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Voters Urged toReturn Mail-in Ballots Early to Ensure They are Among The First Counted
The deadline to return Vote by Mail ballots for the upcoming March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary Election, is rapidly approaching. Read full story
Board of Supervisors Honors 10 Years of Upstream Efforts to “Invest Early, Wisely and Together”
County of Sonoma Board of Supervisors’ Upstream Investments initiative to train and support community and government agencies in strategies to boost their impact on societal challenges is 10 years old. Read full story
Man whoStrangled Wife Denied Medical Parole
District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced today that Dean Howard Eliason Jr., 72 years old of Santa Rosa, was denied medical parole last week by the California Board of Parole Hearings Read full story
Drug Impaired DriverSentenced to Year in Jail
Defendant Eric Vangelder, 56 years old of Geyserville, was sentenced on February 14thto serve a year in jail by the Honorable Mark Urioste after pleading no contest in January of this year to felony reckless evading of law enforcement, and driving under the influence of drugs. Read full story
Two Year Jail Sentence in Two-Victim Vehicular Manslaughter
Defendant Christopher Shuman, 32 years old of Napa, wassentenced yesterday to serve two years in county jail by the Honorable NancyShaffer after a jury found him guilty in January of two counts of misdemeanorvehicular manslaughter for causing the deaths of Richard and Fay Steinhart.Shuman’s sentence also reflected his subsequent no contest pleas for drivingduring the incident with a suspended license (which had been suspended for twoprior DUI offenses.) Read full story
Grading in Santa Rosa Creek Tributary Results in $50,000 Penalty and Prohibits Sale of Property
Salvatore Latora, who owns property located at 670 Willowside Road in Santa Rosa, was ordered to pay a civil penalty of $50,000 ($25,000 for streambed alteration and $25,000 for water pollution) for unpermitted grading activity in a tributary to Santa Rosa Creek after a court ordered a default judgement against Latora on December 20, 2019. Read full story
Press Statement Regarding Ice Arrest at SonomaCounty Court House
District Attorney Jill Ravitch, Public Defender Kathleen Pozzi, and County Counsel Bruce Goldstein condemn the recent arrest of at least three individuals in and around the Sonoma County Superior Court on Tuesday February 18, 2020 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Agents. Read full story
Voter Registration Deadline Midnight Tonight
Deva Marie Proto, CountyClerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters, reminds Sonoma County residentsthat the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming March 3, 2020,Presidential Primary Election, is tonight, February 18, 2020 at midnight Pacific Time. Read full story
Voter Registration Deadline Nears March 2020
Deva Marie Proto, County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters, reminds Sonoma County residents that the last day to register to vote for the March 3, 2020, Presidential Primary Election, is February 18, 2020. Read full story
Zero Cases of Coronavirus, However County Continues to Monitor Outbreak
The Sonoma County Department of Health Services (DHS) continues to work closely with other Bay Area health departments, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Currently, the risk for being infected with COVID-19 in the US remains low. Read full story