The Healdsburg Tribune
ONGOING TRANSITION TO DISTRICTS GIVES MORE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNITY
By Christian Kallen
The city-wide conversation about splitting Healdsburg into districts continued last week at a public workshop on Thursday, Jan. 16, at the Healdsburg Community Center (soon to officially become the Abel De Luna Community Center). With bilingual translation earphones and tablets to lend, the city was well prepared for the two-hour gettogether to further inform residents what that split into districts means, what it doesn’t mean and how to take part.
It was a disappointment to some that the city’s presentation was essentially the third time around for an introduction by Redistricting Partners, the city’s consultant. Covered again were the reasons for the transition to district elections (threat of legal action to enforce the 2002 California Voting Rights Act), the option for district-elected council members and either an atlarge elected mayor or one selected by the council from among its members, and what criteria go into creating a district.
For those who attended either or both of the past two City Council meetings, the first 20 minutes seemed quite familiar. “Based upon past city workshops, I was admittedly expecting a different kind of meeting: visuals on the walls, more interactive, people seated at tables working around large maps and identifying ‘communities of interest’
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HEALDSBURG JAZZ BRINGS SUMMER VIBE TO WINTER FESTIVAL
By Christian Kallen
The Healdsburg Jazz Festival, embedded in the fabric of Healdsburg’s musical identity since before the turn of the millennium, has long attempted to emphasize that it’s not just a summer festival but a year-round one. As well as occasional concerts at local theaters or wineries, the organization lines up weekly jazz combos at the Hotel Healdsburg’s Spirit Bar, and has a robust youth education program as well.
But that 10-days-in-June, 26-year-old Healdsburg Jazz Festival has a magnetic hold all the same. Expanding beyond the “festival” identity has always been the challenge, so much so that the organization has made an effort to brand itself “Healdsburg Jazz,” dropping the Festival from its name (healdsburgjazz.org).
The latest effort is an upcoming four-day, sixshow event at a variety of venues both indoors and out in midwinter Healdsburg. It’s been optimistically dubbed the Healdsburg Winter Jazz Festival.
The nonprofit’s current executive director, Gayle Okumura Sullivan, pitched the idea of a winter festival to balance the June event. Rather than an extravagant week-plus series of concerts large and small at restaurants, wineries and stages throughout north county, the inaugural Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest consists of just four curated days of jazz at more intimate places in town.
“The idea came from Gayle, our executive director, because we had been for years trying to create a year-round concert and programming format,” said Marcus Shelby, the dynamic musical director of the organization, who helped line up the talent for the mini-fest.
“It’s taking the opportunity of concert
performances and bringing in national and local artists for four days, sort of an action-packed four evenings of music,” he added with a laugh.
Concerts Daily
The Healdsburg Jazz Winter Festival runs from Thursday, Jan. 30, to Sunday, Feb. 2, with shows at the Paul Mahder Gallery, Spoonbar, Montage, the Michel-Schlumberger winery—even St. Paul’s Catholic Church, where Stella Heath’s tribute to Ella Fitzgerald will take place Saturday afternoon. (Heath performs locally year-round, but this Feb. 1 show is already sold out.)
At the other extreme, the finale with MacArthur Genius Award-winner Jason Moran will be a salute-toDuke Ellington concert, to be held at Montage Healdsburg’s expansive ballroom, which will be dressed to the nines for this Sunday, Feb. 2, 7pm show. (Moran and Marcus Shelby’s orchestra will combine talents in another Ellington tribute at
MEET MELLA, STELLA’S IDENTICAL PUP
CLONES IN WINEMAKING USUALLY MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT
By Chrisitan Kallen
It’s not easy finding Flambeaux Wine, despite its “flamboyant” name. One small AVA sign points down a drive off Jack Pine Road, itself a detour off West Dry Creek. If the drive and entrance are unadorned, the same can’t be said of the hilltop winery overlooking
SFJazz the following weekend, Feb. 6-9.)
Bringing music to town that jazz fans want to hear is one reason for the midwinter festival, but there’s another purpose as well: keeping its sponsors happy.
Especially the Piazza Hospitality group, whose hotels have played such a key role in Healdsburg Jazz’s success since the beginning.
“We heard feedback from attendees, musicians and our partners like the Hotel Healdsburg/h2hotel, Montage and wineries,” Sullivan said. “If we can bring joy and live music to Healdsburg in the heart of the off-season winter months, we thought we should do it.”
Circe Sher, co-owner of Piazza, said, “We already have guests planning to attend, and it’s a great time of year to bring some musical energy to town.”
Spoonbar
Though not participating directly in this winter’s festival, Hotel Healdsburg does benefit weekly from the jazz programming in
the valley, with St. Helena bold on the horizon. Only in such a landscape can the overbuilt seem to scale.
The winery itself was not the attraction, nor the growing popularity of its Alexander Valley cabernet or Dry Creek zinfandel. Instead, the tantalizing hint of a deeper kind of fulfillment beckoned: that of eternal life, if not for us then for our pets.
