The Healdsburg Tribune
By Sergio Olmos
Healdsburg Tribune
Acres of orange groves sat unpicked in Kern County this week as word of Border Patrol raids circulated through Messenger chats and images of federal agents detaining laborers spread on local Facebook groups.
The Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield on Tuesday, Jan. 7, descending on businesses where day laborers and field workers gather. Agents in unmarked SUVs rounded up people in vans outside a Home Depot and gas station that serves a breakfast popular with field workers.
This appears to be the first large-scale Border Patrol raid in California since the election of Donald Trump, coming just a day after Congress certified the election on Jan. 6, in the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency. The panic and confusion, for both immigrants and local businesses that rely on their labor, foreshadow what awaits communities across California if Trump follows through on his promise to conduct mass deportations.
“It was profiling; it was purely field workers,” said Sara Fuentes, store manager of the local gas station. Fuentes said that at 9am, when the store typically gets a rush of workers on their way to pick oranges, two men in civilian clothes and unmarked Suburbans started detaining people outside the store. “They didn’t stop people with FedEx uniforms, they
➝ Farmworkers, 2
Feds Greenlight Windsor Casino
DECISION PITS ‘INDIAN AGAINST INDIAN,’ SAYS LOCAL TRIBAL LEADER
By Simone Wilson
One of the Biden administration’s final moves of its 2021-25 term will likely be felt in Northern Sonoma County for years to come. On Monday, just one week before the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs approved a bold request from the Koi Nation, a small but mighty Southeastern Pomo tribe from Lake County.
Koi leaders asked that around 70 acres of vineyard land they own along the southeastern edge of Windsor be placed in “federal trust”—and the Bureau obliged. This means the Koi are allowed to move forward with their plan to build a giant new Wine Country casino on the plot.
Darin Beltran,
chairman of Koi Nation, called this “a historic moment of opportunity and justice” for his tribe, which has for decades sought to secure a chunk of its own federally protected casino land.
He added in a statement: “The Koi Nation has been afforded for the first time in over a century a real opportunity to build a sovereign land base that will provide economic development, self-governance, and a bright future for current and future generations of our tribal citizens.”
The Koi’s plans call for a $600 million complex to be known as the Shiloh Resort & Casino to be built at the intersection of Shiloh Road and Old Redwood Highway—filled with 2,500-plus slot machines; a five-story, 400-room hotel; six restaurants and bars; a large event center and more.
And much to the chagrin of Windsor residents who live nearby, this new gaming campus would butt up against the town’s quiet Shiloh neighborhood
and Esposti Park, a popular family hub.
Windsor Town Manager Jon Davis said Tuesday that while he is supportive of any Indigenous people’s efforts to become sovereign and support themselves, the placement of this particular casino feels inappropriate. “We’ve never seen one approved this close to a neighborhood community—directly adjacent,” he said. “It came as a surprise.”
‘A Black Box’
Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore, whose jurisdiction includes the proposed site of Shiloh Resort & Casino (or used to, until it became federal Indian land this week), was less surprised by Monday’s decision. He’s seen it happen before, he said, and predicts it will happen again.
“The Bureau of Indian Affairs process is a black box,” Gore said. “You never know if it’s based on process or politics.” (On Wednesday, Gore announced his intention to run for the state senate seat being vacated by
END OF THE WINE BOOM?
NEW HEALTH
ADVISORY SPURS
SOBER-CURIOSITY
By Daedalus Howell
In 2010, then-California
governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law AB1798, which mandated conjunctive labeling of Sonoma County-made wines to include both their American Viticultural Area (AVA) designation and “Sonoma County” on their labels. It was proudly seen as a boon for the local wine industry. Now, that same label may soon include a surgeon general’s warning that wine causes cancer.
Earlier this month, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new
Mike McGuire at the end of his current term.)
In the nearly two-anda-half years since the Koi first unveiled their Windsor casino concept, government officials at the town, county and even state levels have made long lists of all the things they’re worried about.
Chief among them: heavy strain on the water supply, increased traffic on local roadways, clogged wildfire evacuation routes, and the potential security and crime issues that might arise from a gambling emporium with millions of visitors per year.
Windsor neighbors, too, submitted hundreds of comments and letters during an environmental review process held by the Bureau of Indian Affairs last year, according to Gore.
But now that the feds gave their blessing, the Koi have free reign to take or leave the community input.
Gore said he and other local officials will try to hammer out terms with the Koi that best serve the surrounding area. However, he predicts that “neighborhood people
advisory highlighting the connection between alcohol consumption and a higher risk of cancer. Alcohol use ranks as the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, following tobacco use and obesity, and is linked to an increased risk for at least seven different types of cancer.
To wit, as one of his final acts under the outgoing Biden administration, Murthy has called for cancer warnings to be added to alcoholic beverages in a manner akin to cigarette packaging. For imbibers who may be reevaluating their rates of consumption, it’s enough to make the sober-curious sober-furious.
will come to us and ask us to negotiate with authority that we don’t have.” The supervisor added: “We’re going to have to honor the decision of the federal government—there’s no other way.”
‘Preposterous’
Perhaps most outraged of all are the five Native American tribes that claim Sonoma County as their original homeland, most of them Southern Pomo: the coastal Kashia Band, the Cloverdale Rancheria, the Lytton Rancheria, the Graton Rancheria and the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians.
These tribes wield significant financial and political power around here. And the latter two run the county’s existing tribal casinos, both huge moneymakers: the Graton Resort & Casino to the south in Rohnert Park, and River Rock Casino to the north in Geyserville. Greg Sarris, head of the Graton Rancheria band, has
Thanks to the popularity of the so-called French Paradox—the theory that wine consumption may contribute to lower rates of coronary heart disease in France despite a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol—and resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound in red wine once believed to have health benefits, many bought into the notion that, in moderation, drinking wine could be a healthy lifestyle choice. This, at best, is a medical misapprehension and, at worst, marketing. Younger generations may already have intuited this possibility. Recent years have seen a generational trend away from alcohol in general and wine in particular. This past September, the Guardian ran a story headlined, “Stuffy, unhealthy or ‘just mid’—are young people over wine?”
