🌱 Healdsburg Police Logs + Weed Shop Timeline + Holocaust Survivor

Hello, everybody! I'm back in your inbox today with your Fat Tuesday edition of the Healdsburg Patch newsletter. Keep reading to find out all the most important things happening in town these days, including:

• When you might expect to see cannabis shops opening in town
• The death of a famous local Auschwitz survivor
• Potentially looser booze rules for the plaza and surrounding parklets
• Finally, some police logs to peruse
• And more...

But first, your local weather:

• Tuesday: Cold with a mix of sun and clouds. Strong winds and possible rains overnight. High: 58 Low: 37.
• Wednesday: Another chilly, windy day with possible rain or snow. High: 53 Low: 29.
• Thursday: Cold as heck! More chances of rain, snow and thunderstorms. High: 49 Low: 34.

And some warnings from local weather officials as this storm passes through: "Wind Advisory remains in effect from 1 p.m. this afternoon to 1 p.m. Wednesday," the National Weather Service says, and "Freeze Watch remains in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday morning. For the Wind Advisory, northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected at higher elevations. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 degrees is expected. ... Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Don't forget to protect people, pets, plants, and pipes." (National Weather Service)

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Air over Healdsburg:

Here are the top 3 stories today in Healdsburg:

1. Wondering what's going on with the cannabis shop debate here in Healdsburg? Mayor Ariel Kelley just published a helpful update on the current situation. "Several years ago when cannabis was officially legalized across the state, Healdsburg chose to wait and see before allowing for retail dispensaries or other cannabis related businesses such as manufacturing, within the city limits," she says. "Last year, the council decided to embark on this journey to allow cannabis businesses within Healdsburg — with strict limitations and guidance from state standards and best practices. ... And most recently last month, the City Council voted to award a consulting contract to provide the City with technical support for the [request for proposal, or RFP] process." Healdsburg city officials are thinking to allow up to two weed dispensaries and one delivery service to open in town. But before that can happen, over the next few months, officials reportedly have to grapple with zoning stuff — aka, where exactly in Healdsburg these shops should be allowed to open — as well as some tax and fee stuff. Then around May, they hope to be far enough along to start accepting requests from dispensaries that wanna open here. Have opinions in the meantime? "Reach out or attend one of our public hearings to make your voice heard!" the mayor says. "Feel free to reach out to me with any questions, ideas, or concerns at akelley@healdsburg.gov or 707-385-1282." (Ariel Kelley via Facebook & Ariel Kelley via MailChimp & Nextdoor)
2. Can I get a haaaallelujah — the Healdsburg Tribune is running police logs again! Here are some of the reports that made the Trib for the period of Jan. 30 through Feb. 7: A woman who believed she was drugged at Duke's Spirited Cocktails, saying "she set her drink on the bar, unattended, to go to the restroom" and "when she and friends returned to their hotel in Hopland, she asked for help because she felt she could not move her body, stated she had never felt this way before and felt that she had been drugged"; another Duke's patron who, upon getting kicked out of the bar, claimed four security guards pushed and choked him to the point that he wants to "press charges"; three guys who "stumbled out of John and Zeke’s and started throwing the garbage cans out front"; a woman reported for "trespassing" because she was sleeping on one of the benches outside Black Oak Coffee; a man found "lying with his legs in the roadway" near St Paul’s Church, who police say turned out to have multiple warrants out for his arrest; a "grand theft" reported at Lola’s Market after two men in ski masks allegedly "came into the store and stole approximately $1,500 worth of product," then fled in a white van; a hit-and-run fender-bender outside the Elephant in the Room; and more. Oh and BTW: It's been a couple of months since I gave you any police log highlights here in the newsletter, but you can always check out the "Bulletin" section of the Healdsburg Police Department website to see all the logs verbatim. (Healdsburg Tribune & Healdsburg Police Department)
3. Sonoma County resident Vera Korkus, a Holocaust survivor who used to speak to Healdsburg students about her time in the Nazi concentration camps in the 1940s, has died at age 94. From the Press Democrat story on her death: “An Austrian Jew born in Vienna in 1928, Korkus was sent to a concentration camp at age 14 and persevered, as many of the adults and children around her perished from slave labor or the gas chambers. 'I felt strongly that I must survive, if for no other reason than spite. I am not going to let them kill me,' she said in a measured tone to a transfixed audience of about 60 Healdsburg Junior High students in 2010. ... Korkus told the students how she escaped from a death march from Auschwitz, in Nazi-occupied Poland, to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany in early 1945 as Soviet forces were closing in on the Nazis. Those who couldn't walk were shot, while Korkus made a harrowing escape and eventually found her way back to Vienna, where she was reunited with her sister. 'It was amazing,' [HJH] eighth-grader Jose Delgado said. 'She just kept going, even though her family was dying.'" ... In closing, she offered the Healdsburg students a bit of advice. 'If you feel sorry for yourself, you can't act, you are paralyzed. It's the worst thing you can do in your life.'"(Press Democrat; paywall)