Stella is a popular winery dog, as winery dogs go: She was voted as the Best Winery Dog in the Tribune’s most recent “Best of Healdsburg,” which in Sonoma County is saying something. Some wine dogs are buoyant and playful, some somber and judgmental. Stella—a purebred Maremma sheepdog, from Tuscany or Abruzzo—is somewhere in between: quiet, but with a powerful reserved force that even gives coyotes pause, according to Flambeaux owner Art Murray.
the Spirit Bar (including the Winter Fest Saturday, when the Susan Sutton Trio will play). Only one of the Piazza Hospitality venues is being called into duty this time—the Spoonbar’s Green Room, on the ground floor of H2Hotel. In many ways, though, the Friday concerts (there are two, at 6pm and 8pm) will be the centerpiece of this inaugural festival showcasing the vocal genius of Paula West. Performing with the semilegendary vocalist will be Adam Shulman (piano), Aaron Germain (bass) and Leon Joyce Jr. (drums), who will join her in exploring her current repertoire of material—an intriguing one, to say the least, in that it includes works by Sonny Bono, Jimmy Webb and the Rolling Stones.
“At this time of political upheaval and division, Paula West looks back to these uniquely American expressions of passion and protest with humor, swing, and romance – showing
Stella is snow white, her eyes, lips and nose black against the thick fur. She is also very clean: Not all sheepdogs are so well-kept. But Flambeaux Wine has high standards—visits are by appointment only, and customers are likely staying at the Montage or Madrona. Which, by no coincidence, is where playful young Mella was introduced to the world last week, in a pair of meet-and-greets to give wine- and dog-lovers, and wine-dog lovers, a chance to see for themselves the next phase in pet appreciation.
Unicorn of a Dog?
Now when most winemakers talk about “clones,” they’re talking about varietals selected for specific qualities, such as flavor, color or intensity. The Dijon clones of pinot noir or chardonnay are well known; but
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JAZZ GAZE One of a wave of brilliant Latin American musicians that has transformed the U.S. jazz scene in recent decades, Edward Simon will open the
inaugural Healdsburg Jazz Winter Festival on Jan. 30.
Photo by Rick Tang
HEALDSBURG HAPPENINGS
GOINGS ON AROUND TOWN THIS WEEK & NEXT
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.
FRIDAY, JAN. 24
Opening Night Theatergoers who like
their plays short—really short—might check out the Raven Players’ Raven Shorts. The show consists 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.
Croissant Workshops
There’s probably no more room in the kitchen for these hands-on workshops on how to make fresh croissants with a few simple tools. The reason is not the cost—$159—but the bakery. It’s the same Quail & Condor that lately survived a whirlwind of attention following its NY Times selection as one of the 22 best
bakeries in the country. (It’s No. 19, but it’s an alphabetical list.) Croissant class this Friday from 4-7pm, as well as Sunday Jan. 26, at Quail & Condor, 149 Healdsburg Ave. But drop by the bakery and see how to score a biscuit, or a ticket.
Don’t Forget Joni
While Bob Dylan and Joan Baez are getting all the attention, don’t forget Joni Mitchell, whose Canadian folk origins evolved in a completely different direction. Kate Foley-Beining explores the Joni Mitchell Situation by swinging the soulful songs, with Tom Shader and Kevin Dillion backing her up in an evening of jazzy Joniania. Furthermore Wines, 5:30-8:30pm, free. 328A Healdsburg Ave., furthermorewines.com/events
SATURDAY, JAN. 25
Local Laws
Spicy Vines Winery can be the last stop on a downtown walking tour, and not infrequently it hosts live music on Saturday afternoons, like this one. Sonoma’s S.R. Laws comes to perform his “tempestuous” songs, born of hard times, lonely dreams and the obligatory pilgrimage to Austin. Drop by at 3pm to 441 Healdsburg Ave. That Same Night … Jazz perfumes the atmosphere of Healdsburg like few other places. Every Saturday, for instance, the Spirit Bar at Hotel Healdsburg hosts a trio or quartet to lay down the sounds from bebop to Brazilian with a wide range in between. This Saturday it’s pianist Greg Hester, with
Many Questions, Few Answers
and maybe some laptops set up for exploring the DistrictR tool,” said Merrilyn Joyce.
“I was also expecting the room to be packed,” she added. Packed it was not, though of the roughly 30 people there (aside from city staff) about half were Latino, showing engagement by the community that stands to gain most from district-based elections.
Before Liz Stitt of Redistricting Partners had fully finished her latest walk-through of DistrictR, the hands-on app used to split up a jurisdiction into districts, questions began to percolate up from the audience. There was clearly some confusion caused by the past two City Council meetings that made people think they, the council, had endorsed a five-district model, with a rotating mayor seat. Which was not what was presented at the workshop,
but instead a more robust, option-friendly version that allowed for four, five or six districts. Many were surprised at this result, since the City Council had appeared to place favor not once but twice on the five-district option, with its implicit rotation mayor structure. Whether or not the consultants took it upon themselves to present these options or were later directed to do so by the council, was unclear.
Yet this is the model Stitt presented, a choice of district numbers from four to six to allow for a range
of public input. Neither City Manager Jeff Kay nor consultant Stitt wanted to dwell on any delay that may or may not have been caused, and tried to shepherd the questions to the end of the presentation.
Who’s the Mayor?
Another confusion concerned whether an even number of districts necessitated an at-large mayor— voted upon by the entire city’s electorate, not just any one district. Numerically it needs to be an odd number,
for Humanity Greater Los Angeles and their ReBUILD LA initiative helping wildfire survivors rebuild their homes and lives. Only $65 per person, from 5-9pm at Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Ave., stayhealdsburg.com/events/ crack-sip-support-a-crabfeed-for-fire-relief.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29
Meet Mayor Mitchell The Chamber of Commerce is holding a breakfast and mixer at Villa Chanticleer to hear from Healdsburg’s incoming mayor, Evelyn Mitchell, as she shares her vision and priorities for 2025. Tickets $55 for chamber members, nonmembers $70. 8:3010:30am at The Villa, 900 Chanticleer Way. Contact marketing@healdsburg. com to learn more.
