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‘ONE DOOR CLOSES, AND ANOTHER ONE OPENS’ IN LOCAL DINING LANDSCAPE By Christian Kallen
Photo by Christian Kallen
Adel’s Restaurant, opened 34 years ago and as such perhaps the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Healdsburg, closed its doors for the last time on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 29. The diner on Dry Creek Road just off the Highway 101 off-ramp has been a popular stop for long-distance drivers and local diners alike since it opened in 1989. Its traditional menu included big breakfasts, big burgers, skillets and salads. The leatherette booths and long Formica counter were familiar from coast to coast under different marquees. It was a reassuring setting, and the crowd that showed on its final Sunday came to share in the farwell. “I couldn’t let you leave without saying goodbye,” said one independent contractor sidling onto a counter stool. The booths were filled with families likewise saying goodbye with one last breakfast. The current manager, Danny Ibrahim, is related to Adel Ibrahim, who started the restaurant and two others with the same name, in Santa Rosa and Eureka. A Eureka Adel’s is still open, while the Santa Rosa Adel’s—at Mendocino and College— became Café Mimosa a couple years ago. Rumors of the pending closure have been floated for weeks, with an ad listed on the commercial real estate LoopNet detailing the space available. A 3,221-square-foot
DECORATION The 2022 Healdsburg Tree, following its lighting celebration at Merry Healdsburg. This year’s tree lighting ceremony takes place on Friday, Dec. 1.
Prepare To Be Merry, Healdsburg! FRIDAY NIGHT TREE LIGHTING CELEBRATION CONTINUES TO GROW By Christian Kallen
A relatively new tradition continues this Friday with the third annual Merry Healdsburg party at the Plaza, an occasion to celebrate the winter season, shop for local gifts, enjoy the company of neighbors and witness the Lighting of the Tree. “Bring the whole family to enjoy a winter wonderland downtown with carriage rides, live holiday music, complimentary photos with Santa, and much more,” encourages the city on its own website. “Watch as we light up the Plaza to celebrate
this joyous season!” It’s billed as a familyfriendly holiday event, and how could it not be? With sponsorship and support by Kiwanis and the Chamber of Commerce, live music by a trio called the Sugarplums and an extended visit by the Big Guy himself, the Friday night lighting could rival the Plaza’s other big events this past year, such as Dia de Muertos and the Climate Fest. The Plaza will be decked out for the holidays, and celebrants are expected to gather about 6pm. The cornerstone event, the Tree Lighting ceremony itself, is scheduled for 6:30pm. Santa will stick around for complimentary photos with the kids until 8:30pm, while a horsedrawn carriage bedecked with colorful lights will
circle the plaza throughout, offering complimentary rides.
Bike Parade
Before the Plaza party starts, however, a parade of another sort will circle around town not with sleigh bells or horse’s hooves but with twowheelers and a community bike ride organized by Move! Healdsburg. This new citizens group, a spinoff of the Climate Action Healdsburg group with engagement by Healdsburg Cycle, the Healdsburg Running Company and others, is building momentum for a bike-safe Healdsburg through what they hope are monthly community rides. Bicyclists are asked to meet at 4pm at Old Roma Station, 57 Front St., for a three-mile route through
low-traffic city streets and past the Healdsburg Plaza, where Merry Healdsburg will be getting underway. Riders can end their route there or return with the group to Old Roma Station. Helmets are required (a few will be available for lending) and lighted bikes and festive attire are encouraged.
Holiday Market
The Friday Night event will also be the site of a new Holiday Night Market, in conjunction with Healdsburg Farmers Market. More than 50 vendors, including many food vendors and creative merchants of packaged foods, gifts, handmade crafts and more, will be set up at the Healdsburg Plaza from 4-9:30pm. The market will fill both Matheson and Plaza
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streets around the Plaza park. Many familiar faces from the Saturday Farmers Market have signed up, joined by local restaurants, shops and merchants, craft food vendors and community groups. The lighting of the tree itself is scheduled for 6:30pm, with a host of local celebrities and Santa himself throwing the switch. The tree, a 42-foot white fir from southern Oregon, has undergone decoration for much of the week with 4,000 lights and 500 ornaments. Other family activities are planned, and what Plaza party would be complete without live music? This year the Sugarplums, winners of the national Christmas Caroler Challenge competition on The CW network, take the stage. ➝ Merry Healdsburg, 7
FIVE HOLIDAY CONCERTS IN HEALDSBURG SEASON OF SONG ARRIVES IN SONOMA COUNTY
Photo by Christian Kallen
COMING EVENTS Upcoming Christmas concerts from two
Healdsburg community groups take over the marquee at the Raven Theater, 115 North St.
