Organizing Against Poverty

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:55:14 +0100

What can people in poverty do to improve their lives? Mary Gonzales takes an atypical approach; organizing disadvantaged communities to exercise political clout they didn’t know they had.

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Increased Recycling

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

California has long since met its goal of recycling at least half of the state’s waste stream. So north coast Assemblyman Wes Chesbro thinks we should reset the goal to be even higher.

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Extinct Clover

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

The number of plants and animals listed as threatened or endangered is almost constantly growing. But only rarely does a species that was thought to be extinct make a come-back to join the endangered list. This is the story of just such a recovery, in the coastal hills of the North Bay.

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Bruce Robinson — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0100

There’s widespread agreement that California’s state government is dysfunctional and “broken.” Our constitution was adopted when the the Golden State small, homogenous and barely industrialized. What will it take to bring the mechanics of the California'’s governance into the 21st century?
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Ethnic Mental Health

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:51:22 +0100

Different cultures deal with mental illness quite differently, which poses a significant challenge to mental health service providers in an area such as Sonoma County, with extensive multicultural subpopulations.
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When a child is born or diagnosed with deafness or hearing impairment, both medical responses and educational interventions are available. But how are parents to make informed choices? That’s the subject of a bitter debate right now in Sacramento.

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Community Clinics & Health Care Reform

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

The federal health care bill, passed earlier this year, will also boost the fiscal well-begin of community clinics in Sonoma County, as well as the patients they serve.

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Food Stamps at Farmer's Market

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100

A change at the Santa Rosa Farmer’s Market that begins on Saturday may help some lower income households enjoy healthier menus.

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Net Neutrality

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Defenders of uniform access to the internet, a concept termed "net neutrality" are calling on the FCC to reject a new proposal from Google and Verizon to create multiple tiers of access.

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Fort Ross, the only Russian outpost ever established on what is now the continental United States, celebrates the 198th anniversary of its founding with an annual Cultural Heritage Day on Saturday, July 31.

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