🌱 Haunted House Map + Last River Weekend + L&M Hotel As Housing?

Hello, good people of Healdsburg — hope this week has been a happy and healthy one for you. I'm here to cap it off with your weekend edition of the Healdsburg Daily, filled with everything you need to know about what's happening around town. Enjoy!

First, your weekend weather:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and warm. High: 83 Low: 44.
• Saturday: Sunny again — hottest day of the weekend. High: 84 Low: 43.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and much cooler. High: 66 Low: 44.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and cool again. High: 67 Low: 38.

Here are the top 5 stories in Healdsburg today:

1. The Healdsburg City Council meeting this coming Monday is going to be an interesting one, if you're into that kind of thing. The meeting will include the usual update on Healdsburg's drought and water situation; a presentation of the final draft of the city's Urban Water Management Plan, which councilmembers will be asked to sign off on, once and for all; a pitch from a consultant who wants to provide "consulting services associated with groundwater supply wells & acquirer storage & recovery" to the city; the consideration of a proposal to turn Healdsburg's L&M Motel into "interim housing" for the down-and-out; and more. You can always watch these meetings live on the City of Healdsburg's Facebook page, FYI. (Facebook & City of Healdsburg)
2. There are murmurs going around about a long-term weather forecast just released by the National Weather Service, predicting a big storm next week that could "potentially" end wildfire season earlier than expected in Sonoma County. But in order for that to happen, at least 2 inches of rain would have to fall, meteorologists tell the Press Democrat — and "that's not very likely." As meteorologist Brayden Murdock says: "Usually these systems translate into drizzle for us. I don’t want to get anybody’s hopes up." Here's to hoping, though! (SF Gate & Press Democrat; paywall)
3. Healdsburg woman-about-town Regina Duman Jones passed away earlier this month at the age of 82. According to her obituary, Regina "flourished as a single mother" in Healdsburg after moving here in 1975, becoming a "self-taught, award-winning baker/cake decorator" while running "a home-based daycare business for many years, where she became a mother figure to dozens of children, as well as a cherished friend to their parents." She later owned a "successful bakery and ice cream shop," her obituary says, and "her cakes were a beloved staple in the lives and celebrations of many Sonoma County families and businesses." You may have seen her on one of her many walks around Fitch Mountain. R.I.P. (Legacy.com)
4. Looking for some good local haunted houses to stop by this Halloween? The Press Democrat has been crowdsourcing a haunted house map for Sonoma County, and the inventory is growing. Currently there are three houses mapped in Healdsburg: One on University Street, one on Linda View Drive with a "scary clown" theme and another on Fitch Mountain featuring "Mr. 'Jack Pumpkin' the metal stick figure man & Miss Maggie the Scarecrow & more!" There are also a bunch more down in Windsor and Santa Rosa, if you're feeling ambitious. You can add your own haunted house to the map as well. (Google Maps & Press Democrat; paywall)
5. We're way behind on Healdsburg police logs! The last two weeks' worth of incident reports from the Healdsburg Police Dept. include a female driver on Foss Creek Court jumping out of her car and calling her child a “devil child"; a drunk hit-and-run on Dry Creek Road; someone who called the police to complain that everyone was "blowing through" a stop sign on Grove Street; another caller who reported a person walking by their East Street bedroom window with "an exposed buttocks," and recommended they receive counseling; a woman at a Matheson Street business who refused to wear a mask, and also refused to leave; an alleged handicap placard theft on Vine Street; a man seen "smashing out a car window with an aluminum ramp" on Healdsburg Avenue, then arrested on a felony warrant from the Clearlake Police Department; and a pedestrian hit by a car in the Healdsburg Avenue roundabout. For that last one: The pedestrian "was lying in the street" but was "awake, breathing and able to talk," according to police. Hope he's OK! (SoCoNews Healdsburg & SoCoNews Healdsburg)

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This weekend in Healdsburg:

Friday, October 15

• Spirit Friday at West Side Elementary: Wear Your Favorite Color (All Day)
• Foggy River Farm Pumpkin Patch Open on Eastside Road (Oct. 15-17, 10AM-4PM)
• Intro to American Sign Language for Teens at Sonoma County Library (4-5PM)
• Food Truck Friday at Bacchus Landing (4-7PM)
• First Annual St. John's Fall Harvest Festival, Feat. Carnival Games, Music, Cake Walk, Dunk Tank, Raffle and More (5-8PM)
• Friday Evening Wine & Song at Hudson Street Wineries: Foxes in the Henhouse (5-8PM)
• Harvest Pizza Night on the Patio at Truett Hurst Winery (5-8PM)
• Libba Live at Coyote Sonoma (7-10PM)
• "Fully Committed" One-Act Play at Raven Theater (7:30-9PM)
• Live at the Elephant in the Room: Steve Pile Trio (8-10PM)
• Amy Grant Live in Concert at Luther Burbank Center (8-11PM)

