People allowed to return to some evacuated areas in Sonoma Co. Published on August 31, 2020 at 06:21AM by Bay City News Service Evacuation orders in the Armstrong Woods and Dry Creek areas near Guerneville in Sonoma County have been downgraded to evacuation "warnings," from evacuation "orders," and residents are allowed to return to those areas at their own risk, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department said Sunday night. One downgraded evacuation zone is north of Mill Creek Road, west of Dry Creek (the actual creek) and Westside Road, south of Chemise Road and east of the burn area. Another is north of Sweetwater Springs Road, west of Westside Road, south of Mill Creek Road and east of the burn area. The third is north of the Russian River to the burn area, west of Westside Road, south of Sweetwater Springs Road and east of Armstrong Woods Road and Sweetwater Springs Road. Residents living on Sweetwater Springs Road will have to report to the traffic control