North Bay Report

In the North Bay’s expanding agri-tourism economy, there’s much more to see than vineyards.

An informational meeting about the expanding business of agri-tourism drew an intensely interested cross section of farmers, promoters and others to the Petaluma Community Center yesterday. KRCB’s Bruce Robinson was there, too.

Hear more from the agri-tourism summit on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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You may think you know the Beatles’ music. But Scott Freiman knows it even better.

The records made by the Beatles have sold millions of copies, and their songs have been heard exponentially more often. Yet there are details and surprises within that familiar music that can be revealed through careful deconstruction.

The filmed version of Scott Freiman’s presentation, Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper, will be shown twice next Tuesday at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol, at 1 and 7 pm. Hear more from him and see a trailer on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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The arts are everywhere in Sonoma County, but is that also true in local schools? An online survey hopes to find out.

As school budgets shrink and curriculum requirements tighten, are Sonoma County students still getting taught about the arts? Creative Sonoma is trying to assess the situation, with an eye toward boosting those efforts going forward.

You can access the survey through the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Good News for Channel 22. KRCB-TV is s a big winner in the FCC’s auction of underused broadcast spectrum rights.

KRCB-Television has come out a winner in an auction of broadcast spectrum rights conducted by the FCC. While most viewers will not notice the resulting technical changes, the station’s long-term economic health has gotten a significant boost.

We’ve got more on this story for you on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Why is a 27 foot tall replica of a wooden chair standing next to a roadside coffee shop south of Sebastopol?

It’s hard to miss The Big Chair, a large, whimsical piece of public art alongside Highway 116 south of Sebastopol. But it has some serious intentions behind it.

See pictures of the Big Chair, and hear more about it, on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Government tracking of our daily phone and computer use is sophisticated and real. And we’re helping to enable it.

It’s true: Big Brother IS watching us. And listening, and reading our emails and more, while we are making it easier for our data to be captured and sold.

Bill Blunden spoke about cyber spying and personal data protection at a computer science colloquium at Sonoma State University yesterday. You can hear more from him on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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The salmon fishery off the Sonoma Coast will be getting an extra boost from imported hatchery fish—but not right away.

Bodega Bay’s beleaguered salmon fishery will get a boost from the release of thousands of smolts there this spring. But the fishermen will have to wait another two years for the fish to grow, mature and return before they can be caught.

For more on this story, visit the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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The Santa Rosa City Council is giving more protections to its undocumented immigrants.

The city of Santa Rosa is joining the ranks of cities across the nation that are broadening civil rights for immigrants…but don’t call it a sanctuary city. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports the Santa Rosa City Council adopted a resolution last night declaring it an Indivisible City.

Find out more about Santa Rosa’s resolution granting additional protections to immigrants on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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From company town to progressive beacon, Richmond has undergone a dramatic political rebirth in the 21st century.

In the past 5 years, one bay area city has placed a soda tax measure before its voters, passed a strong rent control measure, and rejected a big-money city council campaign from its biggest employer. And no, it wasn’t Berkeley.

Steve Early will talk about Richmond’s Rent Control law, in a Santa Rosa forum tonight at the Glaser Center in Santa Rosa. He’ll also appear at Book Passage in Corte Madera tomorrow night. Find details about both events on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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Who better to guide troubled young adults to seek mental health services than their peers?

Some of the young people who most need mental health services have been conditioned to avoid them. A new youth-led initiative hopes to use peer outreach to overcome that.

Hear more about this new program on the North Bay Report webpage at KRCB dot org/news. Hear this story on demand with our free KRCB mobile app. You can also find this and past stories on our new North Bay Report Facebook page. Comment, share and give us a like there. Follow the North Bay Report on Twitter @KRCBNews.

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