a half century, no longer exists. Writing for the court…

Local News

Services provider paints more complex picture at supportive housing site

KRCB previously reported on allegations of violence, neglect, and squalor at a supportive housing facility south of Santa Rosa. The property's owner and service providers say the situation is more…

Healdsburg advances universal income pilot program

Some Healdsburg families could see extra cash in their pockets later this year. Healdsburg will be the first city in Sonoma County to experiment with a universal basic income, or UBI, pilot program.…

County to consider agricultural exceptions from future wildfire evacuations

You may know first hand how people evacuate during natural disasters; have you ever wondered what happens to livestock? A recent state law changed some rules, letting ranchers feed and water their…

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Questions & Conversation: Living on the Edge (audio en español)

Questions & Conversation: Living on the Edge (audio en español)

El audio en español comienza a los 45 segundos del programa. NorCal Public Media examina los desafíos de aquellos que viven al margen de la crisis de vivienda asequible en este evento especial de televisión en vivo y transmisión en línea. --- Spanish audio begins 45 seconds into the program. NorCal...

Questions & Conversation: Living On the Edge

Questions & Conversation: Living On the Edge

NorCal Public Media examines the challenges of those living on the margins of the affordable housing crisis in this live television and online streaming special event.

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Connect the Bay: Needle Felting Stephanie Metz

Connect the Bay: Needle Felting Stephanie Metz

Non-traditional sculptor Stephanie Metz has her studio at San Jose's Alameda Artworks collective, and fills it with her fantastic, fun, and sometimes downright weird creations. Working primarily in wool and industrial felt, she states "My artwork grows out of a sense of curiosity, play, and the desi...

Connect the Bay: Martin Yan’s Chinatown by the Numbers

Connect the Bay: Martin Yan’s Chinatown by the Numbers

Come take a tour of San Francisco’s Chinatown. Celebrity chef Martin Yan gives us a short history lesson of the 24 blocks that make up the most densely populated neighborhood west of Manhattan.

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Bay Area Bountiful: Finding Home

Bay Area Bountiful: Finding Home

On this episode of Bay Area Bountiful, we turn our lens to the region’s housing crisis. We’ll learn about unique solutions that are providing shelter to those most in need — from a controversial RV parking program in Sebastopol, to a home-sharing model being used in the North and South Bay. We’ll he...

Connect the Bay: Luther Burbank Home & Gardens

Connect the Bay: Luther Burbank Home & Gardens

At the intersection of two busy downtown Santa Rosa streets, Luther Burbank Home and Gardens is a park containing the former home, greenhouse, and gardens of the noted American horticulturist. Garden Curator Rachel Spaeth wrangles dedicated student and community volunteers to keep this historic land...

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Connect the Bay: Cuong Ta Ceramics

Connect the Bay: Cuong Ta Ceramics

Since 1998 Cuong Ta has been following his passion for ceramic art. A math teacher by trade, after taking a pottery class he discovered a true calling: making beautiful objects out of clay. We visit his amazing Emeryville studio and find out about some of his fascinating process. For more informatio...

Raptor Fest

Master Falconer Kenny Elvin supports a Peregrine Falcon in his gloved hand when he tells us, "Falconry is the art of hunting with raptors." He should know: his company Full Circle Falconry provides pest management via raptor if he is not entertaining crowds of nature enthusiasts with his troupe of s...

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Bay Area Bountiful: Eat Here – Global Made Local

Bay Area Bountiful: Eat Here – Global Made Local

Bay Area Bountiful tucks in to enjoy local food. From farms, to markets, to two unique restaurants, experience flavors of the world – and flavors from right here in our area – on your plate. Savor a meal made with local ingredients and a small environmental impact, and share in the bounty of the Bay...

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Independent Lens Rialto Screening of "Try Harder!"

Independent Lens Rialto Screening of "Try Harder!"

Northern California Public Media is pleased to host Independent Lens documentaries with free screenings at Rialto Cinemas. In April, come to a viewing of “Try Harder!” produced and directed by Debbie Lum. At a prestigious San Francisco public high school with a majority Asian American student body,...

Connect the Bay: San Jose History Park

Connect the Bay: San Jose History Park

Original and reproduced historic buildings make up San Jose's History Park, revealing a fascinating glimpse of Santa Clara Valley’s past. Complete with paved streets, running trolleys, and an old-fashioned ice cream shop, this 14-acre site offers the charm and ambiance of times gone by. Nonprofit Hi...

