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Joining us for this week’s popular re-airing is singer/songwriter extraordinaire Citizen Cope known for his unique and exquisite fusion of blues, soul, and hip-hop. We also welcome Portland-based singer/songwriter Anna Tivel, who is widely recognized for her lyrics-driven folk and Americana style. Plus, Nick talks with this week’s eChievement Award winner, who saves discarded computers from going into the landfill and then refurbishes them to give to low-income students for academic use.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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Women are coming together to heal in community, with hands in the soil, in one of the most broken places on the planet, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Playwright and feminist Eve Ensler’s life-and-death struggle with cancer transformed her. At the heart of it was her reconnection with nature. She expanded her work to end violence against women and girls to include restoring nature and our relationship with nature. With master permaculturist Brock Dolman, she tells the hopeful story of the Congo’s V-Day Farm. 

This week on Art of the Song will be rocking your house with a LIVE from Caffè Lena show featuring The Crown Prince of Zydeco CJ Chenier and The Red Hot Louisiana Band. CJ talked with Viv about his family legacy and what lives at the heart of Zydeco.

In the second half of the show John rekindles the Creativity Corner with a segment from his book The 2020 Creativity Solution. Published in 2010, John’s book is the culmination of what he’s learned from all the creative minds we’ve talked with here on the Show. It brings us full circle to our roots as Art of the Song Creativity Radio.

Art of the Song can be heard Thursday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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(Photo: CJ Chenier – Via Creativity Radio)

Clairo was a senior in high school when she shot a music video for her song “Pretty Girl” in her bedroom and uploaded it to YouTube where it’s racked up over 40-million views. Now, Clairo has released a full-length album and is touring with artists like Tame Impala. Clairo performs and tells stories about her life and career on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

(Photo: Clairo performs for World Cafe)

You’ll hear music from Black Celebration, the 1986 release from Depeche Mode as well as selections from T. Rex’s 1971 LP Electric Warrior. 

Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin can be heard Fridays at 8:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Black Celebration by Depeche Mode – Cover art/fair use)

Environmental groups like NRDC Action Fund, 350.org, and Greenpeace helped move climate onto the presidential agenda last year, pushing Joe Biden and other Democrats’ stance on bold action. Now organizers and advocates are backing recovery plans that bolster clean energy jobs, help strengthen communities, and dismantle systems that exploit people and the planet. “We’re not calling for a referendum on business as usual,” says Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, North America Director of 350.org, “we’re calling for the end of business as usual.” Can activism finally bring America’s political ambitions in line with climate science?

Featured Guests:
Annie Leonard - Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
Gina McCarthy - President & CEO, NRDC Action Fund
Tamara Toles O'Laughlin - North America Director, 350.org

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on-air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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On the next Morning Edition, environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest are struggling to save some famed fish from extinction. How climate change is affecting that effort. Also, abandoned new year's resolutions that inspire poetry. Plus, what happens next in the Senate impeachment trial. Listen for all kinds of stories on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App for your favorite mobile device!

Can art help us process our changing climate? The story of climate change is typically told in the language of facts and figures, graphs, and charts. But through dance, music, sculpture, and other media, artists can reach people on a deeper and more emotional level, designing cultural moments that can bring us together - and bring us to tears. Choreographer Alonzo King sees the union of art and science as the perfect balancing act. “There is nothing that exists that you can create that does not have science -- it's impossible,” says King. “There's nothing that doesn't have music. It's impossible.”

A conversation about art, beauty, and humanity in the age of climate disruption.

Guests:
Alonzo King
Nora Lawrence

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on-air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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Climate disruption is harmful to your health. Dr. Linda Rudolph and Dr. Barbara Sattler are showing how our success or failure as a civilization may well hinge on how ingenious, nimble, and socially just our public health systems can become in restoring the ecosystem health on which all health depends. And doing the right thing is good for our health.

In the past few months, human beings have come together to fight a global threat. This hour, TED speakers explore how our response can be the catalyst to fight another global crisis: climate change.