Maybe it’s the shorter days, the warming fires or the family gatherings, but few seasons are as musical as Christmas. While the continual cycle of familiar carols streaming from every retail shop and sidewalk sales cart may eventually become tedious, like a rising tide it’s best just to go along for the ride. Healdsburg is fortunate to have several community music groups, comprised largely of volunteers
and able amateurs, who share their love for music and the season with winter concerts. Here is a list of five holiday concerts coming in December. The Healdsburg Community Band plays its annual Holiday Concert at the Raven Theater on Sunday at 3pm. The Holiday Concert has become a local institution since the group’s founding 41 years ago. From the beginning it has relied on a melding of Healdsburg High School band and orchestra students and local seniors whose marching band days are long gone. It was cofounded by Lew Sbrana, a trumpeter and conductor of the high school band. Though its numbers have risen and fallen with the years, it now has 38 members, including one from the band’s founding in 1982, Dr. Douglas Pile (clarinet). Among the younger members are
Pile’s son, Nate, and granddaughter, Natalie (both also clarinet). HHS musical director John Natelli’s elementary school-age son is also expected to play percussion for the Dec. 3 concert. “Overall, we skew solidly toward the mature side,” said the band’s president, Stu Matlow. “In support of local music education, we award a scholarship to a high school senior most years, and occasionally purchase equipment for Healdsburg High School. A few years ago we stopped charging admission for concerts, in favor of support from donations. It’s worked out about the same financially.” Jon Saler is the current musical director, and he has selected holiday compositions “that go beyond the usual Yuletide fare,” said Matlow, including “Jingle Bell Swing,” in ➝ Holiday Concerts, 7
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HEALDSBURG HAPPENINGS GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN THIS WEEK & NEXT Dine Out for Life
Thursday, Nov. 30, is the 22nd annual fundraising event for Food for Thought. Restaurants donate 25% to 100% of proceeds to provide support for people living with HIV, cancer and other serious medical conditions. Several Healdsburg restaurants are participating, see fftfoodbank.org/ dining-out-for-life. Holiday-themed familyfriendly community bike ride, 4-5:30pm on Friday, Dec. 1, to increase interest in creating a bike-safe community. Meet at Old Roma Station, 57 Front St. Helmets required. For information visit movehealdsburg.org.
Merry Healdsburg
Friday, Dec. 1, the city of Healdsburg will hold a tree-lighting ceremony at the Healdsburg Plaza at 6:30pm. Other activities at the Plaza include a Holiday Market along both Matheson and Plaza streets, carriage rides, musical performances and more, from 4-9:30pm.
Violin Recital
The 222’s classical music programmer, Gary
Farmers’ Market
The regular Saturday Healdsburg Farmers’ Market is Saturday, Dec. 2, from 8:30am to noon at the West Plaza parking lot. The market celebrates local agricultural heritage and is one of the original Certified Farmers Markets in the area.
Sip’n’Shop
The Healdsburg Chamber combines shopping and wine tasting on Saturday, Dec. 2. Start at CraftWork 445 Center St. at 4pm, then visit 15 shops with food, wine and holiday bargains. $65 ticket covers all.
Double Tenor Jazz Party
A holiday swingin’ dance party with saxophonists Patrick Wolff and Noel Jewkes and quintet. Free swing dance lessons from 6-7pm, music from 7:309pm at Paul Mahder Gallery, 222 Healdsburg Ave. $60, $25 students at Healdsburgjazz.org.
Hotel Jazz
Jazz Nova plays standards and originals, with Doug Morton (piano and trumpet), Josh Fossgreen (bass) and Tom Hayashi (drums). Saturday, Dec. 2, 6-9pm,
Photo by Dennis Hearne
Move! Healdsburg
McLaughlin, in recital with works by Bach, Telemann, Hindemith, Kreisler and Bacewicz, on Friday, Dec. 1, 7:30pm. Tickets $20. At 222 Healdsburg Ave, the222.org.
TENOR DUO The Patrick Wolff Quintet, featuring legendary tenor saxophonist Noel Jewkes (right), will headline Healdsburg Jazz’s Holiday Dance Party on Saturday, Dec. 2. 25 Matheson St., no cover.
Holiday Concert
The Healdsburg Community Band plays its annual Holiday Concert at the Raven Theater on Sunday, Dec. 3. Doors open 2:30pm, music starts at 3pm. Free. See the article in this issue.
Monday Movies
AVFilm presents “Through the Lens,” a world cinema series curated by SRJC’s Mike Traina. Monday, Dec. 4, visit India though Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy
(2019). 6pm at the Studio, Plaza Cinema Center, 375 Healdsburg Ave. Tickets $15, $50 for series of four.
City Council
Regular meeting of the Healdsburg City Council begins at 6pm, 401 Grove St. Public comment welcome from attendees. Agenda available the Wednesday preceding, at healdsburg.gov/543/ Agendas-Minutes.
First Thursday
Monthly movies at The 222 feature world cinema
classics. Dec. 7 it’s the first film in Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, Pather Panchali. $20, 7pm at 222 Healdsburg Ave.
City Offices Closed The Community Development Center and City offices will be closed on Dec. 8. Closure reduces utility and facility use costs by closing some facilities. Public Works and Building inspections will be available.
Community Chorus Healdsburg
Community
Chorus’ Holiday Concert “Do You Hear What I Hear” on both Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9-10. Starts 3pm at the Raven Theater. 115 North St. Tickets $20 at the door or online healdsburgchorus. com/concerts-tickets/. Post events on the Tribune’s online calendar at healdsburgtribune. com/calendar, and send special announcements to editor@ healdsburgtribune.com.
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The Phenomenal Mary Pleasant By Pierre Ratte
Mary Ellen Pleasant was a phenomenal woman. Born a slave in 1814, she amassed an estimated $30 million through entrepreneurship and savvy investing. Owning boarding houses, restaurants, laundries, a dairy and a
money-lending business, she acquired 2,000 acres around Glen Ellen, including the famed 1,000-acre Beltane Ranch, which she used as a summer property. Her main home was a 30-room Italianate mansion with formal gardens in the Nob Hill area. She lived in the mansion as a domestic to disguise her wealth in post-Civil War times. Her self-listed profession in the 1890 census was “capitalist.”
