Ben Saari

Supporters of Ben Saari have organized an online petition and letter-writing campaign on his behalf.

Ben Saari talks about his experience copwatching in Sonoma County in the audio clip below.

Those working to combat human trafficking in northern California find they routinely have to overcome two basic assumptions that are widespread, but wrong: It's all about sex, and it doesn't happen here.

Community members are invited to a free public presentation on this issue, on the evening of July 2 at 6 pm at Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa Rosa. Event details are available in English and in Spanish .

Michael Corey Davis is the director of the documentary Cargo: Innocence Lost

Davis also talked about his first film, Svetlana's Journey:

Beer ads on baseball games are one thing, but aggressive marketing of sweet, fruity alcoholic beverages on cable shows aimed at young audiences is quite another. The promotion of these "alcopops" is coming under fire from several directions, and today' s report updates two of them.

A new study from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth points an accusing finger at the alcohol industry, sharing that it is deliberately targeting much of its advertising at underage cable television viewers.

The Marin Institutehas been an active advocate on the alcopop issue in California.