Healdsburg Tribune May 16 2024

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PRELIMINARY CITY BUDGET PRESENTED FOR SUGGESTIONS, REVISIONS

SCANT PUBLIC ATTENDANCE AT SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON TWO-YEAR BUDGET

By Christian Kallen

A special five-hour meeting time was blocked out for the Healdsburg City Council on Monday night this week to allow plenty of time for council review, and public comment, on a proposed two-year budget for the city. It even started an hour early, at 5pm, in the usual meeting room at City Hall.

But barely an hour and a half passed before Mayor David Hagele gaveled the meeting over, at 6:35pm. For most of the meeting there were only one or two “citizens” in the meeting room, though city managers and staff were well represented as they heard the preliminary numbers as presented by Finance Director Katie Edgar.

“While attendance was light last night, our neighbors’ feedback was very robust during the entire budget process,” said Hagele the next day, referring to a lengthy public comment process that included an unusual app that allowed anyone to modify the budget to their own priorities.

Prior to the meeting, City Manager Jeff Kay outlined its purpose, to estimate “revenues and expenditures for each of our major funds as well as preliminary recommendations for discretionary, one-time expenditures (mostly capital projects),” he said.

“In short, once we match the available revenues with the costs to maintain dayto-day operations, we will have a limited pot of money left for new projects or programs,” he added. “We’ll be looking for City Council direction on the recommendations so that we can

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Date, 2020

The Table Is Set for Weekend’s

Wine

HEALDSBURG ON THE MENU FOR 3RD ANNUAL CULINARY FESTIVAL

By Christian Kallen

This weekend the streets, restaurants and wineries of Healdsburg will buzz with the excitement of the third annual Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience, a fourday workout for the palate that draws upon local produce and product to offer a well-rounded “experience” for its participants. Experience?

“What we’re trying to create are experiences for people that they will remember for the rest of their lives,” said Steven Dveris, the founder of the event and CEO of SD Media Productions. A longtime ad executive for Food & Wine magazine, Dveris knows well the secrets of

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a successful winery, and believes it often comes down to the experience people have when they visit.

“Once you have the experience of seeing the grounds and the grapes and the way that the winemakers do the work, and then you see the beautiful tasting room that they created, and then you sip their wine with the guy who created it, that experience—it will change you forever,” Dveris said.

The idea that a series of activities in a given destination can create positive memories for participants has even come to be known as “experience tourism” in the travel industry, and this coming weekend Healdsburg is Ground Zero.

“I just thought it was the cutest, most beautiful, charming town,” he said, remembering his first visit,

which happened when he was scouting out the area as the new ad rep for Food & Wine magazine.

“I almost bought a house there, but I ended up in Marin County,” he said, adding that he needed to be closer to his offices in San Francisco.

Dveris found a kindred spirit in Karissa Kruse, CEO of Sonoma County Winegrowers, who was also working toward a celebration of local wines and foods. Together, they hatched the first Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience in 2022.

“We couldn’t be more excited to invite culinary experts and wine enthusiasts to Sonoma County to experience the best of what we offer locally alongside a global fabric of incredible wines and food,” Kruse said this week.

VIGIL FOR PEACE RETURNS TO HEALDSBURG, SAME TIME, SAME BUS STATION

THURSDAY NIGHT DEMONSTRATION MAKES A COMEBACK IN TIMES OF STRIFE

By Christian Kallen

Last Thursday afternoon, the Healdsburg Peace Project reappeared in its traditional spot on Healdsburg Avenue at the bus stop on the Plaza, across from Hotel Healdsburg.

The participants carried flags, banners and signs, all with a common message in favor of peace over conflict, a message that never

“I’ve worked for Food & Wine for 25 years, as I mentioned, so everyone calls me and asks me, ‘Where should I go in Wine Country?’ And they’re usually thinking Napa,” Dveris said.

Why Healdsburg?

“We wanted to put Healdsburg and Sonoma County on the radar—we have world-class wines, too, and world-class chefs! We wanted to put Healdsburg on par with the great wine regions of the world.”

He plans to deliver that message to the guests at the four-day event’s welcome celebration this afternoon at Montage Healdsburg, where the VIPs (holders of the priciest tickets, sponsors and other favored guests) are likely to be enthusiastically receptive to the idea.

Like all events in the

seems to lose its currency.

Lillian Read, a longtime member of the looseknit organization, sent out word to an extensive mailing list just a few days earlier, and about 15 people showed up, as they have since the 20th century.

“It started for me during the Iraq war in 2003, and I know there was some presence during the first Iraq war, so it’s been going on for a long, long time,” Read said. “The time is the same as it’s always been, between 6 and 7pm on Thursdays.” She recalled, “I don’t remember exactly when it started. Some of the original people in the project have died.”

Among the departed were Bob Boardman, who passed away in 2011, and his wife Laura Beach, who died 10 years later. Read was planning on attending a memorial for another

upcoming festival, Sonoma County’s wines are paired with curated bites by celebrity chefs—in this case, from Iron Chef Americawinner Viet Pham and local star Domenica Catelli of Geyserville’s Catelli’s. Other smaller-scale events are pinot noir and Champagne seminars, cooking demonstrations, a barbecue and vineyard tour, a garden-to-table lunch at Kendall Jackson estates, a Saturday morning “Insider’s perspective” on wine trends for industry professionals, and the ever-ebullient Jean-Charles Boisset showing off his latest batch of designer tequila at Lo & Behold. Not to be overshadowed, Guy Fieri caps Saturday’s Maui at the Matheson dinner with a fund-raising Magnum for Maui party until midnight, putting the

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“peace veteran,” Liz Hawthorne, the following Saturday. “So we’ve lost a lot of people, a lot of the leadership of the group,” she said. While many at Thursday night’s vigil were of an older generation, younger faces brought with them a louder energy animated by the current conflict in Gaza. The vigils first began with the onset of the Gulf War in 1990, and continued, rain or shine, well into the 2020s. but with the social isolation that the Covid pandemic brought, the weekly vigils struggled to continue, then ceased. Now they’re back, with the specter of the war in Gaza motivating demonstrators to show up once again. Wrote Read in an announcement this week, “Signs, flags, silence, chants, prayers, drums, information, whatever you bring, this call for ceasefire needs everyone.”

