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December 14, 2021 | Sonoma County Regional Parks

New trail, parking lot open at Helen Putnam Regional Park

Fans of Helen Putnam Regional Park in Petaluma have more to celebrate with this month's opening of a new entrance and multi-use trail on the north side of the park. The 31-space parking lot on Windsor Drive is 1 mile closer to downtown than the parks southern entrance on Chileno Valley Road and gives visitors access to the new West Wind Trail. Read full story


December 14, 2021 | Sonoma County Regional Parks

New trail, parking lot open at Helen Putnam Regional Park

Fans of Helen Putnam Regional Park in Petaluma have more to celebrate with this month's opening of a new entrance and multi-use trail on the north side of the park. The 31-space parking lot on Windsor Drive is 1 mile closer to downtown than the parks southern entrance on Chileno Valley Road and gives visitors access to the new West Wind Trail. Read full story



December 14, 2021 | County Administrator's Office

Ethan Brown appointed as interim Executive Director of Sonoma County Economic Development Board

The Sonoma CountyBoard of Supervisors today appointed Ethan Brown, a nine-year veteran officialof the Sonoma County Economic Development Board, to serve as interim ExecutiveDirector of the EDB beginningDec. 28. Read full story


December 14, 2021 | County Administrator's Office

SonomaCounty increases Living Wage to $16.75 an hour

The Sonoma County Board ofSupervisors voted unanimously today to raise the county’s Living Wage to $16.75an hour, its first increase since the landmark ordinance to combat poverty wasadopted in 2015. Read full story


December 10, 2021 | Office of the District Attorney

<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


December 10, 2021 | County Administrator's Office

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


December 10, 2021 | County Administrator's Office

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


December 10, 2021 | County Administrator's Office

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


December 10, 2021 | County Administrator's Office

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