Going Electric
saxophonist Donn Olivet and Peirre Archain on bass.
Starts at 6pm, runs until 9pm, limited Dry Creek Kitchen menu available and full bar, 25 Matheson St.
Dance Opportunity
Get out and dance on Saturday night to the Sonoma Shakers and their classic rock, contemporary songs, R&B, country rock and blues standbys. Doors at 5pm, music at 7pm, food vendor on site. It’s free at Coyote Sonoma, 44F Mill St.
TUESDAY, JAN. 28
Crab Feast for Fire Relief
Local Dungeness crab season is here, and Spoonbar will hold a special Crab Feed Fundraiser, where 20% of food and wine proceeds will support Habitat
to allow for majority votes, though for some reason the concept seemed difficult to explain. Four or six districts mean an at-large elected mayor; five means it rotates.
The other side of that equation is, just what kind of mayor do we want? What are his or her obligations, responsibilities or powers, if any? If we do want a “strong” mayor, or one with more authority than the current seat holds, how do we get there?
“An at-large mayor would be a little bit trickier” to implement, Kay said. The process to change or define the role would not happen overnight, and almost certainly not before the required final vote on districts, on April 7.
As Kay said, “Ultimately this will be determined by the City Council.” He encouraged anyone with strong opinions or ideas, including on the election or selection of the mayor, to email City Clerk Raina Allen at rallan@healdsburg.gov to make sure their voice is officially logged.
Draw Your Own
The City is holding a public workshop on the Electric Energy Demand Forecast, a key part of Healdsburg’s Climate Mobilization Strategy plan to meet State renewable energy and greenhouse gas reduction targets. May not be for everyone, but the light refreshments are for anyone. 5:30-7pm, healdsburg.gov/730/ClimateChange-Sustainability.
THURSDAY, JAN. 30
Winter Jazz First night of the first Healdsburg Jazz Winter Festival, through Feb. 2. Details this issue.
SATURDAY, FEB. 1
Crab Feed Annual Healdsburg American Legion crab feed at Villa Chanticleer, $95 “all you can eat.” Call (707) 695-2663 or 815-6983 for more information.
For additional events, visit healdsburgtribune. com/calendar.
Executive Director Marcy Flores and a number of others from Corazón Healdsburg were engaged throughout the meeting. “We have been focused on outreach and education about this process, using online tools, phone calls and in-person presentations,” she said.
“The Jan. 16 community workshop was especially helpful in explaining the stakes, answering questions and introducing the mapping tool. This is a particularly complex topic with a short timeline, for ensuring our City Council truly reflects our community’s diversity,” she added. Flores said she and other community leaders will meet with the city manager next week, “to go further in-depth on the process and share feedback in Spanish.”
For additional information on the District Elections process, visit: healdsburg. gov/districtelections.
As of Jan. 13, the DistrictR tool was live and functional, and anyone can draw up a city map of four, five or six districts, with the fivedistrict model the only option for a rotating mayor, as Healdsburg has at present. Various tools are located in the upper right corner, as is common in such applications—a hand tool to move the map, a pen tool to select a district and color it, an eraser tool to fall back on. The tool shows Healdsburg’s population as 11,360, based on the 2020 census (the latest for which complete information is available, and integrated into the mapping tool). Of these people, about 63% are white—the rest a mix of Hispanic, American Indian, Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or Other. Combined, those ethnic groups comprise only 37.7% of Healdsburg voters. Drawing an equitable nonwhite majority district is the challenge that the city’s map creators face.
Photo by Emma K. Morris Emma K Creative
HANDS-ON Baking is a manual art as well as a sensory experience. Learn from the bakers in a croissant class at Quail & Condor, or cut to the chase and pick up a pastry.
OVERVIEW Liz Stitt, of Redistricting Partners, gives the Healdsburg audience an overview of the transition to district elections, a process now underway.
Photos by Christian Kallen ➝ Ongoing Transition, 1 DISTRICT
Fitness Options A-Plenty
SMALLER STUDIOS
MEET RANGE OF NEEDS, GOALS FOR ALL AGES
Staff Report
As “Dry January” unrolls, it’s time to examine the physical side of fitness. With three larger gyms and a half-dozen smaller studios, the options for finding an appropriate level of fitness maintenance is up to you. Their offerings are multiple: mat-based barre, Pilates, cycling classes, yoga,
strength training, HIIT, cardio dance, even sound baths and mitt boxing. We discussed Motion Fitness, Parkpoint Health Club and World Gym in an earlier survey, but just because they are the most visible does not mean they are the most apt for all pursuers of fitness, general health or other goals. Some other options hide in plain sight, while others need to be tracked down. Here is our survey of the ones for which we could find information.
Strength for Living
This small studio gym sits downtown next door to the Senior Center, just off the Plaza. Cindy Anderson has run it for years, but is leaving town. She recently found a buyer who promises to keep everything the same—including rates. A trainer is always present; for years it has been Anderson, a weight trainer since 2002, but she is phasing out and moving to Idaho. New owner David Bailey is not a trainer himself, but a satisfied
customer who didn’t want to see a change. They continue to search for new, experienced trainers.
