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April 29, 2022 | County Administrator's Office
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
April 29, 2022 | Natural Resources
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
April 28, 2022 | Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters
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
April 28, 2022 | County Administrator's Office
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
April 28, 2022 | County Administrator's Office
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
April 27, 2022 | County Administrator's Office
NOAA weather radio emergency alert test Friday
The County of Sonoma and the National Weather Service Bay Area are conducting an emergency alert test of NOAA weather radios on Friday, April 29, at noon. The test will be countywide for residents who own a NOAA weather radio. After the test, participants are encouraged to provide feedback on whether or not the test message was received by their radio. Read full story
April 27, 2022 | County Administrator's Office
Prueba de un alerta de emergencia para los radios climáticos NOAA el viernes
El Condado de Sonoma y el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional del Area de la Bahía van a desarrollar una prueba de un alerta de emergencia para los radios climáticos NOAA el viernes 29 de abril al mediodía. La prueba se dará en todo el condado para los residentes que tengan un radio climático NOAA. Read full story
April 25, 2022 | Health and Human Services
Sonoma County expands efforts to recruit local foster parents and adoptive families
Facing an urgent need for foster parents and adoptive families willing to open their homes to local children, Sonoma County is expanding its partnership with a national nonprofit, RaiseAChild, to recruit families willing to take in foster children and give them a place where they can feel safe, wanted and loved. Read full story
April 22, 2022 | Office of the District Attorney
Guerneville Man Sentenced to Maximum Term in Prison for Assaulting an Elderly Victim
Defendant David Bowen Farwell, 35 years old of Guerneville, was sentenced yesterday in Sonoma County Superior Court by the Honorable Bradford DeMeo to serve eight years in state prison after being found guilty by a jury in February of assaulting an elderly victim. Read full story