News Index
Russian River Mouth Open; Water Levels Dropping
The mouth of the Russian River opened on its own at about 9:30 p.m., Sunday, December 16. The water surface elevation is currently about six feet above sea level, and no longer presents a flooding threat to low-lying areas of Jenner. Read full story
Thompson and Huffman AnnounceFederal Grant for Sonoma County Water Project
Today Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05)and Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02) announced that the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $2.9 million to the SonomaCounty Water Agency (Sonoma Water) for relocation of a portion of the watersupply pipeline outside a hazard zone, providing for increased resiliency tofuture disasters. Read full story
Flooding Likely in Low-Lying Areas of Jenner
Flooding is likely in low-lying areas near Jenner tonight and into Monday, due to waters rapidly rising in the Russian River estuary (where the river flows into the Pacific Ocean). Water surface elevations in the estuary are currently approximately 10 feet above sea level. Read full story
Increased Risk of Flooding and Mud, Debris Flows after 2017 Wildfires
The City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma encourage residents living in and around the areas burned by the October 2017 wildfires to prepare their property for the rainy season and remain alert for possible threats from intense winter storms. Read full story
Sonoma County Airport Goes Big with Nonstop Daily Flights to the Lone Star State, Starting June 2019
Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport (STS) Goes Big with Nonstop Daily Flights to the Lone Star State, Starting June 2019 Read full story
ACCESS Sonoma County Receives$1 Million Hewlett Foundation Grant
The Sonoma County safety net departments accepted a $1million grant to continue advancing the work of the Accessing Coordinated Careand Empowering Self-Sufficiency (ACCESS) Sonoma County initiative from theHewlett Foundation this week. Read full story
Inflatable Dam Deflation Begins Today on Russian River
The Sonoma County Water Agency(Sonoma Water) today will begin deflating its rubber dam located in the RussianRiver near Forestville. Read full story
Board Approves Recovery & Resiliency Framework
On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved the Recovery and Resiliency Framework which serves as a vision and approach for how Sonoma County will recover and emerge more resilient from the October 2017 wildfires. Read full story
Change to PeopleSoft eProcurement Requester Security
Recently we discovered one of ourPeopleSoft security roles had access to pages not required for maintaining andcreating requisitions. The discovered pages were removed on 12/11/2018. Read full story
BoardApproves Recovery & Resiliency Framework
– On Tuesday, the Board ofSupervisors approved the Recovery and Resiliency Framework which serves as avision and approach for how Sonoma County will recover and emerge moreresilient from the October 2017 wildfires. Read full story