Many indoor businesses in Sonoma County are expected to be shut down again on Monday. The county is currently out of compliance with several of the state’s metrics, including having over 100 cases per 100,000 residents. As of Thursday evening, 14 people have died in Sonoma County and cases have surpassed 1,500. KRCB’s Adia White …
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Man Files Lawsuit Against Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Over Use of Force, Part 2 (Aired: July 8, 2020)
Man Files Lawsuit Against Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Over Use of Force, Part 2 (Aired: July 8, 2020) A Winsdor man is suing the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office over unnecessary use of force during a 2019 arrest. But the suit goes further in alleging a pattern of abuse in the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. 35-year …
Santa Rosa City Council to Vote on Emergency Sick Leave (Aired: July 7, 2020)
The Santa Rosa City Council is expected to decide on July 7 whether to require employers in the city to provide 14 days of sick leave for employees during the current health emergency. Currently, the state mandates three sick days for most workplaces. News Director Steve Mencher spoke about the proposal with Maddy Hirschfield, political …
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Man Files Lawsuit Against Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Over Use of Force (Aired: July 2, 2020)
35-year old La’Marcus McDonald is suing the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office in a federal lawsuit filed at the end of last month. McDonald, who is Black, says that a deputy slammed his head to the pavement and knocked him unconscious in July of 2019. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with KQED Criminal Justice Editor, Alex Emslie, …
Applications for CalFresh Double During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Aired: July 1, 2020)
The latest data from the state of California shows unemployment for May at nearly 17%. That’s more than four times what it was a year earlier. Because of pandemic related economic stress, food banks and government aid programs are seeing a dramatic rise in need. In Sonoma County, the Department of Human Services reports increasing numbers …