🌱 Culinary Arts Festival Photos + Senior Center Cooling Stations

Hello, everybody! Sean Peek here with your Thursday edition of the Healdsburg Daily, filled with all the local news you need to know right now. Keep scrolling for the scoop.

First, today's weather:

Hot with plenty of sunshine. High: 97 Low: 55.

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Here are the top four stories in Healdsburg today:

1. Local spotlight! Mrs. Lorraine Ham, a 95-year-old Healdsburg resident, led the pie parade through downtown Plaza at the Art and Culinary Fair on Sunday. Both Ham and famous pie maker Dana DiRicco, also of Healdsburg, gave pie crust making demos to an enthralled crowd. April Lance, a local beekeeper who was born and raised in Healdsburg, drew an audience to observe an operational hive and taste both wax and honey. Sounds like the Fair was a success! Check out some photos below and see for yourselves. (Information provided by Gina Riner, Festival Director, and April Lance, of April Lance Bees)
2. The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is looking to fill vacant positions on the Assessment Appeals Board. They are looking for community members interested in joining the board, which makes determinations about property values for Sonoma County property owners. Meetings for the board are generally held on the first Friday of the month at the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Chambers, at 575 Administration Drive in Santa Rosa. Currently, there are two vacancies on the board and members are to serve a three-year term. Apply for the position here. (County of Sonoma via Facebook)
3. Due to an excessive heat warning for the Bay Area, a cooling center will be open this weekend. Over the Labor Day weekend, temperatures are expected to reach extreme temperatures, climbing into the 100s. Residents looking to beat the heat can cool down at the Healdsburg Senior Center (133 Matheson Street) from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from Saturday through Monday. (Healdsburg.com)
4. Are your lights on? On Wednesday, the City of Healdsburg experienced a city-wide power outage. The outage was caused due to a loss of PG&E transmission. As of the time of this writing, power was expected to be restored by Wednesday night, about four hours after it was lost. (City of Healdsburg)

Today in Healdsburg:

• Registration Opens For AAUW Forum Series, At Raven Performing Arts Theater (9:00 AM)
• Morning “The Art Of Sabrage,” At Breathless Wines (1:00 PM)
• Martha Conway, Cara Black, And Rebecca Rosenberg, At Thumbprint Cellars (7:00 PM)

Photos of the Day: Special Edition — Healdsburg's Art and Culinary Fair

From my notebook:

• UPCOMING EVENT: One September 8, there will be an Emergency Preparedness Safety Forum at the Healdsburg Senior Center. Healdsburg Fire and Police Departments will be reviewing evacuation zones, discussing safety tips, and distributing large print maps. The session in English will be 2:00 - 3:15 PM, and the Spanish session will be 6:30 - 7:45 PM. (Information from Don Taylor, Senior Citizen Advisory Council Commissioner).
• Early yesterday morning (August 31), Sonoma deputies responded to the PG&E substation after being alerted by a video alarm of subjects in the yard. Two subjects were arrested and booked at the Main Adult Detention Facility for grand theft, conspiracy, and more. (Sonoma Sheriff via Facebook)
• On Aug. 30, the Healdsburg Community Services Department honored the Healdsburg Police Officers' Association's Chris Bethards for his commitment to the Tuesday Night Concerts since 2014! Bethards performed the last concert of his volunteer career on Tuesday. (Healdsburg Police Officers' Association via Facebook)
• Come visit the Healdsburg, A Pacifica Senior Living Community and check out their garden in full bloom. (Healdsburg, A Pacifica Senior Living Community via Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update.

— Sean Peek

About me: Sean Peek is a writer and entrepreneur with a degree in English Literature from Weber State University. Over the years, he has worked as a copywriter, editor, SEO specialist, and marketing director for various digital media companies. He currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.