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By Jackie Botts, Ben Christopher, Elizabeth Castillo, Ana B. Ibarra and Matt Levin, CalMatters

041820CaliforniaMayorsCities have been ground zero in California’s coronavirus response — with many initiating shelter-in-place orders, organizing emergency housing for homeless people and supporting health and essential workers. But even before restrictions get lifted, mayors, managers and city councils are being tested in a new way: pandemic-induced budget deficits. 

Already, unemployment is projected to be higher than it was during the Great Recession. Sales and property tax revenues have cratered. And while some of a $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund tucked into the federal stimulus CARES Act will go directly to large cities with a population of 500,000 or more, the League of California Cities has already declared it insufficient. 

Across California cities, the clamor for a federal bailout is growing. Whatever reserve they may have built up during the recovery is being wiped out and replaced by red ink. City hall leaders now face an unsavory menu of service cuts, furloughs and staff reductions. Public employee pension and health care obligations will only add to the pain. 

(Image: A woman pushes a cart past the shuttered Fox Theater in downtown Oakland on March 25, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)

Here’s a look at California’s 10 largest cities and how they’re responding to the coronavirus fallout:

Los Angeles: Big promises in California’s biggest city

With just under a fifth of California’s confirmed cases in his city, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has frequently acted like a governor, often steps ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Garcetti, a Democrat, halted all evictions in mid-March, weeks before California courts did the same statewide. The city has mounted 26 free testing sites, where anyone with symptoms can get tested within two days. Last week Garcetti ordered residents to cover their faces in public, a move the state has not yet taken. 

When the mayor announced a philanthropic fund to send cash cards to families, particularly those with undocumented immigrant members, 56,000 immediately applied. 

Despite his rising profile as “storyteller-in-chief,” Garcetti’s big plans have sometimes fallen short. He initially promised to set up 6,000 beds for homeless individuals, but it’s now more likely to be 2,000.

All these initiatives cost big money even as sales tax revenues dry up. In a recent address, Garcetti said he expected a 30% to 40% drop in the city’s hotel occupancy tax and significant decreases in sales tax revenue. Unemployment could soar to 20%. 

The mayor has moved $20 million from city reserves into an emergency COVID-19 response fund, but he said the city needs help.

“There’s no question though that we’re going to have cuts,” Garcetti said. “I’m imploring our Congress, I’m imploring our president to make sure the next round (of relief) also helps bail out cities.”

San Diego: Beach town facing budget deficit

Newsom praised San Diego for taking early and bold action to house the region’s 8,000 homeless people, including procuring more than 2,000 hotel rooms as emergency isolation units. Mayor Kevin Faulconer led an effort to turn the San Diego Convention Center into a massive homeless shelter, taking in more than 800 people without stable housing. 

But those extraordinary measures come with extraordinary bills for California’s second largest city. The repurposing of the convention center will cost $2.8 million per month; the hotel rooms, $6 million per month. 

While federal, state and county dollars will offset some of those costs, the city’s coffers will be strained at a time when hotel tax and sales tax receipts—two key revenue streams in the tourism-centric city—are plummeting. The city faces a $250 million deficit, and Faulconer has called for cuts to libraries, recreation centers and the arts to make up the shortfall. 

“Make no mistake, these are going to be some of the most significant cutbacks in San Diego history,” the Republican mayor said in late March. 

San Jose: A $100 million hit to Silicon Valley

San Jose’s budget will take at least a $100 million hit because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Mayor Sam Liccardo. And that’s still an early projection. He wouldn’t be surprised if it will be worse. “This is going to be a rough ride,” said the Democrat.

Residents have seen it before: The city endured a painful pension battle in the aftermath of the last recession, eventually losing a third of its workforce due to a hiring freeze, pay cuts and employee attrition. 

Now, Silicon Valley is taking another blow as a viral hotspot. Last month, the fire department had to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among its first responders. As one of the regions to be hit early, Santa Clara County was among six counties that initiated a shelter-in-place order on March 17, two days before a statewide order went into effect.

Still, the area is resilient. To help people impacted by the pandemic, the community created Silicon Valley Strong, which has raised more than $20 million to help the area’s most vulnerable residents, small businesses and nonprofits.

The current relief bill should help reimburse the city’s emergency response efforts but Liccardo hopes to see more financial help from Washington, D.C. 

San Francisco: First to lockdown yet homeless remain unsheltered 

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San Francisco has been upheld as a model for how to deal with the pandemic but Mayor London Breed isn’t resting on her laurels. During the 1918 Spanish Flu, San Francisco introduced aggressive social distancing in the fall, tamping down the initial outbreak, only to open back up prematurely, with lethal consequences.

This year’s positive gains to date have — like all of San Francisco’s achievements — been marred by its most conspicuous failing: the city’s massive unsheltered homeless population.  

So far more than 90 residents and 10 staff at San Francisco’s largest shelter have tested positive for coronavirus, the largest single cluster of cases in the city. It’s fueled criticism that the city has failed to protect its most vulnerable.  

Earlier this week, San Francisco’s board of supervisors passed an ordinance demanding that Breed’s administration lease 8,250 hotel rooms, to get the estimated 8,000 people living on the street in doors by April 26. So far, the city has leased about 2,000 and sheltered nearly 800 people.

“There is no way we’re going to be able to accomplish the goals of the ordinance,” said Breed, a Democrat. Supervisors hope she rises to the challenge.

San Francisco is trying to ramp up services just as its finances are being gutted. The city’s controller recently estimated the pandemic will push the city between $1.1 and $1.7 billion into the red over the next two years — wiping out the city’s $800 million in reserves. 

But those estimates are preliminary and depend on just how hard this all hits the economy — one with plenty of stay-at-home-ready tech workers, but also a disproportionate number of tourism, hospitality and restaurant workers. 

“We’re in the middle of an unprecedented economic shock and we’re in the middle of a bit of data vacuum,” said Ted Egan, chief economist for the city. “There’s not a lot we do know at this point.”

Fresno: ‘Want our economy to come back’

Fresno Mayor Lee Brand first issued a shelter-in-place order for his city of more than 500,000 people on March 18, one day before the governor asked all Californians to stay at home. For the most part, the order is working, he said. 

“People in Fresno get it, they’re staying at home, they want our economy to come back,” Brand said.

