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April 29, 2022 | County Administrator's Office

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


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 | Probation Department

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


April 29, 2022 | Probation Department

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


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