Photo by Galdones Photography LLC

GARDEN LUNCH The Garden-to-Table Lunch at Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate on Friday is one of many events taking place around Healdsburg this coming weekend, part of the third annual Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience.

Photo by Christian Kallen

PEACE

last Thursday on Healdsburg Avenue included Lillian Read, in the black t-shirt, and Petra Boardman, with the ‘Peace is Possible’ sign.

GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN THIS WEEK & NEXT

The Experience Begins

The Healdsburg Food & Wine Experience begins on Thursday, May 16, with the Welcome Celebration at Montage Healdsburg, 6-8pm. Other events include special lunches, a blues concert with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram on Friday at Rodney Strong Vineyards, the popular Vintners Plaza Grand Tasting on Saturday and more. Details at healdsburgwineandfood.com.

Barrel Room Junk in the Truck plays the Barrel Room at Hudson St. Wineries on Friday, May 17. This is the last month of music at this wine collective, soon to be under new ownership. Next week: The Remedies. From 5-8pm, $5 cover; food from Fogbelt available. 428 Hudson St., at Front Street.

‘Is That Yours?’

Dead Man’s Cell Phone continues its run at the Raven Performing Arts Theater with performances Thursday, May 16, through Sunday, May 26. It’s a Sarah Ruhl play about how we memorialize the dead. Reviewed this issue. Curtain 7:30pm, 115 North St., tickets at raventheater.org.

Farmers’ Market

The Saturday Healdsburg Farmers’ Market this week only, May 18, will take place at the Healdsburg Plaza, from 8:30am to noon, due to the Healdsburg Food & Wine

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Experience Grand Tasting, which begins at 12:30pm and goes until 5pm.

Harp Tones

The Pacific Coast Blues Band brings harmonicacentric blues and West Coast swing to Furthermore Wines on Saturday, May 18. From 5-8pm, no cover, 328A Healdsburg Ave.

Spirit Jazz

The George Hester Quartet, with Don Olivet on saxophone, Pierre Archain on bass and Carlos Almeida on drums, plays standards and originals on Saturday, May 18, at the Spirit Bar, in the lobby of the Hotel

Healdsburg from 6-9pm, 25 Matheson St.

Elephant Music

John Courage Trio will bring rock ’n’ roll music to the Elephant in the Room on Friday night, May 17, at 8pm. Tuesday the Bossa Funka Nova trio plays, and more music is scheduled all month long at 177 Healdsburg Ave. Usually $10. Elephantintheroompub.com.

Safety Expo

Head up to Cloverdale on Sunday, May 19, for the county’s Fire and Earthquake Safety Expo. Emergency simulations and demonstrations, experts and exhibits, obstacle

courses and tours of the Sheriff’s Office Henry 1 rescue helicopter, and more. At the Citrus Fairgrounds, from 10am to 3pm, free.

(Note: The Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management will be holding an evacuation exercise on Sunday, May 19, for the Cloverdale area, from 9-11am.)

Sing-along

Something a little different at Second Story on Monday, May 20, from 10-11am: a sing-along event tailored for young kids, with “Farmer” Arann Harris. Adults are welcome to join in the fun. Dad Country continues

on Thursdays, with Aoife O’Donovan and Hawktail on May 23. Upstairs at Little Saint, 25 North St. Council Meeting

Healdsburg’s City Council meets on Monday, May 20, to hear public comment and discussion on the 2024-25 budget.

Meeting begins at 5pm, at City Council Chambers at 401 Grove St. Tuesday Market

The Tuesday morning Healdsburg Farmers’ Market continues on May 21 in the Healdsburg Plaza with produce, flowers, cheese, baked goods, packaged and prepared on-site

foods, and handmade crafts. 9am to 12:30pm, Tuesdays until Aug. 13. FFA Parade

Healdsburg’s popular Twilight Parade rolls through town on Thursday, May 23, to kick off the annual Future Farmers Country Fair. Parade from 6-8pm, primarily on Center, Piper and Fitch streets. The Fair begins at 6pm on Thursday, 9am on Friday and Saturday, and stays open until 10:30pm.

Post events on the Tribune’s online calendar at healdsburgtribune.com/ calendar and send special announcements to editor@ healdsburgtribune.com.

Photo by Rick Tang

KINGFISH Twenty-five-year-old blues musician Christone Ingram, a.k.a. Kingfish, will play at Rodney Strong Vineyards on Friday, May 17, as part of the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience.

Disconnected at the Raven STAGE

‘DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE’ IN HEALDSBURG

By Harry Duke

At a recent performance of Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone , one audience member was heard to murmur to her seatmate, “Is this funny? I think it’s sad,” while other audience members chuckled. The Raven Players production runs through May 26 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater in Healdsburg.

It’s a fair question. The title, which reads like it was ripped off of a modern pulp fiction novel, might make a person think one thing, the play itself another. The truth is it has moments of both humor and pathos. Jean (Jeanette Seisdedos) is sitting at a table

at a nondescript café when a cell phone chimes at the table next to hers. The gentleman at the table (Thomas Gibson) appears to ignore it, much to Jean’s consternation. She gets up to address the situation only to discover (and there’s no need for a spoiler alert as it’s in the title) that the gentleman is dead.

On impulse, Jean picks up the phone and answers

the call. Rather than tell the caller of the gentleman’s unfortunate passing, she merely responds that he’s “unavailable.” Other calls come in, and she continues to obfuscate the situation. She eventually calls for an ambulance, but keeps the cell phone.