Hear TED Radio Hour Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: iStock – via NPR)

In the past decade, narratives of a dystopian climate future have helped connect people with heroes in worlds decimated by climate disruption and industrial expansion. In today’s real-world, scientists are looking to geoengineering and other human innovations to preserve the wellbeing of life on Earth. “What we’re missing is a way to galvanize people to support policies that are actually gonna change,” says Jeff Biggers, Founder of The Climate Narrative Project. So how can climate storytelling help us reckon with our changing environment? Do we need a new climate narrative to help us understand and solve the climate emergency?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on-air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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According to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked – literally. In his new book The Uninhabitable Earth, Wallace-Wells explores how climate change will impact not just the planet, but human lives – including how a five degree increase in temperatures would make parts of the planet unsurvivable. But If science and news headlines won’t propel us into climate action, will fear itself do the trick? According to climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, building connection over an existing set of values is critical to communicating the perils of climate change and mobilizing action to address it. 

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

How do our identities and values shape the way we listen to others’ climate experiences? Author Nathaniel Rich and journalist Meera Subramanian cover the hopes, fears, and middle-of-the-night concerns affecting the people living closest to climate change.

In Georgia, farmers were convinced that climate is a political issue — until too-warm winters began upending the Peach State’s prized crop. In a wealthy Los Angeles suburb, an invisible methane gas leak caused outrage and hysteria for local residents concerned about personal health and property values — but not the climate

Guests:
Nathaniel Rich, Author, Losing Earth; Second Nature
Meera Subramanian, Environmental Journalist

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on-air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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The new climate reality means that those living on a hill will be affected by flooding in the valley, while those living in the North will be affected by droughts in the South. There are many factors to consider how you will be affected by climate change. “I think this question of inequity is also really, really important,” states Katharine Mach. “And the flipside of that is that wealth is not necessarily protection.”

Who will win and lose as climate disruption impacts agriculture, employment, crime, storms and human mortality. Do you live in the right place to come out ahead?

Guests:
Solomon Hsiang
Chancellor's Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
Katharine Mach
Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club can be heard Sunday mornings at 8:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on air, online, or on the go with our FREE KRCB Mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

There is a growing movement to redefine manhood and to address ways that violence is baked into our cultural expectations of masculinity. Courageous, visionary men are rising to the challenge. One of those men is activist, writer, and public speaker Kevin Powell. In this half-hour, Powell boldly and bravely discusses his experiences with toxic masculinity and his journey to redefine what it means to be a man. 

eTown welcomes back one of the most recognizable musical voices of our generation, Colin Hay (known in part as his work as a member of Men at Work). And Austin guitar virtuoso Doyle Bramhall II makes a trip to eTown this week to share some original songs. Plus Nick talks with a representative of the National Young Farmers Coalition about the financial challenges of starting out in sustainable agriculture today. That’s this week, in eTown!

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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(Photo: Courtesy of eTown)

What do you get when two World Cafe favorites come together as a new act? Better Oblivion Community Center! Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst’s latest project was built on the mutual fandom and friendship that began when they first played a show together in L.A. a few years ago. Their self-titled record, released in January, was an out-of-the-blue surprise to the radio world, and they share with host Talia Schlanger about the cryptic campaign they used to tease their collaboration. Plus, Phoebe and Conor perform live. On this encore edition of the World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Phoebe Bridgers inside the World Cafe Performance Studio at WXPN in Philadelphia – Galea McGregor/WXPN/via World Cafe)

On the next Fresh Air, Sam Briger talks with the curators of a new anthology collecting the flip sides of the 78’s collected in The Anthology of Folk Music, collecting blues and folk records of the twenties and thirties. And we hear from comic Amber Ruffin, a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Myers, and the host of her own comedy show. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Amber Ruffin - Nickolai Hammar/NPR)

Marc Maron’s new stand-up comedy special is called End Times Fun—He gave it that End Times title just before the Corona virus.  He’ll talk with Terry about the special and what it’s like for him, as a self-described recovering hypochondriac, to be dealing with the pandemic. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Marc Maron – Leigh Righton)

With climate-driven disasters becoming the new normal, building resilience is the grail. Communities around the world are developing models created out of practical necessity. We hear on-the-ground stories from two different communities building resilience in the wake of serial disasters. Estrella Santiago Perez and her innovative community rights organization ENLACE have helped organize a collection of marginalized neighborhoods in San Juan, Puerto Rico to overcome the twin catastrophes of Hurricane Maria and a failed government. And far away in the fire-ravaged communities near California’s relatively well-off wine country, Trathen Heckman helped lead the nonprofit grassroots group Daily Acts to build a resilience network from the ground up with engaged citizens action, civil society groups and Sonoma County government agencies. 