November 2, 1940 – October 22, 2023
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ohn “RJ” Nolan was born November 2, 1940 and passed away on October 22, 2023. RJ was born in Pasadena, California and moved to Iowa in 1952 with his family. After high school, he followed his brothers back out to Pasadena. During his years in the Navy, RJ was a radio disc jockey and kept an extensive collection of recordings with him always. His passion for music followed him throughout life, as he loved to sing in the church choir. Friends will remember him joyfully singing everywhere he went. RJ later moved to the Bay Area where he started his career with American Airlines, after which he had a very successful second career as a realtor with ReMax. Retirement saw RJ and his long-time partner, Dr. Richard Braum, enjoying life between their beloved “Rainbow House” log cabin on the banks of the Russian River in Healdsburg, CA and their winter haven in Palm Springs. RJ passed away peacefully in Los Angeles, CA. He will be laid to rest at Cuffey Cove in Elk, California alongside Dr. Braum.
financiers of the Underground Railroad, a cause the Hussey Gardner family supported. Left an inheritance by Smith, she fled Virginia and came to San Francisco, creating the western terminus of the Underground Railroad. Fun Facts: Mary Ellen Pleasant’s SF business partner was Thomas Bell, vice president of the Bank of California. Her boarding house tenant, Newton Booth, was elected governor of California. She arbitraged gold and silver pricing during the California Gold Rush. She knew John Brown and may have financed his rebellion. The six eucalyptus trees she planted at the Bush and Octavia mansion still stand more than 100 years later,
now designated Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park— San Francisco’s smallest public park. Denied access
to a streetcar, she sued. The lawsuit went to the California Supreme Court. She won.
Photo by Pierre Ratte
JOHN “RJ” NOLAN
Born a slave in Augusta, Georgia, her mother was murdered. Orphaned, she was sold to a New Orleans businessman, Amicus Price, who sent her to work for the Williams family, who indentured her to the Gardner Hussey family on Nantucket. The young girl worked in Mary Hussey’s Union Street general store at the height of Nantucket’s whaling boom. Educated in reading, writing and arithmetic by Thomas Gardner, she corresponded with the family for 20 years until their untimely deaths at sea. Around the age of 26, she married James W. Smith, a Virginia plantation owner and abolitionist. For 14 years, they worked as conductors and
GRAVESTONE Mary Ellen Pleasant’s memorial at the Tulocay Cemetery in Napa, where the former-slave-turnedentrepreneur was laid to rest.
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IT’S BREAKFAST Cottage fries and sausage, two eggs over easy with toast on the side and coffee—that’s the standard fare Adel’s Healdsburg served for 34 years. It closed on Nov. 29. space with a fully equipped restaurant ready to reopen servicing a 3-star hotel, the Dry Creek Inn next door. A “turnkey restaurant…in lovely Healdsburg.” It wouldn’t be the first time the business has sold. It opened in 1984 as Mrs. G’s, and though the footprint has been expanded and the interior much remodeled, the business model for such restaurants is vulnerable to the decline in visitors to Healdsburg. “People used to come to Healdsburg by the thousands, but no more,” said Ibrahim. “The restaurant business is nothing now. It’s one headache after
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another”—he listed the cost of food, labor, utilities and the leaser’s request that he stay open longer to service the early-dinner crowd from the hotel. Though Ibrahim said the restaurant used to hold those hours, it doesn’t pencil out now. The property is listed as a five-year lease for $37.20 a square foot per year. That comes out to almost $120,000 a year, $10,000 a month. A pretty price to pay even in lovely Healdsburg. Ibrahim had been negotiating with the owner for several weeks, but with less than a week to go no
far from the tree. Before the week was out it became locally known that the new tenant would be related to Black Oak Coffee, a Ukiahbased roastery that already has a Healdsburg location at 324 Center Street. The roastery plans a separate menu, brand and concept for a breakfast-lunch restaurant and has applied for a beverage license with the ABC. Evidently, the southeast corner of Matheson and Center won’t be empty for long. That’s a different story than what happened east of town on Highway 128, where the landmark Jimtown Store closed in Also in Flux Across town, at a prime lo- 2019. Though owner Carcation on the Healdsburg rie Brown has run occaPlaza, another long-stand- sional barn sales (and ing institution this week given her eclectic tastes, closed its doors for the last they attracted what one time. The Oakville Gro- could call celebrity pickcery ended its 26-year run ers), the diner, gift shop at close of business on Sun- and waystation for cyclists day, Nov. 26, along with the and other Alexander Valley Wine Merchant shop next travelers has been closed for almost four years. door. A few weeks ago, Sonoma At one time there were five Oakville Groceries in the Magazine reported that Bay Area, but now only the Michelle Wood, the owner original remains at the Napa of Dim Sum and Then Sum Valley crossroads known as catering, hoped to purchase Oakville. Jean-Charles Bois- the property. “First of all, it’s a pendset purchased the groceries to add to his lifestyle port- ing sale, it’s not a done folio in 2019, along with his deal,” said Brown in midSonoma and Napa county November when corralled at Little Saint. “I did not wineries. news at your didn’t fall want to say anything about ButLocal the acorn Greyounds sports
agreement was reached. The restaurant lease comes complete with furniture and all kitchen equipment, “wonderfully maintained” according to the listing. While Ibrahim intends to take a year off and may return to the restaurant business, he’s leaving his options open. “One door closes, and another one opens,” he said with a smile. Neither do the employees seem too worried about the end of Adel’s. Some of them expect to return to work in the same location as soon as the new year, for a new boss.
