New restrictions ordered by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Sonoma County restaurants, gyms, salons and other indoor businesses are now in effect. The state took the action Monday after Sonoma County was on the County Monitoring List for three consecutive days. These restrictions... Continue
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School District Superintendent Socorro Shiels will recommend to the board on July 21 a plan for online-only classes for the upcoming fall semester. Today’s School Board meeting begins at 4pm with a closed session, and the open session starts at about 5pm. See the full... Continue
Sonoma Valley Hospital's Chief Medical Officer, Sabrina Kidd, MD, has addressed concerns over the accuracy of COVID testing, a topic of sometimes wild speculation on social media. SVH COVID-19 testing at SVH is currently run through either the Department of Public Health or UCSF, Kidd... Continue
The Sonoma Valley Community Health Center has suspended Covid-19 testing because of a processing delay with Quest Diagnostics. The vendor, one of the country’s largest and busiest testing labs, has suspended shipments of new tests while it catches up with backlog demand for results. The... Continue
The state Department of Public Health has ordered new restrictions on restaurants, salons, churches and other indoor business operations in Sonoma County. The restrictions are in effect now (as of 12:01 a.m., Monday, July 13) and will remain in place until at least Aug. 2... Continue
The state Department of Public Health notified the County of Sonoma today, July 10, that if the region’s coronavirus data do not improve over the next 72 hours, the County will be subject to new restrictions as part of statewide actions designed to slow the... Continue
Sonoma restaurants have the opportunity to stake a space on Sonoma Plaza to serve up to 32 people, part of the city's economic recovery strategy to account for social-distancing rules. Girl and the fig, the first restaurant to be approved, began its Summer Pop-Ups on the... Continue
Labeling an earlier report as erroneous, Sonoma County Tourism emphatically maintains that the county is not re-locked down by state order — not yet, anyway. “We have been informed that information we received earlier today, and subsequently communicated to you, was incorrect,” the County-funded tourist... Continue
Two workers at the Sonoma Dutch Bros. location have tested positive for Covid-19, according to an updated company statement. Employee #1 received a positive COVID-19 result on 7/2. Employee #2 received a positive result on 7/5. Each has been advised to self-isolate for 14 days.... Continue
The Department of Justice has urged the public to be aware of cards that purport to exempt the holder from Covid-19 face mask rules under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It's a fake. Here is an example of the cards -- reportedly for sale... Continue