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<p>Child MolesterConvicted of Abusing Two Young Females Sentenced to 210 Years-to-Life in Prison </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Defendant Jesus Paniagua- Rojas, 51 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced yesterday by the Honorable Peter Ottenweller to serve 210 years-to-life in state prison after having been found guilty by a Sonoma County jury in September of committing eighteen felony sex offenses against two children. </span> Read full story
El proceso deredistritación del Condado de Sonoma terminará con la adopción del mapa el 14de diciembre
La versión final del mapa de redistritación, aprobado por la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Sonoma en la quinta audiencia pública de redistritación del martes, se ha publicado en la página de internet del Condado y está disponible para que el público la revise. Read full story
El Condado de Sonoma emite lineamientos para la aplicaciónde las vacunas de refuerzo contra la COVID-19, para los jóvenes de 16 y 17 añosde edad
El Condado de Sonoma va a hacer inmediatamente elegibles a los jóvenes de 16 y 17 años, para recibir las vacunas de refuerzo de Pfizer contra la COVID-19, alineando así al condado con los nuevos lineamientos federales y estatales, anunció el viernes el Departamento de Servicios de Salud del Condado. Read full story
Los oficiales de salud del Condado de Sonoma emiten un alerta de congelamiento
El Condado de Sonoma estáemitiendo una advertencia de congelamiento en respuesta al pronóstico delServicio Meteorológico Nacional por temperaturas de congelamiento durante lanoche, que se espera que se presenten hasta el sábado en la mañana, hasta las 8 a.m. Read full story
Sonoma County issuesguidance on COVID-19 booster shots for 16- and 17-year-olds
Sonoma County will immediately make 16- and 17-year-olds eligible for booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, aligning the county with new federal and state guidelines, the county Department of Health Services announced Friday. Read full story
SonomaCounty health officials issue freeze warning
The County of Sonoma is issuing a freeze warning in response to the National Weather Service’s prediction for freezing overnight lows expected through Saturday morning at 8 a.m. Read full story
Sonoma County awards $2million for homeless shelters, safe parking programs
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors awarded $2million in funding this week to support five projects that will provide housingand other resources for people experiencing homelessness in Petaluma, SantaRosa, Sonoma, Guerneville and Sebastopol. Read full story
Sonoma County Department of Health Servicesawarded $6 million to scale grassroots COVID-19 response
The Sonoma County Department of Health Services todayannounced that it has received a three-year, $6 million grant from the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention to increase resources and services forcommunity health workers to better respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and combathealth care inequities. Read full story
SonomaCounty redistricting process will come to a close with map adoption on Dec. 14
The final version of a redistricting mapapproved by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors at the fifth redistrictingpublic hearing on Tuesday has been posted on the county’s website and isavailable for public review. Read full story
<p>Sonoma County GroundwaterSustainability Plans Approved </p><p> </p>
<span style="color: rgb(32, 31, 30); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Thisweek, the boards of Sonoma County’s three groundwater sustainability agencies,Petaluma Valley, Sonoma Valley and Santa Rosa Plain, all unanimously approvedGroundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) for each basin. The GSPs are requiredto be submitted as part of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA)for the purpose of assessing the conditions of each groundwater basin,analyzing the basin’s sustainability over a 50-year period, and identifyingprojects and actions needed to ensure the basin is sustainable by 2042.</span> Read full story