Greta Mart

San Francisco Bay

News Director at KRCB-TV (Rohnert Park, CA)

News director at @KRCBNews, the NPR member station covering Sonoma County. Proud alumna @ucbsoj, '15; always up for an adventure.

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Articles

Sebastopol and Sonoma County's creative agreement for Measure U & I ta

1 week ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Noah Abrams |Greta Mart

The city of Sebastopol is still waiting on word from Sacramento to put a pair of November tax measures into place as intended. But a creative agreement with Sonoma County is keeping the cash flowing. When Sebastopol voters passed Measure U, a half-cent sales tax, and Sonoma County voters approved Measure I, a quarter-cent sales tax, in the November 2024 general election, a sales tax showdown was set in motion. State tax law prohibits Sebastopol and Sonoma County from putting both in place.
KRCB Reporter's Notebook: 150 staffers face layoffs at Santa Rosa City Schools

1 week ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Adriana Manrique Gutierrez |Adriana Acero Gutiérrez |Greta Mart

Heading into the last days of the 2024/2025 school year, it's been a tumultuous one for Santa Rosa City Schools, the largest public school district in Sonoma County. A yawning budget deficit, declining enrollment, the closure of at least four school campuses and leadership issues prompted a multitude of late night meetings and consequential decisions. To catch up on the latest, KRCB News speaks with Adriana Gutierrez, education and child welfare reporter at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
Bay Area injunction protecting international students expanded through

2 weeks ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Joe Dworetzky |Greta Mart

The other shoe dropped Thursday in Oakland when a federal judge expanded his earlier order protecting the immigration status of two dozen international students to cover all similarly situated students throughout the United States.
FBI arrests Ken Mattson for alleged million-dollar Ponzi scheme

2 weeks ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Katy St. Clair |Greta Mart

An embattled Sonoma real estate mogul was arrested Thursday by federal agents and is accused of operating a Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Kenneth Mattson, 63, has been indicted on allegations of wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice, prosecutors said. The DOJ alleges that Mattson got wind of an investigation into his business practices by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year and he deleted thousands of files relevant to his case.
Google's $125 million deal with California for local news is already s

2 weeks ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Jeanne Kuang |Greta Mart

A controversial $125 million deal California struck with Google last year to prop up the state's struggling journalism industry is already on track to shrink -- before any of the money has been delivered to news outlets. The deal, announced last August, committed California and Google to each put tens of millions of dollars into a fund to be distributed to local news outlets over five years.
SF Bay fish contaminated with levels of forever chemicals that could h

2 weeks ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Rachel Becker |Greta Mart

Contaminants known as "forever chemicals" have been discovered in San Francisco Bay fish at levels that could pose a health threat to people who eat fish caught there, according to new research published Tuesday. Linked to an array of health conditions such as cancers, heart disease and pregnancy disorders, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances resist breaking down in the environment.
Expanded carpool lane hours coming to 101 in Marin, Sonoma counties

2 weeks ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Mark Prell |Greta Mart

Expanded carpool hours are coming to Highway 101, once the widening of the Novato Narrows project is complete. Currently, in Sonoma County, carpool hours are 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 6:30 p.m. in both directions. In Marin County, they are 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. southbound and 4:30 to 7 p.m. northbound. According to Matt O'Donnell, Caltrans spokesperson for Marin County, the new hours will be uniform in Marin and Sonoma counties: 5 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. in both directions, Monday thru Friday.
Two Ft. Bragg nonprofits awarded private foundation grants after Trump

3 weeks ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Sarah Stierch |Greta Mart

After being informed by the President Donald Trump administration that their National Endowment for the Arts grants were terminated earlier this month, two local nonprofits will still be able to implement the programs they planned -- with the help of national foundations stepping up to fill the void. In January, the Larry Spring Museum and Art Explorers were told they would receive $10,000 grants from the NEA.
Court allows cuts to Sonoma State athletic programs, majors to proceed

3 weeks ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Greta Mart

Sonoma State University will be allowed to cut all its athletic programs to try to reduce a nearly $24 million budget deficit, a Sonoma County Superior Court judge ruled Friday. The university's board of directors decided in January to ax all the university's athletic programs, which competed in the NCAA's Division II, along with several academic departments and degrees.
How tariffs on Chinese imports are impacting local businesses

1 month ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Tina Caputo |Greta Mart

This year, President Trump imposed new tariffs of 145 percent on all Chinese goods coming into the United States. While it may seem like the tariffs mainly affect huge global companies like Amazon, local retailers say tariffs are also having a big impact on small local businesses that rely on Chinese imports. Asia Mart in Santa Rosa is one of them. Owner Philip Ma points out that many of the grocery store’s items, from rice to condiments to Sichuan peppercorns, come from China.