North Bay Reports that deal with health and wellness in Sonoma County.

(June 9, 2015)
Sonoma County Supervisors have unanimously backed a $15 per “Living Wage” for workers paid directly or indirectly by the county. But it’s going take a year or more to be fully implemented.

Dirt is ancient, alive, and essential to agriculture.But it is not necessarily eternal. And that can be a big problem.


In a decision reaching from Washington to your medicine cabinet, the US Supreme Court has held that local governments can require pharmaceutical companies to take responsibility for the collection and disposal of their excess products.

A new model for integrating adults with developmental disabilities into their surrounding communities has them living with willing families and becoming part of the household.
Read more: Personalized Support for Developmentally Disabled Adults
- Responding to Pollution's Health Impacts
- Sebastopol Hospital’s Reopening Delayed
- Young Adults with Autism Thrive in Their New Home
- Health Games -- Innovation or Fad?
- Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Connecting New Farmers with Land
- Kaiser Announces Large-scale Autism Study
- The Mosquito District’s Assessment Election
- California 'Safety-Net' Hospitals at Risk Amidst Health System Changes
- California Lawmakers Look at Unequal Access to Health Care
- California Doctors, Lawmakers Renew Push for Medi-Cal Rate Increase
- 10,000 Degrees Heats Up Educational Opportunities
- Inspired Forward by LandPaths
- Marin’s Breast Cancer Cluster Disputed
- Healthy Aging in Sonoma County
- California's Retiree Health Care Costs Jump Past $70 Billion
- Applying Restorative Justice at School
- Reopening Palm Drive Hospital
- County Landfill Prepapres for Composting Move
- Recognizing Micro-aggressions
- Getting started with Micro-loans
- Micro-lending in Sonoma County
- Creating Hope for the Moorland Neighborhood
- Questioning the 'Common Core Standards'
- Addressing Latinos’ Mental Health Needs
- The Long Slow Recovery from Concussion
- Common antibacterial products expose pregnant women, infants to potential health risks
- California's Largest Healthcare Workers Union Drops Two Fall Ballot Initiatives
- Why Palliative Care is Growing
- Opponents Remain as Common Core Nears Implementation
- What is Behind Sonoma County's low Vaccination Rates?
- Brain Health Registry
- Understanding Dyslexia
- Medical Marijuana Study Gets Federal Green Light
- Report: Childhood Obesity Rates Declining
- Unraveling Marin's Breast Cancer Cluster
- Climate Change and Health
- Pesticides and Kids' Health
- Branding the Health Care Exchange
- Employers and Health Insurance
- Electronic Health Records
- Health Physics
- Thyroid Health
- Children's Dental Health
- Community Health Centers
- "What If Cannabis Cured Cancer?"
- Sonoma County in 10 Years
- Wood Smoke Health Hazards
- Cannabis as Medicine
- Ethnic Mental Health
- Community Clinics & Health Care Reform
- HealthySonoma.org
- PTSD & Medical Marijuana
- Health Benefits Suit
- Doctors for Healthcare Reform
- Homeless Census Report
- Health Frontiers Conference
- Health Action Coalition
- The Future of Health Care