Saturday, October 16

• Healdsburg Running Company Saturday Morning Run: Annadel Run From Lawndale (8AM)
• Ladies Saturday Tennis at Healdsburg Community Center (Oct. 16-Nov. 20, Saturdays, 8:30-10AM)
• Healdsburg Saturday Farmers Market (8:30AM-12PM)
• Yard Sale on Orangewood Drive (9AM-2PM)
• Outdoor Yoga Above the Russian River at Wildhaven Sonoma (10-11AM)
• Healdsburg Center for the Arts Workshop: Radio Building for Beginners (10AM-3PM)
• Bella Vineyards Backyard Summer Concerts: Banjo Boombox (11AM-4PM)
• Botanical Bus Farmworker Clinic at Corazón Healdsburg (1-3PM)
• Sonoma County Zombie Movement Presents: Zombie Walk Around Healdsburg Plaza (2-6PM)
• Adam Lieb Live at Spicy Vines Winery (3-6PM)
• Hotel Healdsburg Jazz Series: Ruth Ahlers Quartet (5-8PM)
• Live at the Elephant in the Room: DJ Kevin West (7-11PM)
• "Fully Committed" One-Act Play at Raven Theater (7:30-9PM)
• The Hots Live at Coyote Sonoma (8-11PM)

Sunday, October 17

• Girl Scout Troop 10278 Free Costume Giveaway Across From HES (9AM-12PM)
• Pumpkins + Vino at Orsi Family Vineyards (10:30AM)
• Healdsburg Crush 2021: Boys & Girls Clubs Fundraiser at Healdsburg Plaza (11AM)
• Bella Vineyards Backyard Summer Concerts: Banjo Boombox (11AM-4PM)
• Live Music at Soda Rock Winery: John Chevalier (12-3PM)
• Harvest Party 2021 at Medlock Ames Winery (1-4PM)
• Matinee: "Fully Committed" One-Act Play at Raven Theater (2PM)
• Workshop at Rodney Strong Vineyards: Candle in a Bottle (3:30-5PM)

Monday, October 18

• Mindful Mondays: Virtual Yoga for Teens at Sonoma County Library (4-5PM)
• Healdsburg City Council Meeting (6PM)
• Corazón Healdsburg Talleres Para Padres / Workshop for Parents at Healdsburg Community Center: Opciones Para Pagar la Universidad (6PM)

Healdsburg Patch Notebook

• Right after yesterday's newsletter went out, PG&E actually canceled the power shutoff they had planned — and that we reported — in Geyserville and Cloverdale. So yeah, that never happened! Carry on. (Press Democrat; paywall)
• A few small fires broke out yesterday in Santa Rosa, Monte Rio and Cloverdale. All were quickly extinguished. Thank you, fire crews! (Watch Duty)
• The Healdsburg Library invites you to come add your "candles, flowers, and photographs of those who have passed" to their growing Día de los Muertos alter inside the library. (Facebook)
• There will also be a full-on, all-day Día de los Muertos celebration at the Healdsburg Plaza on Sunday, Oct. 31. Featuring "live music, Aztec dancers, folkloric dance, traditional altars, children’s activities and much more." (Facebook)
• We've got a new local government rep at Healdsburg City Hall! Meet new planning commissioner Scott Duiven, who promises "some exciting projects on the horizon." (SoCoNews Healdsburg)
• And speaking of the planning commission: At a meeting on Tuesday, commissioners "unanimously approved a one-year time extension for an approved major design review application for a mixed-use project on 0.5 acres of land at 807 Healdsburg Ave." You can read more about the project in the Tribune. (SoCoNews Healdsburg)
• To celebrate the summery weather today and tomorrow, Russian River Adventures in Healdsburg is offering 30 percent off all kayak and canoe trips on Saturday. "This might be your last chance to get out and enjoy the river this year before our season ends," they say. (Facebook)
• You could also celebrate at the 41st annual Russian River LGBTQ+ Women's Weekend down in Guerneville. (Sonoma County Pride)
• If you've been seeing a bunch of spooky scarecrows in people's yards, FYI, they're entries in the annual Healdsburg Scarecrow Festival. This year it benefits the Healdsburg Center for the Arts. (Facebook)
• The Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce is surveying local businesses about the short-term parking installed during COVID times and how it's working for them. Today is the last day to submit your input. (Facebook)
• Heads up: Walmart in Windsor pulled some bags of Parent's Choice Rice Baby Cereal from its shelves this week because it tested too high for arsenic. No one's gotten sick from it, according to the FDA — so the recall is out of caution. (Healdsburg Patch)
• Here's a curious thing I noticed on the internet yesterday: Goldman Sacchs will apparently be hosting its annual "innovators summit" in Healdsburg this year. (PRNewswire via KFVS12 )
• PG&E pleaded "not guilty" in a Sonoma County courtroom this week to every single one of the 33 charges against them in relation to 2019's devastating Kincade Fire. (Press Democrat; paywall)
• Did you leave your phone at the plaza this week? A Good Samaritan found it, and it's waiting for you at the Healdsburg police station. (Facebook )
• After a few weeks off, the Healdsburg High School football team has an away game tonight in Santa Rosa. They're at 3 wins and 2 losses so far this season. (Healdsburg Patch & SoCoNews Healdsburg)
• The HHS womens' volleyball and tennis teams have also been racking up some wins lately. (Petaluma Argus Courier & SoCoNews Healdsburg)

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— Simone Wilson

About me: I was born and raised in Healdsburg, CA, where I was the editor of the Healdsburg High School Hound's Bark. I have since worked as a local journalist for publications in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York City and the Middle East. I'm currently a senior product manager for Patch.

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