Prior to coronavirus, Fresno’s economy was in one of the best shapes it had been in a long time. After struggling for years to jump back from the last recession, the city’s 2020 budget boasted $34 million in reserves, the biggest in the city’s history, he said. In recent years, the city hired more police officers and boosted city services. 

“We are the only city in California with a fully funded pension,” said the Republican mayor. 

Last May, the city even hit a new mark: an unemployment rate under 5%. More often, Fresno’s unemployment rate is typically higher than state and national averages.  

Now those gains are threatened. People are losing jobs and sales tax, a big source of city revenue, is being significantly impacted. Brand said he’d like to see cities included in another round of relief funding from the federal government. 

Locally, the city set up a $750,000 fund to help small businesses. The relief program allows owners to apply for a zero-interest loan that will be forgiven after one year if their business is still operating. 

Sacramento: Capital city seeks assistance

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A recent influx of Bay Area transplants will help the sixth-largest city in California qualify for nearly $90 million in federal assistance from the Coronavirus Relief Fund.

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg hopes that money can buoy city coffers as California’s capital braces for a prolonged downturn. The budget for the remainder of this fiscal year, which ends June 30, should hold — but cuts loom.

“We’re going to have to figure out how to make it up,” said Steinberg spokeswoman Mary Lynne Vellinga. “We’re hoping there will be some more assistance coming down the pike.”

Sacramento will also be tested in its response to a growing population of people experiencing homelessness. Steinberg, a Democrat and co-chair of a statewide homelessness task force, has instructed staff to come up with longer-term housing strategies for people placed in temporary hotels or trailers.

Long Beach: Burning through overtime

Long Beach projects revenue losses and increased expenses brought on by the coronavirus pandemic will cost the city between $38 million and $44 million during the current fiscal year ending in September. And that’s optimistic.

City finance director John Gross noted his projections assume the city will enter a recovery period soon after May. Otherwise, he warns, the city “should be prepared for more adverse impacts.”

Long Beach is being hit by the loss of sales tax, oil revenue and a transient occupancy tax, which is paid by hotel guests. The city is also burning through staff overtime and other costs associated with its response. 

The city closed down on March 19, following Los Angeles County’s “safer at home” order. So far, the majority of the city’s deaths have been linked to nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

The city has opened a free clinic at Long Beach City College, where people can be assessed and referred to testing for COVID-19. Near the clinic, the city also opened a drive-thru testing site. The centers are staffed by the city’s own Long Beach Medical Reserve Corps, a program that was in place years before the state’s recently launched Health Corps. 

Oakland: Exacerbating economic and racial inequalities

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On March 9, long before most mayors had to contend with the possibility of a pandemic, the Grand Princess, a ship full of contagious cruise takers, docked in the Port of Oakland. 

“That’s the moment it went from being a problem in the world to a problem right here at home,” said Mayor Libby Schaaf, a Democrat. 

Since then the city, like much of the Bay Area, has — so far — not seen the massive death tolls and overcrowded hospitals that were once forecast. But the pandemic has exacerbated the city’s long-standing economic and racial inequalities, said Schaaf. 

Even with San Francisco across the bay, 15% of Oakland households do not have Internet access. Of the 1,100 small business owners who applied for emergency relief from a city-sponsored charity fund, seven out of 10 made less than 35% of the area’s median income. 

The municipal budget has been “decimated,” Schaaf said. The city has already laid off hundreds of temporary workers.

Some of Oakland’s pre-pandemic responses to homelessness are helping. The creation of one-person shed camps and sanctioned RV parks for the homeless has reduced shelter crowding — a potential contagion cluster. 

Schaaf said the city is planning to move 50 people from those group shelters into hotels. She said she hopes to convert many into permanent housing though funding is now scarce.

Bakersfield: Missed out on stimulus funding

The city of nearly 400,000 residents failed to qualify for direct federal aid under the Coronavirus Relief Fund because of the population cutoff. But Bakersfield will be able to cushion the blow thanks to a local sales tax measure passed two years ago to bolster the economy and reduce homelessness.

The tax increase has generated more than $50 million. While about half has already been allocated, money can still be tapped to help deal with the local downturn, said City Manager Christian Clegg.

“It is a saving grace,” he said. “We’ll have to be really strategic, but we’ll actually have some ability to do a few new things next year when most cities will be cutting back.”

Still, Clegg is expecting a double-digit reduction in sales tax revenue and hopes Congress will reduce the population threshold in the next round of stimulus spending.  

Meanwhile, the county continues to battle the virus as the number of confirmed cases rises in Kern County. As of this week, the county reported nearly 500 COVID-19 cases with more than 300 in patients between the ages of 18 and 49.

Anaheim: An economy built on crowds

Anaheim made international headlines when Disneyland closed for the third time in history in early March, sputtering the local economy to a halt.

The pandemic has hit the city’s workforce and budget hard — both depend heavily on large groups of people bumping up against each other in the city’s theme parks, hotels and convention centers. The city believes that at least 10,000 workers in the tourism industry have lost jobs and predicts a minimum revenue loss of at least $10 million, mostly from hotel and sales tax, said city spokesman Mike Lyster.

While the city has left public health management to Orange County, it has used $1.4 million in state funds to open a third homeless shelter and has repurposed the Honda Center, usually home to the Anaheim Ducks ice hockey team, to house food bank distributions for thousands of people at a time.

Already Republican Mayor Harry Sidhu, himself the owner of several El Pollo Loco franchises, says he has a $15 million plan to restart the economy. It includes $8 million to support seniors, workers who have lost jobs and people who are struggling with rent. Nearly all of the rest would go to VisitAnaheim.org, the city’s main driver of tourism, which has laid off half of its staff. City leaders are cautiously optimistic that some restaurants could open for dine-in business again in May or June.

“The challenge for finances is getting our economy moving again as soon as it’s safe to do so,” Sidhu said. “But we know economic recovery will be gradual.”

CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

By Jocelyn Wiener, CalMatters

041720CaMattersAltruism1From inside our homes, this might seem the loneliest moment in modern history. 

Slowing coronavirus has meant many of us are physically cut off from friends and family, schools and workplaces, senior centers, book clubs and Little League teams. 

Yet woven throughout the horror of the present, evidence of grace abounds. Some manifests in grand gestures, some in small details.

