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033120CoronavirusMercySonoma County’s health officer has issued a new order requiring all congregate care facilities to screen all staff and visitors for signs of illness and adhere to a strict mask-wearing policy to slow the spread of COVID-19. 

The order, which went into effect April 17, applies to all medical care facilities, licensed residential care facilities, including nursing and senior care facilities, psychiatric facilities, group homes, residential recovery houses and homeless shelters. 

The order stipulates that before starting work, all staff in congregate settings and first responders must perform a symptom screen and have their temperature taken.

(Image: Sailors assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy admit a patient in Los Angeles, March 29, 2020. Credit: US Nacy)

Anyone who is not a patient or resident at a patient care facility must wear a medical-grade isolation or surgical mask at all times while in the facility, and submit to a temperature and symptom screening upon entry.

“It’s critical that we do all we can to protect our first responders, medically vulnerable patients, and people who must be cared for outside the home in congregate settings,” said Susan Gorin, chair of the Board of Supervisors. “This country has already witnessed how quickly the virus can spread in these settings.”

Non-clinical facilities that provide overnight care and day services have the option of requiring staff and visitors to wear fabric or cloth face coverings instead of medical-grade masks.

Additional requirements for patient care facilities include social distancing in meal and break rooms, and avoiding the use of employees or staff who have worked at another facility within the past 14 days.

The order defines first responders as those who provide 24/7 emergency response, first aid care, or other related assistance either in the course of the person’s occupational duties or as a volunteer, such as peace officers, emergency medical technicians, firefighters, rescue workers, certain social workers and certain animal control officers.

Visit SoCoEmergency.org to read the order or for more information about COVID-19.

By Ben Christopher and Rachel Becker, CalMatters
 
When will Californians emerge from house confinement? What will life look like?
 
In a roadmap unveiled Tuesday with top public health officials, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will not lift his shelter-in-place order until adequate suppression and mitigation measures are in place to prevent future flare-ups. That means tracking down the sick and isolating clusters of new infections, arming hospitals with adequate equipment and setting new guidelines for schools and businesses to reopen.
 
In short, it might be a while. The governor told reporters not to even ask him about the timeline until hospitalizations and intensive care caseloads begin to drop. To his point, Monday marked California’s deadliest day so far with 71 deaths for a total of 758 lives lost.
 
“In two weeks, if we see a continued decline, not just flattening, but a decline ... ask me then,” Newsom said.
 
Nearly four weeks in with signs that a state lockdown was slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the governor offered a glimpse of post-pandemic life where restaurants check temperatures at the door, servers in masks offer disposable menus and diners sit at tables spaced 6 feet apart. And until most of the population is immune to the virus and a vaccine is available, Newsom said, mass gatherings such as music festivals and sporting events are “not in the cards.”
 
 
 
California is not alone in taking a conditional approach. Despite President Trump’s enthusiasm for opening the economy as quickly as possible, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the country was “not there yet.”
 
What it suggests is that this is not the end of the pandemic, but only the end of its chaotic and deadly beginning.
 
“This time period we are entering is not about going back to where we were before,” said Department of Public Health Director Sonia Angell. “It won’t look the same.”
 
With the number of new cases each day appearing to fall in some pandemic hotspots, calls to reopen the economy have been growing louder.
 
But the economy isn’t likely to rebound by executive edict alone. A recent Ipsos poll estimates that 70% of Americans view going to the grocery store as a highly or moderately risky activity. People can only be expected to resume business-as-nearly-usual when they are convinced it is safe to do so.
 
California’s economic prognosis is already grim. Forecasters at the University of the Pacific project an 18.8% unemployment rate for California in May —up from a 2019 average of just 4%. One-third of the expected job losses are concentrated in the typically low-wage food service sector.
 
And the state is forecasting a 61% drop in tax collections between April and June, which includes the busy tax filing season.
 
Before lifting the lockdown, there is plenty of work to do —and plenty of details to fill in.
 
The Newsom administration outlined criteria to modify the shelter-in-place order: the state will need to develop the ability to test, track and isolate those who are sick; to make sure that hospitals are ready to handle any potential fresh outbreaks; to ensure that businesses are able to operate with new social distancing guidelines; and to monitor new cases.
 
How do we defrost the economy while keeping the virus in check?
 
For weeks, public health officials, epidemiologists and economists have been mulling that question. And though specific plans vary, a consensus has emerged: a massive new public health surveillance system has to be built that will allow public health officials in every county of every state to track down, isolate and quash new infections before they flare out of control again. 
 
