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Weekly roundup for April 25, 2025
Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following: 1) Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 26; 2) Aging and Disability Expo May 23; 3) Behavioral Health Funding public input survey; 4) National Immigration policy and County services; 5) Latest County of Sonoma career opportunities; and 6) Other Sonoma County news of note. Read full story
Sonoma County, MidPen Housing and partners break ground on 75 affordable homes for families in Santa Rosa
Elected officials and public- and private-sector partners gathered in the Roseland neighborhood of Santa Rosa today to celebrate the groundbreaking of Casa Roseland, a development of MidPen Housing. Read full story
Sonoma County Probation partners with local artists on Juvenile Hall mural project
The Sonoma County Probation Department has partnered with artists Amanda Lynn and MJ Lindo-Lawyer to create nine large murals at Sonoma County Juvenile Hall. The project was funded through AB 178, which supports improvements to juvenile halls in California, and the Youth Programs and Facilities Grant Program Part A, which helps redesign therapeutic and programming spaces. Read full story
Job Opportunities
View a list of our current and upcoming job opportunities, including Community Health Worker Specialist, Juvenile Correctional Counselor IV, Social Work Assistant – Mobility Specialist, and much more! Read full story
Sonoma County to host May 3 memorial service honoring the lives of the unclaimed
The County of Sonoma will hold a memorial service on May 3 to honor the lives of 34 individuals who died without family or friends able to make final arrangements for their remains. The public is invited to attend the 2 p.m. ceremony at Pleasant Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary at 1700 Pleasant Hill Road in Sebastopol. Read full story
Board of Supervisors to hold annual budget workshops April 28 - 30
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will hold its annual budget workshops on April 28, 29 and 30 to provide county residents an opportunity to learn about the 2025-26 fiscal year preliminary spending plan and provide input to the Board of Supervisors before it adopts a final budget in June. Read full story
New Health To Go public health vending machines provide free essential resources when they’re needed
Sonoma County residents can now access free lifesaving, disease preventing and health protecting supplies — such as Narcan, condoms, dental hygiene kits, COVID tests, and more — from Health To Go public health vending machines. Through a new initiative of the Public Health Division of the Department of Health Services, these vending machines offer individuals easy access to what they need when they need it. Read full story
Sonoma Water Board approves wholesale water rate adjustment to fund critical infrastructure
The Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors on Tuesday approved a wholesale water rate adjustment for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to address aging infrastructure, rising operational costs and the need for continued investment in water system reliability. Read full story
Weekly Roundup for April 18, 2025
Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following: 1) New edition of SoCo Correspondent available now; 2) Emergency Operations Center youth program opens; 3) Permit Sonoma Earth Day event April 22; 4) Business insight tools available for entrepreneurs; 5) Latest Sonoma County career opportunities; and 6) Other Sonoma County news of note Read full story
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