Vineyard Manager Says That Decline in Grape Harvest Tied to Millennial Drinking Habits – February 14, 2020

Crack open a bottle of wine for Valentine’s Day today. Local grape growers, faced with declining production, will thank you. David Cook, who manages vineyards for a number of local producers, was in our studios on other business this week. But we took the opportunity to ask him about a headline we’d seen – that …

Lynda Hopkins Makes Her Case for a Second Term as Supervisor – February 13, 2020

Lynda Hopkins is defending her District 5 seat on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. Hopkins holds a master’s degree in land-use policy from Stanford and is running for her second term as supervisor. She joined KRCB’s Steve Mencher at the end of January to talk about her accomplishments and priorities. Listen to the full-length …

Mike Hilber Challenges Lynda Hopkins for District 5 Seat – February 12, 2020

Mike Hilber is challenging incumbent Lynda Hopkins for the District 5 seat on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. Hilber has a master’s in electrical engineering from Stanford and worked in the defense industry in Southern California. In the early 1990’s he moved back to his childhood home in Roseland to care for his mother. …

Campaign Donations For and Against SMART Tax Measure Exceed $2 Million – February 11, 2020

Marin and Sonoma County voters will soon decide whether to extend a sales tax supporting the SMART train until 2059. Campaigns on both sides of the issue have each received over a million dollars in support of their positions. Reporter Will Houston from the Marin Independent Journal has been following the issue closely. KRCB’s Adia …

Lisa See, Author of “The Island of Sea Women”, Speaks at Sonoma Valley Regional Library (Aired: February 7, 2020)

Lisa See launched her literary career with the non-fiction book “On Gold Mountain.” The story chronicles her great-great grandfather’s journey from China to California and follows multiple generations.   She’s written ten novels since then. See spoke at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library about her latest work, “The Island of Sea Women“. The book takes …

At Fair Housing Event, Dealing with Historic Wrongs – February 6, 2020

Fair housing laws can mandate change. But they must also take into account historic discrimination in real estate and banking, and other ways people of color have been disadvantaged. Last week a group of public policy makers and advocates gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to learn about new fair housing laws …

New Legislation Could Help Students Make Up Lost Class Time Due to Disasters During the Summer – February 5, 2020

Since 2017, some Sonoma County schools have lost more than three dozen instructional days due to wildfires, floods, power shutoffs or other disasters. New legislation being proposed by State Senator Bill Dodd, could help students make up that time during the summer. In part two of the interview, KRCB’s Adia White spoke with Ricardo Cano about …

California Students Missing School Due to Wildfires and Other Disasters – February 4, 2020

At the beginning of the school year, over 360 schools in California had to close for at least a week due to power outages, wildfires, or other crises.  That’s according to Ricardo Cano, an education reporter at the state-wide news outlet CAL Matters. Cano published a series of articles on school closures called Disaster Days. KRCB’s Adia …