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Sonoma County rolls out COVID-19 booster shots
COVID-19 booster shots are available in Sonoma County for eligible seniors, health care workers, public safety personnel and others who are at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting, and who received the second dose of the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at least six months ago. Read full story
<p>La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Sonoma abre su Lotería de Lista de Espera de Vales de Elección de Vivienda<br /></p>
<div><font color="#222222" face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px;">La Autoridad de Vivienda del Condado de Sonoma </span></font><span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;">aceptará solicitudes del 1 de octubre al 1 de noviembre de 2021 para su </span><span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;">lotería de lista de espera de Vales de Elección de Vivienda.</span></div> Read full story
<p>SonomaCounty Housing Authority opens its Section 8 Waitlist Lottery. </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Housing Choice Voucher program - formerly known as the Section 8 program - provides financial assistance to very low-income individuals and families to enable them to afford housing in the private rental housing market. </span> Read full story
<p>County mailing Voter Information Guides for Novemberelection </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">County Voter Information Guides for the Nov. 2, 2021, Consolidated Election will be going out in the mail soon.</span> Read full story
Board of Supervisors adopts urgency ordinance to curb misuse of multi-tenant commercial cannabis policy
The County of SonomaBoard of Supervisors today adopted a 45-day interim urgency ordinanceprohibiting ministerial permits for multi-tenant commercial cannabiscultivation in unincorporated Sonoma County. Read full story
<p>Child rapist receives "life" sentence</p>
<p> <span>Defendant LarryThomas Rhoades, 69 years old of Santa Rosa, was sentenced earlier today by theHonorable Peter Ottenweller to serve a prison term of 12 years plus anadditional indeterminate sentence of 15 years to life, after pleading “nocontest” in June to 25 felony counts of child sexual assault. </span></p><p><span></span></p> Read full story
<p>Richard Celli named chief investigator at Sonoma County District Attorney's Office</p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch has selected Richard Celli as the new Chief of the Investigations Bureau at the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office.</span> Read full story
El Condado de Sonoma empieza la Construcción del Parque de Comida Mitote
El Condado de Sonoma va a celebrar la creación del Parque de Comida Mitote con una ceremonia para el inicio de la construcción el jueves 23 de septiembre a las 4 p.m. El evento presentara música y un variedad de cocinas de los vendedores locales. La ceremonia empezará con los oficiales locales poniendo la primera piedra y continuará hasta las 6 p.m. Read full story
Sonoma county to break ground on Mitote Food Park
Sonoma County will be celebrating the creation of theMitote Food Park with a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. Read full story
<p>Triple Murderer Denied Parole</p><p></p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">District Attorney Jill Ravitch has announced that Johnny Lee Sommerhalder, 78</span><i style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </i><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">years old of Santa Rosa, has been denied parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings.</span> Read full story