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Los beneficios de CalFresh llegan el 1 de marzo 2019
El Estado de California emitirá beneficios de CalFresh para el mes de marzo a todos los residentes elegibles en el mismo día, viernes, 1 de marzo. Aun así, otro cierre del gobierno federal podría afectar cuando llegan los beneficios para el mes de abril. Read full story
Heavy Rain Brings Risk of Flash Floods and Mudslides to Sonoma County
The National Weather Service has issued several alerts due to the strong winter storm forecasted to pass over Sonoma County Tuesday night through Thursday morning, February 14, 2019. Read full story
Fuertes Lluvias Generan Riesgo de Inundaciones Repentinas y Deslizamientos en el Condado de Sonoma
The National Weather Service has issued several alerts due to the strong winter storm forecasted to pass over Sonoma County Tuesday night through Thursday morning, February 14, 2019. Read full story
Brush Pile Burning toBegin Feb. 10 at Shiloh Ranch Regional Park
Sonoma County Regional Parks and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit will begin burning brush piles at Shiloh Ranch Regional Park in southeast Windsor on Sunday, Feb. 10. The pile burn is the first of several to be conducted in the park this month and possibly into the spring, to create a fire break along a wooded boundary the park shares with the Mayacama homeowners. The park will remain open during the burning operations. Read full story
Board Approves Larkfield Estates Sewer Project and Low-cost Construction and Connection Fee Financing
The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors (Board) has approved a project to bring sewer service to the Larkfield Estates neighborhood that was destroyed in the October, 2017 Tubbs Fire. Read full story
Man Pleads no Contest to Murdering his Fatherand Wife
Defendant Dalton James Carlson, 33 years old of Santa Rosa, entered pleas of no contest today to two counts of 1st degree murder in connection with the February 2017 killing of his wife Jessica Carlson, age 37, and his father Dale Carlson, age 57. Read full story
Healdsburg Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder DeniedParole for Ninth Time
On February 1,2019, the California Board of Prison Terms denied parole for the ninth time to59 year old Roberto Amador Llompart, who was convicted of the 2nddegree murder of Michael Wayne Cochran in 1990. Read full story
Sonoma County Begins the New Year with a Brighter Future and Bolder Action
Givenall that Sonoma County has endured in the wake of the horrific 2017 wildfiresand the bitter aftermath; the region is well on its road to recovery, and allcredit goes to the goodwill of its people—friends, neighbors and strangers – whojoined together to put others first above all else. Read full story
Contractor Sentenced to 6 Years Prison for Committing Elder Fraud
DefendantWilliam Edward Hail III, 44 years old of Petaluma, was sentenced today by theHonorable Christopher Honigsberg to serve six years in state prison afterhaving been found guilty last month by a jury of committing five felony countsof theft from two elderly victims. Read full story
Sonoma County Rental Assistance Programs Continue as Federal Government Reopens
With the federal government reopened through at least February 15, 2019, the Sonoma County Housing Authority is able to fund rental assistance payments for programs financed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through May 31, 2019. Read full story