We hear all about saving salmon. Here's an inside look at it
Extensive efforts have been made in Marin County by government and non-profits to restore habitat for coho salmon populations
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Sonoma State and CSUs looking at tuition hikes
The California State University system has some of the lowest tuition rates in the country. But a huge budget gap could force new tuition hikes.
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Farm workers march past upscale event calling for hazard pay
Close to 200 marched past the Healdsburg Wine and Food Experience calling for better pay and protections for farm workers in hazardous conditions
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North Bay food bank feeding double the number from pre-2020
California’s food banks are reporting alarming spikes in demand.
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Educators and community gather to hear "youth perspective"
School safety, educational opportunity, and course tracking were all part of a broad ranging discussion led by a panel of local high school students.
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Affordable housing vouchers becoming less scarce
Cheever said the county has improved how it handles vouchers. Nonprofit agencies are tasked with helping recipients locate housing. "That program is highly successful,"
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Napa growers see ag harvest jump 20 percent in value
Vineyards led 2022 surge in crop value, other sectors struggled under drought
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California Transportation Commission OK's Highway 37 tolls
The vote doesn't set toll rates or designate a start date, but does give local transportation authorities permission to establish both in the future
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Petaluma tenants gaining added protections
After long battle, Petaluma enacts tenant protections
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Sonoma County cannabis cultivators facing new tax rates
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors gave preliminary approval Tuesday to new business tax rates for cannabis cultivators in unincorporated areas of the county that would nearly double the top rate for indoor growers.
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Sonoma County supes dedicate $1.5M to mobile support teams in preparation for expansion
Sonoma County is bolstering its mobile behavioral crisis response teams ahead of a deadline at the end of the year set by the state.
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Nascent California offshore wind industry looks to new port in Humboldt Bay
KRCB News attends an offshore wind symposium hosted by the California Energy Commission.
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Zero Waste Symposium returns in person to the North Bay
The symposium saw close to 150 attendees from across the sustainability and waste management world discuss efforts towards achieving zero waste.
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More Bay Area tolls? Big changes could come to Highway 37
Tolling on the stretch between Sears Point and Mare Island wouldn't go into effect until improvements are complete.
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Wildwood retreat granted reprieve from county and rezoned
A longtime LGBT retreat center in the redwoods of rugged Cazadero is working to reopen after code violations forced its shut down four years ago.
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Sonoma County supes approve new contract with largest county worker union
The three year bargaining agreement goes into immediate effect.
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Newton Minow, former FCC chief and public TV advocate, has died at 97
Newton N. Minow, who as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in the early 1960s famously decried the state of American television as a "vast wasteland," died Saturday at age 97. Minow, appointed to head the FCC by President John F. Kennedy, stayed in the post for just two years. Even so, his stinging critique of television programming, delivered during a speech before the National Association of Broadcasters, reverberated long after he had left the job. When he spoke to television executives gathered at an NAB meeting in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 1961, Americans were consuming a steady stream of black-and-white TV programming from just three networks — CBS, ABC and NBC.…
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Price cheating and overcharges on the rise across the county
Officials say the rise is likely due in part to inflation pressures but that the number of repeat offenders is causing alarm
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Biomass energy, and local use of it has real drawbacks, activists claim
Local activists question green credentials promised by biomass energy
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Confusing legalese sparks row over coastal plan
“It actually encourages development in small communities where we don’t want to see development along the coast, like Valley Ford, Duncans Mills and Jenner."
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Union drive at Sonoma hotel resort draws NLRB scrutiny
Of 58 allegations, the National Labor Relations Board found 43 had sufficient evidence to support a complaint, 13 lacked merit and two more need further investigation.
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Helping Sonoma County seniors age-in-place and prepare for wildfire
More on a local program to help senior harden their homes against fire and add safety improvements for aging-in-place.
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Housing costs a crisis for the region, advocates say
A growing exodus of young adults from the region, which the report links to housing costs, is having knock-on affects. Sharp declines in the number of school-age children causing school closures.
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Sonoma Mountain vernal pools protected for generations
Sonoma Land Trust will protect and manage the sensitive property for the foreseeable future.
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