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| When a police drug raid results in the arrest of both parents in a household, what happens to their children? {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/1-12-09.mp3{/mp3remote} | |
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One of the difficulties in reuniting families that have been separated by drug-related arrests, says Nick Honey, is creating a new environment where pre-existing dangers to the children have been removed.
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Nick Honey explains that almost as soon as a child is placed in temporary foster care, a process to develop a long-term plan for his or her future gets under way.
{mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/plan.mp3{/mp3remote}
To report known or suspected child abuse in Sonoma County, call:
1-800-870-7064
or the hotline number: (707) 565-430.
| Job training and education go hand in hand for Conservation Corps North Bay, the rebranded Marin Conservation Corps which has recently expanded to serve Sonoma County, too. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/1-8-09.mp3{/mp3remote} | |
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Marilee Eckert, Executive Director of the newly renamed Conservation Corps North Bay, says it is well-positioned to grow into a regional service agency.
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Eckert anticipates bringing many of the programs the organization has already established in Marin into Sonoma County under their new banner, such as their youth recycling crew, which is already at work at some Sonoma County parks and schools.
| 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. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/1-7-09.mp3{/mp3remote} | |
 | Former KBBF interim general manager Jesus Lozano (right) resigned his position when his legal history became public locally. |
In a bit of broadcasting license legerdemain, KBBF has agreed to swap its official FCC-registered legal hometown in Santa Rosa with Sinclair Broadcasting's KSXY-FM (now broadcasting as Y98.7, an adult top 40 station) in Calistoga. KBBF attorney Gregory Wonderwheel explains what the change means for the station.
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Wonderwheel adds that the payment from Sinclair to KBBF will help the noncommercial Spanish-language station pay for some repairs and improvements that were ordered after the City of Santa Rosa annexed the property where the KBBF studios stand.
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| After 20 years as a director of the Sonoma County Water Agency, departing Sonoma County Supervisor Tim Smith thinks there's a better way to govern that key department. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/1-6-09.mp3{/mp3remote} | |
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It is unclear if anyone on the new Board of Supervisors is prepared to take up this issue and champion it, but if and when someone does, Smith says some of the political groundwork has already been laid. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/explore.mp3{/mp3remote}
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Smith says the Sonoma County Transportation Agency could be used as a successful model for a more broadly shared governance of a similar agency dedicated to managing all the county's water infrastructure and related endeavors. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/model.mp3{/mp3remote}
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| New year's resolutions aren't just for individuals; local businesses also can, and quite possibly should, pledge to take fresh actions in 2009. {mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/1-5-09.mp3{/mp3remote}
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Ben Stone, Executive Director of the Sonoma County Economic Development Board (above) offers this advice to business owners as the new year begins:
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For workers, 2009 will also likely be an unsettled year. In the following audio clip, Stone suggests some creative approaches to keeping paychecks coming for those who may find themselves "downsized."
{mp3remote}http://media.krcb.org/audio/nbr/jobs.mp3{/mp3remote}