Strength for Living’s “modality,” or specific type of technique used to achieve a fitness goal, is “slow motion high intensity strength training,” during one 30-minute session per week. Bailey simply called the method “super-slow,” saying it’s been around for quite a while and he had been doing it for 15 years at various other places before he ended up in Healdsburg. “It’s where you really push the
machines very slowly; you get work both directions,” he said. It combines strength and resistance training in the same exercise. Who comes to this downtown gym? “I would say most are retired and just want to continue with keeping your muscle mass,” Bailey said. “Because when you get older you lose muscle mass, and if you let it go it’s really hard to get back.”
Strength for Living , 137 Matheson St., $75 per session, 10-session package $720. Call (415) 948-6651, email cindy@strengthforlivingstudio.com or visit strengthforlivingstudio.com.
The Studio
The Studio has been a fixture in the Mitchell Plaza for some time, but during the Covid pandemic it became more visible. As owner-founder Catherine Ziegler described it, “I opened The Dailey Method Healdsburg in October 2019, just months before the pandemic hit … When the pandemic forced gyms to close, we pivoted quickly, shifting to an online platform and offering live-stream classes via a private Facebook page for our members. We also took our classes outdoors, holding sessions in local parks and building a deck in the parking lot of our shopping center,” the Mitchell Plaza. The self-described “boutique fitness studio” has three rooms for barre,
cycling and reformer sessions. Ziegler went independent two years ago when The Dailey Method franchises dissolved, and she’s still at it with a growing number of classes and an increased focus on using the reformer Pilates machine.
“Our members have discovered the incredible benefits of this low-impact modality, which effectively strengthens, tones, increases flexibility and improves posture,” Ziegler said. “The growth of our Reformer program has been a huge success, and we’re excited about what’s to come.”
Ziegler recommends the New Client Combo Pack for $69, which includes two Core Classes and two Reformer Pilates classes. “From there, we’ll work with you individually to find the best fit for your fitness journey,” she said. The Studio, 451 Center St, memberships start at $119 for five sessions per month. Call (707) 756-3193 or visit thestudiohealdsburg.com.
Soco Fitness
Chris Daly has the right kind of resume for those looking for one: Worked in the athletic department at MIT including with the men’s rowing team, Crossfit coach with Reebok and Invictus in Boston, came to Healdsburg six years ago and bought the Moore Lane gym from the previous owner during Covid.
Photo by Leigh-Ann Beverley
FLASHBACKS
CURATED NEWS OF 50, 75 AND 100 YEARS AGO, FROM THE HEALDSBURG TRIBUNE
100 years ago: January 22, 1925 SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE IN ROAD DISTRICT — ROAD WOULD GO AS FAR AS YOAKIM RANCH IN VALLEY
F. E. Barrett reports continued success in signing up property owners for a permanent pavement through Dry Creek Valley. He states that the pavement would extend from the highway at the Mile House, a distance of eight miles to the Yoakim ranch where the road goes across the creek to the west side.
The proposed pavement would be 10 feet wide, with two-foot shoulders. The cost of the road would be $150,000, of which $100,000 would be raised by bonds, the balance being furnished from the county road money. The tax rate would be computed on the real estate value of property only, not taking into consideration any improvements on the ranches. The rate to be paid would average about $1.25 per $100 value for the entire period. The school districts to be included in the bond area
would be Manzanita, Lambert, Dry Creek, Canyon, Hamilton, Pena, Grape, all property inside those districts being assessed for the cost. It is reported that very little opposition has developed, none because of the improvement, what little objection there is being on the manner of charging the cost to a district. However, most of the ranchers believe this is the only method by which they will ever get a good road, and they want the road, so are willing to pay the proposed cost.
75 years ago: January 27, 1950
NEW TRIBUNE
BUILDING IS PLANNED FOR UTILITY AND ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY
The new Tribune Building, now completed at 135 Matheson Street, is ready for the big open house planned for the next six days. Modernistic in appearance, the building features this area’s most popular natural product,
GAIL ELAINE ADAMS
June 24, 1941 – December 24, 2024
GI lost Dear Gail on Christmas Eve, Holidays spent just to grieve. Now the New Year has just begun, Forever keeping Gail as my number one.
Though seasons change & time may pass, Gail’s love remains at the top of her class.
—Her loving husband, Dan
ail was born in Ellensburg, Washington. She was the daughter of Millard “Jim” Calhoun Bouldron and Myrtle Rahman. Gail grew up alongside her two younger sisters, Jenifer Lee Bouldron (1945-2018) and Laurii Bouldron Gadwa. She married Dan Hiles, her second husband, in 1992. She was a devoted mother to her two children, Geoffrey and Jennifer, stepmother to Lisa Hiles, and stepgrandmother to Caleb Hiles. A dedicated scholar, Gail graduated from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, in 1963 with a Bachelor’s Degree and then earned a Master’s Degree from the University of San Francisco and a teaching credential. She was an educator at San Francisco Unified School District for 33 years.
Please refer to Legacy.com for more details on her life.
redwood. An overhanging eve protects the building from the rain and strong sunlight, as well as being part of the architectural design. The news room and editors’ office, above, are separated from the business office by the brick fireplace that divides the two rooms.