“The surgeon general’s announcement underscores a growing awareness that alcohol consumption can have negative health impacts,” said Sean Goldsmith, CEO and co-founder of Atlanta-based The Zero Proof, a maker of
GAMING CHIC The proposed Shiloh Resort & Casino east of Windsor.
HEALDSBURG HAPPENINGS
GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN THIS WEEK & NEXT
ENDING SOON
Old Toy Trains
“Vroom! Toys on the Go,” this year’s holiday exhibition at Healdsburg Museum, features toy vehicles collected by the late Steve Castelli and a model train display from Wayne Padd. Continues only through Sunday, Jan. 19, and definitely worth a visit. Opening hours 11am to 4pm, 221 Matheson St. Pizza Week
We’re taking a slice from other area weeklies like
the Bohemian and the Pacific Sun, and digging into some deep-dish (or thincrust) pizza. Through Jan. 19, area restaurants will craft specialty pizzas in Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties, which means they might use just about any kind of crust at all. See the list of Healdsburg-area pizzerias at northbaypizzaweek.com.
THURSDAY, JAN. 16
Districting Workshops The first of two community workshops to learn about, discuss and share public feedback on the city’s transition to district elections will be held Jan. 16 at the Healdsburg Community
Center, 1557 Healdsburg Ave., 6-7:30pm. These workshops are not the same as the “public hearings” the City Council is conducting as part of the official process. Language interpretation services will be provided. More info at healdsburg.gov/1152/transition-to-district-elections.
Cloned Winery Dog
You read that right: The Flambeaux Wine team claims they’ve created the “first-ever cloned winery dog.” This fluffy white pup named Mella will greet her public at The Madrona hotel, 1001 Westside Rd., at 6pm on Jan. 16. The gigantic sheepdog whose DNA she shares, a well-known local pooch named Stella,
will also be in attendance. Come see how they feel about each other!
SUNDAY, JAN. 19
Bach to the Beatles Ever heard a Beatles song played on a pipe organ? The free organ concert series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 209 Matheson St., returns Jan. 19 at 5pm with a set by Dr. Brad Schultz from Belvedere. Church leaders say he normally “specializes in the keyboard works of 17th-century Amsterdam composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck,” but will shake things up in Healdsburg this Sunday with “music from Bach to the Beatles.” Just show up.
were stopping people who looked like they worked in the fields.” Fuentes said one customer pulled in just to pump gas, and agents approached him and detained him.
Fuentes has lived in Bakersfield all her life and said she’s never seen anything like it. In one instance, she said a man
and woman drove up to the store together, and the man went inside. Border Patrol agents detained the man as he walked out, and then demanded the woman get out of the vehicle. When she refused, another agent parked his vehicle behind the woman, blocking her car. Fuentes said it wasn’t until the local Univision station showed up that Border Patrol agents backed up their car and allowed the woman to leave.
Fuentes said none of the regular farmworkers showed up to buy breakfast on Wednesday morning. “No fieldworkers at all,” she said.
Growers and agricultural leaders in California and across the nation have warned that Trump’s promised mass deportations will disrupt the nation’s food supply, leading to shortages and higher prices. In Kern County this week, just the word of the deportations inspired
workers to stay away from the fields.
“People are freaked out; people are worried; people are planning on staying home the next couple of days,” said Antonio De Loera-Brust, director of communication for the United Farm Workers. De Loera-Brust said the Border Patrol detained at least one UFW member in Kern County as they “traveled between home and work.”
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
City Council Regular meeting of Healdsburg City Council, delayed due to Monday’s MLK holiday. Starts at 6pm, 401 Grove St. and streamed live at facebook.com/ cityofhealdsburg.
THURSDAY, JAN. 23
School Board
The Healdsburg Unified School District’s Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing for community comments and public testimony concerning the composition of potential trustee voting areas associated with the District’s transition to a by-trustee area election system. Attend the hearing at City Hall, 401 Grove St., at 6pm on Jan. 23.
Sundays With Mateo
Well-known Healdsburg chef Mateo Granados used to run his own Mexican fusion restaurant near the roundabout for 10 years. Then he went into mobile catering mode. Now, he’s serving a short stint as the Sunday guest chef at Spoonbar inside h2hotel, 219 Healdsburg Ave., from Jan. 19 through Feb. 2. Try his “seasonal à la carte menu inspired by the freshest winter bounty” from local farms—including wild mushroom soup, slow-braised goat shank and a coq au vin pot pie for two. Reservations at opentable.com.
‘Return
to Sender’
“They were stopping cars at random, asking people for papers. They were going to gas stations and Home Depot where day laborers gather,” De LoeraBrust said. “It’s provoking intense anxiety and a lot of fear in the community.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not respond to a request for comment. On social media, Gregory K. Bovino, the Border Patrol chief in El Centro, called the sweeps “Operation Return to Sender.”
“We are taking it to the bad people and bad things in Bakersfield,” the El Centro Border Patrol said in response to a comment on its Facebook page. “We are planning operations for other locals (sic) such as Fresno and especially Sacramento.”
It’s unclear how many people have been detained by the Border Patrol or how long the operation will last.
“We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting. This sent shockwaves through the entire community,” said Casey Creamer, president of the industry group California Citrus Mutual, on Thursday. “People aren’t going to work, and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75%, didn’t show up.”
He pushed back on the Border Patrol’s claims they’re targeting bad people. He said they appeared to be general sweeps of workers.
