When you think about seafood, you probably think of fish right? Well there’s another kind of seafood we don’t think about much, and it turns out this seafood is more important than you might think. The Mendocino Sea Vegetable Company is working to make seaweed a dinner staple. Alice Woelfle reports on how this unusual …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
30,000 people march in San Francisco ahead of the Global Climate Action Summit – September 11, 2018
California Governor Jerry Brown is hosting the global climate action summit in San Francisco this week. On Saturday over 30,000 people marched to San Francisco’s Civic Center to voice their hopes for climate action ahead of this week’s summit. Reporter Adia White followed a group of North Bay residents to the march and has more. …
Cannabis Commentator David Downs: Trump Administration Cherry-Picking Stats to Give Negative Picture of Cannabis Legalization – September 7, 2018
Who would have thought, even a few years ago, that we would be presenting a cannabis commentator on KRCB. Meet David Downs, an expert on all aspects of California’s mega-industry. David Downs has a job that didn’t exist just a few years ago. He writes about all aspects of the cannabis industry for the online …
Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Recommends Changes in Operations During Emergencies – Part Two – September 5, 2018
Coming up on the North Bay Report… in a fire emergency, owners who sneak into evacuation zones to look for their farm animals or pets may endanger themselves and firefighters. Yesterday we heard about the report of the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury – a report that found serious shortcomings in the county’s emergency preparedness. …
Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Recommends Changes in Communication Operations During Emergencies – September 5, 2018
When you think of a Grand Jury, you probably don’t imagine advice about better emergency preparedness. But the Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury has delivered some ideas to improve disaster response. The anniversary of the October wildfires is coming next month. Even now, some aspect of the crisis is in the headlines nearly every day. …
Fire Recovery Meeting for Spanish Speaking Community Addresses Questions, Anger – September 4, 2018
Sonoma County has convened plenty of meetings this year on the fires. One, held at the end of August, was unique. On Aug. 28th, Sonoma County held its first wildfire recovery meeting entirely in Spanish – nearly 11 months after the October fires began. About a hundred people showed up at Lawrence Cook Middle School …