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Destination Healdsburg
The Asian influence will also soon be felt in downtown Healdsburg. Sushi by Scratch will open as a small, exclusive restaurant in the back of the Matheson, where Taverna Sofia was several years ago. Scratch Restaurants signed on the dotted line to open an “omakase” sushi restaurant, which means the customers let the chef determine the menu. Opening night is slated for this weekend, with the table set for a 10-seat, 17-course omakase feast, according
to the North Bay Business Journal. The intimate restaurant will be available for reservations starting Dec. 1 at the online reservation service Tock. The Matheson has its own sushi bar which will continue for the time being, said coowner and chef Dustin Valette, though they may limit this service as Scratch develops. Scratch has nine other restaurants nationally, several of them Michelin Star recipients. Its location under the roof of The Matheson— itself a Michelin-noticed restaurant—enhances the opportunities for fine dining in Destination Healdsburg. Reservations required.
STAFF PHOTO Adel’s owner-manager, Danny Ibrahim,
is joined at the restaurant on its penultimate day by morning cook Alejandro and servers Erica and Ashley (eyes closed).
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Geyserville Tractors Roll On FIRST SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING EVERY YEAR Santa Rosa had its Rose Parade, Healdsburg has its FFA Parade, but Geyserville lays claim to the world’s biggest Lighted Tractor Parade, now in its 14th year (or is it the 15th?). On Saturday, Nov. 25, the small town where Alexander Valley meets Highway 101 pulled out all the stops on their army of tractors—and jeeps and mail trucks and vineyard pickups—to officially turn the page from Thanksgiving to the Christmas season. At least 3,000 residents and their cousins lined Geyserville Avenue along the 1.5-mile parade route from Canyon Road to the center of town on the chilly night to witness the stream of lights and imagination. Photographer Rick Tang captured the spectacle.
All photos by Rick Tang
PEANUTS CHRISTMAS Santa Rosa engineering firm RCX Inc. won the Best of Show award at the 14th Geyserville Tractor Parade.
EXPRESS MAIL Bernadette Loas pilots the ‘Christmas Caboose,’ a mail-delivery truck festooned with seasonal lights, down
Geyserville Avenue during the annual Tractor Parade on Nov. 25, 2023. The entry won Best Small Entry in the annual parade.
AWARD WINNER Halvorsen Solar Service won first place in the ‘large entry’ category with
this Christmas Vacation-themed float.
ANNOUNCERS State Sen. Mike McGuire, Tractor Parade Committee Chair Monica
Bugica and Brian Crebs of the Geyserville Kiwanis, announcer extraordinaire, narrated the parade from the downtown area.
CHRISTMAS ELF Participating vehicles expressed the holiday theme of the Geyserville Lighted Tractor Parade in every entry.
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OFF TO THE RACES A total of 2,919 registered runners stand at the starting line at 8am on Thanksgiving Day,
for Healdsburg’s annual ‘Live Like Drew’ 5k Turkey Trot.
FAMILY FUN Eric Noel of Berkeley, standing on the podium
at the end of the race, was top finisher. His wife, Mary Noel, came in first in the women’s race.
Turkey Trotters Run for Fun, Funds ANNUAL 5K ‘LIVE LIKE DREW’ RACE ENHANCES STUDENT ENDOWMENTS Thanksgiving Day gets off to an early start in Healdsburg, and Nov. 23 was no different. Almost 3,000 participants registered for the fundraising benefit, “plus lots of kids in strollers and dogs,” according to Susanne Esquivel. “The youngest Trotter was two weeks old and the oldest was 90 years old.”
The run around town is only 5k, about three miles, so “winning” is clearly not the point. Still, there were first-place finishers. The first across the finish line, at The Healdsburg Running Company where participants began their jog, was Eric Noel of Berkeley with a time of 15:13 (he was last year’s winner as well). The first woman to finish was his wife, Mary Noel, with a time of 17:23. The race, presented by the Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise with the help of founding partner the Healdsburg Running Company and the logistical support of City
of Healdsburg Community Services, raises funds for the Drew Esquivel Memorial Scholarship Fund. “Drew Scholars are selected based on their scholastic and athletic records, community involvement, personal character traits, attitude, goals and achievements,” said Esquivel, mother of Healdsburg youth after whom the “Live Like Drew” race is named. A 2013 graduate of Healdsburg High School, he died in Brooklyn three years later, the victim of a drunk driver. He was 21 at the time. Another Rotary fundraiser, the
Drew Esquivel Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament, is held annually in September. “After seven years, $120,000 from the endowment has been given in the form of single-year scholarships to 45 Drew Scholars,” said his mother. “With generous community support aspiring, high-achieving Healdsburg graduates are recognized and encouraged, now and into the future.” All together, 1,051 registrants, 35% of the total, claimed Healdsburg residence. Another 1,159 runners, 40%, listed other Sonoma County addresses.
And 719, or 25% of the 2,919 registered participants, came from outside Sonoma County. While the Rotary scholarship fund is the primary beneficiary, Farm to Fight Hunger also received support from the event this year. The Healdsburg nonprofit grows sustainably farmed vegetables and produces pasture-raised eggs that are donated to those in need of healthy food in Sonoma County. One of the event supporters, BloodRoot Wines, donated $75 to Farm to Fight Hunger from each case sale generated by the event. Said Susanne Esquivel,
“The event was possible because of over 80 community volunteers including the dedicated members of the Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise, many awesome students in Healdsburg High School Interact Club, and Healdsburg Running Company's amazing running community.” A full list of supporters, donors and sponsors, and past recipients of the scholarships, can be found at rotaryclubofhealdsburg sunrise.org/sitepage/drewesquivel-scholarship-fund.