50 years ago: January 30, 1975
HEALDSBURG HOUSE GETS NEW OWNERS
Announcement has been made this week that the
Healdsburg House, a restaurant at 25 Grant Ave., has been sold to the former chef of the Golden Bear Lodge in Kenwood and his wife. Gene Boulware, who has been chef at the Golden Bear for 20 years, expects to re-open Healdsburg House soon. He purchased it from its original owner, Augustine Tito. When it opened three years ago, Healdsburg House was the first major restaurant to operate here for many years. Joining Boulware in the kitchen will be Carl Southerland,
another chef at the Golden Bear. Paula Boulware, Gene’s wife, will be the hostess, and she will be helped in that capacity by Mrs. Southerland. The Boulwares will have Healdsburg House open seven days a week for dinner, and weekdays for lunch. They will serve beef, chicken and seafood entrees and will emphasize family dining.
TheFlashbackersare docents for the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society, open WednesdaySunday at 221 Matheson St.
Photos courtesy of Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society
FARMHOUSE A home in Dry Creek Valley at 2415 Yoakim Rd., about 1920. The home is still standing today, over 100 years later.
FOURTH ESTATE The new offices of the Healdsburg Tribune in 1917, on what is now known as Matheson Street.
GIORGIO’S Healdsburg House Restaurant and Lounge (most recently known as Giorgio’s, at Grant and Old Redwood Highway), about 1975.
Hometown Sports Are the Best
WIN OR LOSE, THOSE ARE OUR KIDS OUT THERE
By Caleb Knudsen
Not everyone is glued to the NFL playoffs this year, for obvious reasons. The NBA has its disappointments, too, and that college football season was even longer than usual. What’s a sports fan to do?
In Healdsburg, the answer is obvious: Watch the Greyhounds play. Take in the excitement and action at a basketball game (start time is usually 7:30pm), or huddle under a blanket to watch the soccer match unfold outdoors (start time 7pm).
Boys Break the Spell
The boys varsity broke a three-game losing streak last Friday, Jan. 17, with a satisfying 58-45 win against Elsie Allen. The last-place Cougars did heat up later in the competition, outscoring the Greyhounds in the third quarter and matching them in the fourth. But Healdsburg essentially had the game put away by the half, as their 32-18 lead showed.
The win came after it seemed the Greyhounds couldn’t keep their feet under themselves in their first three Redwood league matches, losing successively to Ukiah, St. Vincent and Rancho Cotate. But the strongest players have emerged, to no one’s surprise Thatcher Little
and Ethan Overdorf with most points scored, and freshman Jasper Teague and junior Cooper Conrad making a showing as well.
The only Redwood team Healdsburg hasn’t yet faced is Piner, and that game is Wednesday night (too late for press time). Piner is on a roll, however, having won their last three and sharing a 3-1 league record with the Greyhounds. Check healdsburgtribune.com for the latest story.
Girls Stay On Course
After a tough loss against Ukiah to begin league play, the Lady Greyhounds have beat down the other NBLRedwood teams in order: Elsie Allen, Santa Rosa, Piner and even Sonoma Valley—not a league rival this year, but a perennial regional nemesis.
The Lady Dragons have had “ownage” over the Healdsburg girls, winning nine times out of 10 in the last decade. The Sonoma Valley girls program is usually strong and often produces a league champion, and the outlook of the Jan. 18 game was not entirely positive for Healdsburg.
Judging only by the first quarter scores, the Dragons had the Hounds muzzled to a 11-3 score, but something must have clicked in the Greyhounds mindset: They dominated from that point forward, taking a 9-point lead into the last frame. Final score was 38-30.
Healdsburg’s high scorers were Ashley Behrens with 13, followed by both Ruby
Leffew and Allie Espinoza with 10 each. Top scorer overall was junior Alice Turner for SVHS, with 16.
“Happy to finish with a win today,” said coach Greg Marguglio following the game. “Not exactly the performance we were looking for, so feeling fortunate after stumbling through a couple of dismal quarters. Hats off to Sonoma for making it a battle.”
The Redwood race began again on Tuesday against St. Vincent de Paul, at that point 2-2 in the league. The Greyhounds were tied in second with 3-1, and Ukiah at 4-0 was on top. St. Vincent’s roster has several league leaders in Hailey Sarlatte and Claire Ellis, and they challenged the Greyhound girls on their home court.
Indeed, the ball bounced St. Vincent’s way all night, and the Greyhounds were handed their second league loss on Tuesday, falling to the Mustangs 42-37. Individual stats were not available as of press time.
The next big game upcoming for the Greyhounds is at home against Ukiah, on Wednesday, Jan. 29. This will be a rematch of the tight 46-42 game in Mendocino County that spells the difference between the teams in the standings this year. Expect some aggressive basketball from the Greyhound girls that night—and the same from Ukiah’s Wildcats.
Recommended: Wednesday, Jan. 29 vs. Ukiah. Tip-off 7:30pm, Smith Robinson Gym.
Girls Basketball: North Bay – Redwood League Standings (Season Midpoint, Jan. 22)
TEAM LEADER High school class president and basketball starter Allie Espinoza (10) shows her smarts by waiting for the right moment to move.
Photos by Michael Lucid
BLUE SHOES The Lady Greyhounds leap for the ball during play at Smith Robinson Gym, with Ashley Behrens (14) going high and Ava Wickersham (12) helping out.