The device leads Jean to forging (in every sense of the word) relationships with the dead man’s mother (Lynn Stevenson), his wife (Mary DeLorenzo), his female friend (Skylar Saltz) and, most importantly for Jean, his stationery-loving brother (Matt Farrell).

This all happens in a fairly linear manner, but when the second act opens with a monologue by the corpse, a trip to purgatory and a choreographed number featuring the entire cast, all bets are off as to what the hell is really going on here.

The play, which premiered in 2007, may have been a prescient warning that despite the informational benefits a cell phone provides, there’s a price

to pay in the disconnection from actual human contact.

Director Diane Bailey has a cast of Raven regulars at work here, with Farrell’s performance of note as the brother of his mother’s “only son.” Skylar Saltz has some fun as the “other” woman and a “business” associate of the dead man.

Dead Man’s Cell Phone is an odd play that will not be to everyone’s taste. If you do see it and can figure out what the hell the ballet is about, give me a call. My cell phone number is [number redacted].

‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ runs through May 26 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg. Thu–Sat, 7:30pm; Sun, 2pm. $10–$25. 707.433.6335. raventheater.org.

Photography by Ray Mabry

UMBRELLAS Cast members Matt Farrell, Skylar Saltz and Tom Gibson all have roles in ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone,’ now playing at the Raven Theater.

HEAR THAT? Cast members Mary DeLorenzo and Jeanette Seisdedos enjoy a drink in a cafe before all hell breaks out in ‘Dead Man’s

Phone,’ now at the Raven Theater.

Aurora Borealis SNAPSHOT

BLAME IT ON PLASMA, THE FOURTH STATE OF MATTER

By Pierre Ratte

I went to the Robert Ferguson Observatory on Saturday evening. So did a lot of other people.

The gathering was to see a rare event, the aurora borealis. Usually, northern lights are confined to latitudes far north of Sonoma County. But if you were lucky and looking at the sky around midnight, shimmering colors like this were on display this past weekend!

The electromagnetic storm creating these colors tipped 5 on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s G-scale, which goes from 0-5. Fun facts: Northern lights are produced by geomagnetic storms which

come from solar flares and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) from the sun. Solar flares are electromagnetic radiation, while CMEs are bursts of plasma with magnetic fields.

Plasma is the fourth state of matter. Solid, liquid and gas are three states of matter; plasma, the fourth, represents 99% of matter in the universe. It is rare on Earth, though it is seen in lightning, fluorescent bulbs and TV screens.

Plasma is superheated matter. Electrons are stripped away, forming an ionized gas. Ionized gasses, either positive or negative, conduct electricity and are thought to have an infinite capacity for conduction.

All elements in the Periodic Table have one kind of atom and those atoms are electrically neutral, exhibiting a balance of positive protons, negative electrons and neutral neurons. Non- neutral atoms are called ions, with anions

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cap on the busiest day of the Experience—one which might require a bit of a sleep-in the next morning.

Grand Tasting

The pattern of pairing celebrities in both food and wine persists throughout the long weekend, sometimes in small-group gatherings but often in larger celebrations. The most notable is Saturday’s Grand

Tasting, at what’s called the “Vintners Plaza,” from noon to 5pm. It’s a refined name for the tented-over West Plaza parking lot behind Hotel Healdsburg, where more than 150 artisans and makers will show off and share samples of their wines and beers, cheeses and crostini.

Dveris looks forward to the time, possibly in 2025 but more likely 2026, when the Grand Tasting can be

negatively charged and cations positively charged. Quantum mechanics suggest electrons are both points and waves. Imagine people closely packed together in a room and one person is trying to get to the other side. That person jostles other people while moving.

Similarly, an electron’s charge affects surrounding electrons due to a magnetic field causing wavelike action exciting nearby electrons while still being a particle moving. CMEs, plasma ejections from the sun, travel at different speeds. Some CMEs take days to reach Earth, others arrive in as little as 15 hours. Light from the sun arrives in 8 minutes.

Hopefully you were among the lucky that observed this weekend’s light show. I was not. I left the observatory before 11:30pm; this picture was taken by a friend in Ellensburg, Washington.

held at the Foley Family Pavilion, now under construction—but for the time being the location is set.

“The parking lot is, first of all, not in great shape,” he said. “It takes us a lot of work just to get it cleaned up, to put tents down. It’s uneven. It’s not well maintained at all. And, you know, people use it to park, so it’s not the most convenient for anyone.”

In fact as part of their agreement with the city, SD Media is required to offer free transportation to and from their events to ease parking demand and cut down on traffic.

Over 2,000 people are expected to attend this event alone, making it one of the biggest afternoons on Healdsburg’s social calendar, perhaps exceeding last month’s Climate Fest though falling short of the following week’s city-wide Twilight Parade on May 23.

Costs of Success

The impact of the Grant Tasting has always drawn criticism from locals, and extensive discussion by the Planning Commission and City Council has taken place, especially last October when Dveris sought a three-year contract with the city.

The price tag has often been criticized—the Grand

Tasting itself is a relative bargain at $250, though the less-pricey events on the menu sold out quickly. And while the costs may be expensive (the comprehensive Platinum Weekender Package is priced at $4,500), the benefits to the Healdsburg economy are inarguable.

“I think that we are one of the few events that literally fills hotel rooms in the city,” Dveris said. “Nearly 40% of our audience was from out of state last year and the year before. And this year we are buying out two of their hotels completely as part of our event.”

Harmon Guest House and H2 are fully booked with event participants, and there are no rooms left at Hotel Healdsburg and Montage Healdsburg. “So our event is bringing in massive tourism revenue to the city,” Dveris added.

On the one hand, that success turned into a $30,000 grant from the Chamber of Commerce from the Healdsburg Tourism Improvement District, because of the Experience’s success at putting “heads in beds.” On the other hand, the Tourism Occupancy Tax (TOT) that every hotel guest pays has become a crucial source of revenue for the city’s budget, to the tune of about $1.4 million per year.

“Our event is bringing in massive tourism revenue to the city,” Dveris said proudly—all the while acknowledging that it’s not yet turning a profit.