Girls Hoop Team Rolls On HEALDSBURG LADY HOUNDS CONTINUE EARLY-SEASON STREAK By Caleb Knudsen
Photos by Michael Lucid
Picking up where they left off last year, the Healdsburg Greyhound girls basketball team is 6-0 just over two weeks into the season, despite having a small roster composed primarily of junior and sophomore talent. The only senior is Hailey Webb, and while all the girls have been playing at the top of their game, it was Webb who led scoring in the most recent game, the Nov. 25 meeting with Fort Bragg. Her 21 points counted for a high percentage of the team’s winning total in the 55-32 final, and her 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 assists did their part, too. Junior Ruby Leffew scored 13 points, giving the two a point total more than enough to overcome the Timberwolves. Aggressive defense smothered Fort Bragg, with junior Ashley Behrens having five forced turnovers. The holiday weekend game followed a much more challenging match
against Analy on Nov. 20, the fifth game in six days for the Greyhounds. “Analy showed up with great size—a couple of sixfooters—and a lot of talent,” said coach Jim Lago. Though Healdsburg jumped off to a 29-21 lead in the first half, the Sebastopol team got their act together and outscored Healdsburg 14-6 in the third quarter to take the lead. “But we never gave up and won by three points,” said Lago. The final score was 49-46. Hailey has been the team’s leading scorer, also running up 21 points in the Clear Lake game (Nov. 17, final score 68-16) and 23 points against Lower Lake (Nov. 18, 52-27 final). But juniors Claire Berry and Ruby Leffew and sophomores Amelia Wickersham and Meher Dhiman have also scored into double digits during the six games so far. “We are doing the best we can, and we have a never-quit attitude that can not be taught. It comes from the heart,” said Lado. “These girls are special.” Thursday night this week, Nov. 30, the Greyhounds team meets a strong Marin County opponent in San Marin, followed by a two-week break until Dec. 16.
GALLOPING GREYHOUND Senior Hailey Webb leads the Healdsburg High girls basketball team, but nearly all of the 7-person roster has scored into double digits.
TIPTOE SHOT Claire Berry brings shooting and rebounding skills back to the Greyhound team this year.
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FLASHBACKS RESEARCH & PHOTOGRAPHS CONTRIBUTED BY THE HEALDSBURG MUSEUM 100 years ago – November 22, 1923 Camp Visited by 540 Auto Parties
75 years ago – November 26, 1948 High School Netmen Capture League Cup
New tennis champs of Section II of the North Bay League are Al Worden’s Healdsburg High School netmen who climbed to the top of the ladder with wins over teams of Sonoma, Tomales, Calistoga and St. Helena High Schools. The local men defeated Sonoma last Friday, clinching the league championship. In the first singles
50 years ago – November 29, 1973 The City Responds to Nation’s Energy Crisis
If everyone turns out unneeded lights it will help, city fathers say. Otherwise, do ‘‘roving brown outs” suit you? Steps to reduce national consumption of gas and fuel oil have already been called for by President Nixon and it seems likely that Congress will act soon. In a nationally televised speech Sunday, President Nixon called for a prohibition of gasoline sales on Sunday and a limiting of Friday and Saturday sales. Lower highway speed limits to 50 miles per hour for cars and 55 miles per hour for trucks and buses were also needed, he said, as were lowering heating deliveries to homes by 15%, to merchants by 25%, and to industry by 10%. More reductions in commercial airline schedules are likely because of further jet fuel supply reductions. The Sunday voluntary driving cutback and no gasoline sales provisions may produce mixed reactions in Healdsburg. Most city gas stations have been closed for months on Sunday, so it is tourists coming here who may be most affected. Even before Nixon’s Sunday speech in
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Over 600 automobile parties, numbering around 1600 persons, were entertained at the automobile camp grounds of the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce during the touring season just completed. The camp grounds were closed Thursday for the winter. The records show that 540 automobiles were registered at the local auto park, which carried an average of three persons each. Many improvements are being planned by the camp committee of the Chamber of Commerce for next season. Among other things, redwood trees are to be planted, a Fort Bragg nursery having offered the young trees free of charge.
match Healdsburg’s Alfred Elgin trounced Sonoma’s No. 1 man, Jim Kirk, 6-2, 6-0. Grandin Worden continued the win for the locals, acing Glenn Purcell, of Sonoma, 6-2, 6-3. Sonoma failed to bring out a doubles combination, and was forced to forfeit additional points.
MOTEL? The Merryland Auto Camp in Healdsburg, circa 1941, before the word ‘motel’ was in wide use. which he outlined the cutbacks, which are as of now voluntary, the Healdsburg City Council had taken the first steps to set an energy saving example. In its meeting Nov. 19, the Council voted not to light the traditional downtown Christmas ornaments and authorized the city manager’s office to institute other energy savings actions. Mayor Badger, expressing fellow councilmen’s uncertainty about the crisis, said, “It is obvious that solid information on fuel is not available. The only attitude we can take is that we do have an energy crisis.” ROUNDABOUT The Texaco gas station at the corner of Healdsburg Avenue and Mill Street in 1981, where today the roundabout is located.
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to accommodate setup and take-down of the Holiday Market. That area will expand for the main event hours from 4-9:30pm to include Plaza Street between Center and East streets, and Center Street between Matheson and North streets.
Street Closures
Merry Healdsburg is hosted by the City of Healdsburg in collaboration with the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce, with a special thank you to Stay Healdsburg for its generous sponsorship. For more info, please visit https:// healdsburg.gov/1066/ Merry-Healdsburg.
