April 5, 2021
Chair of the Board of Supervisors Lynda Hopkins is accusing Sheriff Mark Essick of harassment and bullying.
Supervisor Hopkins alleged the incident occurred last August during a phone call in the midst of the Walbridge Fire. She tells the Press Democrat she asked the Sheriff questions regarding her constituents accessing their animals in the evacuation zones when she was met with hostility and what she felt was a threat. An investigation has been conducted by County counsel but Sheriff Essick has sued to keep its results private claiming he’s protected by the same laws giving privacy to most misconduct investigations into peace officers. A temporary restraining order has been placed forbidding the release of the investigation’s findings until a court hears the case.
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March 17, 2021
News Director Michelle Marques talks with Chair of the Board of Supervisors Lynda Hopkins about the initial steps in the search to replace Director Barbie Robinson, as well as how a federal grant will be used to shore up the general fund and combat the coronavirus. Hopkins also addresses the recent racial attack against Rohnert Park Vice Mayor Jackie Elward.
March 17, 2021
Rohnert Park’s Vice Mayor is speaking out after being called racial slurs over the phone.
Vice Mayor Jackie Elward posted on Facebook that during a phone call with an anonymous person complaining about the fireworks ban in Rohnert Park, she was called racial slurs and told to “go back to Africa.” Elward said in the post she has thick skin and can take people being angry with her but what happened over the phone was “totally unacceptable.” Supervisor Lynda Hopkins and Santa Rosa Mayor Chris Rogers expressed support of Elward on Facebook with Hopkins stating “Sonoma County, we need to do better.”
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San Mateo County moves to orange tier, the first in the Bay Area to get there since last fall
March 16, 2021
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Holiday shoppers populate Burlingame Avenue in Burlingame, Calif., on Wednesday, December 23, 2020.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Cassie Hausauer (left) and her daughter Heidi Hausauer attend a drive-in movie in San Mateo.Gabrielle Lurie / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
One year to the day after its last strikes, spares and gutter balls, Bel Mateo Bowl is oiling its 24 lanes now separated by plastic partitions and preparing to reopen, after San Mateo County on Tuesday became the first in the Bay Area to advance to the orange tier.