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Coming up in Healdsburg:

Tuesday, February 21 (Fat Tuesday)

• Felta Education Foundation (FEF) Meeting (9-10AM)
• Farm to Pantry Hosts Volunteer Citrus "Gleans" at Healdsburg Farms (9:30AM-12PM)
• Book Club at the Healdsburg Senior Center: "Practical Magic" by Alice Hoffman (10AM)
• Senior Citizen Strength Training at Rec Park (Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:15AM-12PM)
• Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Celebration at at Parish Café & Elephant in the Room, Feat. Authentic Louisiana Cuisine, Cajun Food Truck, Crawfish Boil & 4 Live Bands (2-10PM)
• After-School Art Lab for Kids Aged 6–8 at the Healdsburg Community Center: "Mixed Media" (Weekly, Feb. 21-Mar. 28, 3:30-5:30PM)
• "Seeds & Reads" for Kids in Grades K-6 at the Healdsburg Library: Learn About Local Mushrooms & Make Clay Mushroom Models (4-5PM)
• "Mi Bebé y Yo" Taller Para Padres / Workshop for Parents at Corazón Healdsburg (5PM)
• West Side School Board of Trustees Meeting (5:30-7:30PM)
• Healdsburg City Council Meeting (6PM)
• Healdsburg Running Company Hosts Mardi Gras Run With Hurricanes & King Cake (6PM)
• T-Luke & The Tight Suits Live at Coyote Sonoma for Mardi Gras (6-9PM)

Wednesday, February 22

• "Universal Yums" for Teens at the Healdsburg Library (1:30PM)
• Studio Art Class for Tweens/Teens Aged 9-13 at the Healdsburg Community Center: "Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media" (Weekly, Feb. 22-Mar. 29, 3:30-5:30PM)
• Senior Citizens Advisory Commission Meeting (4PM)
• Homework Help at the Healdsburg Library (Weekly, 4PM)
• Redwood Empire Food Bank Hosts Food & Supply Distribution at Healdsburg City Hall (Twice monthly, 4-5PM)
• North Coast Section Boys Soccer Playoffs: Healdsburg High School Plays Piedmont at Home (7PM)
• Trivia Night at Coyote Sonoma (Weekly, 7-9PM)

Thursday, February 23

• New "Volunteers & Visionaries" Exhibit Opens at the Healdsburg Museum (Feb 23-Jun. 4, 11AM-4PM)
• After-School 3D Art Class for Kids Aged 7-12: "Cardboard & Paper-Mache Creations" (Feb. 23-Mar. 30, 3:30-5:30PM)
• Sonoma County Sheriff Hosts Town Hall in Santa Rosa (5:30-7PM)
• Anna Ash Live at Little Saint (5:45PM)
• District English Learner Advisory Committee (DELAC) Meeting at Healdsburg High School (6PM)
• Healdsburg Running Company Hosts "Run With the Crew" Featuring Loft Party & TEDXman Reading (6PM)
• Trivia Night at Fogbelt Station Beer Garden (Weekly, 6-8PM)
• Community Encuentro / Conversation at the Healdsburg Community Center: "¿Está Vivo el Sueño en Healdsburg? / Is the Dream Alive and Well in Healdsburg? Contemporary and Historical Experiences of the African American Community in Healdsburg and Sonoma County" (6:30-8:30PM)
• Copperfield’s Books Hosts Book Release Party at Thumbprint Cellars: "The Love Scribe" by Amy Meyerson (7PM)

From my notebook:

• Quick correction from yesterday's newsletter: Our vice mayor right now is David Hagele, not City Councilmember Chris Herrod! Apologies for the mistake. (Inbox & Healdsburg Patch)
• Here's what's on the table at tonight's Healdsburg City Council meeting, according to the actual vice mayor, David Hagele: "We’ll kick things off with an update on the Healdsburg Library’s plans. Under the Consent Calendar, we’re asked to approve a bunch of fun things: Road Closures for St. Patrick’s Day & the Fitch Mountain Footrace and extend the allowing of booze consumption in Parklets & the Plaza." There will also be a mid-year budget review, the appointment of a new planning commissioner and an update on the city's "Parks Master Plan Financing & Timeline." (City of Healdsburg & David Hagele via Facebook & Press Democrat; paywall)
• Potential good news for undocumented farmworkers and other laborers in Healdsburg who are losing work and pay due to floods, fires and droughts: A trio of Democratic state lawmakers from Los Angeles have reportedly introduced a bill that would "create an Excluded Workers Program to pay undocumented, unemployed workers $300 per week for each week of unemployment, up to 20 weeks." (CalMatters & Press Democrat; paywall)

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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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