Blog Entries for North Bay Report

Elder Financial Abuse

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Some seniors are especially vulnerable to financial abuse from people close to them, but the Elder Financial Protection Network is working to reduce those risks.

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There's a 24-hour, toll-free hotline for reporting suspected elder abuse at 1-888-436-3600. Additional resources are available through every California county.

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Garden Allies

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100

No matter where you go, insects have people hugely outnumbered. But there are far more beneficial bugs than harmful ones.

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This is a close-up look at a snowy tree cricket. You can see if you recognize its call h [...]

U Visas

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Victims of domestic violence, including undocumented immigrants, now have some new programs available to protect them.

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Here is a link to a page of frequently asked questions about U Visas.

Below are some additional resources with links.

Catholic Charities Immigration Services

Opus has been a part of Breathed's creative world for three decades, but the cartoonist says his original choice of a penguin as a featured character was driven by some quite [...]

Fungi

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Fungi are the oldest living things on land, and with an estimated two million varieties, they may hold many yet-to-be-discovered medicinal and other benefits.

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Paul Stamets, founder and president of Fungi Perfecti , has written six books on mushroom cultivation including Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms and The Mushroom Culti [...]

Biomimicry

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Alternatives to technologies that depend on fossil fuels are all around us, modeled in the natural world, and studied in the new field of bio-mimicry.

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Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, is founder of The Biomimicry Institute, whose mission is to nurture and grow a global community of [...]

Guantanamo Muslims

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Anti-Muslim attitudes run so deep at Guantanamo Bay that even an American Army chaplain sent there to minister to the detainees in their own faith wound up imprisoned and abused.

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Chaplain Yee says the response to his book and his s [...]

Golden Gate Raptors Observatory

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

No, it's not your imagination. There really are a lot more hawks, falcons and other raptors passing overhead these days.

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We may not think of the common California turkey vulture as a raptor, but Alan Fish explains that they are part of that same avian family.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Part II

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

From dogs to pigs to chimpanzees, The Animal Legal Defense Fund represents an interesting and unusual array of interests.

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ALDF is an active supporter of Proposition 2, a major initiative for farm animal rights.

Stephen Wells explains why roadsid [...]

Animal Legal Defense Fund Part I

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Issues involving animals are a growing area of American law, one where the Cotati-based Animal Legal Defense Fund is actively involved.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund, or ALDF, has worked to protect the rights of animals since 1979. Executive Director Steven Wells, has been working with the or [...]

Project Censored

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Now in its 32nd year, Project Censored finds there is still no shortage of important news that isn't being covered by the major commercial media.

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Sonoma County's Climate Action Plan

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

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It's one thing to set ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but quite another to map out exactly how Sonoma County can reach the goals it has set.

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�Sonoma County's Community Climate Action Plan will be unveiled tonig [...]

Local Economic Impacts

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

� Same sex weddings and Community Impact Reports could both have a notable effect on the Sonoma County economy.

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On� October 6, the Petaluma City Council is expected to vote on a resolution requiring Community Impact R [...]

Ukraine Teachers

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0100

�For a visiting group of educators from Ukraine, seeing American school classrooms in action was a learning experience.

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� To read about the mission and design for the Open World Leadership Center, click here .

The Open World exchange program was established to increase partnership and sharing of economic and demo [...]

Away With All Gods

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:00:00 +0100

Is believing in gods harmful to humankind? Sunsara Taylor believes it is.

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Throughout human history cultures around the globe have developed complex systems of gods and religion. But Taylor questions the idea that these beliefs grow out of an innate aspect of human nature.

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Pursuit of Equality

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0100

Director Geof Callan's new documentary film is trying to do more than capture history; he wants to influence it.

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Jeanne Rizzo says it was not an easy decision to become part of the lawsuit that overturned the California law that blocked same sex marriages, but it was the right choice.

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Bailout

bruce_robinson@krcb.org (KRCB Rural California Broadcasting Corporation) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:00:00 +0100

�The Congressional banking bailout bill that failed yesterday, also failed the thousands of California homeowners already facing foreclosure.

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Kimberly Jones, Policy Adv [...]