“We have to have the logistics in place to be able to identify small brush fires in the community and extinguish them before they become raging wildfires,” said Jeffrey Martin, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. 
 
In practice that means, at the very least, there has to be much more testing.
 
But even as California’s test count climbed to 215,400 tests as of April 13, another 13,200 people were still waiting on results. On April 4, Newsom announced a new partnership with UC Davis and UC San Diego to create “a minimum of five to seven hubs where we have high-throughput.” 
 
One of the hubs is at UC Davis but the state Department of Public Health would not identify other hubs or how many tests they’re running.
 
Parts of California remain desperately short of testing supplies —such as Placer County, home to the first person to die of the novel coronavirus in the state. The county has only about 40 kits for collecting specimens left.
 
While the vast majority of Placer County’s testing goes through commercial and hospital labs, people living in the county’s jails or homeless shelter are prioritized for testing by Sacramento County’s public health lab, Aimee Sisson, Placer County’s public health officer and public health director, told CalMatters Monday.
 
“They have been essentially impossible to find,” Sisson said. “It means that I don’t get to test everybody who I would like to test.”
 
Even if adequate testing shows the rate of new cases slowing, the task of limiting new infections will continue. That requires gathering, analyzing and sharing vast quantities of testing data. It will also mean identifying new infections as soon as they occur, figuring out a way to isolate the new patient, and identifying and quarantining their recent contacts, too.
 
There are different ways to accomplish all of this, and none are easy. Madera County, for instance, typically has two to three people to investigate potential exposures to infectious diseases like tuberculosis and sexually transmitted infections. But with the coronavirus pandemic, the county has leaned on sheriff’s deputies and probation investigators to bolster their team.
 
In South Korea, citizens who have been infected have been required to download an app that tracks where they’ve been and who they might have infected. In their pandemic recovery report, researchers at the Center for American Progress recommends that the United States develop some version of the app. But they acknowledge that a more “civil-liberties-sensitive solution” would have to be adopted. 
 
Google and Apple recently announced plans to develop a similar contact tracing system that uses the Bluetooth on people’s phones to track when people get close to one another. The idea is that public health officials could use this data to track potential contacts via their own apps.
 
But between the potential for false positives and concerns about privacy, it seems unlikely an app can replace the people needed to do the work.
 
“App or no app, the vital work needs to be done by trained public health professionals at the local level who are trained in privacy concerns and conduct thorough and confidential contact investigations,” said Kat DeBurgh, executive director of the Health Officers Association of California.
 
baseballPeople play basketball at a San Francisco park behind a sign reminders park-goers to maintain social distancing on March 25, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMattersNewsom agreed. While the state is vetting apps, he said, “we have to supplement that technology with the workforce.”
 
To that end, Newsom said the state is training “thousands of individuals” working with AmeriCorps and California Volunteers as well as existing state staff to bolster California’s capacity to identify people infected with the novel coronavirus, and trace their potential contacts.
 
California’s roadmap is part of a regional partnership with Oregon and Washington. The Western States Pact is meant to provide a shared framework for relaxing social distancing mandates and to start reviving each state’s economy.
 
The governors of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced a similar collaborative confederation on the East Coast.
 
“This virus knows no boundaries, knows no borders. You can’t build walls around it,” Newsom said Monday.
 
Prior to the pandemic, an allusion to building walls would have been an obvious dig at President Trump, Newsom’s chief ideological foe and a frequent Twitter sparring partner. Since the beginning of the crisis, the two have been remarkably cordial, regularly swapping praise.
 
But the formation of these pacts is itself an acknowledgment that the federal government has yet to offer an overarching lockdown policy or guidance.
 
President Trump said Monday that the decision to reopen each state’s economy was his to make, asserting “when someone is president of the United States, their authority is total.” Tuesday, he modified his response amid a report that federal officials drafted a national plan for getting back out. 
 
“They know when it’s time to open and we don’t want to put pressure on anybody,” Trump said. “I’m not going to put any pressure on any governor to open.”
 
CalMatters.orgis a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.
 
 
 

By Jacqueline Garcia, La Opinión and Erica Hellerstein, Mercury News

courtesy legalaidatwork 01Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Hector had a stable job as a cook at an Italian restaurant in Oakland. Suddenly, in mid-March, about a dozen workers were laid off, including him.

“There was a low clientele and the restaurant wasn’t doing well,” said Hector, who didn’t want to provide his last name due to his undocumented status.  

