Covid 19
By Leslie Nicholson | Sun Contributor Sonomans continue to put their creative energies to work building businesses that have been started since the COVID-19 shutdown in March. It’s a way to replace lost income while fostering the human connection that plays a big part in... Continue
It's not that confusing, folks. Everyone in California must wear a face mask in all public places, indoors and -- if near other people -- outside. That includes while waiting in line outside, to get inside. The City of Sonoma has launched a sign campaign... Continue
California now has 178,054 confirmed cases of COVID-19, resulting in 5,515 deaths, as of June 22. The number of COVID-related deaths increased by 0.4 percent from Saturday's total of 5,495. The number of COVID-19 diagnostic test results in California reached a total of 3,411,686, an increase... Continue
The Sonoma County Health Officer has updated C-19 rules to allow, as of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, the reopening of businesses including fitness centers, movie theatres, entertainment centers, casinos, galleries, hotels and short-term rentals, campgrounds, schools and school-based programs, and personal care services. The 32-page amendment... Continue
The City of Sonoma has partnered with Friends In Sonoma Helping (F.I.S.H.) to provide rental and utility assistance to residents of Sonoma who lost work due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The funds come from the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which was established one year ago... Continue
A food distribution event for hospitality workers impacted by the Covid-19 economy will be held June 12 in Santa Rosa. “We know it’s a challenging and difficult place to be, to ask for food,” said David Goodman, Redwood Empire Food Bank CEO. “You’ve been serving... Continue
Sonoma County’s Health Officer has further eased restrictions on businesses, now allowing in-person faith-based services, indoor retail shopping and dining, hair salons/barbershops, and outdoor recreation business activities and equipment rental. All businesses now being opened will require mitigation measures including: reduced number of customers to... Continue
A walk in the park will become, well, more of a walk in the park as restrictions on outdoor Sonoma County recreation ease on Wednesday, June 3. Sonoma County’s health officer on Tuesday further eased restrictions on outdoor recreation during the Covid-19 pandemic by issuing... Continue
Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick has reaffirmed his order that his officers, including the Sonoma Police Department, stop enforcing the County’s public health order regarding Covid-19. The rules place undue restrictions “on our freedoms,” he said in an open letter posted Thursday on the department’s... Continue