Film Trivia Cinema buffs have a night to shine at the True West Film Center near the Plaza on Jan. 23. Film-themed trivia starts at 7pm—testing your knowledge of big Hollywood hits, cult classics and other gems. While you’re at it, get a taste of the fare to come at Jimtown and Then Sum and sneak a peak at movie-theater construction progress, 375 Healdsburg Ave, Suite 200. Trivia-night tickets at truewestfilmcenter.org.
FRIDAY, JAN. 24
Theater Tidbits Theatergoers who like their plays short—really short— might check out the Raven Players’ Raven Shorts. The show is composed of eight eclectic, original 10-minute plays by some of Sonoma County’s top playwrights. This “festival” runs for two weekends starting Jan. 24 at the Raven Theater, 115 North St. More details and tickets at raventheater.org.
For additional events, visit healdsburgtribune. com/calendar.
“If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,” said Richard S. Gearhart, an associate professor of economics at Cal State Bakersfield.
In the short term, he predicted farms and dairies could make up the losses, but that homebuilders, restaurants and small businesses would be most hurt financially. But he’s worried about the long term.
“You are talking about a recession-level event if this is the new long-term norm,” he said.
Agriculture comprises about 10% of Kern County’s gross domestic product, and undocumented workers may comprise half of the workforce, he said. And the Central Valley provides about a quarter of the United States’ food.
“So, you WILL see, in the long run, food inflation and food shortages,” he wrote in a text message. He predicted immigrants, even ones with documents, would stop shopping, going to school and seeking health care.
“So, this could have some serious deleterious long run impacts beyond lost farm productivity. Losses in education and health would be catastrophic,” he said. “Basically, you know how Kern County complains about oil? This event would be analogous to shutting down oil production. Economic catastrophe.”
Sergio Olmos is a reporter for CalMatters, where this article first appeared.
HE’S BACK Chef Mateo Granados, whose own eponymous restaurant closed a few years ago, will be serving as guest chef at Spoonbar on Sundays through Feb. 8.
Photo by Larry
Housing Market Shows Sharp Divide REAL ESTATE
NEW LISTINGS UP, SALES DOWN AS THE YEAR TURNS
By David Hargreaves
As we analyze Healdsburg's real estate performance in 2024, a tale of two distinct markets emerges—one that could reshape buying patterns in 2025.
While Healdsburg saw a substantial 17% jump in new listings compared to 2023 (outpacing Sonoma County’s 11% increase), overall sales grew by just 1.2%—a stark contrast to the County’s robust 10.4% growth. However, this headline number masks a fascinating market divergence that tells a more nuanced story about Healdsburg’s real estate dynamics.
The sub-$2 million market demonstrated remarkable strength, with sales increasing 8% yearover-year and prices appreciating 7%—dramatically outperforming Sonoma County’s modest 0.6% price growth. This segment of the market continues to show resilience, driven by a combination of primary residents, second-home buyers and investors who see value in Healdsburg’s enduring appeal.
However, the luxury market (properties over $2 million in our analysis) painted a very different picture. Sales in this segment declined 17%, with prices dipping 1.2%, which is definitely worse than the County’s 0.7% decrease in sales. Properties in
this range also spent 44% longer on the market, averaging 95 days to sell. Sales absorption, a key metric indicating the overall health of the market, shows that only 40% of new listings resulted in successful sales (conversely 60% never sold!).
That being said, this metric is also an indication of the degree to which sellers, and agents, are realistic about house values. In Healdsburg, this is further complicated by the fact that Mill District and Montage are creating a false narrative around dollar-per-square-foot values. No other house in the last two years in the city limits has come close to getting the eye watering $2000+ per square foot of those developments.
What makes Healdsburg’s market particularly unique is the continued dominance of non-primary residence purchases. In 2024, 61% of all purchases were for second homes or investment properties, with rural properties showing an even higher rate at 76%. This tracks with 2023 when 64% of properties were purchased as nonprimary residences. Interestingly, as with recent years, this trend isn’t driven solely by out-of-town buyers as many would have you believe. Thirty-one percent of non-owner-occupied homes were purchased by Healdsburg residents themselves, with San Francisco buyers accounting for
just 13%. It just shows that if you live here, you believe in the long-term investment value of properties in Healdsburg. This has to be a good sign for people considering investing here.
The recent wildfires in Los Angeles, particularly affecting affluent areas like Pacific Palisades and Malibu, could further influence Healdsburg’s luxury market in 2025. Healdsburg’s combination of Wine Country living, strong community and overall lifestyle makes it an attractive alternative for these buyers looking
to relocate or purchase an interim second home.
What This Means for Buyers and Sellers
For buyers, the market presents different opportunities depending on price point. In the sub-$2 million range, competition remains strong, suggesting the importance of being well-prepared with financing and moving quickly when the right property becomes available. The luxury segment, however, may offer more room
for negotiation, particularly for rural properties.
One of the recent shifts we have seen is people placing an increasing preference for buying rural properties that are still within easy reach of the amenities of the City of Healdsburg. With the wine industry having a tough time, properties that do not have the liabilities associated with a large vineyard where a new owner may struggle to find a new buyer for the grapes are preferable. This trend is likely to be further accentuated as the challenges of insuring high-value
homes in rural areas will only likely get worse. When it comes to sellers, they need to adjust their strategies based on their property’s price point. Those selling in the sub-$2 million range can expect continued strong demand, though proper pricing remains crucial. The good news is that homes in good locations that are priced appropriately will continue to be in demand. Luxury property owners should be particularly strategic about timing and
➝ Sales Down, 6
Photo by Alan Sarpy
HOME SWEET HOME The most recent listing by BruingtonHargreaves is 604 Coghlan Road, off Hidden Acres near the golf course, at $2.595 million. Said David Hargreaves, ‘Pricing correctly is key for luxury properties.’
been especially vocal against the Shiloh casino proposal. He rejects the Koi’s case that Sonoma County is their rightful modern-day home because of their old trade routes through this area, and because of the eventual migration of many of their 100 or so members from Lake County to Sonoma County.