Becca Rosen, a Los Angeles-based fashion designer, said her neighbor — who, as luck would have it, owns a small toilet paper company — has been gifting rolls on neighborhood porches. Talia Golin, a 5-year-old Berkeley street artist of sorts, has been drawing chalk rainbows on the sidewalks near the homes of immunocompromised neighbors.

(Image: Patti Wang-Cross plays the ukulele as neighbors sing ‘You Are My Sunshine,’ ‘Happy Birthday,’ and songs by Bruno Mars during their weekly sing-along. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)

And then, consider the case of the swans and the canned corn.

Gayle Hagerty, the volunteer caretaker of swans that live on the grounds of the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, recently had to spend two weeks in quarantine. For 25 years, Hagerty has cared for the swans — clipping their wings, ordering their food, overseeing their medicine. She currently has two in her charge — 23-year-old Blanche (who Hagerty has known since she was an egg) and Blanche’s somewhat grumpy betrothed, 12-year-old Blue Boy (who also goes by Swanathen). Hagerty could order enough feed for the swans from home. But the canned corn they loved was being rationed.

With Blanche sitting on her nest full time (Swanathen is reluctant to be a stay-at-home dad), the corn was especially important, because Blanche could eat it quickly and hurry back to the nest. So Hagerty posted to Nextdoor. Her community responded in force. Swan lovers came from various corners of the city, ultimately dropping off more than 200 cans of corn at the Palace’s locked gates.

“It’s been phenomenal, really, the generosity of the neighbors,” Hagerty said.

Christine Carter, a senior fellow at the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of several books about happiness, said efforts to connect and support each other are a very human response to crisis.

“Is this exceptional? I don’t actually think it is,” she said.  “I think humans are hardwired to help each other.”

In stressful situations, she said, people can have two different instincts. Some go into a fear-based response, worrying primarily about their own survival. They hoard toilet paper and Tylenol. Others are more focused on species survival and, thus, the needs of others. While fear-based responses tend to create more stress and raise people’s blood pressure, community-mindedness has the opposite effect: lowering blood pressure and fostering positive emotions, “even a sense of awe.”

“Ironically, it helps us more as individuals,” she said.

Even the smallest details matter, Carter said, noting that she recently burst into tears watching a video of people standing on their balconies, cheering for health workers.

“The beauty in such a small act, it’s more than a silver lining, it’s everything,” she said.

In her own neighborhood in San Rafael, people have begun stepping outside their homes every night at 8 p.m. to howl to one another, like wolves in the forest.

“It’s just connecting into the larger neighborhood in a way that, frankly, we never have before,” she said. Her dog, she said, has found this development confusing.

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The weekend before the Bay Area began sheltering in place, Krista Luchessi, who runs an organization that delivers free groceries to low-income seniors, spotted an article about a woman from Louisville who was matching neighbors who needed help with those who could provide it. She forwarded the article to her friend Paige Wheeler Fleury, a marketing strategist. 

“Can we do this?” Luchessi wondered. The next day, Wheeler Fleury posted news of their effort, called Oakland At Risk, on Nextdoor and Twitter. A month later, she’s had 1,400 volunteers sign up, and has matched 220 of them with seniors and immunocompromised individuals in need of help with groceries or medications — or just someone to talk with. 

To prevent abuse, Wheeler Fleury said she matches people of the same gender who live in the same neighborhood, and does her best to vet volunteers online and over the phone — especially when she’s pairing them up with someone who seems especially vulnerable.

(Image: Talia Golin, 5, creates rainbow sidewalk chalk messages for her neighbors thanking them for acts of kindness or showing support for those who are self-isolating. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)

“Every person that stepped up to do this lives within five miles of me and that gives me so much hope about what we can be as a community,” Wheeler Fleury said.  

Since word of their effort has spread, people around California have reached out for tips about how to replicate it: “It’s kindness spreading,” she said.

Shawna Reeves, director of elder abuse prevention at the Institute on Aging, said while such programs are “vital and important” and most participants are “good, honest people,” the current combination of isolation, dependence and fear can put some vulnerable seniors in precarious situations. She recommends that volunteer organizations limit financial transactions between volunteers and the people they serve, and says ideally the same volunteer shouldn’t do both wellness checks and grocery shopping. She also recommended that elderly people tell trusted individuals about the arrangement and that the volunteer organizations try to raise awareness about scams targeting seniors.

Such grassroots efforts can have real impact on emotional well-being, said Merritt Schreiber, a professor of clinical pediatrics at the Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and UCLA’S David Geffen School of Medicine.  “Social support has been shown to be one of the strongest predictors of coping with disasters and adverse experiences,” he said.

While much discussion surrounding coronavirus has focused on flattening the infection curve, Schreiber believes there’s a psychological curve too. Enhancing social support, he believes, is one way to protect more people from mental health problems.

Billie Greer, 82, lives in downtown Los Angeles, in a building she shares with “a lot of millennials and their dogs.” Greer, who ran a government affairs firm for decades before retiring recently, guesses she’s probably the oldest resident. She’s been surprised and heartened by how many of her younger neighbors have reached out to ask if they can buy groceries for her.

“I jokingly say to friends, ‘With all this, I should open a food bank out of my front door,’” she said.

Just as meeting basic needs for food and medicine is essential right now, providing protective gear for health workers has become imperative.  

That’s why Carol Wu and her friend, Li Yan, decided to raise money to buy masks for health workers in their community. They started tracking the outbreak earlier than many of their Palo Alto neighbors, since they have family members and friends in Hong Kong and China. Wu said she read stories in the international press about people lining up for six hours to wait for masks. Then, in late February, the first cases of the virus began appearing in Santa Clara County, which still has one of the state’s largest outbreaks.

Anxiety kept Wu up at night, worrying about the doctors, nurses, firefighters and those living and working in senior homes in her community.  On one of these sleepless nights, she sent a text to other parents at her kids’ school.

“Let’s do something,” she told them. “Each of us is just a drop of water in a bucket, but together we can let the river flow. Even if we can save one clinic for one week, we’re doing something to help rather than just sitting on the sidelines.”

Yan offered to collect the money. Donations poured in — especially from the local Chinese-American community. Overnight, they raised $3,000, enough to buy 2,000 surgical masks from a local dentist’s office. Within a few days, they’d raised $26,000 from a few hundred people. They bought all 15,000 of the dentist’s remaining masks. They quickly distributed all of them. When they couldn’t find any more masks to buy, they refunded the excess money.