LAYUP Thatcher Little (33) goes in for points against San Rafael’s William Healy in December basketball action. Little is the team’s leading scorer, with over 12 points per game.
JAZZ TOWN
them to be as relevant today as the day they were written,” the Jazz Fest website proclaims.
Familiar Address
Two of the events will be held at the Paul Mahder Gallery, whose 222 Healdsburg Ave. address is shared by an unaffiliated performance nonprofit. These include the openingnight show on Thursday, Jan. 30, with Venezuelanborn pianist/composer Edward Simon and his longtime collaborators, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Adam Cruz. The trio will work what they call “the Latin American songbook,” the source for much of Simon’s recent recordings.
The other Paul Mahder Gallery show, on Saturday night, takes a different approach. “All of our shows have a certain intimacy to them,” Shelby said. “Our jazz party is a little bit different.” That program will be a “four-hour extravaganza of different artists in the spirit of the Harlem of the West,” with every musician in town for the winter festival and then some, exchanging ideas, tunes and laughs. In the spirit of the ’40s and ’50s in San Francisco’s Fillmore District, then known as the Harlem of the West, the jam sessions are designed to evoke the free-spirited creative spark that kindled jazz in its heyday. The fun starts at 6pm on Saturday night. The Sunday noon show, with vibraharpist Sasha Berliner and pianist Paul Cornish, is a chance to
unwind in the open air, enjoying fresh new talent at the stunning MichelSchlumberger Wine Estate off West Dry Creek Road. This, too, could be a bargain memory: The $78 ticket includes half a wood-fired pizza and a glass of sparkling wine, as well as these innovative young musicians.
Shelby spoke with us after just returning from a music publishing convention in New York, where he saw that “the music and the desire for live music is still very much alive.” Healdsburg Jazz continues to believe in that dream, and make it a reality in the little town by the Russian River. Details about the Healdsburg Jazz Winter Fest, including ticket links and program information, can be found at healdsburgjazz.org.
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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: 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)
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 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 3/12/2025 at 3:00 PM, in Dept: 16: 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 161 460 6380 Passcode 840359. A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in The Healdsburg Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Sonoma. DATED: 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)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202500080 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.SPEEDY CREEK WINERY, 2. SPEEDY CREEK RANCH, 18266 HIGHWAY 128, CALISTOGA, CA 94515 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address P.O. BOX 255, CALISTOGA, CA 94515: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): DAVID MICHAEL BURTON., P.O. BOX 255, CALISTOGA, CA 94515: 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: DAVID BURTON, OWNER. 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)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202500112 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. BLISSFUL ARRIVAL DOULA SERVICES, 4007 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA 94952 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: SAME: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): NANCY MICHAEL MJEMA, 4007 MAGNOLIA AVENUE, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA 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: NANCY MICHAEL MJEMA,. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on JANUARY 10, 2025. (Publication Dates January 16, 23, 30, February 6 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202500130 The following person(s)
12/30/2024. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. Signed: JENNIFER VACA, OWNER,. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on JANUARY 01, 2025. (Publication Dates January 23, 30, February 6, 13 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - FILE NO: 202500128 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. DESERT ROSE PRODUCTIONS, 810 7TH ST #10, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 COUNTY SONOMA, Mailing Address: 7 LAKEVIEW DR., HORSESHOE BEND, ID 83629: Is hereby registered by the following owner(s): ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, 7 LAKEVIEW DR., HORSESHOE BEND, ID 83629: 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: AILEEN TOCCHINI CFO. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Sonoma County on JANUARY 13, 2025. (Publication Dates January 23, 30, February 6, 13 of 2025 The Healdsburg Tribune) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SONOMA COUNTY FILE NO. 202500127 The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the following fictitious business name(s). Fictitious Business name(s) BLOOD AND ETHOS, 2807 JOY ROAD,
MALLETS Sasha Berliner makes a mask of her mallets to promote her skills on jazz vibraharp, or “vibes.” She will perform Sunday at noon, Feb. 2.
Photo by Gulnara Khamatova
JAZZ FELLOW Jason Moran, a composer and pianist who in 2010 was named a MacArthur Fellow, will close the Winter Fest with a solo performance in the ballroom of Montage Healdsburg on Feb. 2.
Photo by Clay Patrick McBride
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He is the owner and only coach at Soco Fitness. He describes the gym, located in the long series of warehouses on Moore Lane between North Street and its dead end, as a “3,000 sq foot open space with rowers,
assault bikes, treadmill and ski ergs …DKs and KBs [dumbbells and kettlebells] up to 100’s and a variety of barbells for lifting along some strength equipment.” There are two bathrooms but no shower.
“My vision is to get people to move better in daily life and be pain free,” Daly said. “So a lot of my work is movement based and not using machines.”
The highly personal approach borders on the idiosyncratic. “I don’t have ‘classes,’” he added. “My clients come in and train when they want, and I’m there coaching and helping them ... so there may be one person or 10 people depending on the time of day.”
Soco Fitness, 476 Moore Lane, cost is $165 a month with personal coaching, individual sessions available.
(707) 395-0157, on instagram@socofitness706_cmd or email cdaly@socofitness707.com.
NoXcuses Gym
Josh Wade has been a Healdsburger since he was six months old, following a brief residence in Georgia. He started No Excuses Healdsburg, or “NoX,” 12 years ago and his training
goal remains the same as always: “I’m just trying to move it for 30 to 45 minutes with no breaks,” he said. “And then just to continue to push ’em as hard as they can go, as they progress through the gym.”