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Piñata Artist Patty Botello

Piñata Artist Patty Botello

Patty Botello has been making piñatas since she was a little girl. Though some are destined to be joyously destroyed by children at parties, much of her work is museum quality and intended for gallery exhibition. Her current sculptural work focuses upon fruit vendors, whose festive carts are a belov...

Insiya Dhatt

Artist's Books are pieces of art in which imagination, artistic sensibility and the book format intersect in three dimensions. Artist Insiya Dhatt creates them with stunning intricacy and design inspirations rooted in her Indian culture. See more of Insiya's work at https://insiya.com Details of oth...

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Bay Area Bountiful: Made Here

Bay Area Bountiful: Made Here

On this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we explore the creations of makers in our region. These makers draw on their backgrounds, cultures, and communities to express and interpret their unique experiences, reflected in their work. We see the vibrant piñatas that artist Patty Botello creates, photogr...

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Bay Area Bountiful: Winter Wild

Bay Area Bountiful: Winter Wild

On this edition of Bay Area Bountiful, we’ll discover how the changing season impacts the natural patterns of wild creatures from the sky to the soil. We’ll see why the Bay Area plays an important role for many bird species at this time of year, check in on the winter travel plans of the iconic mona...

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Finding Fungi in the Wintertime | Bay Area Bountiful

Finding Fungi in the Wintertime | Bay Area Bountiful

When winter rains fall, life that was dormant underground begins to make its appearance. Mushrooms pop up all over our region – from the forest floor to your own backyard! In this story, we followed a group of Sonoma State University students and community naturalists as they identified and collecte...

Hunting for Wintertime Fungi in Sonoma County | Bay Area Bountiful

Hunting for Wintertime Fungi in Sonoma County | Bay Area Bountiful

When winter rains fall, life that was dormant underground begins to make its appearance. Mushrooms pop up all over our region – from the forest floor to your own backyard! In this story, we followed a group of Sonoma State University students and community naturalists as they identified and collecte...

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Winter Bird Observing | Bay Area Bountiful

Winter Bird Observing | Bay Area Bountiful

During the winter season the Bay Area plays an important role for birds. At this time, bird watchers all around our region migrate to their favorite viewing spots to marvel at the increased numbers of many species. Teen Alex Cho leads his family through the bay marshes at Fremont's Coyote Hills Regi...

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Identifying a Death Cap Mushroom Could Save Your Life | Bay Area Bountiful

Identifying a Death Cap Mushroom Could Save Your Life | Bay Area Bountiful

The death cap is California’s most notable poisonous mushroom. While it’s safe to touch and smell, the death cap causes severe poisonings each year, some deadly, when people misidentify and then eat them. Learning how to positively identify mushrooms, especially poisonous ones, can prevent potential...

Winter Bird Observing with Alvaro Jaramillo | Bay Area Bountiful

Winter Bird Observing with Alvaro Jaramillo | Bay Area Bountiful

Some may think winter is a quiet time for nature in the Bay Area. SF Bay Bird Observatory biologist and lifelong birder Alvaro Jaramillo has news for them: during wintertime in our region the bird population explodes! He points out many resident and migrating species of sparrow along the trail to Co...

Winter Bird Observing with Alex Cho | Bay Area Bountiful

Winter Bird Observing with Alex Cho | Bay Area Bountiful

Teen Alex Cho is an avid East Bay birder, photographer and artist who says birdwatching is contagious. His parents Brenda and Richard concur, as they have joined son Alex on many outings. Bay Area Bountiful joins them for a winter birding adventure at Fremont's Coyote Hills Regional Park on a beauti...

Monarch Butterflies Make Miraculous Population Rebound | Bay Area Bountiful

Monarch Butterflies Make Miraculous Population Rebound | Bay Area Bountiful

Every year, volunteer citizen scientists return to the California Coast to participate in the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count. Their work observing and counting monarch butterflies at hundreds of overwintering sites from Mendocino to Baja provides the best look at how the species is faring after...

Western Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back from Verge of Extinction | Bay Area Bountiful

Western Monarch Butterflies Bounce Back from Verge of Extinction | Bay Area Boun...

Every year, volunteer citizen scientists return to the California Coast to participate in the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count. Their work observing and counting monarch butterflies at hundreds of overwintering sites from Mendocino to Baja provides the best look at how the species is faring after...

Depth of Field: Jeff Kan Lee

Depth of Field: Jeff Kan Lee

After working for more than 45 years as a photojournalist, Jeff Kan Lee still finds joy in documenting and giving back to the community in his retirement. From hobbyist to pr of essional, photographers strive to create images that reveal something about the world we all share. Whether capturing beau...

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