Hector, a 45-year-old married father of three and a grandfather, was left struggling to care for his family. Because he is undocumented, he does not qualify for unemployment insurance.

Yet many undocumented workers are unaware that they can apply for other state benefits that are available to out-of-work employees.

(Image: Legal Aid at Work attorney Kim Oulliette assists a client. Photo courtesy of Legal Aid at Work)

Hector recently found out that he may qualify for disability insurance payments when he visited a local health clinic to take care of a painful ingrown toenail and other health issues. Since a car accident two years ago, “I suffer from a lot of headaches, my arm and my hand hurt a lot, too,” said Hector, a native of Mexico. 

His doctor said that due to his multiple health problems, he might qualify, so he is in the process of applying.

“I hope I do get approved because in every paycheck we get deducted an amount of money [for disability] and when the government does that, they don’t ask us if we have papers or not,” said Hector. “The small amount of savings we had is disappearing.”

Many advocates and service providers say the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders have had a disproportionately high impact on undocumented and low-wage workers.

Undocumented workers who lost their job during the pandemic because they are sick, quarantined or ordered to stay at home because of chronic conditions don’t qualify for unemployment. But they can qualify for state disability insurance, paid family leave and workers compensation. 

There are many obstacles however: The only way to fill out the application without a Social Security number is to submit a paper application. Plus, they need a doctor’s authorization, while many undocumented workers are uninsured and can’t afford doctors.

Alexis M. Alvarez, a senior staff attorney at the San Francisco-based nonprofit Legal Aid at Work, is advising Hector with his process of applying for disability payments.

“Both of those benefits, paid family leave and state disability insurance, your citizenship and immigration status doesn’t matter because they don’t require you to be able and available to work in the same way that unemployment insurance does,” said Alvarez.

Undocumented workers may qualify for family leave when they need to leave work to care for a family member with an illness or disability. 

In both cases, they have to provide a doctor’s note.

California is home to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants, making up nearly 1 in 10 workers in the state. About two-thirds have resided in the state for longer than 10 years, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. 

Many are taxpayers. In 2014 undocumented immigrants in California paid about $3.2 billion in state and local taxes. 

In addition, like all workers, undocumented employees have money deducted from each paycheck to pay for disability insurance.

Alvarez said whether it is state disability insurance or family leave, the worker doesn’t need a Social Security number or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN). But they must provide proof of income like a W-2.

To apply, workers must apply on paper and leave the spot blank asking for a Social Security number. Alvarez said the response takes two to three weeks.

The application can be obtained from the state Employment Development Department through its website. “The other couple of places where I know you know people can get copies, if there are some, is through community organizations, medical offices or other nonprofits like ours that keep paper copies in their offices,” said Alvarez.

However, with social distancing, many of these places are closed to the public, leaving affected employees few options. 

In addition, language problems or lack of experience using a computer are other barriers that stop undocumented workers from applying. 

Worker’s comp also available

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara recently announced that workers sickened by COVID-19 are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits regardless of their immigration status. This includes workers engaged in front-line occupations such as health care, emergency services, food production, sales and delivery, among others.

“This unprecedented pandemic has sparked questions and concerns among essential workers in the immigrant community who are showing up for work every day, bringing us vital goods and services,” Lara said in a statement. “Hardworking Californians who are exposed to COVID-19 are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits if they fall ill, regardless of their immigration status.”

But the reality is that most workers affected by the crisis are not eligible because the funds are for people who are sick, said Kim Oulliete, an attorney with Legal Aid at Work. 

“And the vast majority of people right now have just been laid off,” she said. “And where the state has been directing most people for assistance is unemployment insurance, but undocumented cannot apply.”

Advocating for the most vulnerable 

Legal Aid at Work united with a coalition of more than 100 organizations to urge Governor Gavin Newsom to create a “Disaster Relief Fund” to help undocumented immigrants until the state’s emergency proclamation is lifted and people return to work.

 “Already, undocumented immigrants are living precariously—over half live at or below 150% of the poverty level,” the letter says. “Accordingly, it is imperative that the state meet these workers’ basic needs so that they can comply with the Shelter in Place Order without fearing that they will not be able to feed and house their families.”

Members of the state’s Latino Legislative Caucus have called on Newsom to extend the California Earned Income Tax Credit to undocumented workers who file taxes with an ITIN number and provide MediCal benefits to all low-income undocumented adults.

Newsom recently signaled that the legislature is working on a relief package for undocumented immigrants but did not provide specifics about the plan.

“California cares deeply about undocumented residents in this state,” Newsom said.

