Anniversary Gives Rialto Cinemas Founder Chance to Reflect

Rialto logo Ky Boyd opened his first Rialto movie theater 20 years ago in Sonoma County. Today, there are three Bay Area Rialtos, including one in Sebastopol.

At those theaters, live and taped opera, ballet, and drama mix with Hollywood blockbusters and art house flicks.

Boyd came by the station recently to talk with news director Steve Mencher about his lifelong love of movies, and the future of the business.

Rialto Cinemas home page.

Arts News

July 02, 2020

Museum of Sonoma County Ready for Visitors In Real Life

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 Friday, July 3. Subscribe to The North Bay Report podcast to listen on the go. As Sonoma County slowly reopens restaurants,…
June 30, 2020

Cycle for Life Celebrates Black Lives Matter and Pride

Photographer Diane Askew has long worked locally as a wedding photographer. That work is on hold due to the pandemic. Instead Askew has been documenting the stories of our community as we work through grief and anger. In her recent essay Askew documents, 'The Cycle for Life', a June 27 protest in…
June 22, 2020

BLM Protests Continue in Santa Rosa - Candlelight Photos

Photos and text by Diane Askew On Saturday, June 20, about 200 people assembled at Doyle Park in Santa Rosa, for the start of a 24-hour protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter. After an open mic and several protest-related classes, the attendees were encouraged to move…
June 08, 2020

Diane Askew's Images Capture Anger, Grief in Sonoma

Photographer Diane Askew has long worked locally as a wedding photographer, part of the industry that brings events to local wineries, parks and other venues. Obviously, that work is on hold. But Askew's heart has always been in capturing images that document her community, such as the aftermath of…
May 24, 2020

Our Final Symphony Broadcast This Season Celebrates Bernstein, Features Sharon Isbin - Join Us Sunday at 3pm

On the next broadcast of the Santa Rosa Symphony, coming Sunday May 24 at 3 pm, we'll return to 2018, with a November concert featuring works that should get you dancing. Zoltán Kodály, Dances of Galánta Heitor Villa Lobos, Guitar Concerto, with soloist Sharon Isbin Franz Liszt, Mephisto Waltz No.…
May 11, 2020

New Music from Sarah Jarosz, Laurie Lewis, and More on The BGS Radio Hour

This week on The Bluegrass Situation Radio Hour you’ll hear brand new music from Sarah Jarosz, Laurie Lewis, Balsam Range, and so much more. The Bluegrass Situation Radio Hour airs every Monday at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our FREE mobile App @…
Apr 21, 2020

Santa Rosa Symphony, Passion and Power in 2018 Debut

As we shelter in place, enjoy a musical treat from the Santa Rosa Symphony archives. Join us for this special broadcast Sunday, April 26 at 3 pm. By…
Mar 30, 2020

Help the Sonoma County Library Tell the Story of Life During COVID-19

The Sonoma County Library will be documenting life during the coronavirus pandemic with a special collection, and you’re invited to contribute. The…
Mar 25, 2020

Two views of a pandemic - poetry by Vilma Olsvary Ginsberg

every light casts a shadow; every shadow lives from light six-foot safety zone we are conceived in embrace we are borne by embrace we are born from…
Mar 24, 2020

Eki Shola's Latest Video Pulls Community Together

We're pleased and proud to present the world premiere of Shattered Boundaries by Eki Shola. Shola is a community member and brilliant musician who…
Mar 11, 2020

New Symphony, Rach 3 and Happy Birthday Beethoven

[Editor's Note: The Santa Rosa Symphony concerts at Green Music Center scheduled for March 21 through 23 have been postponed. More details here.] On…
Feb 20, 2020

'The Full Monty.' You Know How it Ends. Enjoy the Ride

The Full Monty, playing at San Francisco's Victoria Theater, will, in the end, win you over. But it's a bit of a slog to get there. Your mileage may…
Feb 07, 2020

Local Activist Speaks Out on Missed Opportunity in Cancelled "American Dirt" Talk

