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The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors sent a letter to the state on March 27, asking for an increase in vaccine allocations for the county. While county officials are emphasizing that county allocations of the vaccine have remained flat over the past month, it also announced this week that 25% of county residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 45% of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Help is on the way for seniors of the West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) whose diplomas are on the line after nearly a full year capsized by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The city council reviewed letters of interest for local and regional board and committee vacancies and gave Mayor Una Glass, or a designated delegate in her absence, direction on who to vote for at the Feb. 11 City Selection Committee and Executive Board of Directors of the Sonoma County Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association Meeting.

The Sebastopol City Council approved the adoption of a tobacco retail license for the city at its most recent meeting on Sept. 15. Chief among the reasons an ordinance regulating tobacco sales and businesses was proposed is the increase of youth tobacco use through vaping.

Sonoma County was added to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s coronavirus county watchlist Friday, July 10, joining 29 other counties in the state, according to the county’s health officer, Dr. Sundari Mase. Being placed on the watchlist is one of the first steps in a series of actions that could have certain businesses in the county shutting back down in as soon as three days, should case numbers not improve.

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Part two of our annual news roundup covers a selection of events from July through December. Part one, covering January through June, appeared last week.

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