This support from the public is not lost on Dr. Peter Yellowlees, a professor of psychiatry and Chief Wellness Officer at UC Davis Health. People have written the medical staff thank-you notes in chalk at the entries to the hospital, he said.

“When you walk in in the morning and you read a note before you even get into the door that says ‘thank you for what you’re doing,’ that means a great deal to a lot of people,” he said.041720CaMattersAltruism3

Yellowlees objects to the term “social distancing,” saying what we’re actually doing right now is physical distancing, but social connecting. He thinks this experience — and our efforts to support each other and grieve together — will ultimately leave us more connected as a society

“I think we will value our neighbors, our communities more and I think we will interact with them differently,” he said.

This has begun to happen in one corner of Berkeley where, every Wednesday evening, a block of Francisco Street hosts a neighborhood sing-along.

A few neighbors came up with the idea last month, and posted it on their block’s emergency email list.

Patti Wang Cross is among those who embraced the idea. On a recent Wednesday, Wang Cross, who says she plays ukulele “not terribly well, but enthusiastically,” dragged a small blue stool into the middle of the street, and laid some sheet music down on the asphalt. Her 7 and 10-year-olds knelt next to her. Soon, other neighbors trickled outside — each household standing at least six feet from the next. Someone blocked off both ends of the block. Someone else produced a box drum.

(Image: Patti Wang-Cross plays the ukulele with her children Keli, left, and Oskar, right, during their neighborhood Wednesday night sing-along. Wang-Cross said the weekly event was inspired by videos of neighbors singing from their balconies in Italy and Spain. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters)

For a moment, the block was quiet, the way everything seems quieter these days. This silence makes you notice the birds chirping, the breeze rustling through the leaves, the occasional Fed-Ex truck rumbling past. It also makes you miss people.

And then, from the hush, Wang Cross began strumming her ukulele. She, and some two dozen neighbors scattered along the block, muddled their way through the words to “Let It Go,” from Frozen. They moved on, with more confidence, to The Beatles. Two women threw on rainbow boas and led a spirited rendition of YMCA. Everyone did the hand movements. Obviously.

“Overall, I feel like this crisis has brought out the best in people,” Wang Cross said. “It’s been a really beautiful thing.”

CalMatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.

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La alimentacion es una gran prioridad para muchos durante esta pandemia de COVID-19- cómo mantener a su familia alimentada en medio de despidos del trabajo, preocupaciones sobre salidas para conseguir comestibles y la posibilidad de transmisión por medio de los alimentos, todo mientras se trata de mantener la distancia social.

Si tiene dificultades para poner comida en la mesa, tiene preguntas sobre la seguridad de los alimentos o necesita ayuda para comprar alimentos de manera segura, aquí hay algunos recursos para ayudarlo.

(Imagen: Pexels / Vicki Moore)

Looking for these resources in English? Click here.

Ayuda para conseguir comida

SoCoEmergency.org: el condado de Sonoma dice que hay asistencia alimentaria disponible, pero debido a la mayor demanda de las organizaciones locales, su primer recurso debe ser su familia, amigos, vecinos y / o cuidadores que puedan ayudarlo.

Si aún necesita ayuda, visite su página web de asistencia alimentaria para obtener más información sobre los servicios locales para personas sanas, personas mayores, niños y más.

Redwood Empire Food Bank: el banco de alimentos Redwood Empire está en funcionamiento. Consulte su sitio web para obtener información sobre cómo están respondiendo a la pandemia, incluido dónde obtener alimentos.

Caridades Católicas: Caridades Católicas está proporcionando distribución de alimentos y otros recursos. Vea un mapa de dónde obtener comida aquí.

CalFresh: los beneficios mensuales de alimentos están disponibles para individuos y familias de bajos ingresos. Encuentre información sobre cómo presentar una solicitud aquí. El Departamento de Servicios Humanos del Condado de Sonoma y la agencia Caridades Catolicas también puede ayudarle a conectarse con estos beneficios públicos.

211Sonoma Busque despensas de alimentos: busque despensas de alimentos cerca de usted en el condado de Sonoma.

Base de datos de búsqueda de SF Chronicle para la entrega de comestibles: busque en un directorio para ayudarlo a ordenar productos, carne y productos de despensa durante el refugio en el lugar.

SF Chronicle Base de datos de búsqueda de restaurantes que realizan entregas: encuentre los restaurantes del área de la bahía que ofrecen entregas durante la pandemia.

Seguridad alimenticia

Consumer Reports: Cómo protegerse mientras compra

FDA: seguridad alimentaria y el coronavirus

Recursos del coronavirus del USDA

NPR: No, no necesita desinfectar sus alimentos. Pero aquí está cómo comprar de forma segura

NPR: ¿Qué tan seguro es comer comida para llevar?

Tiendas locales

En el sitio web del condado se puede encontrar una lista de las tiendas de comestibles del condado de Sonoma que ofrecen entregas, recogidas u horarios para personas mayores.

Oliver's: acciones que estamos tomando contra el coronavirus

Safeway: respuestas a sus preguntas sobre Covid-19

Lucky: Actualizaciones de Covid-19

Ayudando a otros con comida y donaciones

Press Democrat: Aquí hay algunas sugerencias de Press Democrat sobre cómo ayudar a otros durante la pandemia.

Voluntariado: Encuentre oportunidades de voluntariado local en el Centro de Liderazgo Voluntario y Sin Fines de Lucro.

During our Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall on April 14, we invited leaders from around Sonoma County to discuss how they are keeping our community fed. Some families are lacking the daily lunches and other meals provided by schools; many have lost jobs or the work that put food on their tables; others with the means to go shopping worry about whether the food and packaging in grocery stores is safe.
And the workers who pick, pack, ship, shelve, cook and serve the food are essential, of course, but put themselves at risk every day. 
 
On our panel: Juan Torres is Asst. Director, Community Connections with Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa; David Goodman is CEO of Redwood Empire Food Bank; and Eric Meuse is General Manager of Oliver's Markets. 
 
Here's a link to some of the food and nutrition resources mentioned in the video, and others. 
 
