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After a confusing day in Sonoma County Friday, it appeared the county sheriff will not be enforcing the the more restrictive local health department's current shelter order over the state's more relaxed restrictions.
In an open letter to Sonoma County residents, the Sheriff-Coroner Mark Essick on Thursday announced his deputies would no longer enforce the county health department's public health orders, starting in June.
The body of a missing 13-year-old boy was found Thursday submerged in the Russian River in the unincorporated town of Rio Nido, according to the sheriff's office.
Hairstyles in Sonoma County are going to have to grow a little longer after health officials announced a delay for the reopening of hair salons, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom giving the green light Tuesday.
In Sonoma County, restaurants and other food facilities are now allowed to offer onsite sit-down meals - outdoors.
Many Sonoma County high school students who weren't allowed traditional graduation ceremonies during the COVID-19 pandemic are getting surprise deliveries, thanks to a kindness campaign that shows the North Bay community is better together.
Sonoma County is following in the footsteps of its North Bay neighbors and moving deeper into Phase 2 of reopening.
Beloved psychedelic indie rockers Yo La Tengo, songwriter Mac Demarco and Bay Area prog-pop favorites Once and Future Band were among the headliners announced Wednesday for the eleventh annual Huichica Music Festival happening in Sonoma in mid-October.
Sonoma County will allow additional businesses to reopen with new changes to the county's shelter-in-place order, beginning on Friday.
Sonoma County's health officer issued an amended order that went into effect Wednesday to ease restrictions on the use of county parks and coastal areas during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Bookstores, clothing stores, jewelry stores, antique stores, a wide range of businesses in Sonoma County were eligible to open their doors Friday. It appeared that a lot of business owners were taking a careful approach on the first day of Phase 2 of the state's reopening of business.
The Sonoma County Health Officer on Thursday amended the county's shelter-in-place health order to allow some retail stores to reopen for curbside pickup and delivery.
Santa Rosa officials will be setting up as many as 70 tents to safely house the homeless during the current COVID-19 outbreak in a parking lot at the Finley Community Center in the western part of the city.
The deadline for removal and cleanup of debris on properties affected by the Kincade Fire in 2019 has been extended from May 15 to Aug. 1, Sonoma County officials announced this week.
Sonoma County on Sunday reported its third death from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Sonoma County health officials were set to open two new testing sites in Santa Rosa and Petaluma that will accept local residents regardless of whether they have coronavirus symptoms or not.
A fire erupted in a woodwork shop inside a historic barn at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center in unincorporated Sonoma County late Tuesday night, heavily damaging three buildings and spreading to a nearby field, authorities said.
Health authorities in Sonoma County have amended the county's shelter-in-place order to allow for limited outdoor activity in parks.
80 years ago, during World War II, "victory gardens" were quite popular. Now, during this current war against what has been called "the invisible enemy" of COVID-19, they're making a comeback.
Sonoma County residents will be free to walk or bike to their neighborhood park starting Wednesday amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Officials were moving forward with plans to use parts of the Sonoma State University campus to meet public health needs during the coronavirus emergency with an initial group of people set to be placed in a dormitory this week.
Sonoma County will begin testing people for the novel coronavirus on Saturday after receiving a significant number of testing swabs, county health officials said.
Sonoma County Public Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase said Wednesday the county has received 5,000 specimen swabs for additional testing for COVID-19.
As of Friday, people in Sonoma County will be reqired to wear a facial covering in any enclosed space or indoor facility, except their home, including grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office is mailing ballots this week for two special May 5 elections for districts within the county.