Maria Hernandez, a 44-year-old housecleaner, hasn’t had work since the Bay Area implemented the nation’s first shelter-in-place order in mid-March. 

“I can’t apply for many resources and this gives me so much anxiety,” Hernandez says. “We are only one family and there are tons of families that are suffering in those moment for being undocumented, and there is a lot of fear to ask for help because of the fear of being deported, of losing housing. My community is very vulnerable.”

As pressure mounts on state and federal officials to support the taxpaying undocumented workforce, new local resources are popping up to help people.

In the Bay Area, financial assistance programs for undocumented workers affected by COVID-19 related job losses have sprung up in San Francisco, Sonoma County, and Oakland. A relief fund for local migrant youth affected by the state’s shelter-in-place order was launched in Santa Clara, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and Alameda counties, but is no longer taking applications.

“As soon as the Bay Area issued its shelter-at-home orders we started getting calls from folks who were losing their work or wondering about whether they had to go to work because it felt all of a sudden very unsafe,” said Derek Schoonmaker, an attorney at the Oakland-based Centro Legal de la Raza, which recently launched a relief fund for undocumented Oakland workers who have lost jobs or income. 

“The clients we work with are often paycheck to paycheck. They are depending on their week’s paycheck to cover basic needs like rent and food, so taking a hit in their income can mean a real scramble to get that together to meet those needs.”

In the past several weeks, Schoonmaker said, the fund has raised roughly $330,000 — primarily from a grant from the City of Oakland, foundations, and individual donors — and has received more than 1,500 applications from undocumented workers. The fund will distribute $500 grants to each applicant, but so far can’t help everyone who applied due to the volume of applications.

In addition, teachers and administrators in the Oakland Unified School District have launched a program where people can turn over their federal stimulus checks to undocumented families.

Yet some of the groups administering grants say their efforts will have a limited impact without broader policy changes.

Across the U.S., immigrant’s rights groups, labor organizations and some lawmakers are calling on national officials to provide relief for undocumented workers ineligible for food and other safety net benefits and left out of the federal government’s coronavirus stimulus checks, with a particular focus on those workers who filed taxes with ITINs.

“The relief checks ignore the contribution of immigrant families and the essential contribution they are making now and missing the fact that they are families that have been paying into the system and contributing in a formal way to our economy,” said Erin Quinn, senior staff attorney at the Bay Area-based Immigrant Legal Resource Center. 

Congressman Lou Correa (D-CA) has introduced the Leave No Taxpayer Behind Act, which would ensure that immigrants who filed taxes with ITIN numbers would be eligible for the government’s $1,200 coronavirus relief check. 

Jacqueline García is a reporter with La Opinión and Erica Hellerstein is a reporter with the Mercury News. This article is part of  The California Divide, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequity and economic survival in California.

GroceriesFood is top of mind for many during the COVID-19 pandemic — how to keep your family fed amid layoffs, concerns about grocery outings and food transmission, all while trying to maintain social distance.

If you’re struggling to put food on the table, have questions about food safety or need help safely getting groceries, here are some resources to help.

(Image: Pexels / Vicki Moore)

Looking for these resources in Spanish? Click here.

Help getting food

SoCoEmergency.org: Sonoma County says food assistance is available, but because of the increased demand on local organizations, your first resource should be family, friends, neighbors and/or caregivers who can assist you. 

If you still need help, visit their food assistance web page to learn more about local services for able-bodied individuals, seniors, children and more.

Redwood Empire Food Bank: The Redwood Empire food bank is operating. See their website for information on how they are responding to the pandemic, including where to get food.

Catholic Charities: Catholic Charities is providing food distribution and other resources. See a map of where to get food here.

CalFresh: Monthly food benefits are available for low-income individuals and families. Find information about how to apply here. The Sonoma County Human Services Department can also help connect you to these public benefits.

211Sonoma Search for Food Pantries: Search for food pantries near you in Sonoma County.

SF Chronicle Searchable Database for Grocery Delivery: Search through a directory to help you order produce, meat and pantry goods during shelter in place.

SF Chronicle Searchable Database of Restaurants Delivering: Find Bay Area restaurants that are offering delivery during the pandemic.

Food Safety

Consumer Reports: How to Protect Yourself While Shopping

FDA: Food Safety and the Coronavirus

USDA Coronavirus Resources

NPR: No, You Don’t Need To Disinfect Your Groceries. But Here’s How To Shop Safely

NPR: How Safe Is It To Eat Takeout?

