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PlanningCommission to hear draft winery events ordinance on February 17
The Sonoma County Planning Commission on Thursday, February 17 will consider a draft ordinance that reduces the impacts of winery events in agricultural areas. The draft ordinance would apply to new and modified use permit applications for winery visitor-serving uses in agricultural zoning districts outside of the Coastal Zone. Read full story
<p>Nomination period to opennext week for June 7 Election</p><p> </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Nominations will open on Monday, February 14 for various federal, state, judicial and county offices scheduled for election on June 7. According to County Clerk Deva Marie Proto, candidates interested in running for any of the 29 positions whose terms expire this year must file nomination papers between February 14 and March 11 in order to have their names placed on the June 7 ballot. If nomination papers for an incumbent elective officer of the district are not filed by 5 p.m. on March 11, candidates other than the incumbent have until 5 p.m. on March 16 to file for such elective office.</span> Read full story
<p><b></b>El Período de Nominación se Abre Para el 7 de Junio de 2022, Elecciones Primarias Directas Estatales</p><p> </p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Las nominaciones se abren el próximo lunes 14 defebrero para varias oficinas</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">federales,estatales, judiciales y del condado programadas para las elecciones el 7 dejunio de 2022.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Según la secretariadel condado Deva Marie Proto, los candidatos interesados en postularse para</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">cualquiera de los 29 puestos cuyostérminos expiran este año deben presentar documentos de</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">nominación entre el 14 de febrero y el 11 de marzo para que susnombres se coloquen en la boleta</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">electoraldel 7 de junio de 2022. Si los documentos de nominación para un funcionarioelectivo titular</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -2.35pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">del distrito no sepresentan antes de las 5 p.m. del 11 de marzo, los candidatos que no sean eltitular</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">tienen</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">hasta</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">las</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">5 p.m.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">del</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">16 de</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">marzo</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">parasolicitar</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">dicho</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">cargo</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 0.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">electivo.</span> Read full story
<p>Jury Finds Guerneville Man Guilty of Assault and Resisting Arrest</p><p> </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Defendant David Bowen Farwell, 34 years old of Guerneville, was found guilty by a Sonoma County jury yesterday of felony assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury, and resisting arrest.</span> Read full story
<p><b><i></i></b>Man Sentenced to Six Years Prison for False Imprisonment of Girlfriend</p><p></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Defendant NicholasJackson, 26 years old of Oakland, was sentenced earlier today by the HonorableJohn Behnke to serve six years in state prison after pleading guilty and “nocontest” to charges of felony false imprisonment of his girlfriend, contempt ofcourt, attempted second degree robbery, second degree commercial burglary, andgrand theft of personal property.</span> Read full story
El Condado de Sonoma dejará que las restricciones paralos eventos grandes terminen el 10 de febrero
Con los casos y las hospitalizaciones por COVID-19reduciéndose, la Oficial de Salud del Condado de Sonoma, Dra. Sundari Mase,aclaró el día de hoy que la orden de salud que restringe temporalmente eltamaño de las reuniones grandes terminará como estaba previsto a las 11:59 p.m.del 10 de febrero. Read full story
Sonoma County to let restrictions on large gatherings expire on February 10
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations declining, Sonoma County Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase made clear today that a health order temporarily restricting the size of large gatherings will expire as scheduled at 11:59 p.m. on February 10. Read full story
<p>Sonoma CountyDistrict Attorney's Office & Joint Task Force Reach a Settlement with Perrigo Companies</p>
<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sonoma CountyDistrict Attorney Jill Ravitch announced today that her office, as part of theCalifornia Food Drug and Medical Device Task Force and in conjunction with theCalifornia Attorney General’s office, reached a settlement with Perrigo Companyand two of its subsidiaries (Perrigo) to improve the safety of the company'sinfant and toddler formula products by putting in place ingredient sourcing andquality control processes to significantly reduce levels of lead.</span> Read full story
Board ofSupervisors allocates $10 million in funding for Strategic Plan and climate action priorities
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today approved $10 million in funding for projects that aligned with the county’s five-year 2021-2026 Strategic Plan and that promoted climate action and resiliency efforts. Each of the Strategic Plan projects that were funded using the $5 million set aside from the 2021 budget hearings fell under one of five strategic pillars. The five pillars are Healthy and Safe Communities, Organizational Excellence, Racial Equity and Social Justice, Climate Action and Resiliency, and Resilient Infrastructure. Read full story
Environmental impact study next steps for Sonoma Developmental Center
Permit Sonoma, Sonoma County’s planning agency, presented the project description framework to guide the redevelopment of Sonoma Developmental Center during this week’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors. The proposed framework incorporated aspects of the three alternatives previously presented to the public on November 1, 2021, as well as feedback from two community workshops with over 250 participants, five community meetings and an online survey with over 720 entries. Read full story