“Everyone told me it takes three to five years for these events to really kick in, where they start going into the black, and we started ours right after Covid.

“So supply chain economics and inflation and labor costs have soared,” he added. “It’s a very, very

expensive venture to put this event on.” SD Media and the City of Healdsburg have reached an agreement for another two years of the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience, through 2026. Clearly, it’s a big commitment for both sides—and ultimately a branding opportunity that only a handful of places in the country could take advantage of.

Full event details at healdsburgwineandfood.com

Photo by Scott Alderman

LIGHTSHOW The aurora borealis or northern lights, as seen from Ellensberg, Washington. Local sightings of the phenomenon were also widely reported.

MAKERS OF THE MAGIC From left, chef Dustin Valette of the Matheson, pitmaster Matt Horn of Horn Barbecue and Steve Dveris of SD Media at the first Healdsburg Food & Wine Experience in 2022.

WINE CLUB Four celebrants enjoy a glass of Balverne sauvignon blanc at the 2023 Healdsburg Food & Wine ‘Grand Tasting at Vintners Plaza,’ a.k.a. the West Plaza Parking Lot.

Photo by Galdones Photography

SAMPLES Foods from participating chefs elevate almost every event at the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience. Chef Viet Pham, seen here in 2022, returns this year to share his favorite recipes.

Photo by Marc Fiorito / Gamma Nine Photography

SPORTS

Greyhounds Make Division Playoffs

BASEBALL TEAM SCORES UPSET IN REDWOOD LEAGUE, COMPETES IN DIVISION 4

By Caleb Knudsen

The last game of the regular season for the baseball and softball teams was played in early May, but both teams continued to play into their respective league’s championship series. Both teams finished fourth, good enough for the final two-game series to determine the North Bay League’s Redwood division pennant.

While neither came home with the flag, the two teams also entered what is perhaps a more crucial playoff series, the divisional tournament that determines how they fare against like-sized schools. Those tournaments continue this week and next, with final divisional winners to be crowned May 24.

Upset in Santa Rosa

The Greyhounds baseball team found some welcome success in its first playoff game, after ending the season with a five-game league losing streak. However as the No. 4 seed, the team met No. 1 seed Montgomery on May 8—and pulled off an upset.

In dramatic fashion, the Greyhounds broke a 7-inning scoreless game on a two-out error by the Montgomery shortstop that allowed Tyler Swanson to score from second in the top of the eighth inning.

Alex Mauro-Manos, who had kept the frustrated Vikings without a run all day, set them down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning to seal the victory. It was not a perfect outing for the sophomore, who allowed five hits and walked five (three of which were intentional), but it was good enough for the 1-0 win that will put the Greyhounds into the league championship game on Friday, at Rec Park.

The outcome of that May 10 game was less positive. The Panthers of Santa Rosa High, who had dispatched St. Vincent de Paul on Wednesday to make the final, scored four runs in their half of the first inning and never had reason to look back.

Starting pitcher was junior Eric Nielsen, who was not able to cage the

Panthers: He gave up two hits, a walk and three earned runs while notching only one out. He was pulled for sophomore Henry Smith who pitched well for three innings, though he, too, was dinged for a couple of runs in the fourth inning. Austin Colling threw 1.1 innings and Tyler Swanson, usually an infielder, pitched the final frame.

“You know what it is, is high school baseball’s been interesting this year. It comes down to what other team can play catch and not walk people,” said coach Mark Domenichelli after the league playoffs. Healdsburg’s two errors in the final, and a couple of baserunning mistakes in the fourth inning, kept them from the winner’s circle.

Division Playoffs

But only four days later the Greyhounds were at it again, playing on May 15 in Alameda against another Division 4 team, St. Joseph Notre Dame (results too late for press time).

“I feel comfortable,” Domenichelli said. “I think the boys are ready. We got Alex [Mauro-Manos] on the mound. I mean, his last start, he went eight innings of shut-out ball

COACH Mark Domenichelli guided another Greyhounds baseball team into the divisional playoffs, which begin May 15.

against Montgomery.”

That was the game that got Healdsburg into the league playoffs, and the team is hoping that Mauro-Manos magic takes them into the next round of the division playoffs, against No. 1-ranked St. Mary’s on Saturday, May 18. Chances are, that’s where the Greyhounds season will end for 2024, if it’s not already history.

Domenichelli also broke

the news that MauroManos was named Pitcher of the Year in the NBL Redwood League, with first-team selections going to Wyatt Dugan and Tyler Swanson, and second team to Xander Harms and Isaiah Robles.

“It’s been a great year. It’s been up and down, a roller coaster,” the coach said. “But I’m really looking forward to Wednesday and seeing how the boys play.”

Lady Greyhounds Don’t Go Quietly

BIG INNING IN LEAGUE PLAYOFF CAN’T BE SUSTAINED

By Caleb Knudsen

While the boys were toughing out their North Bay League Redwood playoff schedule, the girls softball team also made the league playoffs. They lost their last game of the regular season 11-0 against Piner, but their 4-7 Redwood division record qualified them for the four-team pennant playoff. They met the No. 1 seed, Ukiah, on May 8, and at first an upset

seemed within reach. The Greyhounds jumped out to an early lead with five runs in the top of the first inning, as they dinged freshman starting pitcher Karis Jacobsen for five walks and three earned runs. That forced Ukiah to bring in their ace, sophomore Kyla Cromer whose win-loss record is 9-2, with a 1.43 ERA. The final score of 12-5 reflects the impact Cromer had on the game, shutting down the Lady Greyhounds while the Wildcats ate away at the lead with one- and two-run innings, and a four-run fifth to put it away.

Healdsburg’s Laurel Heaney went the distance, pitching all six innings and giving up 14 hits and 12 runs, seven of them earned. Still, she ends her senior-year season with a winning record of 8 wins against 7 losses. Despite their early exit from the league championship series (Ukiah went on to take the pennant with a 12-0 shutout over Piner), the Lady Greys also find themselves in the division tournament—Division 5 for the girls, which also includes Cloverdale, St. Vincent and Lower Lake among other schools.