“They’re over 50 miles and two mountain ranges away from this land of Southern Pomo,” Sarris said. “It’s just preposterous.”
Sarris insisted this fight isn’t about casino competition. “Obviously there would be an impact, and we’d compete strongly as a business,” he said. “But what’s more important is that another tribe has been enabled to come in and make decisions on and about land that is ours, historically and culturally.”
Graton’s chairman also believes the Koi decision sets a dangerous precedent for other tribes eyeing prime casino sites far from home.
“You could end up having a casino on every street corner,” Sarris said. “It’s madness—it’s complete chaos. And it will pit Indian against Indian.”
Tribal War?
Indeed, the Koi proposal
has already sparked something of a local tribal war. Graton Rancheria and Sonoma County’s other tribes are now preparing to take the issue back to court. “We will fight,” Sarris said. “The four Indian nations here will mount an aggressive legal battle against this decision.”
Across town from Shiloh, on Windsor’s western flank, another of these tribes has been celebrating a big victory along its own path toward sovereignty. More than half a century after the feds kicked them off their original land in the Alexander Valley, the Lytton Rancheria finished construction last year on an idyllic, 150home community near Riverfront Regional Park.
“For the first time since our termination, we are able to live together on our tribal homeland,” Chairman Andy Mejia said in a celebratory statement last summer.
The approved Koi casino is an especially tough pill for Lytton to swallow, seeing as they gave up their plans for a Windsor-adjacent casino during a decade of negotiations and compromises with local officials.
Lytton Rancheria does run a casino, though; it’s just located about an hour’s drive south from their new home west of Windsor, in the small Bay Area city of San Pablo. The casino’s profits reportedly fund more than half of that city’s budget— along with all of Lytton’s
construction, philanthropy and campaign contributions here in Sonoma County.
In reaction to the Shiloh news, Lytton’s chairman said: “These decisions are an affront to the sovereignty of impacted tribes and a betrayal of the federal government’s
trust responsibilities.” Mejia was speaking not only about the Biden administration’s approval of Shiloh, but likewise its approval a few days earlier of an even larger casino that a different Lake County tribe proposed down in Vallejo.
“Reservation shopping” is what Mejia called this tactic, with tribes “choosing lucrative sites far from their historical territory purely for financial gain.”
Supervisor Gore agreed: “This could create a feeding frenzy.”
For more information on the Shiloh Resort & Casino project, visit the Town of Windsor website at townofwindsor. ca.gov/1303/koi-nationresort-and-casino-project and the Koi Nation website at koinationsonoma.com.
non-alcoholic wines and spirits. “At The Zero Proof, we’re not only seeing interest from those who abstain entirely but also from a rising number of consumers who are choosing to drink in moderation and want more sophisticated options.”
Goldsmith says 90% of The Zero Proof’s customers are alcohol drinkers seeking healthier alternatives—and 60% of those are women, with the majority being millennials between the ages of 28 and 43.
What does this portend for the wine industry as boomers, who once drove the wine market, ride into the sauvignon blanc sunset?
In a 2023 interview published in wine trade publication Meininger’s International, wine-industry expert Steve Melchiskey, president of importer USA Wine West,
said that Gen X has begun to outdrink the once flush-andlush baby boomers.
“They recently became the demographic that consumes the most wine, taking the title from the aging boomer generation,” Melchiskey said.
“While their numbers are small, they punch far above their weight class in terms of wine consumption.” And even Gen X is beginning to heed the shift.
Founded by David Risher, the 50-year-old CEO of Lyft, Napa-based Tomorrow Cellars launched its first nonalcoholic wine in time for Dry January—the annual monthlong challenge to abstain from alcohol. Tomorrow Cellars’ press materials use words like “present” and “engaged,” reflecting consumers’ increasing desire not to be out of their skulls in social contexts. Perhaps this is just marketing speak, but one thing is for sure—non-alcoholic wines don’t require cancer warning labels.
SPILL Will health warning labels on wine affect consumer interest?
Photo by Anita Jankovic
➝ Windsor Casino, 1
THE OPPOSITION Greg Sarris, chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, has lobbied hard against the Koi Nation casino plan.
CORNER LOT The intersection of Shiloh Road and Old Redwood Highway as it looks today. The Shiloh Resort and Casino will be built on the right side of this image, now the site of a vineyard.
Photo by Christian Kallen
SPORTS
Soccer Squads Kick It Up
BOYS MUCH IMPROVED, GIRLS HAVEN’T LOST A MATCH
By Caleb Knudsen
The Healdsburg High girls soccer team continues to play well, both at home and on the road, giving their opponents reason to fear meeting the Greyhounds on the pitch. To put it bluntly, they haven’t lost a match yet, though their 11-0-2 record can’t be called perfect. It is, however, perfectly impressive—they’ve run up seven shutouts, demonstrating senior Kimberly Lopez’s command of the goal line. Meanwhile they’ve scored 47 goals in 13 games, the latest blowout being an 8-0 win against American Canyon on Monday, Jan. 13.
Senior Julia Dolph and freshman June Sullivan both scored “hat tricks,” credited with three goals each.
Junior Vanessa Castro and freshman Renata Maturana booted in the other two goals. Dolph leads the team with 13 goals this season, while Sullivan is right behind her with 11. Senior forward Madeleine Munsell provided 6 assists in this game alone. Assistant coach Peter Mork pointed out that a sign of the team’s dominance is that their two ties last week came against undefeated teams—2-2 against RUP (now 4-0-1) and 1-1 against Salesian (now 4-1-1), whose only loss was a forfeit.
Though North Bay –Redwood division play has yet to begin—the first match comes this Friday night
at Healdsburg High field against Santa Rosa—soccer fans would not be surprised to see the girls rack up another win. Santa Rosa is 2-3 so far on the year, the disparity in matches played due to the Panthers’ absence from tournament play last month.