Because of the lengthy duration of the event, street closures will affect the circum-Plaza area from noon on. Both Plaza and Matheson streets, between Healdsburg Avenue and Center Street, will be closed from noon to 11pm
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the style of Gene Krupa, and the 1954 embouchure workout “Bugler’s Holiday,” by Leroy Anderson. Seasonal favorites include “Adeste Fidelis” and the Appalachian folk carol, “I Wonder As I Wander.” “We wanted to create a musical program that reinforces the holiday spirit but rises above the seasonal cliches,” said Matlow. “I think we’ve succeeded and then some.” One day only, Sunday, Dec. 3, 3pm at the Raven Theater, 115 North St. Free. The Healdsburg Chorus is almost as venerable as the community band, having been founded in 1987 by Betty Zukov, pianist Susan Nelson and “a modest gathering of 20 people,” according to group president Doug Nalle. The number grew to more than 70 pre-COVID but then dropped off by almost half, and the group
did not assemble together for over a year. Now just over 50 strong, the chorus will perform on both Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 10, also at the Raven. The current musical director, David Martin, stepped in as the pandemic receded. “The Healdsburg Chorus is truly an amazing group of people,” he said. “All of the board members are members of the chorus—these people all perform and give their time and talent so freely. It’s wonderful to be a part of a group like that, it represents what the core of Healdsburg is. These are people that live here and work here and love music, and want to keep this group alive.” Each member of the chorus learns by memory their parts and even the words, which may not be in standard English. This year’s program is titled “Do
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The Sugarplums perform a repertoire of holiday hits, from the Drifters’ version of “White Christmas” to a Michael Bublé-style “Jingle Bells.” Sporting a retro flair and colorful choreography, their harmonies are said to be so sweet “they may give you a toothache!” Be forewarned.
MUSICAL TRIO The Sugarplums will sing, dance and project the holiday season at the Merry Healdsburg event
on Friday, Dec. 1.
You Hear What I Hear?” from the holiday standard of the same name, and includes both well-known and more unusual seasonal works. Among these are the Nigerian carol “Betelehemu,” the 16thcentury Catalonian Christmas carol “Fum Fum Fum” and the Ladino Hanukkah song “Ocho Kaendelikas,” as well the Rogers & Hammerstein classic “My Favorite Things,” among others. For the Sunday, Dec. 10 concert only, the chorus will be joined for two numbers by the Maria Carrillo Chamber Singers, a high school group led by Gayle Bowers that specializes in the off-beat style of the Swingle Singers, the 1960s French jazz ensemble. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9-10, at the Raven Theater. Concerts begin at 3pm, tickets $20 at the door or healdsburgchorus.com. Christmas Concert at St. Paul’s will held be on
Sunday, Dec. 10, featuring clarinetists Jim McGammon and Jim Gibboney with pipe-organist Paul Blanchard. The program is based on a 1918 Christmas concert, “The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” created by former Army chaplain Eric Milner-White to soothe a war-weary Britain. It has remained virtually unchanged during the century since its first performance at King’s College, Cambridge, and is broadcast annually on BBC. The program includes holiday favorites such as “Angels We Have Heard on High,” “The First Noel,” “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “Silent Night” and others. The choir will also sing several lesser-known but beautiful works, with short readings to further celebrate the reason for the season. Said St. Paul’s music director Blanchard, “In ‘Lessons and Carols’ there is no Latin, no sermon and no Psalms; but
lots of joyful singing.” Those who cannot attend the concert in person may watch the livestream or view the concert later on YouTube. Details on accessing these formats are available at the church website, www. stpauls-healdsburg.org. Free concert begins at 5pm, held at St. Paul’s Church, 209 Matheson St. He a l d s b u r g High School’s Winter Band Concert will be held on Thursday, Dec. 14, from 5-7pm. The one-night-only event will include performances by the full concert band, the Prince St. Band and special guests. Half of the proceeds will benefit the Rebuild NorthBay Foundation. Doors open at 4:30pm, show begins at 5pm. $10 per guest, $5 for students with ASB; at the Raven Theater. The New Horizons Band returns for its annual holiday concert on Sunday, Dec. 17, at
Healdsburg Community Church. New Horizons is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to giving seniors an opportunity to make music, regardless of ability or experience. The Sonoma County band had long been conducted by Lew Sbrana, but the indefatigable conductor passed the baton to former Piner High music instructor Michael Milbrath at last year’s concert. The band will perform a concert of Holiday-themed music that will last approximately one hour. Sunday, Dec. 17, 2–3pm, at Healdsburg Community Church, 1100 University Ave. Know of a holiday concert not listed here? Send a message to editor@ healdsburgtribune.com and we will include it in an upcoming calendar.