 
 
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  50. SMART Cancels Selected Weekday Service Because of Shelter-in-Place Orders
  51. Sonoma County Health Officer Issues Shelter in Place Orders
  52. SCOE Announcement: All Sonoma County School Districts Have Announced Suspension of In-Person Classes
  53. Mayor Joe Callinan's Statement on Coronavirus in Rohnert Park
  54. Nine Active Coronavirus Cases Reported in Sonoma County
  55. Santa Rosa City School Classes Suspended Through April 5; Students to Complete Assignments at Home
  56. County Moves From Advisory to Order on Event Cancellations
  57. Video Discusses California Response to COVID-19
  58. Demonstrators Demand More Protections For Undocumented Community
  59. As Coronavirus Toll Rises Statewide, So Does Health Care Workers’ Alarm
  60. Listen Live: Special Statewide Coronavirus Special – Friday at 2pm
  61. Coronavirus Special & Resources
  62. Sonoma County Health Officer Advises Canceling Large Indoor Events
  63. Sonoma County Point-in-Time Count Aims to Tally The Homeless Population
  64. For Gig Workers and Hourly Earners Coronavirus Is a Test
  65. Coronavirus - Listen Live Wednesday at 7pm
  66. “Your Bills Don’t Get Sick”: Workers Say Coronavirus Prevention Isn’t Easy
  67. 30 Healthcare Workers at Local Hospital Directed to Self-Quarantine, According to Their Union
  68. Coronavirus: U.S. Death Toll Now At 14; New Cases In Maryland, Colorado, Pennsylvania
  69. California Schools Brace for a Coronavirus Disruption
  70. March 2020 Vote: Election Results
  71. County Health Officials Work to Track Down Contacts of Local Coronavirus Patient
  72. 2nd Sonoma County Resident Diagnosed With Novel Coronavirus After Returning From Cruise
  73. AB5 Sparks Controversy Among California's Independent Contractors
  74. The Developer Bonus Tucked Into the School Bond on Your Ballot
  75. Annual Pliny the Younger Beer Release Boosts Tourism in Sonoma County
  76. California Pushes For More Coronavirus Testing After First Case Of Community Transmission
  77. Proposition 13 Seeks $15 Billion for California's Schools
  78. New Coronavirus Affects Tourism in San Francisco's Chinatown
  79. David Cook Challenges Gorin For First District Seat
  80. Gorin Runs for a Third Term on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
  81. Former Mayor Chris Coursey Challenges Zane for District 3 Seat
  82. Shirlee Zane Defends Her Seat on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
  83. Lynda Hopkins Makes Her Case for a Second Term as Supervisor
  84. Mike Hilber Challenges Lynda Hopkins for District 5 Seat
  85. Interview: Reporter Will Houston Lays Out the Pros and Cons of Measure I
  86. Local Activist Speaks Out on Missed Opportunity in Cancelled "American Dirt" Talk
  87. California Lawmakers Have Refused to Restrict Flavored Vaping —Is That About to Change?
  88. Lisa See, Author of "The Island of Sea Women," Speaks at Sonoma Valley Regional Library
  89. In California, Not Every Kid Has a Fair Chance at Success
  90. California Students Missing School Due to Wildfires and Other Disasters
  91. Educators Release Plan for Expanding the Arts in Schools
  92. Sonoma County Plans to Clear Joe Rodota Trail By Friday
  93. Podcast: Activist homeless moms score an Oakland win
  94. Doctors Fail to Help Patients Stop Smoking, Says Report
  95. Rodota Trail Situation Delays Homeless Count for a Month
  96. Former Director of IOLERO Works to Pass Initiative to Strengthen the Office
  97. Sonoma County Prepares to Evict Campers Along the Joe Rodota Trail
  98. Sanctioned Homeless Camp at Los Guilicos Scheduled to Open Sunday
  99. Sonoma County Libraries Host Tamale Making Workshops
  100. Meet Leah Gold, Healdsburg's New Mayor for 2020
  101. Around 1,000 People Attend Santa Rosa Women's March
  102. Contractors Begin to Set Up Sanctioned Encampment Near Oakmont
  103. Supervisors Pick Sonoma Valley for Temporary Homeless Shelter
  104. Next Stop for Free College: Cal State University?
  105. WATCH LIVE: Managers Read Impeachment Articles, Senators Sworn In Ahead Of Trial – Thursday at 7am
  106. Sonoma County Women’s March to Take Place Saturday
  107. Cities Should Act on Homelessness or Face Lawsuits, Newsom Task Force Says
  108. Do You Know What Should Go in Your Emergency Kit?
  109. Sonoma County Library Hosts Disaster Preparedness Classes
  110. Should California Restrict Building in High-Risk Fire Areas?
  111. Santa Rosa Junior College Receives $7 Million for Disaster Recovery Workforce Training
  112. Anniversary Gives Rialto Cinemas Founder Chance to Reflect
  113. Sonoma West Publishers Plans Big Changes for 2020
  114. New Book Offers Background on Ukraine's People and Culture
  115. Author Ibram X. Kendi Says "Not Racist" is Not Enough
  116. Schools Can Hire Teachers of Color, but Will They Stay?
  117. Diversifying the Ranks of Teachers. Race and Gender Matter
  118. Sonoma County Releases Resident Health Report Card
  119. Emerald Cup Cannabis Festival Attracts Visitors From Across the Country
  120. Santa Rosa City Council Votes To Terminate Rental Price Gouging Ordinance
  121. Death of Petaluma Man Calls Use of Carotid Hold Into Question
  122. Santa Rosa Police Department Finishes Community Listening Sessions
  123. PG&E Announces $13.5 Billion Settlement With Victims Of Northern California Wildfires
  124. Can California Reduce Homelessness Through Better Prevention?
  125. Organization Works to Improve First Responder Mental Health
  126. Local Non-Profits Running Out of Funding for Fire Aid
  127. On Thanksgiving, Remembering an Anniversary
  128. California Burning, Episode 4: The Wildland/Urban Interface – Sunday at 10am
  129. Sonoma County EDB Opens Disaster Loan Outreach Center for Kincade Fire Victims
  130. Journalist Lowell Bergman Shares Tales of a Storied Career – Sunday at 4pm
