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🌱 Patch AM: Petaluma Man Stops For Gas In Healdsburg, Leaves In Handcuffs: Police

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Hello Healdsburg! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Stolen car suspect nabbed while stopping for gas in Healdsburg
  • Healdsburg’s long-debated Cerri building becomes a bustling community pavilion
  • How exclusive Wagyu from nearby Knights Valley ends up on Healdsburg plates

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 56 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Friday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 56, low: 46.
  • Saturday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 57 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Petaluma Man Stops For Gas In Healdsburg, Leaves In Handcuffs: Police (patch.com) — Healdsburg police arrested a 30-year-old Petaluma man at the Healdsburg Gas Mart after recognizing and confirming a red sedan reported stolen out of San Rafael. Officers say witnesses saw him drive the car into the station, and he was found carrying the key fob but couldn’t explain why, leading to his booking on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle.
   

2. They Refused To Tear It Down: The Long, Exhausting Road To A Ribbon Cutting In Healdsburg (patch.com) — Healdsburg residents are finally celebrating the opening of the Foley Family Community Pavilion, a long-debated transformation of the old Cerri building site on North Street. The new open-air venue will host the Healdsburg Farmers Market, concerts, and a Tianguis y Bazar night market, easing pressure on the town plaza while preserving a piece of local history. City leaders are now working out scheduling and planning a public art installation.
   

3. A Sonoma County Ranch Raises Wagyu for Exclusive List of Chefs (pressdemocrat.com) — A Wagyu ranch in Knights Valley is supplying ultra-local beef to top chefs in and around Healdsburg, including SingleThread and Troubadour Bread and Bistro. The owners focus on grass-fed, low-stress practices and keep production tiny, so these cuts stay exclusive to nearby restaurant kitchens rather than becoming a mail-order luxury product.
   

4. Healdsburg gets high marks for hosting REIBT (healdsburgtribune.com) — Healdsburg High’s boys and girls basketball teams both opened the 76th Redwood Empire Invitational with wins before finishing fourth overall, while students packed Smith Robinson Gym for a spirited REIBT Rally of dance skits and class pride. Local standouts Teague Jasper and Amelia Wickersham earned All-Tournament honors, and both Greyhound squads now turn to several nonleague games before Redwood league play begins in early January.
   

5. St. Helena community development director to retire in February (pressdemocrat.com) — A former Healdsburg public official, Maya DeRosa, is retiring from her current role as St. Helena’s community development director on Feb. 6, 2026, after six years of service. She previously held similar posts in Healdsburg and Santa Ana, and is credited with major planning and housing achievements that shaped St. Helena’s growth.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Healdsburg Museum Docents Winter History Talks Coming Soon
    Healdsburg Library Community Room, 139 Piper St. Tuesdays, 6 – 7 p.m Here’s the schedule: Tuesday, Jan. 6 Healdsburg 101 Speakers: Nita Miller and… (Nextdoor Healdsburg)
  • Raul Barragan (CA Pressure Pros) spent this morning cleaning out some of our problem gutters.
    Did a great job. I would recommend him to anyone who needs their gutters cleaned. He has all the equipment required right on the back of his truck… (Nextdoor Parkland Farms)
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