News Index
Immigration status no longer limits scope of Medi-Cal benefits for adults 50 and older
California residents aged 50 and older who qualify for Medi-Cal are now eligible for full benefits, regardless of immigration status, under an expansion of the state health insurance program for low-income residents, the Sonoma County Department of Human Services announced today. Read full story
Weekly Roundup for April 29, 2022
Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following: 1) Local COVID vaccine and testing opportunities; 2) May 9 deadline for student vax video contest; and 3) Other County of Sonoma news Read full story
Rohnert Park COVID-19 vaccine clinic closes; mobile clinic to open in place
Sonoma County’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Rohnert Park Community Center permanently closed on Thursday, April 28, and will be replaced by a mobile vaccine clinic that will begin serving residents from the Community Center parking lot starting on May 4. Read full story
Larry Younger: A Champion for Incarcerated Youth and Their Families
Kind, exuberant, compassionate, understanding. These are just a few of the words used to describe Larry Younger, Probation Officer with Sonoma County’s Juvenile Probation Division. Larry’s joyful disposition lends itself well to his work: supporting incarcerated and probationary youth toward a better, more prosperous path forward. Read full story
Pretrial Program Highlight: Sonoma County Probation
As part of the Judicial Council of California’s innovative new Pretrial Pilot Program, in the last two years, Sonoma County Probation has overseen the courts’ pretrial release of almost 4,000 defendants, with an average of 8 out of 10 successfully completing the pretrial program Read full story
New Guide for Maintaining Low Water Use Landscaping
The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership has published a guide for home owners new to maintaining a low water use landscape. The guide titled “Water Smart Gardens Maintenance Manual” (Manual) is an easy to use, step-by-step instruction manual on how to care for and maintain the plants, drip irrigation systems, and green features offered in the Water Smart Landscape Design Templates which are free, open source landscape plans. Read full story
County mailing voter information guides for June primary election
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office, announced today that voter information guides for the upcoming June 7, 2022, statewide direct primary election, will begin going out in the mail today to all active, registered voters in Sonoma County. Those voters who have previously opted out of receiving such mailings may go to Get Your County Voter Information Guide Online: Opt In/Out form to sign up for this service. Read full story
SoCoAlert emergency alert exercise in Sonoma Valley on Saturday
Sonoma County will be conducting a test of the SoCoAlert emergency notification system at 12 noon on Saturday in the Sonoma area. The County Department of Emergency Management and Sonoma Valley partners including the Springs Municipal Advisory Committee and the Springs Map Your Neighborhood group have collaborated on planning the exercise and conducting outreach in the targeted neighborhoods. Read full story
El sábado habrá un ejercicio de alerta de emergencia de SoCoAlert en el Valle de Sonoma
El Condado de Sonoma va a desarrollar una prueba del sistema de notificaciones de emergencia de SoCoAlert a las 12 del día el sábado, en el área de Sonoma. Read full story