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Surprise, surprise. The Obamacare roll-out is very much open for business to everyone in Sonoma County and all across California. Thousands of county  residents became instantly eligible for expanded Medi-Cal benefits on Oct. 1 and all medical insurance plans will meet new minimum standards of coverage and service beginning Jan. 1, 2014.

Layoffs total eight percent of the workforce

Joint discussion eases student transition from 5th-6th and 6th-7th grade

Last month, Alliance Medical Center was contacted by the Health Resources and Services Administration, the branch of federal government that oversees Federally Qualified Health Centers. HRSA wanted to study how we work with pregnant women. It turns out that Alliance is in the top 1 percent in the nation in prenatal care! More than 90 percent of our patients who are expecting are receiving medical care beginning in their first trimester.

The Healdsburg Unified School District (HUSD) Board of Trustees voted unanimously to work with the College & Career Academy Support Network (CCASN) of UC Berkeley at their board meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Part of the goal of the partnership is to help prepare more high school students for college and to implement changes to curriculum, including testing, coming with the new Common Core State Standards.

The Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB) launched its winter food and funds drive on Nov. 1 to help the one in six Sonoma County residents struggling with hunger. They encourage the other five out of six of us to donate food, time, or cash this holiday season to help meet the demand for food assistance year-round. The drive will run from Nov. 1 to Jan. 31, 2014.