Note: this program was produced prior to the recent earthquake in Puerto Rico, and focuses on how communities are still recovering from Hurricane Maria.

(Photo: Estrella Perez – via Bioneers)

With climate-driven disasters becoming the new normal, building resilience is the grail. Communities around the world are developing models created out of practical necessity. We hear on-the-ground stories from two different communities building resilience in the wake of serial disasters. Estrella Santiago Perez and her innovative community rights organization ENLACE have helped organize a collection of marginalized neighborhoods in San Juan, Puerto Rico to overcome the twin catastrophes of Hurricane Maria and a failed government. And far away in the fire-ravaged communities near California’s relatively well-off wine country, Trathen Heckman helped lead the nonprofit grassroots group Daily Acts to build a resilience network from the ground up with engaged citizens action, civil society groups and Sonoma County government agencies.

On the next fresh air, Conan O’Brien. He’s changed the format of his late-night TV show and entered the podcast world with a popular interview show. He'll talk about trying new things and being driven by anxiety.  Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Late-night TV host Conan O'Brien - Mike Windle/Getty Images for Vanity Fair/via NPR)

Overlooked and marginalized in the complex world of Congolese pop music, groups like Konono No 1 and Kisanzi Congo are reaching the world thanks to the concerted efforts of Belgian musician and producer Vincent Kenis, the man behind the Congotronics phenomenon. 

Afropop Worldwide can be heard Sunday nights at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: via Afropop Worldwide)

On the next Fresh Air, hear all about cooking during a time of social isolation with Sam Sifton of the New York Times. He’s been the paper’s restaurant critic, its food editor, and he’s writing now about how to make interesting dishes with whatever you find in your kitchen. He has a new cookbook called See You on Sunday. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Courtesy of the author – via WHYY)

Songs and stories of the healing power of music and its role in improving personal health with gospel singer Cora Harvey Armstrong, Apsaalooke rapper and fancy dancer Supaman, singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young and Santana‘s reflections on reincarnation. Plus, songs about the temptations of elixirs as fixers of pain and maladies of all kinds from the flu and plain old lovesickness.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: Courtesy of American Routes)

On the next Fresh Air, correcting the record on Lady Bird Johnson. Dave Davies talks with writer Julia Sweig about the First Lady regarded as the genteel advocate of highway beautification, who was a savvy political advisor to President Lyndon Johnson.  Sweig’s new book is In Plain Sight. Join us. 

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Lady Bird Johnson in 1962. As a child in East Texas, she earned the nickname that would stay with her throughout her life when a nursemaid remarked that she was "as pretty as a lady bird." - Hulton Archive/Getty Images, via NPR)

Today, correspondent Byron Gonzalez kicks off World Cafe’s celebration of Hispanic heritage month! Byron joins host Stephen Kallao from KCSN in Los Angeles, where he programs their Latin music station, called the Latin Alt. So, what is Latin Alt? Byron shares his thoughts, and he’ll introduce us to some of his favorite L.A.-based artists, like Triangle Fire and The Crudes. Plus, we’ll get to music from Santana, Ozomatli, Chicano Batman, and more. Coming up, on this special Hispanic heritage edition of the World Cafe.

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The deadly crashes of two Boeing 737 Max planes were partly caused by design issues with automated flight control systems. A former test pilot says it's not a problem with automation but with humans' interaction with it.  The Boeing plane crashes, plus the political stories of 2019 overshadowed by impeachment on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App for your favorite mobile device!

(Photo: Boeing 737 MAX-8 - pjs2005 from Hampshire, UK [CC BY-SA 2.0 ])

50 years after the Apollo eleven moon landing, the head of NASA has his sights on another giant leap for mankind: A manned mission to Mars. That story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Mars – NASA/AP/via NPR)

Atlanta's mayor is one of the people reportedly being considered for Joe Biden's vice president.