First tournament game for the girls was against

Redwood Christian of San Lorenzo on Tuesday, May 14. “We should have a good shot at getting a first round win if we play like we have been playing lately,” said coach Brian Osborn the day before the game. His cautious optimism, however, was not borne out. Redwood Christian easily defeated Healdsburg, 19-9, and they will advance to meet No. 1-ranked Clear Lake on Friday. The 2024 Healdsburg softball team ends its season with a 9-13 overall record, but coach Osborn promised good news with the forthcoming announcement of the NBL-Redwood all-league team.

Photos by Christian Kallen

RUNDOWN Healdsburg’s Wyatt Peavler is caught between second and third in the Santa Rosa-Healdsburg NBL championship game on May 10. Santa Rosa got the 7-2 win.

Photo by Michael Lucid

FOCUS Healdsburg senior Laurel Heaney was a fearsome pitcher to her opponents in 2024, going 8-7 and striking out 82.

WINDUP Henry Smith is one of several sophomore pitchers who make next year’s Greyhounds already a contender for 2025.

Cosmico Moves Rustic Festival to Guerneville

SUSTO The

FORMER HEALDSBURG-

AREA

MUSIC FEST MOVES DOWNRIVER TO DAWN RANCH

By Don R. Lewis

Massive music festivals are an acquired taste, as each typically runs three days and is jam-packed with stages, musicians, food trucks and all sorts of sundry goods depending on the vibe of the fest.

Nothing excites like paying hundreds of dollars to enjoy one’s favorite band from 300-plus yards away with 10,000 of one’s closest friends.

However the Cosmico Music Festival is offering a much more thoughtful and chill fest as it ambles out of the summer festival gate early with dates set for May 17-19 at Dawn Ranch in Guerneville.

This “boutique” music fest promises a smaller, funner community vibe than bigger fests like BottleRock or Outside Lands.

Started by Anne Driscoll and Chris Schultz five years ago among the redwoods at their home near Mill Creek, Cosmico

seeks to be a more intimate affair, with a nod towards local winemakers via their “Wine Camp” attraction where aficionados can taste some of the best smaller-label wines the area has to offer.

This is the fifth year for the festival and the first at Dawn Ranch in Guerneville, which is about 20 minutes northwest of Santa Rosa near the Austin Creek Recreation Area.

“While we would have loved to stay in Healdsburg, we also loved the idea of doing it in nature and having a night show outdoors—which isn’t that easy in Healdsburg,”

Driscoll said.

The area came across the Cosmico radar in conversations with friends, as it’s local as well as spacious enough to fit more people. It’s also home to the rustic Dawn Ranch Lodge as well as areas where festival attendees can camp.

“We visited it last fall to see all the changes, and even under a rainy sky we knew that this was somewhere we could create magic. It would allow us to have people stay on site, which creates amazing energy and gives people such a unique opportunity to be sharing the

Hspace with our artists,” Driscoll said.

Both she and Schultz have worked alongside entrepreneurs and music festivals alike, all with an eye towards creating a “business and foundation based on the power of community and connection.”

As such, the festival is also part of a nonprofit group called The Launch Pad Foundation which in turn donates to grass roots organizations that reflect their mission to strengthen communities. Examples of these include Mill Creek COPE, Voices for a Safer Tennessee, Good Fire and Scholarship for Children of Vineyard Workers.

Speaking towards the overall vision of the festival, Driscoll said, “At Cosmico, you are part of the experience, and you’ll be dancing next to your new favorite winemaker or band. You’ll discover new spirits and meet new friends. You’ll be part of creating the energy, and you aren’t just a number on our ticket list.”

This year’s lineup is eclectic and includes indie-rock band Susto, King Dream, and the Aravelo Brothers featuring

Jackie Greene, Nikki Bluhm and Jason Crosby.

Also on the bill is Sam Grisman, son of mandolin player and Grateful Dead-adjacent legend, David Grisman. When asked about the popularity and price point

he rode bareback after school. The day after graduating in 1955 from Princeton University, he went to work at Smith, Kline and French, as a doctor-to-doctor salesman. From 1965 to 1968 he was sent to Japan to open up the business there. These were important years for him, and from there he moved up through CEO, and eventually Chairman of SmithKline Beecham. Following that chapter of his life, he went on to become Founder and Chairman of Global Health Care Partners, a unit of CSFB Private Equity, specializing in investments in health care businesses from 1996 until 2002, and then as Chairman of the Investment Committee and Partner of Caxton Healthcare Acquisition LLC until his full retirement in 2006.

Mr. Wendt is the author of Global Embrace, a book published by Harper Business in 1993.

He had a significant collection of antique maps. In 2004, the Sonoma County Museum presented its first exhibit of maps from the Wendt collection, “Mapping the Pacific Coast.” The second collection, “Envisioning the World: The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700,” was exhibited there in 2010. He also had a number of old Japanese maps.

Henry and his wife, Holly, lived in Healdsburg from the early-1980’s until they moved to Friday Harbor, Washington in 2006. They are the founders and former

for many of the larger locally based music festivals, Driscoll didn’t pull any punches. “We don’t want to go to a big fest any more, either,” he said. “Trying to find your friends, fighting the crowds. I don’t want to feel like I got

dropped into a corporate machine, where I’m captive to their big brands and bigger prices.”

Explore the Cosmico Music Fest and buy tickets online at www.cosmi.co.

owners of Quivira Estate Vineyards and Winery on West Dry Creek Road in Healdsburg.

Mr. Wendt served multiple terms as Chairman of the Community Foundation of Sonoma County. In 2007, he was awarded the Wetzel Community Leadership Award for “his leadership in making the Healdsburg District Hospital campaign a success, as well as his superb guidance and experience to help the Foundation expand its resources and reach.”