CLASSIFIED ADS/LEGAL NOTICES Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202302939
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. COMPREHENSIVE SITE SERVICES, 25886 CLAWITER ROAD, HAYWARD, CA 94545 ALAMEDA: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): PROCRAFT EQUIPMENT LLC, 25886 CLAWITER ROAD, HAYWARD, CA 94545: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 08/30/2023. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: DAVID C. BECKER, MANAGER OF PROCRAFT EQUIPMENT LLC. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on OCTOBER 05, 2023. (Publication Dates November 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303200
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. WILSON GARAGE DOORS, 1170 HOPPER AVE #112, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403 SONOMA: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): JACK D WILSON, 16252 EAGLE ROCK RD, HIDDEN VALLEY, CA 95467: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 2/2018. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: JACK WILSON, OWNER. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 01, 2023. (Publication Dates November 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303304
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. SONOMA COUNTY DIVE TEAM, 2777 CLEVELAND AVE., SUITE 110, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403 SONOMA: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): SONOMA COUNTY SHERIFF VOLUNTEER DIVE TEAM INC, 2777 CLEVELAND AVE., SUITE 110, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403: This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: WILLIAM M. SERVERI/SECRETARY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 13, 2023. (Publication Dates November 16, 23, 30, December 7 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303328
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. BRIDLE PATH BED & BREAKFAST, 388 BRIDLE PATH, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 SONOMA: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): MICHAEL D. GRAVES, KATHLEEN R. PAGE, 388 BRIDLE PATH, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in
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this statement is true and correct. Signed: WILLIAM M. SERVERI/ SECRETARY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 15, 2023. (Publication Dates November 23, 30, December 7, 14 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303325
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. CAMELOT PARTNERSHIPS, 1913 CONTRA COSTA AVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95405 SONOMA: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): BRADLEY ROYAL ANDERSEN, 1913 CONTRA COSTA AVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95405: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: BRADLEY ROYAL ANDERSEN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 15, 2023. (Publication Dates November 23, 30, December 7, 14 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303340
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. MI TAQUITO, 665 SEBASTOPOL RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407 SONOMA: Mailing Address: 1400 WEST AVE APT 18, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): MIGUEL ANGEL REYES, 1400 WEST AVE APT 18, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: MIGUEL ANGEL REYES DURAN, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 11, 2023. (Publication Dates November 23, 30, December 7, 14 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303355
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. AESTHETICS BY JENNA, 1030 SECOND ST, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 SONOMA: Mailing Address: 194 GROVE ST, WINDSOR, CA 95492 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): JENNA ANNE WEEKS, 194 GROVE ST, WINDSOR, CA 95492: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: JENNA WEEKS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 17,
2023. (Publication Dates November 23, 30, December 7, 14 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SONOMA COUNTY FILE NO. 202303016
The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the following fictitious business name(s). Fictitious Business name(s) HOTEL E, 37 OLD COURTHOUSE SQUARE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404, COUNTY SONOMA. The Fictitious Business Name Statement was filed on 03/15/2019, File Number 201901020. Registered Owners(s) OLD COURTHOUSE SQUARE HOTEL ASSOCIATES LLC, 155 MONTGOMERY ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94104. This business was being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: JOE TOCZYLOWSKI- CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on OCTOBER 13, 2023. (Publication Dates November 23, 30, December 7, 14 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303367
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. CLOVERDESIGN, 112 SIERRA COURT, CLOVERDALE, CA 95425 SONOMA: Mailing Address: SAME Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): KRISTEN MARIE BRICKER-MILLER and NICHOLAS RICHARD MILLER, 112 SIERRA COURT, CLOVERDALE, CA 95425: This business is being conducted by A MARRIED COUPLE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 8/31/2023. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: KRISTEN BRICKER-MILLER, CO-OWENER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on November 20, 2023. (Publication Dates November 30, December 7, 14, 21 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA 600 Administration Dr. Room 107-J, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 CASE NUMBER: 23CV01214 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): COLIN JACOB SHAUL, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: COLIN JACOB SHAUL, to Proposed Name: COLIN JACOB ELLIOTT 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not
be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING 01/10/24, at 3:00 PM, in Dept: 16: Sonoma County Superior Court, 3055 Cleveland Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Via Zoom. GO ONLINE TO ZOOM.US/JOIN OR PHONE IN AT Meeting ID Dial 1-669-900-6833, MEETING ID 161 460 6380 Passcode 840359. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in The Healdsburg Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Sonoma. DATED: NOVEMBER 08, 2023 Hon. Patrick Broderick, Judge of the Superior Court. (Publication Dates November 30, December 7, 14, 21 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202303049 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. BODEGA BAY COOKIE COMPANY, 1411 HWY 1, BODEGA BAY, CA 94923 SONOMA: Mailing Address: PO BOX 420, BODEGA BAY, CA 94923 Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): JANICE MARIE FREEMAN and MICHAEL STEVEN FREEMAN II, 1411 HWY 1, BODEGA BAY, CA 94923 : This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 5/1/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: JANICE MARIE FREEMAN, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on October 18, 2023. (Publication Dates November 30, December 7, 14, 21 of 2023 The Healdsburg Tribune).
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POLICE LOG A PARTIAL LIST OF INCIDENTS REPORTED TO HEALDSBURG POLICE Monday Nov. 13
• 7:19pm Sonoma County Transit third party reported that one of their drivers was having an issue with a passenger at Parkland Farms Boulevard and Healdsburg Avenue. Subject would not stop talking, wouldn’t get off and wouldn’t pay their fare. Officers responded, spoke with the involved parties, issue was resolved.
Tuesday Nov. 14 • 1:40am A vehicle was stopped for not having required license plate lamps on Westside Road at West Dry Creek Road. A 55-yearold (YO) woman was arrested and transported to county jail on an outstanding Sonoma County Warrant for driving with a suspended license.
