MARTIN ESPINOZA

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• Health coalition granted $830,000 for Affordable Care Act outreach

  Published May 16, 2013

  Petaluma-based Redwood Community Health Coalition granted $830,000.

• Number of Sonoma County homeless families drops by 20 percent in count

  Published May 7, 2013

  The number of homeless families with children in county drops from 2011 to 2013.

• Controlled burns sending heavy smoke over Petaluma

  Published April 26, 2013

  The pall hanging over the Petaluma area Friday is the result of controlled burns in northwest Marin County.

• Petaluma firefighter injured battling garage blaze

  Published April 24, 2013

  

  He suffered second-degree burns while battling a fire on South McDowell Blvd. Wednesday afternoon.

• Housing bust's ripple effect felt at bottom of Sonoma County rental market

  Published April 22, 2013

  

  Lack of rental housing is creating a bottleneck.

• Immigration bill raises hopes of North Coast, Petaluma immigrants

  Published April 17, 2013

  Bill could give some undocumented immigrants a path to living in U.S. legally.

• Feds allocate $19.3 million for defunct Port Sonoma ferry service plan

  Published April 14, 2013

  

  Project had sought to create ferry service from Port Sonoma to other Bay Area locations.

• Countywide effort to reduce 'repeat birth rate' for teen moms paying off

  Published April 12, 2013

  

  Efforts to curb teen mothers from having multiple children are working well in Sonoma County.

• Bishop exempts Ukiah teachers from morality vow

  Published March 15, 2013

  

  Bishop Robert Vasa has exempted nearly a dozen teachers at Saint Mary of the Angels Catholic School.

• Immigration rule change keeps families together

  Published March 4, 2013

  

  A new federal immigration rule takes effect Monday.

• Santa Rosa Diocese requires its teachers to reject 'modern errors'

  Published February 28, 2013

  

  "Modern errors" include contraception, abortion, homosexual marriage and euthanasia.

• Aging baby boomers will create 'silver tsunami' for Sonoma County

  Published February 11, 2013

  

  The so-called silver tsunami of aging baby boomers will peak sooner than most realize.

• Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital nurses begin two-day strike

  Published January 15, 2013

  

  Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital nurses went on strike Monday for the third time since October.

• Long road for Petaluma commuters

  Published January 12, 2013

  

  The typical Petaluma resident spends 29.4 minutes traveling to work each day.

• Petaluma, Santa Rosa health clinics get $1 million federal funding boost for schools

  Published December 20, 2012

  Petaluma Health Center gets $500,000 federal grant to construct two new school-based clinics.

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