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Looking at the historic unemployment rates for Sonoma County, it appears that this is the lowest April unemployment rate since 2008, back during the downturn
The revenues that would normally have gone to PG&E’s profits and their stakeholders and corporate taxes, those revenues can be used to do programs in Sonoma County.
It is horrible that you are disconnecting Wi-Fi on the buses. The rides to/from Sonoma County are long and dismal, and Wi-Fi was one bright spot in the long commute. It was helpful to catch up on email during the ride, and definitely saved charges for minutes from the greedy phone companies. Maybe you could save money by just handing out sleeping pills to your Petaluma and Santa Rosa riders.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Parking fees at California state beaches heat up
to dip in the ocean.So when state parks wanted to install 15 self-pay machines that would collect $8 per vehicle, the Sonoma County zoning board shot it down at the behest of residents. The state protested and the county board of supervisors will hear the Read more »
Around the web
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Swallows lawsuit may delay Petaluma bridge work
accuses state and federal regulators of causing the death of dozens of migratory cliff swallows by placing nets on a Sonoma County bridge during a highway widening project. The San Francisco Chronicle reports ( http://bit.ly/10mUWaq) the suit filed by a coalition 6:39 AM from Mercedes Sun-Star Read more »
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Medtronic cuts 20 Santa Rosa jobs in restructuring move
unit also cut 15 field jobs based outside Sonoma County, spokesman Joe McGrath said.The company now employs 950 people in Sonoma County, up from 840 a year ago.“We have definitely grown. The businesses based in Santa Rosa are doing very well,” McGrath said.The from Santa Rosa Press Democrat Read more »
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High-speed Petaluma chase reaches 110 mph before arrest at gunpoint
Mustang driver tried to outrun pursuing Sonoma County sheriff's deputies early Wednesday, reaching up to 110 mph on Stony Point Road and weaving around morning commute traffic, according to initial law enforcement reports. The chase ended after about seven from Santa Rosa Press Democrat Read more »
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Warm weather may be behind rattlesnake bites
Wolf of Sonoma County Reptile Rescue Center uses a pair of snake tongs to display a North Pacific Rattlesnake on Tuesday in Sebastopol. Warm weather early in the year means rattlesnakes are more active then usual following April's breeding season, and local from Santa Rosa Press Democrat Read more »
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Rohnert Park man arrested after shots fired outside ex-girlfriend's home, sheriff's officials say
Rohnert Park man was arrested Monday on suspicion of shooting at an ex-girlfriend's Windsor home, Sonoma County sheriff's officials said. Christopher Gornowicz, 22, was being held on $100,000 bail at the Sonoma County Jail and was expected to be charged at from Santa Rosa Press Democrat Read more »
