Farm School Digs In Deeper Than Dirt – December 27, 2016

How to grow food is pretty well understood. But how do we grow new farmers?

Northern California is home to a growing number of innovative and holistic farms and farmers. A new Farm School program in Sebastopol is out to help export those practices more widely.

Hear more about the Permaculture Skills Center’s Farm School 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.

Wild Horses Sanctuary – December 26, 2016

When a band of wild horses were headed for a slaughterhouse, one Sonoma County resident took action.

Wild mustangs are still seen as a symbol of American culture – representing freedom, beauty and power. But these horses are rapidly losing their place on public lands. One Sonoma County resident is trying to change that by providing a sanctuary for displaced mustangs. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.

You can learn more about Montgomery Creek Ranch and it’s horses up for adoption 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.

There’s More Than Meets the Eye to Dragonflies – December 23, 2016

We’ve all seen dragonflies—they’re fairly abundant around North Bay ponds and streams—but how much do you really know about them?

Dragonflies aren’t just old—they date back to the age of the dinosaurs—they’re strange. Also colorful, pest-eating, non-threatening to humans, and still surprisingly unstudied.

Want to know more? Find details about dragonflies’ unusual mating practices–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.

The Flavors of Home – December 22, 2016

Across northern California, nature offers a wide array of wild edibles, if you know where to look and how to recognize them.

All around us, there are wild edible plants. The trick is knowing which ones they are, where to find them, and how best to make use of them. On today’s North Bay Report, Bruce Robinson talks with some who not only knows all that, she wrote the book on it.

Hear more about foraging in the Bay Area from Margit Roos-Collins 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.

Out on the Police Beat – December 21, 2016

As police forces increasingly embrace diversity, it’s getting easier for LGBT officers to feel comfortable on the job.

Police and Sheriff’s departments in California and beyond have long included Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender officers. But now they are increasingly willing and able to let their presence be known, some with the help of a local writer and instructor.

Greg Miraglia is currently the Dean of Criminal Justice Training at Napa Valley community College, as well as the host of Out beat News here on KRCB. You can also 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.

Unpacking the Debacle that was Altamont – December 20, 2016

A new book dissects the problems that led to rock and roll’s most notorious concert:

The Rolling Stones’ infamous 1969 free concert at the Altamont speedway has become mythologized as “the end of the 60s,” a symbolic counterweight to the romanticized images of peace, love and Woodstock. But a detailed new book from veteran San Francisco music writer Joel Selvin shows that the full story of the event is much more complicated.

Joel Selvin has more to say about Altamont 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.

‘Ecological Handprints’ Captures Grass-roots Global Innovation – December 19, 2016

Around the world, creative local solutions to both poverty and climate change are emerging. A new e-book documents them.

Is it possible to fight poverty and climate change at the same time? The answer is emphatically yes, and Rocky Rohwedder has examples to prove it.

You can find the link to Ecological Footprints and hear more about the book 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.

Some Old Pot Convictions Reversed by Prop 64 – December 16, 2016

Proposition 64 has now legalized recreational use of marijuana. But, it also goes farther – onto the past.

Thanks to the passage of Proposition 64, it is now legal to grow, possess or transport small amounts of marijuana. But the measure can also roll back the convictions of people who were jailed for doing those things before November 9th. It’s a process that is now getting started, as BR explains.

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Access to Marin Headlands to Close for A While – December 15, 2016

A main artery into the popular Marin Headlands will soon be closing.

Anyone that has ever visited one of Marin County’s crown jewels – the headlands – knows that there is only one of two ways to get there: A scenic two-lane road that winds along the hills or through the Baker-Barry Tunnel shortcut. But soon one of those two main arteries will be shutting down for a lengthy amount of time. KRCB’s Tiffany Camhi reports.

See photos of the Marin Headland’s antiquated Baker-Barry Tunnel 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.

When Psychedelia Flowered in the North Bay – December 14, 2016

1967’s “Summer of Love” was centered in San Francisco but it was felt in the North Bay as well. A new museum show examines that and we hear from its curator.

As the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love” approaches, a new exhibit at the Sonoma County Museum examines that how era played out in the North Bay.

The Beat Goes On exhibit goes on through April 2nd. The History Museum of Sonoma County is open Tuesdays through Sundays at 425 7th street in downtown Santa Rosa. There’s 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.