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🌱 Patch AM: Make Lasting Holiday Memories With These 5 Volunteer Opportunities In Healdsburg

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Hello Healdsburg! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Five ways to give back in Healdsburg this holiday season
  • Where to find Mateo Granados’ new tent kitchen in Healdsburg
  • What will a $10,000 Carnegie grant mean for Healdsburg’s museum?

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Santa Rosa, CA! and 8 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the boat dock say when it was arrested? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 60 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Sunday: Low clouds, then some sun, temps: high: 58, low: 39.
  • Monday: Becoming cloudy, with a high of 63 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Make Lasting Holiday Memories With These 5 Volunteer Opportunities In Healdsburg (patch.com) — Healdsburg residents are invited to deepen their holiday season by volunteering with local organizations that support food access, seniors, arts, and community safety. From helping at the Healdsburg Food Pantry and Senior Center to greeting visitors at the museum or assisting at Healdsburg Center for the Arts and with police VIPS, neighbors can build connections while strengthening the town’s quality of life.
   

2. Top Tent Chef: The Unexpected Next Step Of A Celebrated Chef In Healdsburg (patch.com) — A beloved Healdsburg chef is back in action with an outdoor kitchen on Front Street, serving hyper-local Yucatán-inspired dishes beside Emmitt-Scorsone Winegrowers. Mateo Granados, formerly of Mateo’s Cocina Latina and Dry Creek Kitchen, now cooks under a tent using ingredients from his Dry Creek Road farm and nearby producers. Locals can find his evolving weekend menu at 52 Front St., tucked just off the Russian River.
   

3. County library to receive $10,000 gift from Carnegie Corporation (thecommunityvoice.com) — Healdsburg’s historic Carnegie library building, now home to the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society, is set to receive a $10,000 gift in January 2026 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The grant will support its role as a local history museum and public research library, honoring the town’s long-standing commitment to learning and civic life.
   

4. Santa Rosa Council member Natalie Rogers drops state Senate campaign (pressdemocrat.com) — Healdsburg readers may be interested that their hometown senator, Mike McGuire, is terming out of his North Coast Senate seat while a key Santa Rosa candidate has dropped out of the 2026 race. With Natalie Rogers exiting and James Gore already out, Assemblymember Damon Connolly currently faces no major Democratic opposition, though the filing window leaves time for new contenders.
   

5. 17 people arrested for shoplifting in Santa Rosa retail theft crackdown (pressdemocrat.com) — Healdsburg residents should know their local police joined a major multi-agency retail theft crackdown in Santa Rosa that led to 17 arrests in one day. Funded by a new state grant, the operation is part of a broader push by Sonoma County prosecutors and police departments to target organized shoplifting and repeat offenders ahead of the holidays.
   

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    The winner wanted 1. a particular sunset 2. the ocean 3. three basset hounds (two are at the rainbow bridge, thus the halos this was a challenging… (Nextdoor Healdsburg)
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    Need clutter gone? I offer quick and reliable junk removal using my pickup truck. Whether it’s old furniture, yard waste, appliances, or small clean… (Nextdoor Healdsburg)
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