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Commission on the Status of Women, Sonoma County Spirit Award
The Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is proud to announce our fifth annual Sonoma County Spirit Award! We are excited to recognize five outstanding leaders in 2025 and continue to highlight people improving the lives of women and girls for years to come. Read full story
Sonoma County Airport celebrates grand opening of “Flying Ace” restaurant
Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport recently celebrated the grand opening of Flying Ace Kitchen and Taproom, a new restaurant that replaces the former Tap & Pour restaurant in the same location near the entrance to the airport’s First Terminal. Read full story
Splash into summer with Sonoma County Regional Parks
Sonoma County Regional Parks kicks off its summer season Memorial Day weekend, reintroducing popular activities at Spring Lake and Russian River beaches. Highlights include the Spring Lake Water Park, lifeguard-supervised swimming, and boat rentals, alongside a convenient River Shuttle and free life jacket stations at river parks. Read full story
Sonoma County Fairgrounds to host wildfire and earthquake preparedness expo on June 1
The public and media are invited to attend a free wildfire and earthquake preparedness expo at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds on Sunday, June 1. The event will offer hands-on opportunities to learn how County and municipal emergency response teams work together to keep people safe during wildfires and earthquakes. Participants will also discover how to better prepare to protect family, businesses, property, pets and livestock in a disaster. Read full story
County Department of Health Services to receive $67.7 million in state awards for enhancing behavioral health infrastructure
California is modernizing its behavioral health delivery system to improve accountability, increase transparency and expand the capacity of behavioral health care facilities for Californians. To this end, the Behavioral Health division of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services has been awarded $67.7 million through the California Department of Health Care Services’ Proposition 1 “Bond BHCIP Round 1: Launch Ready” for projects that support behavioral health infrastructure. BHCIP supports the creation, renovation and expansion of facilities that serve individuals with mental health and behavioral health needs. Read full story
Board of Supervisors approves list of SB1 infrastructure projects for 2025-26 fiscal year
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today approved a list of local streets and road projects to be completed during the 2025-26 construction seasons using more than $14.5 million in anticipated revenue from SB1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act. The state’s SB1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account is derived primarily from per-gallon fuel excise taxes. All SB1 funds go to infrastructure repair and improvement projects, in alignment with the Resilient Infrastructure pillar of Sonoma County’s Five-year Strategic Plan. Read full story
Board of Supervisors approves replacement of Geysers Road bridge over Frasier Creek
The Board of Supervisors today approved plans and specifications for the replacement of the Geysers Road bridge that spans Frasier Creek east of Cloverdale. The existing bridge was identified by Caltrans as functionally obsolete and structurally vulnerable to failure during a major earthquake. The new two-lane bridge is designed to meet current standards including improvements to roadway approaches, travel lanes and road shoulders. Read full story
Elijah Justin Beck sentenced to 10 years state prison for attempted carjacking of elderly victims' vehicles and stabbing
Defendant Elijah Justin Beck was sentenced to 10 years in state prison last week after a Sonoma County jury found him guilty of attempting to carjack two elderly victims’ cars and stabbing another victim at the Fourth Street Safeway parking lot in Santa Rosa. Read full story
Elana Cohen-Roth, 81, Sentenced to 12 Years State Prison for Defrauding Elder Victim of Her Life Savings
Defendant Elana Cohen-Roth, an 81-year-old retired IRS agent of Marina Del Rey, California was sentenced yesterday by the Honorable Paige Hein to 12 years in state prison. This sentence follows a jury convicting Cohen-Roth of 23 felony offenses related to the methodical defrauding of an elderly victim of her entire life savings over a seven-year period. Read full story
Sonoma County officials urge residents to prepare for wildfire season
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is reminding residents that it’s not too early to start getting ready for the threat of wildfires. The supervisors have declared the month of May as Wildfire Community Preparedness Month and stressed that fire prevention measures would be the focus of public education during the month. Read full story
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