Wednesday Nov. 15 • 9:53pm A 27-YO man disturbed the peace and made threats at the Healdsburg District Hospital on University Avenue. He was arrested on 4 outstanding Sonoma County warrants regarding petty theft, public intoxication and resisting arrest. • 10:03pm A violation of a court order occurred on Fieldcrest Drive. The reporting party (RP) indicated that her son said the suspect may be watching the back of the RP’s house. The Flock license plate reader confirmed that the suspect’s vehicle was in town at the time of the report. The vehicle was located and
Thursday Nov. 16 • 12:25am A vehicle was stopped on the southbound on-ramp at Old Redwood Highway for unsafely backing onto the highway. A 23-YO man was arrested and taken to county jail for drunk driving. • 11:08am Petty theft reported that occurred on the previous day at Big John’s Market. A man stole a super burrito valued at $10.89. An officer responded and took a report. • 1:33pm Embezzlement on Grant Avenue reported. The RP indicated he had proof of his business partner writing herself two checks every week since last year and putting payments from customers in her personal account. An officer responded and the RP stated he would come to the police department with the paperwork. • 2:27pm Petty theft occurred at Big John’s Market on Healdsburg Avenue. A man stole a bottle of Fireball whiskey valued between $30 and $40. An officer responded and took a report. • 7:37pm The RP indicated a woman was yelling for someone to help her and call 911. Another caller from the Healdsburg District Hospital (HDH) indicated the same woman was on the ground screaming in front of the Emergency Room on University Avenue. Officers responded and the woman was readmitted to HDH.
Friday Nov. 17 • 9:09am The RP stated that a confrontation between two men pushing each other occurred on Front Street at the Memorial Bridge. No weapons were seen. Officers responded; the subjects were gone on arrival and
unable to be located. • 11:18am The RP stated that a man was yelling profanities at Lucky Heron on Healdsburg Avenue. Officers responded and the subject was provided resources. • 1:26pm Trespassing occurred at Victory Apartments on East Street. The RP indicated that the subject prevented a tenant from leaving his room by blocking the door. A trespass letter was on file. An officer arrived and the subject willingly left. • 2:10pm The defrauding of an innkeeper occurred at Hotel Trio on Dry Creek Road. Long-term guests were advised on Nov. 14 that the credit card on file was declined and needed to be replaced. The guests did not replace the credit card on file, so the hotel did a “lock out” of their room. The balance due was $2,300. The hotel would allow them to get their belongings, but would not allow them to stay any longer. According to a maintenance worker at Hotel Trio, on a previous day the man was cleaning a pistol barrel when something was delivered to the room. The maintenance worker believed that firearms were in two very large cases. The RP would call back if any issues arose. • 3:35pm Trespassing occurred at L&M Motel on Healdsburg Avenue. The RP stated that a woman broke into the RP’s room. No damage was seen. The RP stated the woman has been previously kicked out. Officers responded and the woman was informed about the no-visitor policy of the property. • 3:58pm Assault occurred at Healdsburg Senior Living Community on Grove Street. The RP stated a resident blocked and attempted to hit other residents. Officers and medical providers responded. • 5:45pm The RP stated a woman asked for someone
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• 2:08pm An accident occurred on Healdsburg Avenue between a silver Mini Cooper and a white Ford truck. Female in Mini Cooper complained of pain. Medical started as a precaution, driver transported to Healdsburg General Hospital.
a 50-YO man was arrested and taken to county jail for violating a restraining order, contempt of court, stalking and violating leaded cane and baton laws.
PROTECT & SERVE The Healdsburg Police Department is responsible for the protection of life and property, the maintenance of order, the control and prevention of crime, and the enforcement of motor vehicle laws and regulations. to call the police regarding a dispute between a man and the woman near St. Paul’s Church on East Street. The man left in a vehicle. Officers responded, met with the woman and took a report regarding assault and battery.
Saturday Nov. 18 • 12:25pm Petty theft occurred at Big John’s Market on Healdsburg Avenue. The RP saw a man on surveillance take items and head in the direction of Hotel Trio. Officers responded and took a report. • 12:51pm A violation of probation occurred on Matheson Street. The RP stated a man walked in the middle of the road and then laid in a bush. Officers responded and arrested a 39-YO man for public intoxication and violation of probation. The man was transported to Sutter Hospital for medical clearance and then to jail. The man was combative on the way to jail. • 1:18pm A violation of a court order occurred on Sanns Lane. The RP stated that his ex-wife missed the last
two custody exchanges of their 10-YO daughter. The RP was advised to fill out a Child Custody Violation form at the Police Department. An officer responded and did a welfare check on the child, but no contact was made at the residence. • 1:48pm A hit-and-run accident occurred at Lola’s on Healdsburg Avenue. The RP stated he arrived at work at 4am and the accident occurred while he was working. The RP stated the business has surveillance and he would get footage on Nov. 19. An officer responded and advised the RP to call back after reviewing the surveillance tape. • 10:41pm A car was stopped for a license-plate violation near Wells Fargo Bank on Vine Street. A 30-YO man was cited and released for violating probation. • 11:48pm On Lupine Road at Monte Vista Avenue, a 33-YO man was cited for violation of probation, driving while on probation for drunk driving, and on an outstanding Sonoma County warrant regarding violation of probation and drunk driving.
Sunday Nov.19 • 12:19am An officer stopped a vehicle on Grant School Road at Old Redwood Highway for running a stop sign. A 42-YO man was arrested and transported to county jail for drunk driving. • 1:07am An officer stopped a vehicle near Victory Apartments on East Street for speeding. A 22-YO man was arrested and transported to county jail for drunk driving and resisting arrest. • 1:18pm The RP notified a security guard on Plaza Street that there was a very intoxicated woman at the bar. The RP said the security guard grabbed the RP, physically put his hands on her to get her to go in the opposite direction and told her to go home. Officers responded and took a report. • 7:59pm Petty theft occurred at Victory Apartments on East Street. The RP’s bike, which had a big orange trash bag on the back rack, was stolen from the complex. The RP reported the information to try to get the bike back.
Compiled by Carolyn Brenner
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