All County Press Releases

December 10, 2025 | County Executive's Office

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to hold workshop on turf fields

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will hold an athletic field turf workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in the Board Chambers. The purpose of the workshop is to explore the benefits and drawbacks of artificial turf and natural turf athletic fields. Read full story

December 09, 2025 | Economic Development Collaborative

Sonoma County commissions artist, secures site for memorial to honor victims of 2017 wildfires

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today approved agreements with award-winning landscape sculptor Cliff Garten and the City of Santa Rosa to create a memorial that will honor victims of the 2017 wildfires. Read full story

December 03, 2025 | Department of Emergency Management

Sonoma County emergency alerting capabilities uninterrupted following vendor cybersecurity incident

The Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management is informing the community of a cybersecurity incident affecting the CodeRED alert and warning platform, operated by our third-party vendor. CodeRED is the system behind the County’s SoCoAlert system. This is a nationwide vendor side incident and is not a breach of any County systems or networks. There is no active emergency in Sonoma County. Read full story

December 01, 2025 | Economic Development Collaborative

Creative Sonoma announces $180,000 in grants to 45 arts and cultural nonprofits

Creative Sonoma announces $180,000 in grants to 45 arts and cultural nonprofits Read full story

November 26, 2025 | Human Resources Department

Commission on Human Rights Requesting Adjustments of Percentages of Measure O

With the Federal cutbacks introduced last week the homeless organizations of Sonoma County are in absolute turmoil. Remember back in 2020 when we were in lockdown and so many individuals and families lost their housing? This will be a hundred times worse. Read full story

November 26, 2025 | Human Resources Department

Commission on Human Rights Statement on Law Enforcement Oversight and Accountability

The Sonoma County Human Rights Commission (CHR) believes that trust between law enforcement and the community is foundational to a healthy, safe, and free society. Our county’s law enforcement agencies (LEA) publicly declare commitments to professionalism, fairness, compassion, integrity, and respect. These are values we strongly support. Yet the lived experiences of many residents, and the structural challenges faced by our local oversight systems, show that these commitments are not consistently upheld. Read full story

November 26, 2025 | Human Resources Department

Commission on Human Rights Statement on Food Insecurity In Sonoma County

The Board of Supervisors is currently considering executing a funding agreement with the Redwood Empire Food Bank in an amount up to $200,000 for the month of November, in response to the federal government shutting down CalFresh (SNAP) benefits as of November 1, 2025. However, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) feels this is underserving the 43,000 residents affected, when comparing Napa County’s approval of $1 million in funds to serve their 10,700 affected residents for November and December 2025. Read full story

November 24, 2025 | Registrar of Voters

Deadline for voters to cure ballot signature issues is December 1 at 5 p.m.

Signature “cure” forms that were sent to voters whose ballot envelope signatures were either missing or mismatched for the November 4 Statewide Special Election must be completed and received at the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office no later than Monday, December 1, at 5 p.m., according to Evelyn Mendez, Sonoma County Registrar of Voters. Read full story

November 21, 2025 | Permit Sonoma

Sonoma County officials bust illegal cannabis extraction operation

Sonoma County code and law enforcement officials shut down an illegal cannabis extraction operation in southwest Santa Rosa that involved dangerous and highly volatile chemicals. Read full story

November 21, 2025 | Probation Department

Office of Traffic Safety awards grant to the Sonoma County Probation Department for intensive supervision program for high-risk DUI offenders

The Sonoma County Probation Department announced today that it has received a $261,500 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety for an intensive probation supervision program for high-risk individuals with multiple DUI convictions. The grant program runs through September 2026. Read full story