Overall it’s clear this year’s team is leagues ahead of last year’s. That team finished the season 5-9-2, 2-8 in the league. This year’s record is 11-0-2 so far, with league play yet to begin. What a difference a year makes.
The head coach is again
Tomas Morales, the former boys team coach, with Mork and Brian Saini backing him up. Asked about this year’s success, Mork told us, “More than the record, it’s about a positive environment where our senior leaders, many of whom have played together from a young age, set the tone with their skill and leadership. We’ve combined this with talented underclassmen who have made meaningful contributions. We’re lucky to have a group of great kids with a lot of heart.”
Home games begin at 7pm, on the playing field at University Street. From this point on, all matches are against division opponents Elsie Allen away (Jan. 22), Piner at home (Jan. 24), and Rancho Cotate again at home (Jan. 28) before starting over with a Santa Rosa rematch on Feb. 4.
Boys Solid as League Begins
The Greyhound boys team is showing signs of improvement as well. Last year their
5-10-2
record was a bit of a disappointment—they finished with 9-6-3 the year before—but as the North Bay – Redwood division play begins they have a solid 5-4-2 record.
They’ve won two of their last three games, including a nice 3-0 win over our northerly neighbor Cloverdale on Jan. 9. They also defeated Cloverdale 6-0 to open the season, and have gotten the best of St. Helena twice and Windsor once. So in this neighborhood, Healdsburg is on top.
But that’s next to meaningless. The real statistical competition begins with Redwood League rival Piner on Thursday. A non-league matchup at Kelseyville on Saturday intervenes, then it’s all Redwood, all the time until mid-February: Elsie Allen (Jan. 21), Analy (Jan. 23), Santa Rosa (Jan. 29), then restarting the league cycle on Feb. 5.
This Thursday’s 7pm meeting with Piner could go either way. The Santa Rosa school is ranked higher in state standings, but their record this year is a modest 2-1-5, so on paper the Greyhounds stand a good chance to pull out a win on their home Healdsburg grass.
Said coach Lemus, “Players to watch for Healdsburg would be junior forward Jairo Mendoza, who leads the team with seven goals and four assists; senior defender and captain Damian Medrano; and senior goalkeeper Roy Paz, with four
shutouts in 11 games.”
Of the upcoming league season, Lemus noted that Piner had been the Oak division champion two years ago and should be
“the team to beat” this year as well. “Key for us is to stay healthy and, of course, we need to be consistent with our play,” said the coach. “I
feel that the parity of the teams is going to make it a very interesting season.” He added, “Hard work equals positive results. That’s how we like to think.”
Basketball Teams Fall Short vs. Ukiah
CLOSE LOSSES IN LEAGUE PLAY AGAINST NEW REDWOOD THREAT
By Caleb Knudsen
When last we checked in with the Lady Greyhounds in their hunt for a followup championship season in the Redwood division, they had just dispatched the Elsie Allen Wolves with ease, 629. But dreams of another undefeated league season evaporated in the next game when they took to the road against Ukiah High.
Though the Hounds led 27-20 at the half, the scrappy Wildcats came out to dominate on their home court, scoring 17 points in the third quarter to take the lead, and holding on to close out the game as the winner, 46-42.
True to form, Ruby Leffew and Allie Espinoza each scored 10 points to share the honors, but Ukiah senior Samantha Wood beat them both with 14.
The win puts Ukiah in sole possession of first place in the Redwood.
Ukiah is new to the league this year, and it’s a bigger school than Healdsburg, which remains the smallest school in their division.
“We probably align more with schools size-wise, like Cloverdale and the Lake County teams, but we’re staying solid where we are in the NBL Redwood division,” said coach Greg Marguglio.
The efficient 9-player Greyhound girls team defeated Piner on Tuesday night, 57-12. They will meet Santa Rosa on Thursday, which Marguglio anticipated to be another tough opponent in this revised Redwood lineup, since Windsor jumped to the bigger-school NBLOak division. Healdsburg, by the way, defeated Windsor on Dec. 3.
Boys Finding their Groove
The Healdsburg boys varsity basketball team continues to fight hard and play well, and while their record is already better than last year’s, it will be a long haul to the playoffs.
The new year began with a nice Jan. 3 win against upstream rival Cloverdale, 56-52, at Smith Robinson Gym, which put a bounce in their Adidas.
From the outset, the Greyhounds controlled the floor, and took each of the first three quarters to build up a 46-39 lead. The Eagles made an amped-up effort to climb back in the final frame and while they outscored the Hounds, it wasn’t enough and Healdsburg took the home game with a 56-52 win.
The game’s leading scorer was Thatcher Little with 21 points, followed by Ethan Overdorf with 16 for Healdsburg. But three Cloverdale players scored into double digits—Jaxson Randolph with 18, Braxton Montanye with 14 and Jesus Arizmendi with 12— proof that even the wins are hard-fought in high school basketball.
Unfortunately the onegame winning streak didn’t last, and Ukiah asserted itself on their home court, 66-42, despite a gameleading 20 points by Ethan
Overdorf. For the Wildcats, Zach Martinez dropped 18 and Omaurie Phillips-Porter had 12, but it’s still the cumulation of all players’ points that determines the winner, even in basketball.
On Friday, Jan. 10, they lost a home conference
game against St. Vincent de Paul (Petaluma) by a score of 63-54. However, junior Cooper Conrad finally caught fire with 17 points, equaled by the big sophomore Overdorf’s own 17.
Coming up this week is Rancho Cotate on Jan. 15
(results too late to report), followed by a home game on Friday, Jan. 17, against Elsie Allen. Elsie is 0-2 in the league so far, 4-9 overall. But it’s too early to count anyone out in the 2025 Redwood season, even the Greyhounds.
Photos by Michael Lucid
BIG SCORE Senior Julia Dolph (7) celebrates one of her three goals against American Canyon on Jan. 13 with freshman June Sullivan (15). The two are in friendly competition in the race for most goals scored for the Healdsburg Greyhounds.