We look at Kiesha Lance Bottoms's rise to national prominence on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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(Photo: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms - David Goldman/AP/via NPR)

Twelve years ago, Barack Obama gave a speech on race in America that helped propel him to the presidency. But could those same words have power today? Why Obama's speech sounds very different in light of how cultural attitudes have changed. Plus, the latest updates on the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App for your favorite mobile device!

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On the next Morning Edition, what would happen if ICE deported all the undocumented workers who many businesses in the U-S rely on? We visit a small Missouri restaurant to ask that question. Also, Sleater-Kinney wrestle with technology on their new album. Listen for all kinds of stories on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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The latest surge of coronavirus cases has California intensive care units at near capacity. And another statewide stay-at-home order could be next. On the next Morning Edition from NPR News, California hospitals approach their breaking point.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App for your favorite mobile device!

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In an effort to improve testing and speed up results, the Food and Drug Administration is looking at a new kind of test for COVID-19. But could an inexpensive test you take at home help control the pandemic even if it's not precise? The possibility of rapid testing on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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(Photo: Partynia / CC BY-SA 4.0)

President Trump says the air strikes that killed one of Iran's top military leaders were a necessary action in the fight against terrorism. He also announced planned new sanctions against the country. But Iran's retaliation against the United States might involve more than missiles. Is this the last word in the conflict? Join us for the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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Senator Tammy Duckworth is an Asian-American combat veteran with a reputation for being tough on President Trump and his allies. Now the Democrat from Illinois is generating buzz as a vice-presidential candidate. What can she bring to the ticket? Join us for the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

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The Rio Grande Valley is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the country. But President Trump wants to build some of his border wall there. That story on All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: A white-tailed deer emerges from the brush. The Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge has some of the richest biological diversity in North America--with 1,200 plants, 300 butterflies, and 700 vertebrates, of which 520 are birds - Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR)

In the US, more than 50-thousand people have died of COVID-19. How can we comprehend this number? COVID deaths in America on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo: Coronavirus – Courtesy of the CDC)

Country artist Margo Price reflects on motherhood, quarantine, and coming to terms with her rise to fame on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

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(Photo: Margo Price - Angelina Castillo/Courtesy of the artist)

Country musician Tyler Childers recently crossed something off of his bucket list when his name was added to a sign along Route 23 in Kentucky, also known as the Country Music Highway. Childers writes songs that paint vivid pictures of life in his Kentucky home. He’ll perform music from his latest album, Country Squire, on the next World Cafe.

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(Photo: Tyler Childers – Galea McGregor/WXPN) 

Allison Moorer, the country music singer, has a new album, and a new memoir that's about coming to terms with the murder-suicide of her parents over 30 years ago, when she and her sister, singer Shelby Lynne, were teenagers.  Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

(Photo: Allison Moorer - Angela Kohler/via NPR)

Sonoma County has issued the following press release Friday afternoon, March 13

SANTA ROSA, CA – The Sonoma County Health Officer, out of an abundance of caution, has issued an Order canceling mass gatherings of 250 individuals or more to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the County.

This Order is based on evidence of increasing community transmission of COVID-19 worldwide, scientific evidence regarding the most effective approaches to slow COVID-19 specifically, as well as best practices to protect at-risk populations from COVID-19. This Order is in accordance with the Governor’s guidance issued on March 12, 2020.

[Image: Dr. Sundari Mase, the Interim Sonoma County Health Office appears on Northern California Public Media's March 11 broadcast: Coronavirus: What You Need to Know]

The Order also specifies that gatherings of individuals who are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 must be limited to no more than 10 people, except for family gatherings. This includes gatherings such as those at retirement facilities, assisted living facilities, developmental homes, and support groups for people with health conditions.

Additionally, the Order specifies smaller gatherings held in venues that do not allow social distancing of six feet per person should be postponed or canceled. This includes gatherings in crowded auditoriums, rooms or other venues. This Order will be effective until it is rescinded by the County Health Officer or the State Health Officer.

