SoCo Chat

Fabiola Espinoza, Analista de Planificación y Evaluación de Programas del Departamento de Servicios de Salud del Condado de Sonoma, habla sobre el suicidio y prevención, incluidos los recursos disponibles para quienes los necesitan.

¿Cuáles son las causas subyacentes de la adicción a los opioides y cómo podemos abordar esta epidemia? Una conversación con Especialista del Programa Manejando Bajo la Influencia, Laura Gomez, División de Salud Conductual del Condado de Sonoma.

A conversation with Substance Use Disorder Services Manager for the County of Sonoma, Will Gayowski, who discusses the underlying causes of opioid addiction and how we can address this epidemic.  

Our guest, Janice Blalock, former commissioner of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women, joined us as we dug into a new report that reveals some surprising insights into how women and girls are faring in Sonoma County.

Talking about goats, otters and other highlights of West County life.

In today’s interview, we talked with Nikolaos Pelekis, Sonoma County Law Library Manager, who oversees the Law Library. He discusses the amazing services provided including passport services, lawyers in the library and how to get a state park pass on loan. Listen in to hear all the amazing details.

In this episode we talk about the County’s safety net. When people fall on hard times, the Sonoma County Human Services Department is there to soften their landing and help them get back on their feet. Our guest is Angela Struckmann, who oversees the County’s safety net services as director of the Human Services Department.

We talk with Becky Bartling, Chief Executive Officer of the Sonoma County Fair, on what’s new and exciting at this year’s event.

Hablamos con Hugo Mata, Tesorero de la Junta de directores del Centro de Eventos de la Feria del Condado de Sonoma, sobre la feria, incluidas las novedades y entretenimiento de este año.

Our topic today is youth mental health. Our nation’s Surgeon General called our mental health crisis among children the “defining public health challenge of our time”. To talk to us about this problem, we are pleased to welcome back Melissa Ladrech, who is Mental Health Services Act Coordinator for the Sonoma County Department of Health Services.

Nuestro tema de hoy es la salud mental de los adolescentes. El Cirujano General de nuestro país calificó nuestra crisis de salud mental entre los niños como el «reto de salud pública más importante de nuestro tiempo». Para hablarnos de este problema, nos complace dar la bienvenida de nuevo a Fabiola Espinosa, Analista de Planificación y evaluación de Programas de Servicios de Salud Mental del Depa...

Today’s topic is the spending of your taxpayer dollars here in Sonoma County. We’re going to look into how the County makes its decisions concerning funding and how it puts together the County’s roughly $2.5 billion spending plan, which was recently approved. Our special guest today Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt, the chair of the Board of Supervisors.

Hoy es la última entrega de nuestra serie de cuatro partes sobre prevención y preparación para incendios forestales “Listo Condado de Sonoma”. Hoy en nuestro segmento final, hablaremos con la Gizela Carranza del Programa de Preparación Comunitaria, del Condado de Sonoma para analizar cómo USTED puede estar preparado, cuando ocurre un desastre.

Today is the final installment of our four-part wildfire prevention and preparedness series “SoCo Ready”. In our final segment, we will be discussing what you can do to protect yourself and your family when that evacuation order comes. To help us with that we have as our guest today, Dr. Nancy Brown who is Community Preparedness Program Manager for the County of Sonoma.

This is the third in our special four-part series this month on wildfire prevention and preparedness. Today we speak with Caerleon Saffard, program manager for Permit Sonoma FEMA grants program on how YOU can best prepare your home including how to manage your landscaping, create defensible space and take other steps to protect your residence if and when a fire comes your way.

Esta es la tercera parte de nuestra serie especial de cuatro partes sobre prevención y preparación para incendios forestales. Hoy nos acompañan Miguel Hernandez Inspector de Incendios del departamento de Permisos y recursos del condado de Sonoma, y nuestro enfoque es en cómo USTED puede preparar mejor su hogar, incluido cómo administrar su paisajismo, crear un espacio defendible y tomar otras medi...

Hoy tenemos el gran honor de tener como invitado al Supervisor del Condado de Sonoma, James Gore, que representa al Cuarto Distrito, que se extiende desde el norte de Santa Rosa hasta el límite con el Condado de Mendocino.

Today we have the great honor to have as our guest Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore, who represents the Fourth District, which extends from north Santa Rosa to the Mendocino County line.

Today, we offer you the second in a special four-part series this month about wildfire awareness and preparedness. Joining us today is the vegetation management coordinator of the Sonoma County Ag and Open Space District, Kim Batchelder.

Hoy les ofrecemos la segunda parte de una serie especial de cuatro sobre preparación y concienciación ante los incendios forestales. Hoy nos acompaña el coordinador de gestión de la vegetación del Distrito de Agricultura y Espacios Abiertos del condado de Sonoma, Kim Batchelder.

“SoCo Ready” series seeks to arm you with the information and resources you need to be ready for this year’s fire season, which, in many ways, has already begun. For our first segment, we will be offering an overview of what this fire season looks like. To help us with that, we have as our guest today Jeff DuVall, Director of Sonoma County’s Department of Emergency Management.

Esta serie “Listo Condado de Sonoma” busca brindarle la información y los recursos que necesita para estar preparado para la temporada de incendios de este año, que, en muchos sentidos, ya ha comenzado. Para nuestro primer segmento, ofreceremos una descripción general de cómo es esta temporada de incendios. Para ayudarnos con eso, hoy tenemos como nuestro invitado a Jorge Rodriguez, Gerente del Pr...

Today, we talk with Third District Supervisor Chris Coursey, who represents about 100,000 people who live in central Santa Rosa, the Roseland and Moorland areas, and east Rohnert Park.

In this episode we’re joined by Janice Thompson, Deputy Director of Sonoma County’s Department of Public Infrastructure, to learn more about the upcoming road paving season, the process for choosing road projects, how projects get funded and much more. 

One of the roles of County government is to maintain a “safety net” that cushions the blow for people who have fallen on hard times. We are joined by Jennifer Hainstock, who is here to tell us a little about the services her office provides – and perhaps more importantly, how you can avoid needing her services.