Local Stores 

A list of Sonoma County grocery stores offering delivery, pick-up or senior hours can be found on the county website.

Oliver's: Actions We're Taking on Coronavirus

Safeway: Answers to Your Covid-19 Questions

Lucky: Covid-19 Updates

Helping Others with Food and Donations

Press Democrat: Here are some suggestions from the Press Democrat on how to help others during the pandemic. 

Volunteering: Find local volunteer opportunities from the Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership.

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  153. New Documentary Addresses Gaps in Health Insurance Access
  154. Sonoma County Needs Your Help to Create a Power Outage Economic Impact Report
  155. Great Shakeout Earthquake Drills Planned for Thursday
  156. 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Comes with Complexity
  157. Local Author Writes a Guidebook for Immigrant Parents
  158. Fire Survivors React to Power Shut-off
  159. Residents Observe Anniversary of the Sonoma Complex Fires
  160. Sonoma County Ridesharing Service Aims to Help Women Feel Safer
  161. Fire Survivors Demand Insurance Companies Continue to Cover Rent
  162. City of Santa Rosa Unveils New Emergency Warning Sirens
  163. Smokey the Bear Has Affected Forest Management for Decades
  164. Julián Castro Addresses Top Issues Facing Californians
  165. Behind the Scenes at one of the Nation’s Largest Cannabis Companies
  166. Rohnert Park Opens Emergency Cooling Centers
  167. Santa Rosa Will Open Cooling Centers Tuesday and Wednesday
  168. Group Asks Santa Rosa Businesses to Hasten $15 Minimum Wage
  169. PG&E Announces Planned Public Safety Power Shut Offs for This Week
  170. West County High School District Negotiates with Teachers
  171. West Sonoma County Teachers May Strike Over Salaries
  172. President & CEO Nancy Dobbs to Retire
  173. Roseland Mural Welcomed into the Community
  174. Trauma Threatens To Impact School Attendance In Paradise
  175. Paradise School Counselors Address High Rates of PTSD Among Students
  176. Educators Use Poetry to Help Kids Talk About Trauma
  177. Forum Celebrates Women Leaders at NASA Ames Research Center
  178. Sonoma County Leaders Discuss Sexism in Politics During Panel
  179. Study Shows Climate Change Could Threaten Oyster Habitat
  180. Director Ann Shin Examines Intelligence Industry in New Film
  181. Local Jewish Leader Questions Trump's 'Disloyalty' Claim
  182. Housing Insecurity Is Taking a Toll on Youth’s Health
  183. Three Years In, Legal Cannabis Still Causing Fights
  184. Controlled Burns Could Help Prevent California's Megafires
  185. Rainer Navarro Becomes New Police Chief of Santa Rosa
  186. Changes in Math Education Cause Anxiety Among Parents
  187. October 2017 Wildfires Are Affecting Crucial Health Programs
  188. Protesters Urge Sonoma County to Divest from Private Prisons
  189. Portraits of Unhoused Neighbors Emphasize Humanity
  190. Annual Mochilada Backpack Giveaway Kicks off the School Year
  191. Schulz Museum Celebrates Woodstock Festival on its 50th Anniversary
  192. Rep. Huffman Talks Local Issues and Trump at Point Reyes
  193. Local Priest Reacts to National Cathedral Statement on Trump
  194. Agencies Face Stricter Guidelines When Evicting the Homeless
  195. Santa Rosa Holds Public Hearing on PG&E Rate Hike
  196. Bohemian Club Provides Talent for Monte Rio Variety Show
  197. Bohemian Grove Annual Encampment Ends for the Summer
  198. Residents Celebrate Agricultural Roots at Sonoma County Fair
  199. Families Celebrate Sonoma County Fair Despite Increased Security
  200. Officials Address Safety Along SMART Train Corridor
  201. Supervisor Zane Cites Progress, Concerns in Kaiser Talks
  202. Grand Jury Commends Sonoma County Jail Mental Health Program
  203. Grand Jury Finds Problems Within Behavioral Health Division
  204. Santa Rosa Symphony Performs Free Concert
  205. Mendocino Winemakers Consider Plan to Boost Tourism and Sales
  206. Santa Rosa Priest Accused of Stealing over $95,000 from Parish
  207. Nine Barlow Businesses Sue Over Flood Damages
  208. Food for Thought to Close Forestville Store but Retain Focus