Through the Foundation of Sonoma County, he and his wife contributed $100,000 to the Healdsburg High School Library, allowing for significant modernization of the facility which is now named after the Wendt couple. In later years he made large contributions to various environmental causes, helping set aside large tracts of land from further development.

Perhaps his greatest love was sailing. Starting in 1969 in the San Francisco Bay, he was never long without a boat. He raced often in Alaska, and sailed across the Atlantic in 1992, from Annapolis, MD to Scotland.

Mr. Wendt is survived by his wife of 67 years, Holly (Peterson); his children Chelsea Wendt (Moe) and Laura Mitchell (Kenneth); three grandchildren (Taliesen Wendt, Owen and Diana Mitchell); two great grandchildren, Availina and Oisin; and two of his three sisters, Martha Nesbitt and Nancy Evans.

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indie-rock band from South Carolina returns to Sonoma County in May for this year’s Cosmico, to be held at Dawn Ranch in Guerneville.

Photo by Jean Frank

FOLK ROCK DUO Bassist Sam Grisman and guitar player Logan Leger will share their Dead-adjacent songs with the Guerneville audience at Cosmico, May 17-19.

HENRY WENDT III

July 19, 1933 – April 11, 2024

ENRY WENDT III of Gladwyne PA, passed away peacefully April 11, 2024, aged 90. Henry was born July 19, 1933 in Neptune City, NJ and grew up in Sands Point on Long Island. He often spoke fondly of his Appaloosa horse, “Smoky,”

Preliminary City Budget

fold them into a recommended budget for council consideration later.”

Edgar’s report, detailed and precise as usual, ran through those department numbers, with several notable points. The overall economy affects the city’s primary economic drivers—tourism and the wine industry, sales of automobiles and construction materials, and real estate transactions.

TOT (Transient Occupancy Tax) is expected to recover after 2025 with the opening of the new Appellation Hotel and the reopening of Hotel Duchamp.

Decreases in revenue from taxes and construction permits leads to less available discretionary funding in the near term, Edgar reported, though the city’s income from the

A windfall of sorts comes from a $150,000 state grant for the next two years to support the city’s cannabis project, money not available until the recent approval of two dispensaries in town.

Expenses and Allocations

Some noteworthy increases in expenses include a jump from $158,000 to $280,000 in City Council costs, largely due to a recent state law allowing an increase in the salary of councilmembers, from the current $150 a month to $950 per month. The last time the Council adjusted its salary was in 1992.

There’s also an anticipated $45,000 for each of the next two years for public safety cameras for the Police department, a similar cost for Fire department rescue equipment, and $125,000 for a new roof for the fire station.

The Community Services department, which is substantially funded by TOT, works with an $8 million-plus budget. Some of the special initiatives, other than general operations, that will be included in the near term include various deferred maintenance projects at the Healdsburg Library, the Healdsburg Museum, the Community Center and the Senior Center, plus pathway lighting repair.

The Foley Pavilion will also see a substantial allocation for its IT system, however its potential for special event operations is not supported. Likewise the purchase of the Swim Center, and upgrades to Recreation Park, Giorgi Park and West Plaza Park are also excluded.

These and similar compromises in designing what Edgar called a budget with “structural integrity,” where expenses do not exceed revenue, were evident throughout the budget preview and discussion.

But one allocation positioned as an included

LEGAL NOTICES

WINDSOR,

initiative, $50,000 a year to continue the relatively new Arts & Culture grants, was criticized as disappointing by Mark McMullen, one of only two people who commented at the meeting (and he did so three times).

“Fifty thousand dollars will not ‘get it done,’” he said. “We need a substantial increase in this line item so that the staff and the Arts & Culture Commission have the resources to stimulate our local community and the economic engine that is our creative economy.”

He received some support from Councilmember Ariel Kelley, who in her concluding observations suggested the commission be given more leverage in deciding how to allocate their budgeted money, though whether or not that allocation will increase remains to be seen.

The only other public comment came from “Little League mom” Cindy Beth, who pleaded to fund night lighting and netting at the city’s baseball fields. The next step in the budget process comes when Edgar and the financial department take into account the council’s own suggestions and recommendations. A revised and final budget is expected to be presented to the City Council at its June 3 meeting.

ORTIZ, PO BOX 709, SANTA ROSA, CA 95402: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 01/01/2024. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: FIDELIA ORTIZ, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 16, 2024. (Publication Dates April 25, May 2, 9, 16 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune). FICTITIOUS

File Number 202100432. Registered Owners(s) RAMOS DENTAL, 1111 SONOMA AVE #102, SANTA ROSA, CA 95405. This business was being conducted by A CORPORATION. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: CARLA RAMEY, SEC/CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 15, 2024. (Publication Dates April 25, May 2, 9, 16 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401384 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. PAPAPIETRO PERRY, 4791 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): PAPAPIETRO AND PERRY, INC. 4791 DRY CREEK ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on JUNE 2, 2005. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: ADAM HINE DDS, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 22, 2024. (Publication Dates April 25, May 2, 9, 16 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401415 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. “CALM ME”, 1476 PROFESSIONAL DR. AP. 503-B, PETALUMA, CA 94954 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s):PIERA ARBILDO.1476 PROFESSIONAL DR. AP. 503-B, PETALUMA, CA 94954: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 2023. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: PIERA MERCEDES ARBILDO OCAMPO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 23, 2024. (Publication Dates May 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401437 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. NOVEDADES VICTORIA, 106A HEALDSBURG AVE, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): JUAN FERNANDO REYES RANGEL, 426 FITCH ST, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: 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: FERNANDO REYES, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 25, 2024. (Publication Dates May 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401313 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. PRIME LEVEL CONSTRUCTION, 3135 STONY POINT RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s):PRIME LEVEL CONSTRUCTION, LLC., 3135 STONY POINT RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 03/01/2023. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: ISMAEL PEREZ, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 16, 2024. (Publication Dates May 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401329 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. SUNRISE CLEANING, 461 CORONA RD, PETALUMA, CA 94954 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s):KATELYN ELIZABETH ASHBY., 461 CORONA RD, PETALUMA, CA 94954: 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: KATELYN ASHBY. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 17, 2024. (Publication Dates May 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401320 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ALEGRIA VINEYARDS, 2. ALEGRIA WINERY, 3. ALEGRIA VINEYARDS & WINERY, 12040 OLD REDWOOD HWY, HEALDSBURG COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: P.O. BOX 2061, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ACORN ALEGRIA WINERY, P.O. BOX 2061, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: 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 T NACHBAUR, PRESIDENT. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 16, 2024. (Publication Dates May 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