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VERSATILE Sophomore Frank Rea (32), the football team’s speedy running back, plays power guard on the Greyhounds’ varsity basketball squad.
Guess Who’s Singer Reclaims the Name MUSIC
CANADIAN ’70S BAND CLAIMS
‘AMERICAN WOMAN’ AS BIGGEST HIT
By Bill Forman
Hearing the classic-rock hits “These Eyes” and “American Woman” for the first time, many listeners would be hard-pressed to guess they were both by the same band. While the first sounds like the kind of British Invasion ballad that would bring teenage fans to tears, the latter evokes the raw power and borderline banshee vocals of early Led Zeppelin.
Burton Cummings, the chameleonic singer, songwriter and keyboardist of The Guess Who, will play those signature songs on his current “60th Anniversary Hits Tour.” Fans are also likely to hear Guess Who favorites like “No Time,” “Laughing,” “Clap for the Wolfman,” “Hand Me Down World,” “Share the Land” and lots more.
When it comes to the band’s fondness for British rock, Cummings recalls how he and guitarist/cowriter Randy Bachman were glued to their radios as kids growing up in Winnipeg, Canada.
“I would get up at nine
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every Sunday morning to hear ‘Deno Corrie Presents Music From Around the World,’” said Cummings of the Winnipeg radio personality who is credited with being the first DJ to play a Beatles song (“Please Please Me”) on North American radio.
“We would hear stuff by Cliff Richards & the Shadows, from England. We’d hear Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, who were also from England,” he said. “The radio was what encouraged us to become songwriters.” (The Guess Who went on to record a cover of Johnny Kidds’ 1960 hit, “Shakin’ All Over.”)
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As it turns out, Cummings’ current 32-date American tour is only one of his reasons for fans to celebrate these days. Another is the release of A Few Good Moments , Cummings’ first solo album in 16 years.
While many musicians who’ve been at it as long as he has can’t hold a candle to their past accomplishments, Cummings’ songwriting and vocal abilities remain undiminished on the 17-song release. Granted, he doesn’t use his “American Woman” voice much these days, but Cummings and
pricing, as this segment has become more pricesensitive, although with the expected benefits of a probusiness change of administration, we could see more activity at the higher end. That being said, buyers can afford to be choosy. An original 1950s farmhouse that needs a major renovation or a Tuscan-style vineyard property are not what people are typically looking for. Today’s buyers want turnkey properties; that demand may increase if the fires in L.A. have a knock effect on building costs in Sonoma County.
his current bandmates have played together for more than a decade and have no problem pulling it off live.
Fall 2023 also saw the reissue of Cummings’ past solo albums on CD and vinyl. Among them is the eponymous 1976 debut album that included the Top 10 single “Stand Tall,” which was kept from the No. 1 position on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart by the Captain and Tennille’s “Muskrat Love.”
But when Cummings and his band perform at Luther Burbank Center on Tuesday, Jan. 21, it won’t be as The Guess Who. Cummings and Bachman only recently regained control of The Guess Who trademark after settling a protracted dispute with the band’s other surviving members, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson. Their lawsuit, filed in 2023, claimed that Kale obtained the trademark in 1986 without their knowledge or consent. It also alleged that the group continued to perform as The Guess Who, even after Kale retired in 2016 and Peterson rarely performed with them.
Throughout the complaint, Cummings and Bachman refer to their
Looking Ahead
As we move into 2025, several factors could influence market dynamics. A strong stock market, tax cuts and a build-up of equity in real estate could help stabilize the high-end market. Lower interest rates, if they materialize as predicted, could drive increased activity across all segments.
former bandmates not as THE DEFENDANTS, which is standard practice, but as THE COVER BAND. It’s a nice jibe, but Cummings says it wasn’t about that.
“We just got tired of these people pretending they were the guys that cut the records,” he said. “You know, they would go to meet-and-greet parties with copies of our albums in their hands. It was silly. So this is not about satisfaction and revenge or anything. This is simply about what’s right.”
Now that Cummings and Bachman can tour as The Guess Who, how soon is that likely to happen?
“I don’t know,” Cummings said. “Randy’s very into the Bachman Turner Overdrive legacy, and he’s out there with his son, Tal. And I have my own band, so I’ve got my own way to rock. It may happen and it may not. We’ll see what the future brings. But in the meantime, I’m very happy with my band and my new album.”
‘American Woman’ Either way, Cummings won’t be able to leave the stage without performing “American Woman,” the
However, the market’s unique characteristic—its high percentage of non-primary residence purchases— suggests it will continue to operate somewhat independently of traditional market forces. This could provide additional stability, particularly if economic uncertainty increases as election promises kick in.
band’s biggest hit. But the lyrics, which he first improvised onstage, caused controversy.
“We had been touring the States a lot on the strength of ‘These Eyes’ and ‘Laughing,’” Cummings recalled. “We would play five cities a week, and we noticed how the American girls seemed like they were more in a hurry to grow up, to wear more makeup and wear sexier clothes than the girls back in Canada.
“So we were playing two shows, and they’d start the second show without me.
But when I heard Randy playing that riff, I just ran out onstage and started making up whatever came out of my head,” he added.
“And so I’m looking out at the crowd and I’m thinking, ‘Canadian woman, I prefer you,” but what came out of my head was ‘American woman, stay away from me.’ It was never meant to be political.”
It could be thought of as a Canadian answer song to the Beach Boys’ “California Girls,” although those “I don’t need your war machines / I don’t need your ghetto scenes” lines did stand out.
“Those were me just trying to make things
Healdsburg’s appeal as both a primary and secondhome destination continues to grow. While the market shows some fascinating divergences, its fundamentals remain strong, supported by both local and out-of-area investment. For those considering entering the market, understanding these nuanced dynamics will be
rhyme on the spot, like one of those Bob Dylan moments, you know, stream of consciousness,” Cummings said. “The Vietnam War was at a bad point of escalation right then, so that’s what came out. And all those factors combined made it a No. 1 record. Very strange, very sweet. I’ll tell you this much, man: We sure didn’t see it coming.”
