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After botched evacuations at some long- term care facilities during the 2017 Tubbs Fire, senior living centers in California were required to create an evacuation action plan for their residents. During the Glass Fire evacuations, many of the facilities got to see how that preparation paid off. To learn more, KRCB News Director Adia White spoke with Crista Barnett Nelson, the executive director of senior advocacy services in Sonoma County.
A nonprofit in Forestville is helping Glass fire evacuees with everything from finding a place to stay to getting supplies. Ya-Ka-Ama, which means “Our Land” in the Pomo language, has set up a resource site that’s stocked with items like food, air mattresses and hand sanitizer. KRCB News Director Adia White recently spoke with Maria Cardenas, the chairperson of Ya-Ka-Ama, to get the details. 
As the Glass Fire moved quickly toward Santa Rosa Sunday night, residents living in the path of the fire had to move quickly to get out of harm’s way. But many who sought shelter at evacuation centers found themselves being moved from place to place that night as the fast-moving fire combined with the need to social distance during COVID-19 presented added challenges that the community hadn’t seen before with past blazes. KRCB’s Sarah Bohannon has more.
As of Tuesday evening, LaBerge's neighborhood was downgraded to an evacuation warning. The interviews in this story were conducted by KQED’s Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez as part of a collaboration with the California News Hub.
(Image: Elderly fire evacuees many from Spring Lake Village and Oakmont Gardens waiting to enter at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Credit: Erik Castro)
We provide local news updates on The North Bay Report Tuesday-Friday at 6:45, 8:45 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. on KRCB radio 91 and 90.9. Here's our North Bay Report episode for Wednesday, September 30. Subscribe to The North Bay Report podcast to listen on the go.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital workers demonstrated outside the hospital on Wednesday demanding more protections amid a coronavirus outbreak at their workplace that emerged in August. KRCB’s Adia White reports.
As November’s election gets closer, Northern California Public Media has been exploring some of the initiatives that will be on the ballot. But today we’re also taking a look into the voting process itself. It’s going to be a bit different than normal because all Californians will be getting a mail-in ballot as part of the effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. KRCB’s Sarah Bohannon has the details about what that means for Sonoma County.- “This Money Will Be Lifesaving” – Supervisor Zane Weighs In On Measure O (Aired: September 23, 2020)
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