Mediators Beyond Borders

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100

Mediation isn’t just for family or business disputes. It can also be applied to tribal or international conflicts, and the organization called Mediators Beyond Borders was created to do just that.

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Step Into Africa exhibit

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100

What is it like growing up in the areas of Africa that have been ravaged by the AIDS epidemic? A traveling exhibit visiting Santa Rosa this week supplies some first-hand answers.

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To reserve times and tickets for the free exhibit while it is in Santa Rosa, click hRead More...

Foreclosures Part 1

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100

The wave of home foreclosures that swept California in 2008 and 2009 has not gone away. In some ways, it may be getting worse.

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Tool Library

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0100

Obeying the old admonition to “find an need and fill it,” Dustin Zuckerman has created the Santa Rosa Tool Library.

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The introduction of the Santa RoRead More...

Crisis at Home

Voice of Youth — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:56:57 +0100

Ten teenagers from Santa Rosa, California-based Community Action Partners explore the impact of the national economic crisis on our local communities. These young "citizen journalists" explore a wide range of topics such as housing, food, and unemployment, and meet many individuals facing these unprecedented challenges.

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Watch Monday Night at 7:30 p.m. on KRCB-TV

Youth, Civic Engagement, and the Economy

Cheryl Scholar — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:24:05 +0100

KRCB and Project Safe, a youth leadership team run through the Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (CAP) have teamed up to produce a series of video and audio productions featuring the stories of individuals and families whose lives have been affected by the economic crisis in various ways. This project is part of KRCB’s Voice of Youth program, an on-going venture that provides an outlet for young people to connect with the broader community in artisticRead More...

Urban Permaculture

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0100

Permaculture - an idea that began around sustainable agriculture - is moving into the urban environment.

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You can also learn more about this subject at the Oakland-based Urban Permaculture Guild.

Dave Henson, Executive Read More...

Land Paths

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:00:00 +0100

The Sonoma County non-profit Land Paths, founded a dozen years ago to help connect urban residents to the natural world around them, is finding that goal taking them in some unexpected new directions.

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Landpaths' mission is "to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County,&Read More...

KBBF Election

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:00:00 +0100

Even after a court-monitored election for a new board of directors, Santa Rosa's non-commercial and bilingual radio station KBBF remains deeply divided as it struggles to survive.

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Sun Dragon

Bruce Robinson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100

It's name--The Sun Dragon--may not even be the most unusual thing about the newest civic solar installation in Sebastopol.

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The Sun Dragon's unusual appearance also offers some technical benefits, Read More...

Protesting Torture

Bruce Robinson — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0100

The United States has abdicated its standing as a nation that does not condone or practice torture, but Father Louis Vitale is working to reinstate that stance. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/9-05-08.mp3{/mp3remote}

A more detailed account of Fr. Vitale's arrest at Fort Huachuca can be found here .

Father Vitale will speRead More...

Health Action Coalition

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:00:00 +0100

How do you improve the health of a whole county? That’s the challenge that Sonoma Health Action is tackling.

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The number of uninsured in Sonoma County is estimated at over 42,000 and growing. Physicians continue to leave the community and specialists are in short supplRead More...

How to reach us

Cheryl Scholar — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0100

When I'm out in the community, I often get asked questions, some variation of "how can I get KRCB involved in my community event?" or "how can I get publicity?" I know it can be difficult to figure out how to approach the station if you don't happen to know someone who works here.

One of the major purposes of this blog is to make the station more transparent to the community. Bruce Robinson, our news director here at KRCB, has been kind enough to compile a quick guide:

Tasers

Bruce Robinson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:00:00 +0100

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Concerns about “usage creep,” in which tasers are used when other methods might be more appropriate, were raised in the 2005 report Stun Gun Fallacy: How the Lack Read More...

Human trafficking

Bruce Robinson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:00:00 +0100

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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 Read More...

The Future of Health Care

Bruce Robinson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:00:00 +0100

If the American health care delivery system we have today is broken – and a great many people think it is – what would a good, functional system look like? And how would we get there from here? E.J. Neil, co-chair of the North Sonoma County Health Care District, which operates the Community Hospital in Healdsburg, shares someRead More...

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