Notice of Public Hearing 2024-25 School District Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and Proposed Budget Alexander Valley Union School District The Alexander Valley Union School District LCAP and PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 2024-25 FISCAL YEAR will be available for public inspection at the location, dates and times indicated below.

PUBLIC HEARINGS on the proposed LCAP and budget will be held on the date indicated below, at which time any resident in the school district may appear and comment on the proposed LCAP or budget or any item therein.

SCHOOL DISTRICT Alexander Valley Union School District

INSPECTION PLACE https:// alexandervalleyusd.org/& Alexander Valley School Office 8511 Highway 128 Healdsburg, CA 95448

INSPECTION DATES 5/29/2024 to 5/31/2024

INSPECTION TIMES 9:00:00 AM to 3:00:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING PLACE Alexander Valley School - Library 8511 Highway 128 Healdsburg, CA 95448

PUBLIC HEARING DATE 6/3/2024

PUBLIC HEARING TIME 5:30:00 PM Published 5/16/2024 by The Healdsburg Tribune

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401499 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. LOCH LOMOND, 2. GLEN SCOTIA, 3. PIAFF, 4. BEN LOMOND, 5. SPEARHEAD, 6. LITTLEMILL, 200 CONCOURSE BLVD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): FOLEY FAMILY WINES, INC, 200 CONCOURSE BLVD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403: DE. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 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: ROSENDO VELAZQUEZ JR, CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on MA7 01, 2024. (Publication Dates May 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401310 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. KG WINE GROUP, 534 PRINCE AVENUE, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): KG WINE BROKERS LLC,534 PRINCE AVENUE, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. 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: STEPHEN C GEHRING, MANAGER/ MEMBER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 16, 2024. (Publication Dates May 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401507 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. MARSFOSSIL TELLER PUBLISHING COMPANY, 101 MCBROWN RD, PETALUMA, CA 94952 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): THAN SCOTT KAGIN, 101 MCBROWN RD, PETALUMA, CA 94952: 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: ETHAN KAGIN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on MAY 01, 2024. (Publication Dates May 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO:

202401417

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ZURI GUTIERREZ PHOTOGRAPHY, 8733 LAKEWOOD DRIVE SUITE 208, WINDSOR, CA 95492 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ZURISADAI GUTIERREZ, 1616 KEOKE CT, SANTA ROSA, CA 95403: 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: ETHAN KAGIN. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 23, 2024. (Publication Dates May 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401581 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. AGUA DEL ALMA, 36 MILL ST A, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): CALI FRESCA INC, 6 MILL ST A, HEALDSBURG, CA 95448: 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: ERIK FRITZCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on MAY 07, 2024. (Publication Dates May 16, 23, 30, June 6 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401195 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. SONOMA COUNTY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 2. SONOMA PROPERTY GROUP, 9604 LORD

County on APRIL 08, 2024. (Publication Dates May 16, 23, 30, June 6 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401497 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. ALTERNATIONS BY LOUISE, 4927 SONOMA HWY SUITE D, SANTA ROSA, CA 95409 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): LOUISE MARCELLE WINTERS, 4927 SONOMA HWY SUITE D, SANTA ROSA, CA 95409: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on MAY 10 1989. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: JESSICA VENEZIA PRINCIAL/OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on MAY 01, 2024. (Publication Dates May 16, 23, 30, June 6 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401542 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. SAGE FINE GARDEN CARE, 8510 ORCHARD ROAD, FORESTVILLE, CA 95436 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): KATHLEEN ROSE REYNOLDS, 8510 ORCHARD ROAD, FORESTVILLE, CA 95436: This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 03/22/2019. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: KATHLEEN REYNOLDS, OWNER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on MAY 03, 2024. (Publication Dates May 16, 23, 30, June 6 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune).

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202401257 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. THAI HOUSE NOODLES SOUP, 1899 MENDOCINO AVE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): THAI HOUSE NOODLES LLC, 1359 LINCOLN AVE, CALISTOGA, CA 94515: This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names above on 04/01/24. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: PEERAPONG OUPAREE, CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on APRIL 11, 2024. (Publication Dates May 16, 23, 30, June 6 of 2024 The Healdsburg Tribune). FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO:

BUDGET MEETING Plenty of staff, but few members of the public, attended the Healdsburg City Council’s May

special meeting.

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GRAFFITI, DOMESTIC

VIOLENCE, A FIGHT ON PLAZA STREET AND SMOKING AT MCDONALD’S

Monday, April 29

3:07am A transient man was yelling and mumbling in front of an apartment on Healdsburg Avenue.

Officers responded and the man was told of the complaint.

• 10:57am Petty theft of a credit card from an unlocked vehicle occurred on Fitch Street. The suspect used the credit card at Safeway on Vine Street. An officer met with the Reporting Party (RP) and followed up with Safeway. A report was taken.

• 11:41am A hit-and-run accident occurred on Lincoln Street at University Street. The RP stated she saw a white Honda Pilot vehicle hit a parked vehicle. An officer met with the victim who did not want a report at that time.

