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<p>The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership earns a fifth WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award </p><p></p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership with a 2021 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award as a professional certifying organization, for continuing to make their Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL) trainings and certification accessible to a wide audience. </span> Read full story
<p>Se necesitancomentarios del público sobre la planificación de desastres del distrito desaneamiento del condado en Sonoma Valley </p><p> </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">El Distrito de Saneamiento del Condado en Sonoma Valley (Distrito) ha publicado un preliminar de su Plan de Mitigación de Riesgos Locales (Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, LHMP) actualizado que crea un plan para reducir el daño a la infraestructura del Distrito por desastres naturales, como inundaciones, sequías, incendios y terremotos.</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span> Read full story
<p>Public Input Needed on Sonoma Valley County Sanitation DistrictDisaster Planning </p><p> </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District (District) has released a draft of its updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) that creates a blueprint for reducing the damage to the District’s infrastructure from natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, fires, and earthquakes.</span> Read full story
<p>District Attorney Ravitch AnnouncesMultimillion-Dollar Judgment Against Pong Game Studios, Permanently HaltsIllegal Gambling Operation</p><p></p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch today announced that her office, in conjunction with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and multiple District Attorneys throughout the state, obtained a multimillion-dollar stipulated judgment against Pong Game Studios Corporation (Pong).</span> Read full story
Board ofSupervisors to protect Paulin Meadow in Santa Rosa as open space
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is expected next week to approve the transfer of Parcel J (Paulin Meadow), a 10.42-acre property that is part of a collection of publicly owned parcels adjacent to the County of Sonoma-owned Chanate campus, from the county’s General Services Department to the Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District (Ag + Open Space). The transfer will ensure the protection of the woodland area as open space in perpetuity. Read full story
<p>Defendant found guilty by jury of all counts in serial rape case</p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Earlier today, after an approximately 5-week long trial, a Sonoma County jury found Tirso Dejesus Guzman, 28 years old of Santa Rosa, guilty as charged of 11 Counts of sexually assaulting three women in the summer of 2019.</span> Read full story
Sonoma County issues guidance on COVID-19 booster shots, mix-and-match boosters
Sonoma County residents who received any of the three COVID-19 vaccines are now eligible for a booster shot if they meet new criteria outlined Monday by the county Department of Health Services. Read full story
<p>Tripulaciones respondieron a las inundaciones de aguas residualescausadas por el río atmosférico </p><p></p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Las fuertes lluvias del potente río atmosférico del domingo ingresaron al sistema de recolección de aguas residuales en el sistema del Distrito de Saneamiento del Condado en Sonoma Valley (SVSCD ) causando varios desbordes de aguas residuales.</span> Read full story
<p>Crews Responded to Wastewater Overflows Caused by Atmospheric River </p><p></p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Heavy rains from Sunday’s potent atmospheric river entered the wastewater collections system in the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District system causing several wastewater overflows.</span> Read full story
<p>Voters injurisdictions with Nov. 2 election urged to return vote-by-mail ballots</p><p> </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters reminds voters eligible to participate in the Nov. 2, 2021, Consolidated Election, that the deadline to return vote-by-mail ballots is only days away.</span> Read full story