Return Of Cyrus + Healdsburg Homeless Shelter? + Open Art Studios

Morning, neighbors! Simone here with your weekend edition of the Healdsburg Daily — a day later than usual, but here all the same. You know the drill: Start scrolling to find out everything you need to know about what's happening this weekend in Healdsburg.

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First, your weekend weather:

• Saturday: Big temperature drop. Windy and cloudy, with a possible light rain starting in the afternoon. High: 69 Low: 55.
• Sunday: Heating up again. Clouds in the morning, turning to sun. Wind at night. High: 83 Low: 50.
• Monday: Hot and sunny, with some strong winds. High: 93 Low: 53.

Here are the top 5 stories in Healdsburg today:

1. Local weather officials are warning us that the strong heat and wind forecasted for Sunday night through Tuesday morning will create a high risk for fires to break out and spread in the Healdsburg area, especially at higher elevations. PG&E also says they may have to shut off power if conditions get too dicey, to prevent one of their power lines from sparking a blaze. The wild card being whether the potential rain forecasted for Saturday will fall long and hard enough, and make everything damp enough, to "mitigate concerns about gusts that may reach 50 mph at higher elevations beginning Sunday," officials tell the PD. (NWS & PG&E & Press Democrat; paywall)
2. Healdsburg city leaders are exploring the option of opening a homeless shelter in town. "The question that remains though, is what kind of shelter would be considered and where in Healdsburg it would be located," the Tribune reports. Options include a "congregate shelter such as Sam Jones Hall" in Santa Rosa and "a Los Guilicos-style shelter with tiny homes or modular homes." According to the city's last count, conducted in January, there are around 69 homeless people in Healdsburg — about half the total back in 2018. (SoCoNews Healdsburg)
3. Douglas Keane, the owner and chef of Healdsburg's old Cyrus restaurant — which closed almost a decade ago due to drama with a new Les Mars Hotel landlord — says he's on track to reopen Cyrus in Geyserville next fall. He calls the "$5 million renovation of an 8,000-square-foot former prune packing plant in downtown Geyserville" his dream project. From Sonoma Mag: "The new restaurant will include a state-of-the-art kitchen, a bubble lounge with small bites, an 'interactive chef’s table,' a formal dining room and a large wine cellar. A fantastical Willy Wonka-esque chocolate room, where truffles will seem to levitate and boxes of chocolate will mysteriously slide toward visitors, will cap off the experience." (Sonoma Magazine)
4. The Healdsburg wine industry waits with bated breath as Gov. Newsom decides whether to sign three wine-related bills recently approved by state legislators. The first would "allow wineries to open an additional off-site tasting room," on top of the one they're allowed to open now; the second would "allow wineries and breweries to advertise and promote donations made to nonprofit groups from proceeds of the sale of an alcohol beverage"; and the third would "allow winery customers to bring their bottles to be refilled at a participating winery’s off-site tasting room." And another small industry update: Healdsburg's Banshee Wines, famous for its pinot, is venturing into the sparkling wine business this season with a new sparkler called "Ten of Cups." (Wine Industry Advisor & Press Democrat; paywall)
5. The latest Healdsburg police log, for the week ending Monday, Sept. 12, includes a bunch of calls to police about people not wearing masks inside local businesses; yet another catalytic converter theft, this time on Mill Street; a guy who claimed his angry girlfriend rammed her car into his car on Healdsburg Avenue, and another guy on Cowan Lane who said his girlfriend was "going crazy" punching him and refusing to leave the house; and a report of an "individual wearing a top hat who appeared to be intoxicated" and "wanted to buy alcohol" at a Healdsburg Avenue business, then "grew angry and threw items around" when he was denied. (SoCoNews Healdsburg)

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This weekend in Healdsburg:

Saturday, September 18

• Healdsburg Running Company Saturday Morning Run at Islands in the Sky Trail (8AM)
• Healdsburg Saturday Farmers Market, Feat. Chris Harrod on Guitar (8:30AM-12PM)
• Wings Over Wine Country Air Show at Sonoma County Airport (Sept. 18-19, 9AM)
• Young Eagles Rally at Sonoma County Airport (9AM)
• 35th Annual Russian River Watershed Cleanup at Healdsburg Locations (9-11AM)
• Estate Sale on Sunnyside Drive (Sept. 18-19, 9AM-1PM)
• Outdoor Yoga Above the River at Wildhaven Sonoma (10-11AM)
• Opening Day: Foggy River Farm Pumpkin Patch on Eastside Road (10AM-4PM)
• Open Studio Tour 2021 at T Barny Gallery & Sculpture Gardens in Alexander Valley (Sept. 18-20, 10AM-5PM)
• Watercolor Workshop at Dragonfly Farms (Sept. 18-19, 10AM-4PM)
• Healdsburg Center for the Arts Online Workshop: "The Archeology of Form: Abstraction in Layers" (Sept. 18-19, 10AM-4PM)
• Sonoma County Emergency Management Workshop: "Go Bag" Review (11AM)
• Bella Backyard Summer Concert: Sebastian Saint James (11AM-4PM)
• Harvest Lunch at Jordan Winery (12-2PM)
• Wine Club Member Fall Release Party at Jeff Cohn Cellars (12-4PM)
• Adam Lieb Live at Spicy Vines Winery (3-6PM)
• Harris Gallery Art + Wine Launch Party on Healdsburg Avenue (5-8PM)
• Hotel Healdsburg Summer Music Series: Chuck Sher Trio (5-8PM)
• Live Music on the Russian River: AWAKE, Doors Tribute (6PM)
• Fall Landslide Lobster Boil at Simi Winery, Feat. Gator Nation Band (6:30-9PM)
• San Francisco Comedy Competition Semi-Finals at Luther Burbank Center (8-10PM)
• Nicole Marden Band at Coyote Sonoma (8-11PM)
• Big Blu Soul Revue Live at River Rock Casino (8-11PM)

Sunday, September 19

• Bella Backyard Summer Concert: Jon Gonzales (11AM-4PM)
• Summer Sunday Music with Dustin Saylor at Truett Hurst Winery (11AM-4PM)
• Harvest Lunch at Jordan Winery (12-2PM)
• Los Bluz Live at Soda Rock Winery (1-4PM)
• Live Music Under The Oaks at Wildhaven Sonoma (6:30-8:30PM)

Monday, September 20

• Harvest Lunch at Jordan Winery (12-2PM)
• Alexander Valley Film Society After-School Program For Future Filmmakers (4PM)
• Mindful Mondays Virtual Yoga for Teens at Sonoma County Library (4-5PM)
• Healdsburg City Council Meeting (6PM)
• Full Moon Run at Lake Sonoma (8PM)

Healdsburg Patch Notebook

• Six Healdsburg artists will open their studios to the public as part of the annual Sonoma County Art Trails event this weekend and next: Robert Weiss and Donna Schaffer out West Dry Creek Road, Willow LaLand-Yeilding near Tayman Park, Nancy Morgan near Badger Park, Linda Barretta on Felta Road and T Barny in Alexander Valley. (Sonoma County Art Trails)
• Sonoma County's rental assistance program for tenants and landlords impacted by the pandemic has been extended. It will now expire "60 days after the county’s pandemic public health emergency order is declared over, or June 30, 2022, whichever is earlier." Here's how to apply. (North Bay Business Journal)
• Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue is taking care of some bear cub refugees from the Caldor Fire out in Tahoe. And they've got video. (Press Democrat; paywall)
• Healdsburg's Costeaux Bakery totally cleaned up at the recent Sonoma County Harvest Fair awards. (Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce)
• Have you taken advantage of the Sonoma County government service that provides all Healdsburg residents 2 free hours' worth of wood chipping yet? "Defensible space is essential to improve your home’s chance of surviving a wildfire," the county says. (Facebook)
• Healdsburg Center for the Arts is inviting local photogs to submit "photographic works that explore the fundamental qualities of capturing light," for their Glimpses of Illumination exhibit coming in October. (Healdsburg Center for the Arts)
• Two female pitbull mixes were found roaming free in the Safeway parking lot this week. Anyone recognize them? (Facebook & Nextdoor)
• Another "happy" little dog was picked up by concerned neighbors a couple days ago at the corner of Fitch and Grant and taken to the Healdsburg animal shelter. (Facebook)

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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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