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The Sonoma County Department of Health Services is partnering with Santa Rosa-based Leap Solutions Group to launch a COVID-19 Vaccination Stakeholder Outreach campaign beginning this week to promote awareness and engagement about vaccination distribution within Sonoma County.

Testing is not yet open for the 2021 season. Rainfall totals data and/or testing dates have been updated as of January 7, 2021.  More Information

The County of Sonoma Department of Transportation and Public Works (TPW) today announced the rollout of a second series of warning signs as part of its traffic safety education program in response to road fatalities and concerns about unsafe and aggressive driving. 

Sonoma County has joined Santa Barbara and San Francisco counties as the second cohort of communities in the state to accept Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 100-day challenge to address homelessness. 

The Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport (“Airport”), invites qualified businesses and individuals to submit a proposal to provide pre-packaged (aka grab-n-go) food and beverage service in the post-security portion of Gate 2 serving departing passengers and airport personnel.

Learn how to make a difference in a foster child’s life at an Explore Foster Parenting introductory talk, held each month online in English or, new this year, in Spanish. The first monthly talk will be on January 25 for English speakers and February 8 for Spanish speakers, starting at 6 p.m. To see the 2021 monthly Explore Foster Parenting schedule, visit sonomafostercare.org/Connect-With-Us/.

The Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District (Ag + Open Space), a special district dedicated to protecting our working and natural lands forever, transferred ownership of a 335-acre coastal property to Sonoma County Regional Parks. This land, known as Carrington Coast Ranch, will eventually open to the public as a regional park and open space preserve just north of Salmon Creek.

El Condado de Sonoma concluyó el depósito en garantía para la compra de Sebastopol Inn, el segundo de dos complejos de viviendas para asistencia, adquiridos por el Condado con fondos puestos a su disposición por el gobernador Gavin Newsom mediante el Proyecto Homekey (“Llaves de Casa”). El complejo albergará a personas que antes no tenían hogar, incluso las que corren mayor riesgo de infección por COVID-19.

Un pequeño hoyo cercas de una alcantarilla subterránea creó un pequeño bache junto a River Road el martes por la tarde cerca de la estación principal de bombeo del Distrito de Saneamiento del Condado de Russian River (Russian River County Sanitation District).

A small hole near the top of an underground manhole created a small sinkhole adjacent to River Road Tuesday afternoon near the Russian River County Sanitation District (District) main lift station.

Sonoma County has closed escrow on the purchase of the Sebastopol Inn, the second of two supportive housing complexes acquired by the County through funds made available by Gov. Gavin Newsom through Project Homekey.

Como parte de los esfuerzos del Condado de Sonoma para expandir y mejorar las opciones de los residentes para hacerse la prueba de COVID, el Condado ha establecido una colaboración con una empresa privada, Curative, para operar sus puestos de prueba móviles a partir del lunes 28 de diciembre.

As part of Sonoma County’s efforts to expand and streamline testing options for residents, the County is partnering with a private company, Curative, to operate the County’s pop-up testing sites beginning Monday, Dec. 28. 

At the December Emergency Coordinators Forum the Annual awards were presented virtually this year. During a two hour Zoom meeting a number of important awards and recognitions were presented.

El Condado de Sonoma recibió esta mañana su primer cargamento de la vacuna Pfizer para combatir a COVID-19. Dos cajas de la vacuna, que contienen un total de 1.950 dosis, llegaron al Laboratorio de Salud Pública del Condado en Chanate Road poco antes de las 9 a.m. de hoy. Otras tres cajas se llevaron directamente a los hospitales locales. En total, el Condado recibió 4.875 dosis.

The County of Sonoma received its first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this morning. Two boxes of the vaccine, containing a total of 1,950 doses, arrived at the County’s Public Health Lab on Chanate Road shortly before 9 a.m. today. Three other boxes were taken directly to local hospitals. In all, the County received 4,875 doses.