While he uses a number of “modalities” or training regimens, they all are bound together by his vision: consistency plus intensity equals results. Wade calls his business, located in the Best Western next to the Lodge Hotel, a “group and personal training gym that focuses on circuit training; combined with weight lifting, short burst cardio, and TRX-based movements.”
He also offers mittboxing, exercises that develop individual coordination and strength training, choreographed by the trainer for maximum value depending on the customer. This is the only one-on-one training he offers, the rest are private or semi-private sessions.
“Most people’s goal is weight loss. Some people’s goal is just to be healthy and maintain,” the 46-year old trainer said. The ages are “the full range—I got an 8-year-old kid in there and I got a lady who came in the other day who was 85 years old.”
all these pets—now we’re home with our pets more often,” said Lauren Aston, ViaGen’s business manager, who came out to California to introduce Mella last week. “Those bonds and those relationships have been more amplified, so this has become much more of a possible solution for folks.”
Although cloning a purebred dog or thoroughbred dog is one path, many people’s favorite pets are mutts— rescue animals whose provenance is, at best, a mystery. It might be impossible to replicate the breeding of a shelter dog, but a clone is a guaranteed solution.
NoXcuses Gym, 1229 Grove St. Unit 4, classes Mon-Thurs at 5:15pm and personalized sessions through Saturdays. Cost is $180 a month for “as much as you want.” Preferred contact is via text at (707) 4786644, visit the Instagram account @NoXcuses_Training or noxhbg.com.
Healdsburg Pilates
The longevity king of the downtown studio scene is Healdsburg Pilates and Personal Fitness. Peter Sheridan opened it 25 years ago, and his personal approach and charisma has made “Peter’s Pilates” the benchmark of local fitness clubs. Spin and Pilates classes are so popular, and his skills as a personal trainer so in-demand, that Sheridan is now reluctant to seek new customers. The degree to which Sheridan and his handpicked staff of trainers are committed to fitness is best expressed by the 7am start time of their cycling and circuit fitness classes.
Healdsburg Pilates and Personal Fitness, 424-C Center St. Call (707) 433-2737 or visit healdsburgpilates.com.
the canine clone of a winery dog is a new thing entirely.
“I really think Stella is sort of a unicorn as a dog,” said Murray, Flambeaux’s ever-positive owner. “She’s just perfect. Tasters love her. Everyone loves her. And she’s got a very good disposition by Maremma standards.”
Efforts to contact the breeder from whom Flambeaux obtained Stella
several years ago proved fruitless—the phone was disconnected, the email unanswered. Murray considered the options: “If you have the Secretariat of dogs and you can clone it, wouldn’t you?”
Evidently that’s the decision Flambeaux made. “There is that side of it, but I also just happened to love her,” he added. “And it seems so cruel that you only get a dog for 10 to 12 years.”
Cloning animals, which once seemed like the stuff of science fiction, is now
an industry. The first sheep clone, Dolly, was created 26 years ago; since that time companies like ViaGen Pets of Texas have developed to provide cloning services for animals from cats and dogs to horses (like Secretariat, though it’s unlikely the Jockey Club registry would knowingly allow a clone on the track).
Also in their playbook is cloning endangered species, like the black-footed ferret of the Midwest, once thought extinct, and the rare Przewalski’s horse of Mongolia.
The cost for cloning a pet is not that great, if money is no object: $50,000 for a dog or cat, $80,000 for a horse. The process involves four DNA samples from the donor pet, obtained in a simple procedure that costs $1,600 (plus $150/year for storage of the DNA).
Although ViaGen became a business in 2000, only in the last 10 years or so has the “pet space” grown, and especially in the past five years.
“Ever since Covid, when everybody was stuck at home and lonely and we adopted
As Aston described it, the biotechnology of cloning is no longer at the farthest reaches of science. It’s become almost pedestrian, and ViaGen has cloned “thousands of dogs and cats every year,” she said. “The opportunity and availability to be able to clone your dog and cat now has definitely become popular in a much more boutique type of crowd.”
A winery dog is one thing —and Aston is confident that Stella’s clone Mella is one of a kind. “I am very much a wine lover myself, and I truly believe that Flambeaux is the first,” she said. “I have not heard of any other wine dog being cloned.”
But if a winery dog, why not … a winemaker? Could ViaGen clone people?
“That's not our space, so we tend to not discuss that because that’s not in our wheelhouse,” Aston said quickly. “But you can certainly clone mammals.” Indeed, while cloning began in the livestock arena, and has moved into pets, other avenues exist for the technology. “Polo is one of the big horse spaces where we see a lot of cloning happening, as well as different types of Olympic sport horses and rodeo horses,” Aston said. Another possibility: military use. “We have a gentleman that we work with that started something like a Navy SEAL program for dogs,” Aston said. “So he is cloning a lot of this very one specific dog that he had years ago. And he’s training them for active shooting drills, how to respond to [a situation] where those dogs can get in and take out a shooter so much faster than a police officer could respond.”
Closer to home, Murray’s goals are simpler. “How they look is identical, or will be,” he said of the 9-year-old Stella and her 9-week-old clone, Mella. ”From a business side, tasters do love to see Stella when they come to a tasting.”
Going forward, they still can—even when Stella has gone to the stars. Clone your own at viagenpets.com.