  131. California Burning Podcast: The Science of Fire Behavior
  132. New Documentary Celebrates First LGBTQ+ Native Powwow
  133. Impacts Expected on Russian River After Kincade Fire
  134. Healdsburg Residents Undeterred by Kincade Fire
  135. A Year After the Camp Fire, Survivors Share Stories of Loss and Healing
  136. Building Resilience After Tragedy
  137. KBBF Radio Santa Rosa Updates Community During Kincade Fire
  138. 2017 Lessons Saved Lives and Property During Kincade Fire
  139. 'Halloween Do-Over' Brings Joy to Healdsburg After Fire
  140. Documentary "Men Caring" Honors Those Who Support Adults With Disabilities
  141. Local Assistance Center Will Open Today Through Wednesday in Healdsburg
  142. Code Blue Advisory Especially Concerning for Those Living Outside
  143. For Many Survivors, Kincade Fire Brings Back Trauma
  144. PG&E Expects Third Severe Wind Event 10-29 and 10-30
  145. The Current PG&E Power Shutoff – Emergency Information
  146. How to Prepare for Fires, Power Outages and Other Emergencies
  147. California Burning Podcast: Using Fire to Protect Forests
  148. Kincade Fire Update: Kincade Fire Fully Contained
  149. PG&E Initiates Second Public Safety Power Shut Off in October - What You Need to Know
  150. School Closure Announcements for the Week of Monday, November 4
  151. Survivors of Camp Fire and Tubbs Fire Look Back and Ahead
  152. Power Shut Off Prompts Modified Hours, Closures for Some Santa Rosa Schools
  153. Santa Rosa Middle Schoolers Talk to an Astronaut Aboard the ISS
  154. One Injured in Shooting Near Ridgway High School Campus; School Lockdowns Lifted
  155. Find Out if Your Service May Be Impacted by a Public Safety Power Shut Off event
  156. 26 Insurance Companies to Continue Paying Survivors' Rent
  157. New Documentary Addresses Gaps in Health Insurance Access
  158. Sonoma County Needs Your Help to Create a Power Outage Economic Impact Report
  159. Great Shakeout Earthquake Drills Planned for Thursday
  160. 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Comes with Complexity
  161. Local Author Writes a Guidebook for Immigrant Parents
  162. Fire Survivors React to Power Shut-off
  163. Residents Observe Anniversary of the Sonoma Complex Fires
  164. Sonoma County Ridesharing Service Aims to Help Women Feel Safer
  165. Fire Survivors Demand Insurance Companies Continue to Cover Rent
  166. City of Santa Rosa Unveils New Emergency Warning Sirens
  167. Smokey the Bear Has Affected Forest Management for Decades
  168. Julián Castro Addresses Top Issues Facing Californians
  169. Behind the Scenes at one of the Nation’s Largest Cannabis Companies
  170. Rohnert Park Opens Emergency Cooling Centers
  171. Santa Rosa Will Open Cooling Centers Tuesday and Wednesday
  172. Group Asks Santa Rosa Businesses to Hasten $15 Minimum Wage
  173. PG&E Announces Planned Public Safety Power Shut Offs for This Week
  174. West County High School District Negotiates with Teachers
  175. West Sonoma County Teachers May Strike Over Salaries
  176. President & CEO Nancy Dobbs to Retire
  177. Roseland Mural Welcomed into the Community
  178. Trauma Threatens To Impact School Attendance In Paradise
  179. Paradise School Counselors Address High Rates of PTSD Among Students
  180. Educators Use Poetry to Help Kids Talk About Trauma
  181. Forum Celebrates Women Leaders at NASA Ames Research Center
  182. Sonoma County Leaders Discuss Sexism in Politics During Panel
  183. Study Shows Climate Change Could Threaten Oyster Habitat
  184. Director Ann Shin Examines Intelligence Industry in New Film
  185. Local Jewish Leader Questions Trump's 'Disloyalty' Claim
  186. Housing Insecurity Is Taking a Toll on Youth’s Health
  187. Three Years In, Legal Cannabis Still Causing Fights
  188. Controlled Burns Could Help Prevent California's Megafires
  189. Rainer Navarro Becomes New Police Chief of Santa Rosa
  190. Changes in Math Education Cause Anxiety Among Parents
  191. October 2017 Wildfires Are Affecting Crucial Health Programs
  192. Protesters Urge Sonoma County to Divest from Private Prisons
  193. Portraits of Unhoused Neighbors Emphasize Humanity
  194. Annual Mochilada Backpack Giveaway Kicks off the School Year
  195. Schulz Museum Celebrates Woodstock Festival on its 50th Anniversary
  196. Rep. Huffman Talks Local Issues and Trump at Point Reyes
  197. Local Priest Reacts to National Cathedral Statement on Trump
  198. Agencies Face Stricter Guidelines When Evicting the Homeless
  199. Santa Rosa Holds Public Hearing on PG&E Rate Hike
  200. Bohemian Club Provides Talent for Monte Rio Variety Show
  201. Bohemian Grove Annual Encampment Ends for the Summer
  202. Residents Celebrate Agricultural Roots at Sonoma County Fair
  203. Families Celebrate Sonoma County Fair Despite Increased Security
  204. Officials Address Safety Along SMART Train Corridor
  205. Supervisor Zane Cites Progress, Concerns in Kaiser Talks
  206. Grand Jury Commends Sonoma County Jail Mental Health Program
  207. Grand Jury Finds Problems Within Behavioral Health Division
  208. Santa Rosa Symphony Performs Free Concert
  209. Mendocino Winemakers Consider Plan to Boost Tourism and Sales
  210. Santa Rosa Priest Accused of Stealing over $95,000 from Parish
  211. Nine Barlow Businesses Sue Over Flood Damages
  212. Food for Thought to Close Forestville Store but Retain Focus
  213. Sonoma County Library Eliminates Overdue Fines
  214. Museum of Sonoma County Opens Exhibition on History of Cannabis
  215. Santa Rosa Residents Protest Detention of Migrant Children
  216. California HOPE Crisis Counseling Ends
  217. Local Group Shares Hotline to Protect Undocumented Immigrants
  218. Sonoma County Inspects Rural Properties for Fire Safety
  219. Host of KPCC's The Big One Podcast Shares Earthquake Tips
  220. 'Hairspray': The Perfect Musical for this Moment
