North Bay Report Podcast
Last year, Sonoma County identified nearly 3,000 homeless individuals during the annual homeless count. The early morning count was on the calendar once again this week. But because of the emergency on the Joe Rodota trail, the count has been delayed a month. KRCB’s Adia White asked the county’s homelessness manager Michael Gause about the delay and what to expect in February.
More on homelessness at norcalpublicmedia.org.
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The Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach, or IOLERO, was created to strengthen transparency and trust in the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office. This was in 2015, two years after a Sheriff’s Deputy shot and killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez. But Former Director of IOLERO, Jerry Threet, believes the office needs more funding and independence to do its job well. Threet is now collecting signatures to get an initiative on the November Ballot that would strengthen IOLERO. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with him about the details.
We reached out to the Sheriff’s Office and expect to have them in our studio within the next week. Listen to the full-length interview with Threet at norcalpublicmedia.org.
(Photo: Former Director of IOLERO, Jerry Threet – Courtesy of the Law Office of Jerry Threet Facebook page.)
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The temporary homeless shelter at Los Guilicos opened on Sunday. The sanctioned encampment has room for 60 of the 250 people currently camping along the Joe Rodota Trail. All residents have been given notice to leave the trail by Wednesday. KRCB’s Adia White tells us how that effort is going.
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Sonoma County officials plan to close the Joe Rodota tail by the end of the month.
However, officials delayed efforts to relocate around 60 people living along the Joe Rodota Trail to a sanctioned camp at the Los Guilicos Juvenile Justice Center. Local non-profit, St. Vincent de Paul will manage services there. KRCB’s Adia White visited the site with the executive director, Jack Tibbetts. She asked him what the camp will look like once it’s finished.
Find more stories on housing and homelessness at norcalpublicmedia.org
(Photo: Builders put up shelters at the sanctioned camp – Adia White)
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You can get books at the library. You can borrow DVDs and even cameras.
But, the library might not be the first place you’d expect to learn how to make tamales. That’s exactly what happened last December in Santa Rosa. KRCB’s Camille Escovedo attended one of seventeen free bilingual cooking classes at Sonoma County libraries. From the Northwest Santa Rosa Library she has this report.
Find more stories about local food culture at norcalpublicmedia.org.
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The start of the new year means a new mayor for the City of Healdsburg. Vice Mayor Leah Gold was selected to take the reins from David Hagele in a unanimous vote by the city council mid-December. She started her year-long term at the beginning of this month. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with her about what she hopes to accomplish.
(Photo: Healdsburg Mayor Leah Gold – Adia White)
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Contractors have started setting up the sanctioned homeless encampment near Oakmont.
Sonoma County is contracting with Washington based company Pallet, to set up temporary units to house the homeless on the Los Guilicos Juvenile Justice Campus. A demo unit of the same type was on public display in Roseland yesterday. KRCB’s Adia White took a look inside with C.E.O. of the company, Amanda King.
You can see photos of the shelter at norcalpublicmedia.org
(Photo: A sample Pallet shelter unit set up in Roseland – Adia White)
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The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to build a temporary homeless shelter on County property in Sonoma Valley. The temporary shelter will house up to 60 people currently camping along the Joe Rodota Trail. KRCB’s Adia White has more.
Follow updates on the Joe Rodota Trail encampment at norcalpublicmedia.org.
(Photo: The Joe Rodota trail before the current encampment – Wikimedia)
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The fourth annual Women’s March is happening this Saturday in downtown Santa Rosa’s Courthouse Square. Organizers estimate that between 3 and 5 thousand people will attend the event. KRCB’s Adia White spoke with lead organizer, Leslie Graves to find out what issues will define this year’s march.
To listen to their entire conversation visit norcalpublicmedia.org
(Photo: The 2019 women’s march in downtown Santa Rosa – Adia White)
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It’s hard not to think about disasters during fire-season, but during the winter months, emergency officials worry that we don’t think carefully enough about planning for other scenarios. The Sonoma County Library is working to change this by hosting a series of classes on emergency preparedness. As part of our continuing coverage on that series, KRCB’s Adia White reports on what attendees of the first-class learned about packing emergency kits.
To find what you should pack in your emergency kit visit norcalpublicmedia.org. We’ll also have a link to the complete schedule of emergency preparedness classes.
(Photo: Sample emergency kit – Wikipedia)
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