Police Logs, Oct. 23-29
Monday, Oct. 23
1:18pm A hit-and-run accident occurred at CVS Pharmacy on Center Street. The reporting party (RP) indicated her vehicle was hit and the suspect was trying to leave. Officers responded and arrested a 48-year-old (YO) woman for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Tuesday,...
Retirement Home Residents’ Evacuation Under Fire
By Will Carruthers
A new book provides an in-depth account of the rescue of residents of two opulent Santa Rosa retirement care homes from the rapidly spreading Tubbs Fire in early October 2017.
Families of residents of the Villa Capri and Varenna care homes often shelled...
Police Log, Oct. 16-22
Monday, Oct. 16
11:06am The Reporting Party (RP) said she believes her parked car was hit the previous day at Safeway on Vine Street. An officer responded and took a report on the hit and run.
12:13pm The RP indicated that a woman in the lobby...
City, SMART Workshop Reconsiders the Location of the Station
A more-than-full house at the Senior Center meeting room last Thursday evening brought excitement, and opinions, to a City of Healdsburg workshop with SMART on where to locate a rail transit station in town.
“We’re happy to have standing room only in here—we regard it...
Catching Up with Breathless
There’s an oasis in Healdsburg in an industrial park at the end of Moore Lane, past storage sheds and warehouses toward a dead end. Even though it’s not the kind of place people just happen upon, when they find it they’re not disappointed.
Breathless Sparkling...
Police Log, Oct. 9-16
Monday, Oct. 9
9:09am A reporting party (RP) indicated that one or two people were sleeping under a tarp at Max Process Equipment on Healdsburg Avenue. Officers responded, the subjects moved along.
9:14pm A caller reported a red Honda hatchback was driving at a high rate...
Embracing Autumn
This article was contributed by Isabella Cook.
Halloween is almost here, and it seems as though no one in the North Bay is holding back when adding to the community’s shared sense of seasonal excitement.
But fall isn’t only about proudly displaying a carved-up pumpkin on...
Preserve to Serve Again
This article was contributed by Kary Hess.
When it comes to the bountiful Sonoma County harvest, the abundance can be too much to eat all at once.
People end up throwing out even their home-grown garden produce. But there is a way to keep all that...
Chamber Spotlights Women in Business
Though a month late for American Business Women’s Day on Sept. 22, the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce is making up for missed time with a “unique and empowering event” at Coyote Sonoma on Tuesday, Oct. 24.
The two-part program begins with a Women in Business...
Cannabis License Process in Final Stages
Seven applicants for Healdsburg’s two allowed cannabis business licenses appeared in private interviews with city staff last Thursday, while an eighth appealed their disqualification in the application process.
Late last month, the city’s cannabis team announced the results of the application process itself, with scores...