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

Caltrans, CHP investigating haz-mat dumping along Hwy 101 in Mendocino

1 day ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Greta Mart

Caltrans is asking for the public's help following a series of illegal hazardous material dumpings along U.S. Highway 101 in Mendocino County, the agency said Wednesday. On Monday, 19 barrels containing hazardous waste were removed from an embankment south of Leggett near the Empire Rest Area, Caltrans said. The cost of the cleanup and disposal of the materials is estimated at $30,000.
Marin water board explores Russian River pipeline

2 days ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Kiley Russell |Greta Mart

Marin County's water supply could get a healthy boost during wet years if a pipeline project initiated this week by the Marin Municipal Water District Board comes to fruition. On Tuesday, the board voted to approve a contract for design and engineering work on the Atmospheric River Capture Project, or ARC.
Students killed in collision identified as community mourns

3 days ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Greta Mart

A Marin County community is mourning four Archie Williams High School students who died in a collision Friday evening. Tamalpais Union High School District officials on Monday released the names of the four girls as 9th grade student Olive Koren and 10th grade students Sienna Katz, Jocalynn Osborn and Ada Kepley.
Press Democrat Guild waives contract clearing path for paper's sale to

6 days ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Noah Abrams |Greta Mart

The sale of Santa Rosa's Press Democrat looks imminent. The Press Democrat Guild is the local union for editorial staff at the Santa Rosa newspaper and it's sister publications around Sonoma County. The guild is bringing its current contract to an early end, a move they hope will smooth the takeover by Hearst Media. Phil Barber, a reporter and member of the Press Democrat Guild, said it was still a tough decision. "It was a choice of poisons in a lot of ways," Barber said.
CA sets aside $170 million to thin vegetation, forests to help prevent

6 days ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Alejandro Lazo |Greta Mart

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed new legislation that will provide more than $170 million in state funding to help prevent wildfires while signing an order aimed at speeding up the work by easing environmental permitting. The funding -- which the Democratic governor said was part of a broader effort to better protect communities ahead of peak fire season -- comes as the state is under extraordinary pressure after the January infernos that devastated Los Angeles communities.
State Farm moves one step closer to emergency California rate hike

1 week ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Levi Sumagaysay |Greta Mart

State Farm could soon win final approval to raise premiums for California homeowners and others on an interim basis, a move meant to help prop up the finances of the state's biggest provider of property insurance, after a public hearing this week.
North Bay nonprofit wins Cal Fire grants for wildfire prevention, work

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

Conservation Works, a North Bay environmental conservation nonprofit, was awarded two Cal Fire grants totaling $5.9 million for wildfire prevention projects, the nonprofit said Tuesday. Funded through Cal Fire's Wildfire Resilience Program, the grants will be used by the nonprofit's North Bay Forest Improvement Program to plan and implement wildfire risk reduction and forest health projects on private property in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma and Napa counties.
5 years later: Sonoma County's health officer reflects on COVID-19

1 month ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Greta Mart

This month marks the 5th anniversary since the corona virus first started impacting our daily lives. California governor Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency for COVID-19 on March 4, 2020. And it was March 19 when Newsom issued an executive order insisting people to stay at home----and we went into pandemic lock-down. Next, KRCB News Director Greta Mart checks in with Sonoma County's public health officer to learn what has changed, and where we stand after five years of COVID. DR.
Unions rally before legislative forum at Sonoma State

2 months ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Greta Mart |Thomas Hughes

The California Faculty Association, students and other unions held a rally at Sonoma State University on Friday ahead of an on-campus legislative forum with several lawmakers discussing planned cuts to the school and the California State University system. Sonoma State administrators announced in late January that the school was facing a $23.9 million deficit in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
Press Democrat/KRCB Community Conversation: SSU program cuts

2 months ago | norcalpublicmedia.org | Greta Mart

KRCB is pleased to share highlights from a recent virtual town hall on proposed budget cuts at Sonoma State University, organized by our partners at The Press Democrat. If you’d like to hear and watch the full discussion, you can find it on the Press Democrat’s YouTube channel. You can also click on the audio files to the left to hear the 30-minute, on-air version of edited excerpts, and a recording of the entire 90-minute long virtual forum that took place on February 5, 2025.