  221. Roseland Residents Give Input on 2050 General Plan
  222. Book Tells Stories of Refugees Exiled 'Home' to Cambodia
  223. California on Independence Day in 1776
  224. Sonoma County Struggles With Property Tax Loss from 2017 Fires
  225. State Bill to Boost Housing Density Stalls in the Legislature
  226. Teenage Vaping on the Rise in Sonoma County
  227. Sonoma County Interfaith Council Denounces Hate
  228. Experts Showcase Fire Resistant Building Materials
  229. Stacey Abrams in Conversation with NorCal Public Media
  230. KRCB Wins Three Awards from the Public Radio Journalists Association
  231. Low-Income Students Face Food Insecurity During Summer Break
  232. PG&E Agrees to $415 Million Settlement for North Bay Fires
  233. Civilians Who Tested Agent Orange Now Sick, Dying: Podcast
  234. Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Finalizes Budget
  235. Firing Forests to Save Them: Could Native Traditions Save Lives?
  236. A Statewide Flex Alert Calls for Energy Conservation on Tuesday, June 11
  237. Petaluma Business Leaders Work to Prevent Opioid Deaths
  238. Report Warns 2020 Census Could Undercount Millions
  239. Yolo County's Sand Fire Forces Evacuations Near Guinda
  240. Against All Odds, Paradise Students Graduate on Home Campus
  241. Grist Finds Link Between Pollution and Infant Death in San Bernardino
  242. Santa Rosa High School Lockdown Lifted, Suspect in Custody
  243. Citizen Input Sought for Santa Rosa's Future
  244. Reveal Finds Rampant Wage Theft in the Caregiving Industry
  245. KRCB TV Highlights the Wine Industry’s Unsung Heroes
  246. Local Activists Bring Green New Deal Principles to Sonoma
  247. Capital Public Radio Announces Move to Downtown Sacramento
  248. Activist Group Sues County Over Andy Lopez Records
  249. Hope for Sonoma's Coast; Other Calif. Areas Under Siege
  250. Sonoma County Activists Address Climate Change at Town Hall
  251. Mormon Temple in Oakland Open to Public for Limited Time
  252. Israel's Consul General in S.F. Condemns Anti-Semitism
  253. Kaiser CEO Tyson Meets with Families on Mental Health
  254. Prepare for Disasters by Getting to Know Your Neighbors
  255. Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet: 'I Love Petaluma'
  256. New Health Officer Tackles Measles and Other Top Concerns
  257. FEMA Hosts Disaster Preparedness Symposium in Santa Rosa
  258. Political Cartoonist Speaks on the Importance of Satire
  259. Sonoma County Sheriff Releases Andy Lopez Case Files
  260. Alegría De La Cruz, Newest Schools Trustee, Aims at Equity
  261. More Coffey Park Residents Begin to Return Home
  262. Family Turns Grief to Activism After Daughter's Suicide
  263. News: Connect the Bay Follow Up -Your Housing Questions Answered
  264. Fishermen Cautiously Optimistic About Salmon Season Forecast
  265. Meet the New Director of Sonoma County's Watchdog Office
  266. Crab Season Ends Early to Protect Whales
  267. YWCA Educates Public on Domestic Abuse After Recent Tragedies
  268. Santa Rosa City Council Skeptical of Regional Housing Plan
  269. Guerneville Residents Work to Repair Their Homes, Lives
  270. Guerneville Businesses Work to Reopen A Month After Flood
  271. Barlow Tenants Question Why Flood Plan Didn’t Work
  272. Miss Sonoma County 2019 Breaks Down Barriers
  273. Garden Society Presents Pot Podcast and Products for Women
  274. City of Healdsburg Tables Renter Protection Ordinance
  275. Landslide Threatens Several Homes in Forestville
  276. Counties: No Criminal Charges Against PG&E in 2017 Wildfires
  277. Greg Sarris: Author, Professor, Chairman of Local Tribe
  278. Sonoma County Emergency Manager Speaks on Flood Recovery
  279. Sonoma County Residents Search for Flood Recovery Assistance
  280. Rep. Huffman Tours Barlow in Sebastopol Following Flood
  281. Russian River Flood Recovery Resource Page
  282. Santa Rosa Declares Local Emergency; No Worry Yet on Water
  283. Sebastopol Voters Debate Leasing Local Hospital
  284. New SSU Exec Commits to Diversity, First Generation Students
  285. Healdsburg Mayor David Hagele Defends Housing Budget
  286. Northern Elephant Seals Take Over Drake's Beach at Point Reyes
  287. Legal Marijuana Makes Talking About Safety Harder for Some Parents
  288. Petaluma Mayor Teresa Barrett Hopes to Tackle Housing Shortage
  289. Windsor Mayor Foppoli: No Use Fighting District Elections
  290. David Rabbitt Steps in as Chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
  291. California Senator Dodd Reacts to State of the State Address
  292. Gov. Newsom State of the State: Housing, Health, PG&E, Trump
  293. North Bay Celebrates Annual Pliny the Younger Release
  294. Scientists Release Scale Ranking Atmospheric River Intensity
  295. Local Agencies Address Flood Control on Russian River
  296. French WW II Spy Brings Story of Courage to Petaluma
  297. Mayor Amy Harrington Talks About Upcoming Changes for 2019
  298. Informe: County Sheriff Plans Better Community Relations
  299. Informe: Essick, Sonoma County Sheriff Plans Prison Reform
  300. Informe: Santa Rosa Mayor Questions Need for Translations
  301. Informe: Santa Rosa's Mayor on the City's Homeless Crisis
  302. Informe: Santa Rosa Mayor Schwedhelm Lays Out Priorities
  303. Informe: Tom Schwedhelm Becomes Santa Rosa Mayor
  304. Santa Rosa Mayor Talks About his Priorities for 2019
  305. Volunteers Help Sonoma County Track Homelessness
  306. Santa Rosa Women’s March Spurs Excitement for 2020 Elections
  307. PG&E Bankruptcy Imminent; Banks Offer Billions in Financing
  308. Political Forum Blue-Green Eggs and Ham Draws Over 400
  309. 'Zero Waste' on KRCB TV in the North Bay - Jan 22; We Revisit Radio Report
  310. Council Member Victoria Fleming Talks About Goals for 2019
  311. Santa Rosa Diocese Releases List of Clergy Members Accused of Abuse