  209. Sonoma County Library Eliminates Overdue Fines
  210. Museum of Sonoma County Opens Exhibition on History of Cannabis
  211. Santa Rosa Residents Protest Detention of Migrant Children
  212. California HOPE Crisis Counseling Ends
  213. Local Group Shares Hotline to Protect Undocumented Immigrants
  214. Sonoma County Inspects Rural Properties for Fire Safety
  215. Host of KPCC's The Big One Podcast Shares Earthquake Tips
  216. 'Hairspray': The Perfect Musical for this Moment
  217. Roseland Residents Give Input on 2050 General Plan
  218. Book Tells Stories of Refugees Exiled 'Home' to Cambodia
  219. California on Independence Day in 1776
  220. Sonoma County Struggles With Property Tax Loss from 2017 Fires
  221. State Bill to Boost Housing Density Stalls in the Legislature
  222. Teenage Vaping on the Rise in Sonoma County
  223. Sonoma County Interfaith Council Denounces Hate
  224. Experts Showcase Fire Resistant Building Materials
  225. Stacey Abrams in Conversation with NorCal Public Media
  226. KRCB Wins Three Awards from the Public Radio Journalists Association
  227. Low-Income Students Face Food Insecurity During Summer Break
  228. PG&E Agrees to $415 Million Settlement for North Bay Fires
  229. Civilians Who Tested Agent Orange Now Sick, Dying: Podcast
  230. Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Finalizes Budget
  231. Firing Forests to Save Them: Could Native Traditions Save Lives?
  232. A Statewide Flex Alert Calls for Energy Conservation on Tuesday, June 11
  233. Petaluma Business Leaders Work to Prevent Opioid Deaths
  234. Report Warns 2020 Census Could Undercount Millions
  235. Yolo County's Sand Fire Forces Evacuations Near Guinda
  236. Against All Odds, Paradise Students Graduate on Home Campus
  237. Grist Finds Link Between Pollution and Infant Death in San Bernardino
  238. Santa Rosa High School Lockdown Lifted, Suspect in Custody
  239. Citizen Input Sought for Santa Rosa's Future
  240. Reveal Finds Rampant Wage Theft in the Caregiving Industry
  241. KRCB TV Highlights the Wine Industry’s Unsung Heroes
  242. Local Activists Bring Green New Deal Principles to Sonoma
  243. Capital Public Radio Announces Move to Downtown Sacramento
  244. Activist Group Sues County Over Andy Lopez Records
  245. Hope for Sonoma's Coast; Other Calif. Areas Under Siege
  246. Sonoma County Activists Address Climate Change at Town Hall
  247. Mormon Temple in Oakland Open to Public for Limited Time
  248. Israel's Consul General in S.F. Condemns Anti-Semitism
  249. Kaiser CEO Tyson Meets with Families on Mental Health
  250. Prepare for Disasters by Getting to Know Your Neighbors
  251. Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet: 'I Love Petaluma'
  252. New Health Officer Tackles Measles and Other Top Concerns
  253. FEMA Hosts Disaster Preparedness Symposium in Santa Rosa
  254. Political Cartoonist Speaks on the Importance of Satire
  255. Sonoma County Sheriff Releases Andy Lopez Case Files
  256. Alegría De La Cruz, Newest Schools Trustee, Aims at Equity
  257. More Coffey Park Residents Begin to Return Home
  258. Family Turns Grief to Activism After Daughter's Suicide
  259. News: Connect the Bay Follow Up -Your Housing Questions Answered
  260. Fishermen Cautiously Optimistic About Salmon Season Forecast
  261. Meet the New Director of Sonoma County's Watchdog Office
  262. Crab Season Ends Early to Protect Whales
  263. YWCA Educates Public on Domestic Abuse After Recent Tragedies
  264. Santa Rosa City Council Skeptical of Regional Housing Plan
  265. Guerneville Residents Work to Repair Their Homes, Lives
  266. Guerneville Businesses Work to Reopen A Month After Flood
  267. Barlow Tenants Question Why Flood Plan Didn’t Work
  268. Miss Sonoma County 2019 Breaks Down Barriers
  269. Garden Society Presents Pot Podcast and Products for Women
  270. City of Healdsburg Tables Renter Protection Ordinance
  271. Landslide Threatens Several Homes in Forestville
  272. Counties: No Criminal Charges Against PG&E in 2017 Wildfires
  273. Greg Sarris: Author, Professor, Chairman of Local Tribe
  274. Sonoma County Emergency Manager Speaks on Flood Recovery