This Order does not apply to activities such as attendance at regular school classes, work, courthouses, detention facilities, or essential services.

“Implementing these strategies that create social distance and reduce the close contact of people not regularly together, including limiting gatherings, has proven effective in prior pandemics at delaying rates of transmission and reducing illness from communicable disease,” said County Interim Health Officer, Dr. Sundari Mase.

What is a Gathering?

A “gathering” is any event or convening that brings together people in a single room or single space at the same time, such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, cafeteria, or any other indoor or outdoor space.

What this Means to You

·      Large gatherings that include 250 people or more must be postponed or canceled.

·      Gatherings for at-risk groups over 10 people must be cancelled or postponed, except for family gatherings.

·      Smaller gatherings held in venues that do not allow social distancing of six feet per person should be postponed or canceled.

·      This includes gatherings such as concerts, conferences, and professional, college, and school sporting events.

·      Smaller gatherings held in venues that do not allow social distancing of six feet per person should be postponed or canceled.

·      This includes gatherings in crowded auditoriums, rooms or other venues.

·      In accordance with this Health Order, the Sonoma County Veterans Halls will be closed during this time for public meetings.

·      Activities such as attendance at regular school classes, work, courthouses, detention facilities, or essential services are exempt from this Order.

Health Order for Long Term Care Facilities Effective March 14, 2020

Effective at 12 a.m. on Saturday March 14, 2020, another Health Officer Order will be issued requiring long term care facilities to exclude unauthorized visitors and non-essential personnel from entry or access to their premises.

Unauthorized and non-essential personnel are employees, contractors and members of the public who do not perform treatment or other tasks essential to the health care mission of the facility. This includes family members, but does not include the Ombudsperson or first responders.

This Order will provide an opportunity for a resident or a visitor of the resident to seek clarification or object to the restriction to the facility followed by an opportunity to file a written objection to the Health Officer.

It also restricts non-essential movement of residents off the premises.

This Order will also require facilities to have a COVID-19 Plan to comply with federal and state guidance to prevent the spread of the disease within the facility.

State Resources

Guidance for Large Gatherings – https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Gathering_Guidance_03.11.20.pdf

Guidance for at Risk Groups - https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/High%20Risk%20Populations%20Guidance%20ADA%20Compliant%2003.11.20.pdf

For the latest information about the coronavirus in Sonoma County and advice from health experts on prevention and care, call 2-1-1, text your zip code to 898-211 or visit www.socoemergency.org. Updates and videos are also on the County of Sonoma Facebook page and twitter feed @countyofsonoma.

County music star Loretta Lynn has a new album featuring duets with other women in country music.  And an updated and expanded edition of her 1976 memoir Coal Miner’s Daughter has just been published.   On the next Fresh Air, Terry Gross listens back to her 2010 interview with Loretta Lynn.  Join us. 

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(Photo by David McClister/Courtesy of the artist)

On the next Fresh Air, Terry Gross talks with Courtney B. Vance.  He plays Aretha Franklin’s father, Rev. C. L Franklin in the National Geographic drama series about Aretha’s life.  Vance was in the recent HBO series Lovecraft Country. He won an Emmy for his portrayal of Johnnie Cochran, OJ Simpson’s lead attorney, in the series The People vs OJ Simpson.   Join us.

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(Photo: Courtney B. Vance in his role as Johnnie Cochran in The People v. O.J. Simpson - Prashant Gupta/FX Networks, via NPR)

This week on Folk Alley, an exclusive Folk Alley Session with singer/songwriter, Courtney Hartman, performing songs from her new album, 'Ready Reckoner'; new music from Tinariwen, Mandolin Orange, Joan Shelley, and Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley; plus favorites from Taj Mahal, The Lone Bellow, Richard Thompson, and more.  

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There are a lot of heartbreak albums out there, but few handle the subject with as much nuance as Courtney Marie Andrews’ new record. It’s called Old Flowers, and it’s a reflection on the Phoenix-born singer-songwriter’s nine-year relationship that ended. But a heartbreak album wasn’t her intention – She joins host Raina Douris today and explains how the connection between all of the songs only revealed itself to her over time. And Courtney performs some of the new music, live. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe.

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