FACE-OFF Trainer Josh Wade, of NoXcuses Gym, works with a client in mitt-boxing, a one-on-one
method of exercise he teaches.
Photo by Ekaterina Antonova
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FIRESIDE Flambeaux Winery founder Art Murray with his wine dog Stella, at left, and the young genetic clone Mella, at the Madrona guest lobby in January.
Photo by Rick Tang ➝ Meet Mella, 1
CRIMES & CONCERNS REPORTED TO HEALDSBURG POLICE.
JAN. 6-12, 2025
Residents and others are encouraged to call Police Dispatch as needed at (707) 431-3377, operational 24/7.
Monday, Jan. 6
8:49am The Reporting Party (RP) on Healdsburg Avenue at Front Street stated the RP’s car was cut off by a car driven by an older man. The RP was advised not to follow the car. The information was logged.
11:00am A driver on March Avenue at Tulip Court was cited for driving with a suspended license.
12:25pm Petty theft occurred at Big John’s Market on Healdsburg Avenue. A man stole a sandwich worth $10.74. An officer responded, spoke to the RP and subsequently contacted the suspect at his residence. The theft may have been accidental, and the suspect went back to the store to settle his tab.
• 12:43pm A car near Mcdonald’s on Healdsburg Avenue was stopped for crossing double lines and unsafe lane changes. A 43-Year-Old (YO) man was cited and released for driving with a suspended license and lacking proof of insurance.
• 1:07pm A suspect in an open case was stopped in the West Plaza Parking Lot on Healdsburg Avenue. A 48-YO man was arrested and transported to the county jail for violating probation and on a previous case regarding violating probation and vandalism.
• 3:02pm The RP went to the Healdsburg Police Department on Center Street to speak with an officer regarding her stolen property. An officer spoke with the RP and took an informational report.
8:14pm Battery occurred on Terrace Boulevard. The RP’s
boyfriend and son were in a physical altercation. The RP heard the fight happening but did not see it start. Prosecution was declined.
Tuesday, Jan. 7
9:44am The RP’s son on Maxwell Street was verbally aggressive and threatened to cut the RP up. The RP believed his son possibly had been drinking. Officers responded and contacted the suspect and the RP. A 39-YO man was arrested and brought to county jail for criminal threats and brandishing a weapon or firearm.
• 11:31am The RP was concerned a man at Gibbs Park on Prentice Drive was a danger to himself and others. He was seen walking in and out of traffic. The RP believed he was drunk. Officers responded, but he was gone on arrival and unable to be located.
10:37pm The RP on Canyon Run was awakened by a man in the intersection yelling at a vehicle, saying someone touched his dog and he was “going to kill them.”
Subsequently the vehicle drove away and the man stopped yelling. Officers responded and checked the area.
Wednesday, Jan. 8
• 1:27pm A warrant service officer on Brown Street cited a 59-YO man on outstanding Sonoma County warrants regarding possession of drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed dagger or dirk, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with an open container of alcohol.
3:28pm A vehicle was stopped on Powell Avenue at Garden Court. A 45-YO man was cited for possession of marijuana.
6:48pm A probation search was conducted near Safeway on Vine Street. A 45-YO man was found to be in possession of credit cards that did not belong to him. He was cited for misappropriation of lost property and violating probation.
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Thursday, Jan. 9
2:07am Graffiti was reported on Lupine Road.
• 8:45am Graffiti was reported on Tucker Street on a rear garage facing Alley 1.
12:10pm The RP on Fitch Street received fraudulent calls that asked him to send $100 in order to have grant money delivered to the RP. The RP knew the calls were a scam and did not send any money. The RP provided details to law enforcement for information purposes.
1:54pm The RP at ColdFlo Mechanical on Grove Street mailed a check out for about $62,000. The check was stolen and altered to pay a different payee. The check was flagged by the RP’s bank, and the bank stopped the transaction from being processed. An officer responded and obtained the RP’s documents. The RP was provided the incident number.
Friday, Jan. 10
8:53pm Graffiti was found at Badger Park on Heron Drive.
Saturday, Jan. 11
8:25am The RP on March Avenue received an email to send $1,950 via Bitcoin, otherwise a compromising video of the RP would be sent to all of the RP’s contacts. The email contained the RP’s first name, last name, address and cell phone number. The RP was aware that the email was a scam, but the RP was very concerned that someone had the RP’s personal information. The RP would contact Apple to verify no malware was added to the RP’s computer. The RP was advised to report the incident to the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov. The RP was provided the incident number.
7:05pm The RP on Grove Street indicated that her boyfriend entered her house, ripped up her homework and threw her up against the wall. The suspect subsequently left in his vehicle towards Geyserville. Officers responded and met with the victim. An emergency protection order
was granted, and an arrest warrant was put out for the RP’s boyfriend. A report was taken.
Sunday, Jan. 12
12:09am Graffiti located on Powell Avenue. 6:29am A man attempted to enter Plank Coffee on Dry Creek Road before the business opened. The RP wanted to press charges. Officers responded and made contact with the man at Circle K. The man was advised of the complaint and agreed not to return to the business.
12:20pm The RP on Willow Glen Court indicated that the RP’s father was a victim of two different scams. The first scam was regarding online investments, crypto and money laundering. In the second scam, a person claimed to be an actress and tried to convince the RP’s father to divorce his wife. The RP did not know if the RP’s father was out any money. The RP’s father did not believe anything was wrong
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