North Bay Report Podcast
North Bay winegrowers can’t find enough workers to pick their grapes. Harvest season is in full swing for vineyards in Northern California…but many winegrowers are seeing a shortage of laborers to work in their fields. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi spoke with Karissa Kruse of Sonoma County Winegrowers to find out what’s causing the labor crunch…and what …
Continue reading “Why Is There A Winegrape Harvest Labor Shortage? – Aug 17, 2017”
Classes start next week at Sonoma State – just down the road from us in Rohnert Park. We’ll find out about big changes in the CSU system coming exactly a year from now, on the next North Bay Report, airing at 6:18 and 8:18 am and 5:30 pm. Or find it online at KRCB.org Earlier …
Santa Rosans who came to the Charles Schulz Museum Saturday for a party may have missed a small gem of an exhibition. The Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center in Santa Rosa celebrated its 15th Anniversary over the weekend. Reporter Steve Mencher dropped in last week to visit one of his favorite Peanuts characters, …
Continue reading “Pigpen and His Cloud of Dust Star in Schulz Museum Exhibition – Aug 15, 2017”
It’s coming, one week from today. Here’s what you need to know about the eclipse. The countdown is on… Next Monday, the total solar eclipse will darken a swath of the country. Forward looking enthusiasts have booked up most of the hotel rooms and campsites in the eclipse’s path. Reporter Steve Mencher talked with a …
Continue reading “Eclipse in Our Region Will Be Fun, if not Total – Aug 14, 2017”
Today, we have part two of our story on a hearing last week considering annexation of Roseland into Santa Rosa. Yesterday on the North Bay Report, we listened in on last week’s hearing about Santa Rosa’s annexation of Roseland. There’s hope that this unincorporated part of town can prosper under Santa Rosa’s governance, with improved …
Continue reading “Opponents Have Their Say on Roseland Annexation at Agency Meeting – Aug 11, 2017”
After decades of failure, it looks like the annexation of Roseland and some nearby areas into Santa Rosa is on the fast track. If you live in Santa Rosa, you probably know that chunks of land there – dominated by the 620 acres of the Roseland neighborhood – are not part of the city. These …
Continue reading “Roseland Annexation by Santa Rosa Moves Forward – Aug 10, 2017”
One West Marin creamery is closing the loop on climate change. Straus Family Creamery in West Marin has for years been a leader in sustainable and organic farm practices in California. Now, what was a wild idea eight years ago has finally been realized: To power the machinery that feeds the dairy cows…with their own …
Continue reading “First of Its Kind Electric Truck Debuts at Straus Creamery – Aug 9, 2017”
Mountain lions roam nearby hills, and we can all just get along, if we learn more about them and work to conserve their dwindling habitat. Yesterday, we talked with a researcher about his studies of local mountain lions. Today, we’ll dig deeper into how mountain lions and humans coexist. Are they a danger to us …
Continue reading “Human Coexistence with Mountain Lions – Aug 8, 2017”
We know there are mountain lions here in the North Bay’s mountains. But they see us more than we see them. In the wilder, wide open uplands of the North Bay, mountain lions remain a steady if elusive presence. But just how many are out there? Bruce Robinson reports on a current study of the …
Continue reading “The Mountain Lions Among Us – Aug 7, 2017”
Unruly drunks, rocky roads and roving dogs were just some of the reasons why Petaluma became Sonoma County’s first incorporated city in the 19th century. In the mid 19th century, pioneers from across the country came to Northern California to strike it rich in the Gold Rush. And some began settling in the North Bay, …