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TSA Pre✓® Enrollment Event at Sonoma County Airport May 29 - June 14, 2019
The demand for diverse ground transportation options hasincreased in Sonoma County, and CharlesM. Schulz — Sonoma County Airport (STS) is pleased to announce that Uberwill be available to passengers May 20, 2019. Read full story
The Sonoma County Office of Recovery and Resiliency isNow Recruiting 1 CivicSpark Fellow for the 2019-20 Service Year!
CivicSpark is now accepting Fellow applications for the 2019-20 service year! CivicSpark, a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program, builds capacity for public agencies to address sustainability and opportunity access issues in California. Learn more and apply at civicspark.lgc.org/join-civicspark/fellow/. Read full story
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors ApprovesPlan for Improving 51 Additional Miles of Roads in 2020-2021
OnMay 21, the Board of Supervisors approved funding and a plan to rehabilitateand preserve over 51 miles of roads in 2020 and 2021. The new two-year planincludes $24 million of general funds and $13 million of state and other localfunding for a total of $37 million. Read full story
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Approves Planfor Improving 51 Additional Miles of Roads in 2020-2021
OnMay 21, the Board of Supervisors approved funding and a plan to rehabilitateand preserve over 51 miles of roads in 2020 and 2021. The new two-year planincludes $24 million of general funds and $13 million of state and other localfunding for a total of $37 million. Read full story
Boards approve plan to offset proposed groundwater fee
On Tuesday, May 21, the Board of Directors of the SonomaCounty Water Agency (Sonoma Water Board) and the Sonoma County Board ofSupervisors (County Board) approved a plan to offset a fee that is likely to beimposed on groundwater users in the Santa Rosa Plain (an area extending fromSanta Rosa west to Sebastopol, north to Windsor and south to Cotati) Read full story
Alcohol, Bus Access Regulated at Steelhead, Sunset Beaches for Summer
To help reduce visitor impacts on Russian River parks and neighborhoods, Sonoma County Regional Parks is regulating alcohol possession and commercial bus access at Steelhead and Sunset beaches from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. Read full story
Sonoma County Airport Expands Ground TransportationOptions with Uber Access
The demand for diverse ground transportation options hasincreased in Sonoma County, and CharlesM. Schulz — Sonoma County Airport (STS) is pleased to announce that Uberwill be available to passengers May 20, 2019. Read full story
La encuesta refleja 70% de Niños en el Condado de Sonoma Están Listos o casi listos para el Kínder
Asistencia preescolar, ingresos y el nivel de educación de los padres y el lenguaje que se habla en casa afecta la habilidad de estar listos para aprender cuando empiezan el kínder, según la encuesta del programa El Camino hacia el Éxito Temprano y Desarrollo de la Juventud (READY-Road to Early Achievement and Development for Youth) –para año 2018/2019. De los 1, 505 niños que se estudiaron este ano, siete de cada diez niños de kínder estaban listos o casi listos para empezar la escuela. Ellos tenían las habilidades sociales, para el desarrollo y académicas necesitadas para estar listos. Santa Rosa, California Read full story
May Rainstorm Forces Lowering of Rubber Dam
Lessthan a week after it had fully inflated its rubber dam on the Russian River inpreparation for summertime water demands, heavy rains forced the Sonoma CountyWater Agency (Sonoma Water) to reverse field Thursday and begin lowering therubber dam back down. Read full story
Man Who Committed Aggravated Sexual Assault Denied Parole
Fifty-eight-year-old California prison inmate Carl Dick was denied parole by the state board of parole on Tuesday following a hearing related to the sexual assault of his three young daughters between 1996 and 1998. Dick pled guilty in 1999, and was thereafter sentenced to fifteen years to life in prison. Read full story