Author Jeanine Cummins’ planned book talk at the Petaluma Copperfield’s Bookstore evaporated with the rest of her scheduled appearances last week…
Jan 31, 2020

Simone Porter Thrills Audience in Sibelius Violin Concerto - Sunday at 3pm

On the program recorded the weekend of January 11 through 13, we’ll be hearing a work written in 2013 by Missy Mazzoli called Sinfonia (for Orbiting…
Jan 01, 2020

Educators Release Plan for Expanding the Arts in Schools

Nearly 80 percent of Sonoma County high schools do not offer comprehensive, arts education. That’s according to an analysis by the Sonoma County Arts…
Dec 30, 2019

Santa Rosa Symphony, SSU Chorus Shine in Mozart Requiem

On Sunday, January 5 at 3 pm join KRCB and host Steve Mencher for a broadcast of the Santa Rosa Symphony performing Mozart's Requiem in D minor,…
Dec 24, 2019

Author Ibram X. Kendi Says "Not Racist" is Not Enough

Ibram X. Kendi, won the National Book Award in 2016 for Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. He spoke at…
Dec 02, 2019

Béla Fleck Wows Santa Rosa in Fire-Shortened Concert

Banjo master Béla Fleck came to town as hundreds of thousands in Sonoma County returned to their homes on the heels of the Kincade fire. Due to…

NorCal News

July 02, 2020

Museum of Sonoma County Ready for Visitors In Real Life

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 Friday, July 3. Subscribe to The North Bay Report podcast to listen on the go. As Sonoma County slowly reopens restaurants,…
July 02, 2020

Santa 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 30, 2020

Cycle for Life Celebrates Black Lives Matter and Pride

Photographer Diane Askew has long worked locally as a wedding photographer. That work is on hold due to the pandemic. Instead Askew has been documenting the stories of our community as we work through grief and anger. In her recent essay Askew documents, 'The Cycle for Life', a June 27 protest in…
June 30, 2020

Applications for CalFresh Double During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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 Wednesday, July 1. Subscribe to The North Bay Report podcast to listen on the go. The latest data from the state of California…
June 29, 2020

DACA Recipient Reflects On Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Protections for Dreamers

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June 26, 2020

Informe en Español: KBBF Hosts Special On Black Lives Matters Movement

This article is a translated, partial summary of KBBF’s 30-minute special. Listen to the complete version in Spanish below. In this thirty-minute special, KBBF’s Edgar Avila speaks with Sonoma County residents about racism in our community and the Black Lives Matter movement. Guests appear in the…
Jun 26, 2020

Could Racially Motivated 911 Calls Become Hate Crimes?

By Elizabeth Castillo, CalMatters Barbecuing at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Selling water without a permit. Both instances in which a Black person was…
Jun 25, 2020

Community Action Partnership Hosts Conversations On Race Series

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…
Jun 24, 2020

North Bay Report: Santa Rosa City Schools Board Considers Making Ethnic Studies A Requirement

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Jun 22, 2020

BLM Protests Continue in Santa Rosa - Candlelight Photos

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Jun 18, 2020

Supreme Court DACA Decision Gives Hope in Tough Time

For the second time in a week, the Supreme Court rejected arguments from the Trump administration to remove rights and protections from a class of…
Jun 18, 2020

Supreme Court Bars Trump From Ending DACA — What It Means For California ‘Dreamers’

By Mikhail Zinshteyn The nation’s top court thwarted President Donald Trump’s plans to place more than 600,000 young Americans — including nearly…
Jun 17, 2020

Healdsburg Mayor Resigns Over Failure To Address Police Reform

Mayor Leah Gold announced she will step down from the position. Her resignation will be effective at the end of June. This was a result of a…
Jun 17, 2020

Protesters Remember Silent Parade of 1917

Protesters in Sonoma County have marched nearly every day over the past three weeks against police brutality and systemic racism. Equity and…
Jun 16, 2020

‘Things have gotten ugly’ — pandemic pushback drives health directors to quit

By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News Leigh Dundas angrily wagged her finger at Orange County supervisors at their board meeting last month as…
Jun 15, 2020

County 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…

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