Santa Rosa, CA – On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 the Public Policy Facilitating Committee (PPFC) will host its annual meeting to receive reports and presentations on various projects designed to help restore endangered and threatened fish to the Russian River watershed, while maintaining the region’s primary water supply. The meeting will take place via Zoom from… Keep Reading
When the California Department of Public Health released its complicated priority system to guide the state’s coronavirus vaccination efforts in December, people with disabilities and underlying risk factors had their place in Phase 1B, Tier 2. They weren’t at the top. But they were on the list. Then suddenly, on Jan. 25, they weren’t. On… Keep Reading
Susan Standen and her Maltese mix, Baby Ruth, were inseparable. When Standen would get up to go to another room, she could count on Baby Ruth hopping off the couch to follow. “She was my shadow,” Standen said. “I’d had her for almost 12 years.” But emptiness and silence have filled Standen’s Santa Rosa home… Keep Reading
Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:30 pm to 6:15 pm Blood Drive will be at Christian Family Fellowship located at 1160 A Hopper Ave in Santa Rosa To schedule an appointment to donate please click here! **If you have received the COVID-19 vaccine, or participated in a COVID-19 vaccine trial, you ARE eligible to donate blood if they meet… Keep Reading
More than 200 farmworkers received a piece of an informal settlement from Rancho Laguna Farms LLC on Sunday after an unfair labor practice charge. The California Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) announced Saturday that 212 farmworkers would receive checks from the nearly $30,000 settlement. ALRB representatives distributed the checks of varying amounts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday… Keep Reading
The expanding promise of coronavirus vaccinations in Sonoma County collided Monday with the realities of vaccine scarcity and extreme weather elsewhere upending expected deliveries of doses. The supply problems were so severe that one of county’s largest health care providers, Sutter Health, decided to pause scheduling all appointments for first doses, and planned to reschedule… Keep Reading
Santa Rosa wants your help identifying the most important changes affecting land use and public policy the city should make over the next few decades. The city announced Monday the launch of a community survey for its latest general plan, part of an effort dubbed “Santa Rosa Forward.” The brief questionnaire asks residents to say… Keep Reading
State regulators fined Kaiser Permanente $55,350 for safety violations at its Santa Rosa medical center, alleging Sonoma County’s largest health care provider failed to take adequate steps to prevent COVID-19 from spreading through its workforce. The fines, which are being challenged by Kaiser, emerged from a six-month investigation launched last year by the California Division… Keep Reading
One of the few liberties gained by Californians during the pandemic — ordering cocktails to go from bars and restaurants — could be enshrined in state law under a new bill in consideration at the state Legislature. Local bar and restaurant owners credit carry-out food and drink orders with helping to prop up their struggling… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA, CA — Santa Rosa is looking to add some original art to its downtown Fifth Street parking garage. The city’s Public Art Program seeks an artist — or team of artists — to design, create and install art for the garage’s southwest-facing exterior wall that overlooks Orchard and Fifth streets. The goal for… Keep Reading