Sonoma County and partner jurisdictions are partnering to update the Countywide Hazard Mitigation Plan.  You can get involved now by completing the community survey!

The Sonoma County Area Agency on Aging (AAA) honored Third District Supervisor Shirlee Zane on December 16, 2020, with its annual Marge Ling Leadership Award to recognize her dedication to improving the quality of life for older adults in Sonoma County.

Attendance at preschool, parental income and early learning opportunities affect Sonoma County children’s readiness for kindergarten, according to a four-year report by the Road to Early Achievement and Development for Youth (READY) program.

The deadline for fire survivors to apply for the State of California’s consolidated fire debris removal program has been extended to Jan. 15, 2021 by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).

Although the 11-county Bay Area region Wednesday was placed under a mandatory Stay-Home Order that will take effect on December 17, 2020 Sonoma County health officials are reminding local residents and visitors that a Stay-Home order has been in effect here since December 12. 2020.

Mientras las enfermeras, médicos y otros trabajadores de la salud del Área de la Bahía que atienden a pacientes con COVID-19 reciben los primeros lotes pequeños de una vacuna rigurosamente evaluada, los Oficiales de Salud de la región ven una esperanza: ahora tenemos una herramienta crucial para ayudar a combatir esta pandemia.

As Bay Area nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients receive the first, small batches of a rigorously tested vaccine, the region’s Health Officers see hope: we now have a critical tool to help fight this pandemic.

Sonoma County Housing Authority Opens New Project-Based Voucher Waitlists

Due to rising COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations, Sonoma County will join six other Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley in preemptively adopting the California Department of Public Health’s Stay-Home Order beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020.

Debido al aumento del número de casos de COVID-19 y a las hospitalizaciones, el Condado de Sonoma se unirá a otros seis condados del Área de la Bahía y a la Ciudad de Berkeley para adoptar de manera preventiva la Orden de Permanencia en el Domicilio del Departamento de Salud Pública de California, a partir de las 12:01 a.m. del sábado 12 de diciembre.

A notice given regarding the nominations to the Sonoma County Continuum of Care (CoC) Board.

Como parte de los esfuerzos del Condado de Sonoma para aumentar la opciones para que los residentes se hagan las pruebas, el Condado está colaborando con los funcionarios estatales para abrir un nuevo centro de pruebas de COVID-19 en Petaluma, e jueves 10 de diciembre. El nuevo sitio, que se ubicará en Herzog Hall en el terreno de la feria d Petaluma, será el tercer centro en el Condado operado por OptumServe, una empresa federal de servicios sanitarios bajo contrato con el Estado, cuya finalidad es administrar pruebas d COVID-19 gratuitas para las comunidades de California.

As part of Sonoma County’s efforts to increase testing opportunities for residents, the County is partnering with state officials to open a COVID-19 testing site in Petaluma on Thursday, Dec. 10. The new site, which will open at Herzog Hall at the Petaluma Fairgrounds, will be the third site in the County operated by OptumServe, a federal health services business under contract with the state to provide free COVID-19 testing for California communities.

In a matter of 10 months, Sonoma County has successfully moved 30 percent of residents into housing from Los Guilicos Village through its ACCESS Initiative multidisciplinary team and its homeless services partner, St. Vincent de Paul.

Sonoma County Transit has announced revised schedules on Routes 30, 32, 40 & 68, effective December 13 and 14, 2020.

El Centro Móvil de Inscripción para la Asistencia de la Agencia Federal de Manejo de Emergencias (“Federal Emergency Management Agency” o FEMA) en la Escuela Secundaria Maria Carrillo ya no estará abierto los fines de semana, a partir de esta semana.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mobile Registration Intake Center at Maria Carrillo High School will no longer be open on the weekends beginning this week.

Approximately 9,500 rural well owners in Sonoma County will soon be receiving a survey designed to elicit their concerns and ideas about local groundwater conditions.