Santa Rosa’s new mayor is beginning his first year in office. Tom Schwedhelm is Santa Rosa’s former police chief and was voted into office by his fellow city council members. Reporter Adia White talked with him about his top priorities; homelessness and how to rebuild Santa Rosa after the 2017 Wildfires. Santa Rosa Mayor Tom Schwedhelm. Credit: Adia White The City of Santa Rosa is now accepting applications for community advisory committee members. To lend your input on the how the downtown…

Mark Essick took his oath as Sonoma County Sheriff on Monday. Around 250 people attended the ceremony. The 49-year-old is replacing former Sheriff Robert Giordano. Reporter Adia White spoke with Essick about how the department with change under his leadership. Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick…

Representatives from the neighborhood group Coffey Strong will travel to Butte County this week to offer recovery advice to survivors of the Campfire. KRCB’s Adia White talked with Pamela Halsema about what she hopes to share with people who are now going through what she went through last year…

On average, residents of Southwest Santa Rosa have poorer health outcomes than their neighbors in more affluent sections of the city. According to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, a 2014 report published by the Sonoma County Department of Health Services, found that Roseland had a lower human…