  275. Sonoma County Residents Search for Flood Recovery Assistance
  276. Rep. Huffman Tours Barlow in Sebastopol Following Flood
  277. Russian River Flood Recovery Resource Page
  278. Santa Rosa Declares Local Emergency; No Worry Yet on Water
  279. Sebastopol Voters Debate Leasing Local Hospital
  280. New SSU Exec Commits to Diversity, First Generation Students
  281. Healdsburg Mayor David Hagele Defends Housing Budget
  282. Northern Elephant Seals Take Over Drake's Beach at Point Reyes
  283. Legal Marijuana Makes Talking About Safety Harder for Some Parents
  284. Petaluma Mayor Teresa Barrett Hopes to Tackle Housing Shortage
  285. Windsor Mayor Foppoli: No Use Fighting District Elections
  286. David Rabbitt Steps in as Chair of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
  287. California Senator Dodd Reacts to State of the State Address
  288. Gov. Newsom State of the State: Housing, Health, PG&E, Trump
  289. North Bay Celebrates Annual Pliny the Younger Release
  290. Scientists Release Scale Ranking Atmospheric River Intensity
  291. Local Agencies Address Flood Control on Russian River
  292. French WW II Spy Brings Story of Courage to Petaluma
  293. Mayor Amy Harrington Talks About Upcoming Changes for 2019
  294. Informe: County Sheriff Plans Better Community Relations
  295. Informe: Essick, Sonoma County Sheriff Plans Prison Reform
  296. Informe: Santa Rosa Mayor Questions Need for Translations
  297. Informe: Santa Rosa's Mayor on the City's Homeless Crisis
  298. Informe: Santa Rosa Mayor Schwedhelm Lays Out Priorities
  299. Informe: Tom Schwedhelm Becomes Santa Rosa Mayor
  300. Santa Rosa Mayor Talks About his Priorities for 2019
  301. Volunteers Help Sonoma County Track Homelessness
  302. Santa Rosa Women’s March Spurs Excitement for 2020 Elections
  303. PG&E Bankruptcy Imminent; Banks Offer Billions in Financing
  304. Political Forum Blue-Green Eggs and Ham Draws Over 400
  305. 'Zero Waste' on KRCB TV in the North Bay - Jan 22; We Revisit Radio Report
  306. Council Member Victoria Fleming Talks About Goals for 2019
  307. Santa Rosa Diocese Releases List of Clergy Members Accused of Abuse
  308. Fear of Gangs Driving Central Americans North: Podcast
  309. New Sonoma County Sheriff Hopes to Improve Community Relations
  310. Report Highlights Sonoma County Employment Trends
  311. Rep. Jackie Speier Suggests Border Compromise via DACA
  312. Snoopy's Home Ice to Celebrate 50th Anniversary in 2019
  313. Living with Lead: 'Like Crabs in a Barrel'
  314. Living Downstream Preview: Tour Uncovers Richmond Poisons
  315. Native Fire Practices Can Make Communities Safer
  316. Community Health Workers Help Gain Environmental Justice
  317. Woodstock and Red-Haired Girl Get Their Day in 2019
  318. County Agrees to $3 Million Lopez Settlement
  319. Emerald Cup Draws Cannabis Experts, Entrepreneurs and Fans
  320. Emerald Cup Prize to Willie Nelson, Others Enjoy Legal Smoke
  321. Sonoma Residents Work to Reduce Health Disparities
  322. Journalist Tess Vigeland Leads Camp Fire Reporting Effort
  323. Sexual Assault Prevention Educator Opposes Title IX Changes
  324. Coffey Strong Heads to Butte County to Share Advice
  325. Immigration Tied to Benefits? County Schools Head Says No
  326. North Bay Residents Offer Hope, Aid to Camp Fire Evacuees
  327. Sonoma County to Create New Emergency Management Department
  328. Community Members Debate How to Best Spend Homelessness Aid Grant
  329. Santa Rosa Official Offers Advice to Camp Fire Survivors
  330. Santa Rosa City Council Votes to Extend Renter Protections
  331. California Seeks Input on Housing Recovery Funds
  332. Dogs Compete in Sheep Herding at Hopland Research Center
  333. Santa Rosa Hosts 2018 California Economic Summit
  334. In Short Time, Conductor Lecce-Chong Puts Stamp on Symphony
  335. Music Inspires Climate Activists at Global Summit
  336. Climate Summit Contest: Unlikely Company Wins Funding
  337. Displaced Camp Fire Evacuees Consider What Comes Next
  338. Camp Fire Evacuees Sleep in Cars, Tents in Chico Parking Lot
  339. Poor Air Quality Poses Health Hazard for Workers
