The Cazadero Community Services District has installed an Air Quality Monitor on Firehouse #1 at  5980 Cazadero Hwy.  Air Quality readings may be accessed by clicking on the SERVICES tab on the home page and then clicking on Air Quality.  A new page will open, then click on View the Map button.  Allow Purple Air to use your current location and if you are located in Cazadero or along the lower…

 How are you staying informed during the public health crisis? There are new resources, updates, and resource information published every day. There are briefings 6 days a week and Newsletter briefings from Supervisor Hopkins on Monday/Wednesday/Friday.

EMERGENCY FOOD in JENNER
Wednesday April 1st
From 10 to 11 am, the Redwood Empire Food Bank will be at the parking area
between the Jenner Inn and the Sea Store.
Groceries will be available: Here are guidelines and basic information. 
Customers:
Please bring bags and boxes for your food. You should expect to provide a
signature, address and # of people in your household. Additionally, seniors…

[En Español abajo] Sonoma County’s interim public health officer today ordered the closure of all parks in Sonoma County to further enforce the county’s shelter-in-place directive during the COVID-19 emergency. The closure goes into effect March 24 and remains in effect until further notice. The closure applies to all agencies and jurisdictions operating parks and open spaces in Sonoma County…

The County was informed by their slide repair contractor of an additional planned extended closure of King Ridge Rd.

THURSDAY, MARCH 12 - WILDFIRE SEASON IS COMING - ARE YOU READY?

At 1:58PM all Frontier 911 and long distance services previously reported out of service were restored.  

911 and long distance calling is out of service - Cazadero Station #1 - 5980 Cazadero Hwy is staffed during this outage.  in the event of emergency call 707-632-5390 or come to the station for assistance,
Landline phones from Sea Ranch to Cazadero are working but for local calls
only within your exchange.
Hams are being asked to monitor their radios. 
All agencies are notified and there is no…

Received from Supervisor Hopkins' Office:

PRESS RELEASE

In lieu of press conferences, CAL FIRE will continue to provide incident reports on the Kincade Fire two times daily at 7am and 7pm until the fire is fully contained. These reports include statistics on acreage burned, percentage contained, structures destroyed, and more. Given CAL FIRE's progress in containing the fire and favorable weather conditions, it is not anticipated that CAL FIRE will…

As of 7:55 this evening it is reported,the PG&E Power Shutoff may begin between 1pm and 5 pm on Saturday, with the final decision expected tomorrow at 8:00 A.M.

PG&E has announced that there is potential for another PG&E Power Shutoff event that would impact significant portions of Sonoma County on Saturday (10/26), Sunday (10/27), and Monday (10/28). Due to the intensity of the forecasted weather and the likelihood of damage to PG&E’s infrastructure, it is anticipated that over 90,000 PG&E customers will be impacted for an extended period of time…

Due to the Kincade Fire in Geyserville, an air quality health advisory is in effect. The current smoky conditions throughout West County are due to the Kincade Fire. This health advisory will remain in effect until the air quality significantly and consistently improves. For additional information, please visit: https://socoemergency.org/smoke-health-advisory/

The National Weather Service (NWS) upgraded the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning for the North Bay mountains, valleys, and coastlines from 8 PM Saturday (10/26) to 11 AM Monday (10/28). 

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/multimedia/10204802-181/map-proposed-pge-power-outage
 

The National Weather Service issues Red Flag Warnings & Fire Weather Watches to alert fire departments of the onset, or possible onset, of critical weather and dry conditions that could lead to rapid or dramatic increases in wildfire activity. 
A Red Flag Warning is issued for weather events which may result in extreme fire behavior that will occur within 24 hours. A Fire Weather Watch is issued…