Burton Cummings continues to perform his many hits and material from A Few Good Moments on this current tour, and is delighted by the responses he’s getting.
“One of the things that every singer hopes to hear is that they still sound like they did on the records,” Cummings said. “And that’s been my goal for decades. I’m coming up on 77 years old, and people are still telling me, ‘Hey man, you still sound like the Burton I grew up on.’ And I’m really happy to hear that.”
Burton Cummings and His Band play Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa, at 7:30pm. Tickets $65 and $110 plus fees. lutherburbankcenter.org.
crucial for making informed decisions in 2025. Whether you’re a buyer or seller, these complex market forces have never been more important to navigate successfully.
David Hargreavesis affiliated with bruingtonhargreaves / W Real Estate, bruingtonhargreaves.com.
CANADIAN MAN Burton Cummings, one of the founders of 1970s hitmakers, The Guess Who, will perform with his band at LBC on Jan. 21.
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Rusted Horseshoes and Horseshoe Crabs
CHEMICAL PROCESS OF OXIDATION COMES IN COLORS
By Pierre Ratte
Old tack on the side of a barn, with bits and bobs of this and that: a buckle, a bell and a horseshoe. Seems like the weathered horse bit is made of copper, judging by its patina, while the rest of the metal menagerie is iron, judging by its reddishbrown rust.
Fun Facts: Rust is primarily oxidation-producing iron oxides, most commonly Fe3O4 and Fe2O3. Other metals undergo oxidation, but the term rust is exclusively used for iron.
Copper’s oxidation (or corrosion) creates a bluegreen color, copper carbonate (Cu2 CO3), commonly described as patina. The Statue of Liberty, clad with hand-hammered sheets of copper, has copper’s distinctive blue-green patina.
Human blood is dark
maroon, almost rust color, due to the presence of iron which is used to transport oxygen. The more oxygen in blood, the redder the color. Hemoglobin contains iron which binds oxygen molecules in the lungs. Oxygen-rich blood then flows through the body releasing oxygen molecules to tissues where it is needed, simultaneously picking up carbon dioxide to expel via exhalation.
While human and other animal blood is red, horseshoe crabs have bluegreen blood. Their oxygen exchange is based on copper, not iron. The copper oxygen transportation and exchange takes place via hemocyanin.
Horseshoe crabs’ blue blood plays a vital role in medical safety testing because it clots in the presence of toxins. This characteristic allows it to be used to test vaccines and other injectables for endotoxins or other contaminants. Horseshoe crab blood is harvested
through biomedical transfusions, after which the animals are mostly returned to the water. Other animals with blue blood include octopuses, squid and some marine snails.
Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are not “true” crabs. They are more closely related to spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites under the phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Chelicerata. Crabs, lobsters and shrimp are crustaceans. Horseshoe crabs are living fossils, little changed over 400 million years. Their long tail is called a “telson.” The telson is not a stinger; it is exclusively used for flipping itself over. The telson has an eye, one of nine eyes, or more accurately light sensitive spots enabling a wide, almost circular, field of vision.
Horseshoe crabs walk right-side-up, but swim upside-down. They are found along the Atlantic Coast and in Southeast Asia.
OLD TACK Equipment used for horses, including saddles, bridles, stirrups, reins and harnesses, takes different colors depending on its composition.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202500001 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. NICOLE PURTER ESTHETICS, 547 BLYTHEWOOD PLACE, SANTA ROSA, CA 95407, COUNTY SONOMA: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): NICOLE PURTER, 547 BLYTHEWOOD PLACE, 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: NICOLE PURTER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on JANUARY 02, 2025. (Publication Dates January 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune)
name or names above on 2006. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: KAREN C GOOLER. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on DECEMBER 04, 2024. (Publication Dates January 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202403779 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. SALTY BUILDER, 5400 WILSHIRE DR, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404, COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): RUSS MICHAEL HENDRICK, 5400 WILSHIRE DR, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404: 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: RUSS MICHAEL HENDRICK. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on DECEMBER 26, 2024. (Publication Dates January 2, 9, 16, 23 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA CASE NUMBER: 24CV07724 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): KYLENA ROSE CARTER, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. KYLENA ROSE CARTER to Proposed Name: KYELENA ROSE BARRON 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 FEB 21 2025 at 3:00 PM, in Dept: 18: Sonoma County Superior Court, 3055 CLEVELAND AVENUE, 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 160 739 4368 Passcode 000169. 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: DECEMBER 23 2024 Hon. Christopher M. Honigsberg, Judge of the Superior Court. (Publication Dates January 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202500030 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. 101 PARTNERS, 399 BUSINESS PARK COURT #512, WINDSOR, CA 95492, COUNTY SONOMA: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ROBERT WEISS and Paul Butler, 399 BUSINESS PARK COURT #512, WINDSOR, CA 95492: This business is being conducted by A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP. 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: ROBERT WEISS. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on JANUARY 06, 2025. (Publication Dates January 9, 16, 23, 30 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202500065 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.CLOS JULIEN WINE CO., 2. CHAD WINE CO, 3. CARL ROY WINE CO., 2191 LAGUNA ROAD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s):MARTIN RAY WINERY INC., 2191 LAGUNA ROAD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95401: 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:COURTNEY BENHAM, PRESIDENT/CEO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on JANUARY 08, 2025. (Publication Dates January 16, 23, 30, February 6 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SONOMA CASE NUMBER: 25CV00085 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS 1. Petitioner (name of each): HADEN DEMOSTENE SHOUP, filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present Name: a. HADEN DEMOSTENE SHOUP to Proposed Name: HADE SHOUP DEMONSTENE 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
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: January 09 2025 Hon.PATRICK M. BRODERICK, Judge of the Superior Court. (Publication Dates January 16, 23, 30, February 6 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune) HEALDSBURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Healdsburg Unified School District as part of the transition to a by-trustee area election system to receive community comments and public testimony concerning the composition of potential trustee voting areas associated with the District’s transition to a by-trustee area election system in advance of the preparation of draft trustee voting area plans by the District’s demographer.