12:05pm An officer contacted a 65-yearold (YO) woman in the West Plaza Parking Lot on Healdsburg Avenue. She was cited on an outstanding Sonoma County warrant regarding possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

3:30pm A woman was yelling and swearing near Young & Yonder Spirits on Allan Court. The RP had set up a food bank and was concerned for the families using the food bank. Officers responded. The woman refused medical aid. She was provided a bus pass and moved along.

8:03pm A man was in front of a house on Prentice Drive harassing the RP and the RP’s family. The RP waited in his car to ensure the subject did not return to his property. Officers responded but were unable to locate the subject.

Tuesday, April 30

• 12:54am - 2:28am Five early-morning incidents of graffiti were reported to Healdsburg Police in the same general vicinity: on Front Street at Russian River Pines, on South University Street, near Fogbelt Brewing Company on Hudson Street, at Old Roma Station on Hudson Street and near Foss Creek Pathway on Front Street.

• 8:34am The RP on Rose Lane stated a person was at the RP’s house in violation of a court order. The man did not have any weapons but was known to be aggressive. Officers responded and arrested a 36-YO man for violating a restraining order. He was transported to county jail.

3:51pm A vehicle was stopped near the Bank of America on Healdsburg Avenue for violating tail light rules. A 63-YO woman was cited and released for possession of fireworks and violating probation.

• 9:55pm The RP indicated that the RP’s friend required help from police at the Healdsburg Community Center on Healdsburg Avenue. The RP’s friend was assaulted with a 6-inch black knife in the parking lot. Officers and medics responded. The suspect left the area via a fence opening to the Oak Grove Apartments on Grove Street. The suspect may have been drinking. An investigation was started and a report was taken.

Wednesday, May 1

7:47am The RP stated tires were slashed on a vehicle at the Healdsburg Community Center on Healdsburg Avenue. A report was taken regarding the vandalism. Similar calls regarding other vehicles with slashed tires were reported at 7:55am, 8:52am and 9:40am on May 1. At 8:32am on May 2, another RP called on behalf of her father. The tires of the RP’s father’s vehicle were also slashed.

NOTE: A suspect was identified and a bulletin issued for information as to the whereabouts of Damian Martinez Osorio, 29, of Healdsburg, also known as Gael Leon. Police request anyone with information to call the Healdsburg Police Department at (707) 431-3377. Tips can be submitted to crimetips@ healdsburg.gov.

• 3:20pm The RP indicated that a person was screaming at the Healdsburg Modern Cottages on Foss Street. Officers responded and determined that the subject got undressed and jumped in the pool prior to leaving the property. The RP wanted to press charges for trespass and indecent exposure. A 42-YO woman was arrested and transported to county jail for violation of probation, indecent exposure, obstructing a public business and possession of a controlled substance.

10:53pm The RP stated an argument took place on Cowan Lane between the RP’s father and mother. Officers responded. A 53-YO man was arrested for inflicting injury on a spouse and transported to county jail.

Thursday, May 2

• 5:46am Grand theft occurred on Mountain View Drive. The RP’s white electric bike valued at $1,500 was stolen from his garage. The RP found the garage open and did not remember if he closed it. An officer responded and took a report.

• 9:37am The RP indicated that a man on a motorcycle with a loud exhaust was driving at a high rate of speed and weaving in and out of traffic on Healdsburg Avenue. Officers responded, but the motorcycle was gone on arrival and unable to be located.

12:13pm An RP on Canyon Run was the victim of fraud. The RP believed she was speaking with

Wells Fargo and provided account information. She was defrauded of $5,777. Wells Fargo was doing their own investigation. Officers responded and took a report.

3:31pm The RP at Rotten Robbie on Healdsburg Avenue indicated that two men were in a physical fight and someone was physically abusing a dog. Officers responded. A 56-YO man was cited and released for animal abuse.

7:09pm Reckless driving was reported on Old Redwood Highway at Starr Road. The information was transferred to the California Highway Patrol.

• 10:54pm A vehicle was stopped at Chevron South on Healdsburg Avenue for lacking vehicle registration. A 56-YO man was arrested for drunk driving and released to a responsible party.

Friday, May 3

11:55am Petty theft occurred at the Healdsburg Regional Library on Piper Street. The RP stated that three to four months ago, the laptop he borrowed from the library was stolen. The library requested a police report. Officers responded and took a report.

• 1:07pm Petty theft occurred at Goodwill Industries on Healdsburg Avenue. The store manager reported a woman stole items of unknown value from the business. The RP wanted to press charges. Officers responded and took a report.

• 8:13pm The RP indicated that a person came to her gate on Sunnyvale Drive and yelled at her. He said inappropriate things to her and her family, which made her uncomfortable. She wanted to press charges. She was advised to call back if the man was on the property again.

Saturday, May 4

2:05pm Fraud occurred at Safeway on Vine Street. The RP lost her purse with

her wallet inside at Safeway on May 3, 2024. Charges were made with the RP’s Exchange Bank debit card. $200-$500 cash and other cards were also in the wallet. Officers spoke with the RP and took a report.

10:59pm The RP indicated that the driver of a vehicle with a Massachusetts license plate was smoking marijuana at the McDonald’s on Healdsburg Avenue. The information was broadcast to Healdsburg Police Department officers.

Sunday, May 5

• 1:26am A person in the Emergency Room of Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital stated that he was assaulted by three men at Duke’s Spirited Cocktails on Paza Street. The RP stated he was at the bar when he was called outside and the assault occurred. Officers responded to the emergency room and took a report. The manager at Duke’s reported that a patron caused problems and threatened staff. The manager said the patron assaulted one of the staff members and the staff member hit back in self defense. The manager said the patron got up and stated “I’m going to kill you.” The manager was willing to trespass the patron but not press charges. Offices responded and took a report.

12:58pm Officers stopped a vehicle at Wine Country Chevron on Healdsburg Avenue for display of an altered license plate. A 47-YO man was cited and released for driving with a license suspended for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and lacking proof of insurance. • 2:11pm A vehicle was stopped at the Healdsburg Community Center on Healdsburg Avenue for violating tail light

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