  312. Fear of Gangs Driving Central Americans North: Podcast
  313. New Sonoma County Sheriff Hopes to Improve Community Relations
  314. Report Highlights Sonoma County Employment Trends
  315. Rep. Jackie Speier Suggests Border Compromise via DACA
  316. Snoopy's Home Ice to Celebrate 50th Anniversary in 2019
  317. Living with Lead: 'Like Crabs in a Barrel'
  318. Living Downstream Preview: Tour Uncovers Richmond Poisons
  319. Native Fire Practices Can Make Communities Safer
  320. Community Health Workers Help Gain Environmental Justice
  321. Woodstock and Red-Haired Girl Get Their Day in 2019
  322. County Agrees to $3 Million Lopez Settlement
  323. Emerald Cup Draws Cannabis Experts, Entrepreneurs and Fans
  324. Emerald Cup Prize to Willie Nelson, Others Enjoy Legal Smoke
  325. Sonoma Residents Work to Reduce Health Disparities
  326. Journalist Tess Vigeland Leads Camp Fire Reporting Effort
  327. Sexual Assault Prevention Educator Opposes Title IX Changes
  328. Coffey Strong Heads to Butte County to Share Advice
  329. Immigration Tied to Benefits? County Schools Head Says No
  330. North Bay Residents Offer Hope, Aid to Camp Fire Evacuees
  331. Sonoma County to Create New Emergency Management Department
  332. Community Members Debate How to Best Spend Homelessness Aid Grant
  333. Santa Rosa Official Offers Advice to Camp Fire Survivors
  334. Santa Rosa City Council Votes to Extend Renter Protections
  335. California Seeks Input on Housing Recovery Funds
  336. Dogs Compete in Sheep Herding at Hopland Research Center
  337. Santa Rosa Hosts 2018 California Economic Summit
  338. In Short Time, Conductor Lecce-Chong Puts Stamp on Symphony
  339. Music Inspires Climate Activists at Global Summit
  340. Climate Summit Contest: Unlikely Company Wins Funding
  341. Displaced Camp Fire Evacuees Consider What Comes Next
  342. Camp Fire Evacuees Sleep in Cars, Tents in Chico Parking Lot
  343. Poor Air Quality Poses Health Hazard for Workers
  344. Commentary: One Year On, Cannabis Legalization Mostly On Track
  345. KRCB's Steve Mencher and Adia White Discuss the Midterm Election
  346. Equity a Key Topic at 26th Annual Latino Health Forum
  347. Shomrei Torah Hosts Service for Tree of Life Shooting Victims
  348. The Difficult Birth of the Graton Resort and Casino
  349. Santa Rosa Voters Deliberate Affordable Housing Measure
  350. Sonoma County Works to Finalize Disaster Recovery Plan
  351. As City Builds New Park in Roseland, Whose Voices Are Heard?
  352. Sebastopol Building First in the Region to Use Hempcrete
  353. $12 Million in State Funds to Aid the Homeless in Sonoma Co.
  354. 'Pictures of a Gone City' Presents Bay Area, Warts and All
  355. Sonoma Co. Releases Results of Emergency Alert Tests
  356. Huffman Opponent Dale Mensing Supports Trump and DACA
  357. Rep. Jared Huffman Running on Accomplishments and Opposition to Trump
  358. One Year After the Oct. Wildfires, Many Families Are Still Uprooted
  359. Coffey Park Resident Shares her Experience a Year after the Fires
  360. More Counseling Services Needed for Spanish Speakers
  361. On Fire Anniversary, Recalling 'Battle to Save Jack London's Mountain'
  362. Cannabis Commentary: Return to Pot Prohibition Impossible
  363. Emergency Alert Test Lacks Spanish Translation for Broadcast
  364. Creative Sonoma Art Program Helps Students Cope With Trauma
  365. Organizations Work to Remove Language Barriers in Disasters
  366. Grape Stomping Ushers in the Harvest Season
  367. Grape Harvest Underway Across the North Bay
  368. Kavanaugh-Ford Testify Before Senate Judiciary – Watch Live Beginning at 7 am
  369. After a Month in Palestine, Empathy for Plight of Refugees
  370. Violence Prevention Partnership Keeps Kids out of Gangs
  371. Santa Rosa Hosts Gang Prevention Training for Parents
  372. Sonoma Co. Seeks Funds for Homelessness, Mental Health
  373. Sebastopol Peace Wall Adds Ellsberg, Huerta, and Two Locals
  374. North Bay Farm Shows Some Agriculture Can Help the Earth
  375. Mendocino Company Uses Goats to Reduce Wildfire Risk
  376. "Reflections After the Fire" Aims to Ease Trauma Through Art
  377. Gov. Jerry Brown Blasts Trump on Climate Change at SF Summit
  378. Global Climate Summit Update: Protecting Forests, People
  379. Meet Our New Cannabis Commentator, David Downs
  380. Sonoma County Tests Wireless Emergency Alerts
  381. Mendocino Company Markets Wild Seaweed as a Healthy Snack
  382. Climate Summit Takes Over San Francisco
  383. North Bay Residents March for Climate, Jobs and Justice
  384. Grand Jury Details Upgrades for Sonoma Emergency Response
  385. Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Faults Emergency Response
  386. Spanish Speakers Question Officials at Fire Recovery Event
  387. Monarchs and Milkweed: Giving Butterflies a Boost
  388. Cannabis Expert David Downs: Market in Flux, Changes Certain
  389. Charles M. Schulz Museum to Host Auction for Wildfire Relief
  390. Expanded Life Jacket Program Saves Lives on Russian River
  391. Homeless Series Continues: Meet Chris and Cheri
  392. Firefighters Make Progress on Largest California Wildfires
  393. Mendocino County Farm Saved from Ranch Fire by Quick Action
  394. Sonoma County Provides Resources for Businesses Recovering from October Wildfires
  395. Wildfire Season Prompts Another Look at Emergency Warnings in California
  396. Cannabis Growers and Sellers in Sonoma County Confront Angry Neighbors
  397. Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Donate $280,000; Fully Fund Rohnert Park Food Needs
  398. Hopland Research Center in Mendocino Uses Fire as Learning Experience
  399. Congratulations to Best Radio DJ in the North Bay, Brian Griffith
  400. After Wildfire Devastation Comes New Life; 'Gold Spot' Film on KRCB Aug. 7

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