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CRIMES & CONCERNS REPORTED TO HEALDSBURG POLICE
Residents and others are encouraged to call Police Dispatch as needed at (707) 431-3377, operational 24/7
Mon, Dec. 30, 2024
11:01am The Reporting Party (RP) indicated that a vehicle on Hwy 101 at Old Redwood Highway was unable to maintain the lane. The driver possibly could have been driving under the influence (DUI). Officers responded, but the vehicle was gone on arrival and unable to be located.
1:50pm A vehicle was stopped near the Healdsburg Food Pantry on Healdsburg Avenue for violating vehicle registration rules and window-tinting rules. A 45-Year-Old (YO) man was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a switchblade and driving without a license. He was brought to county jail.
2:57pm The RP on Canyon Run heard a woman yelling that she was going to hurt another person and kick down a door. The RP believed the woman entered a residence. An officer responded and was unable to locate where the noise originated.
Tue, Dec. 31, 2024
• 12:08am A vehicle was stopped for unsafe lane changes. A 44-YO woman was brought to county jail where she was cited and released on an outstanding warrant regarding DUI.
8:01am A 19-YO man was stopped on North Street at Center Street for a probation check. He was arrested and transported to county jail for violating probation.
1:54pm A probation search was conducted at the West Plaza Parking Lot on Healdsburg Avenue. A 39-YO man was arrested for violating probation and public intoxication.
2:13pm The RP at the West Plaza Parking Lot on Healdsburg Avenue indicated that someone broke into her vehicle, damaging the door, window and rubber weather seal. The RP stated that the person rummaged through items inside the vehicle, but nothing was taken out of the vehicle. The RP declined to press charges and was advised to call back if she changed her mind.
• 3:36pm A vehicle was stopped near Ceja Quality Tires on Healdsburg Avenue because the driver was on probation for DUI. A 47-YO man was cited and released for driving without a license and violating probation.
4:01pm A probation check was conducted at the L&M Motel on Healdsburg Avenue. A 25YO man was arrested and transported to county jail on an outstanding warrant regarding speeding and lacking proof of insurance.
• 4:15pm The RP saw a woman sitting at a bus stop alone on Larkspur Drive at Grant Street. A man made noise and faces at the woman, which made the RP concerned about the woman. The woman got on the bus, but the man was in the middle of the street, hitting vehicles as they passed. Officers responded and arrested a 40-YO man for public intoxication and violating probation. He was brought to county jail.
10:52pm A vehicle was stopped near CVS Pharmacy on Center Street for violating vehicle-lighting rules. A 24-YO man was arrested and brought to county jail for DUI.
Wed, Jan. 1, 2025
• 12:04am The RP on Mason Street heard fireworks coming from the area of
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the river. An officer did not respond due to the vast area where the fireworks could have been.
12:37am A vehicle near the L&M Motel on Healdsburg Avenue was stopped because the headlights were off at night. A 21-YO man was arrested and transported to county jail for DUI.
9:53am Graffiti was reported at Rupert Gibbon & Spider on Healdsburg Avenue. A man was seen spray painting a metal corrugated building east of the railroad tracks. Officers responded and contacted a man, but he was not the subject. A report was taken.
12:22pm A man was working on a vehicle on Brown Street at Grant Street. The RP indicated the vehicle was not registered and the man was not supposed to be working on the vehicle on a public street. An officer responded and contacted the man. The man was admonished for working on the vehicle and advised of the complaint.
10:05pm A vehicle on March Avenue at Tulip Court was stopped for violating registration rules. A 44-YO man was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and on an outstanding warrant regarding carrying a dirk or dagger.
11:40pm A vehicle on Hwy 101 at the Central Offramp was stopped for speeding and making an illegal U-turn. A 46-YO man was cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine.
Thu, Jan. 2, 2025
4:13pm The RP, an employee at Pizzando on Matheson Street, stated that on Jan. 1, 2025, a customer took her jacket which contained $200 cash, car keys and perfume. The customer returned the RP’s car keys. When asked about the cash, he said, “I could bring it in,” and said he donated the jacket. The RP tried to find the customer’s name, but was unable to locate it.
The RP wanted her money back and was willing to press charges. The RP went to the police department to show an officer an image of the suspect, but the officer was unable to identify the suspect. The RP decided she may post the suspect’s photo on Facebook in an attempt to identify him. The RP was advised she could post the photo at her discretion.
• 10:14pm The RP indicated that a hit-and-run accident occurred at Safeway on Vine Street. The RP wanted to press charges. An officer responded and took a report.
11:50pm A vehicle was stopped for violating headlight rules on Hwy 101 at Geyserville Avenue. A 46-YO man was arrested and brought to county jail for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Fri, Jan. 3, 2025
12:30am The RP on
University Street at Haydon Street stated that two teenagers were in a vehicle driving erratically. Officers arrived on the scene and contacted both teenagers. An 18-YO man was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit a felony and committing a hate crime. The other 18YO man was arrested for conspiracy to commit a felony, committing a hate crime and battery. They were brought to county jail.
11:35am A person went to the Healdsburg Police Department on Center Street to speak with an officer about an existing case. It was discovered that new vandalism to a vehicle was reported and therefore a new case was assigned.
• 3:53pm An unlicensed driver was cited on Fitch Street at Lincoln Street.
Sat, Jan. 4, 2025
2:59am A man at Chase Bank on Vine Street was
Sun, Jan. 5, 2025
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