  340. Commentary: One Year On, Cannabis Legalization Mostly On Track
  341. KRCB's Steve Mencher and Adia White Discuss the Midterm Election
  342. Equity a Key Topic at 26th Annual Latino Health Forum
  343. Shomrei Torah Hosts Service for Tree of Life Shooting Victims
  344. The Difficult Birth of the Graton Resort and Casino
  345. Santa Rosa Voters Deliberate Affordable Housing Measure
  346. Sonoma County Works to Finalize Disaster Recovery Plan
  347. As City Builds New Park in Roseland, Whose Voices Are Heard?
  348. Sebastopol Building First in the Region to Use Hempcrete
  349. $12 Million in State Funds to Aid the Homeless in Sonoma Co.
  350. 'Pictures of a Gone City' Presents Bay Area, Warts and All
  351. Sonoma Co. Releases Results of Emergency Alert Tests
  352. Huffman Opponent Dale Mensing Supports Trump and DACA
  353. Rep. Jared Huffman Running on Accomplishments and Opposition to Trump
  354. One Year After the Oct. Wildfires, Many Families Are Still Uprooted
  355. Coffey Park Resident Shares her Experience a Year after the Fires
  356. More Counseling Services Needed for Spanish Speakers
  357. On Fire Anniversary, Recalling 'Battle to Save Jack London's Mountain'
  358. Cannabis Commentary: Return to Pot Prohibition Impossible
  359. Emergency Alert Test Lacks Spanish Translation for Broadcast
  360. Creative Sonoma Art Program Helps Students Cope With Trauma
  361. Organizations Work to Remove Language Barriers in Disasters
  362. Grape Stomping Ushers in the Harvest Season
  363. Grape Harvest Underway Across the North Bay
  364. Kavanaugh-Ford Testify Before Senate Judiciary – Watch Live Beginning at 7 am
  365. After a Month in Palestine, Empathy for Plight of Refugees
  366. Violence Prevention Partnership Keeps Kids out of Gangs
  367. Santa Rosa Hosts Gang Prevention Training for Parents
  368. Sonoma Co. Seeks Funds for Homelessness, Mental Health
  369. Sebastopol Peace Wall Adds Ellsberg, Huerta, and Two Locals
  370. North Bay Farm Shows Some Agriculture Can Help the Earth
  371. Mendocino Company Uses Goats to Reduce Wildfire Risk
  372. "Reflections After the Fire" Aims to Ease Trauma Through Art
  373. Gov. Jerry Brown Blasts Trump on Climate Change at SF Summit
  374. Global Climate Summit Update: Protecting Forests, People
  375. Meet Our New Cannabis Commentator, David Downs
  376. Sonoma County Tests Wireless Emergency Alerts
  377. Mendocino Company Markets Wild Seaweed as a Healthy Snack
  378. Climate Summit Takes Over San Francisco
  379. North Bay Residents March for Climate, Jobs and Justice
  380. Grand Jury Details Upgrades for Sonoma Emergency Response
  381. Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Faults Emergency Response
  382. Spanish Speakers Question Officials at Fire Recovery Event
  383. Monarchs and Milkweed: Giving Butterflies a Boost
  384. Cannabis Expert David Downs: Market in Flux, Changes Certain
  385. Charles M. Schulz Museum to Host Auction for Wildfire Relief
  386. Expanded Life Jacket Program Saves Lives on Russian River
  387. Homeless Series Continues: Meet Chris and Cheri
  388. Firefighters Make Progress on Largest California Wildfires
  389. Mendocino County Farm Saved from Ranch Fire by Quick Action
  390. Sonoma County Provides Resources for Businesses Recovering from October Wildfires
  391. Wildfire Season Prompts Another Look at Emergency Warnings in California
  392. Cannabis Growers and Sellers in Sonoma County Confront Angry Neighbors
  393. Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Donate $280,000; Fully Fund Rohnert Park Food Needs
  394. Hopland Research Center in Mendocino Uses Fire as Learning Experience
  395. Congratulations to Best Radio DJ in the North Bay, Brian Griffith
  396. After Wildfire Devastation Comes New Life; 'Gold Spot' Film on KRCB Aug. 7
  397. Mendocino Fires Continue Burning; We Talk with Cal Fire for the Latest
  398. Final Multi-Agency Active Shooter Training Exercise is Scheduled for Friday
  399. New Evacuation Orders in Mendocino Complex Fires
  400. A Red Flag Warning Will Be In Effect Through 11:00 pm Saturday

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