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FOSS CREEK PATHWAY WINS FIRST AWARD FROM BICYCLE COALITION
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SONOMA COUNTY GROUP TO PRESENT ‘GOLDEN SPOKE’ AT WEEKEND GALA By Christian Kallen
Key City Goal
The Healdsburg City Council has made the pathway a civic priority to encourage more people to walk and bicycle. “A well-connected multimodal transportation network is a key city goal. We know ➝ Bike Award, 2
Photo by Piero F. Giunti
While the Great Redwood Trail continues to inch along toward its goal of linking San Francisco and Arcata with a 320mile bike path, a more local project has earned a regional award as the best bike infrastructure project in the county. The Foss Creek Pathway, a 4.1-mile mixeduse (Class I) path running from Front Street to the Healdsburg Community Center, will be presented with a Golden Spoke Award from the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition’s inaugural Gala in Santa Rosa, to be held Saturday, Sept. 30. “The award determinations were made by SCBC Board and staff, although we solicited nominations from our broader membership,” said the Coalition’s executive director, Eris Weaver. Though multiple projects were nominated— including the Joe Rodota Trail clean-up and Petaluma Boulevard South— the Foss Creek Pathway was a clear winner in its class. The infrastructure category was defined as a project such as a “bike lane (buffered, green, or protected), bike bridge, bike boulevard, bike box, bike parking, bike trail, etc. that improves safety and encourages more riders.”
LOS LOBOS From left to right, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Steve Berlin, Louie Perez and David Hidalgo comprise ‘another band from East L.A.’ They
perform on Oct. 1 at the Raven Performing Arts Theater.
Corazón Brings Los Lobos to Town BENEFIT CONCERT SUNDAY FOR KEY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION By Christian Kallen
Corazón Healdsburg, the 7-year-old community services nonprofit, called on some old friends to help kick off Hispanic Heritage Month. Once called “just another band from East L.A.,” four-time Grammy Award-winning Los Lobos will return to the Raven Theater on Oct. 1 to celebrate their own 50 years of music-making and weave together Healdsburg communities through their music. Los Lobos has played the Raven at least twice previously, and performs in Sonoma County relatively often—most recently at the Luther Burbank Center, in March. But, like the Grateful Dead or the late Jimmy Buffett, Los Lobos has a dedicated fan base that recognizes every concert is different, and every concert is excellent. “I’ve probably been to over a hundred shows,” said Carlos Carrera, of
Healdsburg, with a laugh. “I started following Los Lobos around 1985, when I was a student at San Diego State.” But he also had family in Massachusetts, which may have been the key connection. When Rolling Stone magazine named Los Lobos the top university touring band in the mid-’80s, said Carrera, “They started doing concerts along the Northeast and they were looking for authentic Mexican food. They landed at my brother’s restaurant [La Veracruzana in Northampton] and year after year they’ve been going there.” And year after year, Carrera has seen their shows, and come to know the members of the group. “And besides being great musicians, they’re wonderful individuals and all family guys,” he said. Los Lobos formed in the late 1970s in East L.A., hit it big with the 1984 studio album How Will the Wolf Survive, and became international stars with their soundtrack to the 1987 film La Bamba, about Richie Valens. Of course, Carrera is
the chairman of the board of directors of Corazón Healdsburg, which in just seven years has woven itself into the fabric of community life like few other organizations, businesses or agencies in town. So, when it was time for a fall fundraiser for the community nonprofit, Carrera knew just who to call.
Community
Corazón Healdsburg was founded in 2016, with a rainy-day Dia de Muertos celebration on Center Street just off the Plaza. “If you remember, in 2016 Donald Trump had just been elected, so there was a lot of tension in the community around immigration status, and heated rhetoric coming from the president-elect,” Carrera said. That environment inspired a lot of engagement with Corazón right from the beginning, and over time the engagement has only grown. Now Corazón has focused its diversity of programs at the Healdsburg Community Center, sharing the former Foss Creek Elementary campus with City
THE WAR AND TREATY – IT’S A ‘LOVER’S GAME’ HUSBAND-WIFE DUO COOK UP MUSICAL GUMBO AT SECOND STORY By Aaron Irons
Photo by Austin Hargrave
PARTNERS The War and Treaty, the musical duo Michael
Trotter Jr. and Tanya Blount Trotter, will bring their altcountry show to Second Story on Oct. 5.
The War and Treaty, the husband-and-wife duo comprised of Michael and Tanya Trotter, return with Lover’s Game, an all-in spectacle of soul, rock ’n’ roll, and country rhythm & blues that shakes and simmers in just the right spots. For those who have
of Healdsburg’s Community Services offices. “Corazón is a very important partner for Community Services,” said the department’s director, Mark Themig. “The Corazón team helps us connect with a large segment of our community in ways that we can’t. We are excited to have their services fully wrapped back into the Community Center’s operations.” The cornerstone of the organization is its Family Resource Center, providing services such as financial coaching and direct assistance, mental health and wellness, and referrals to partner agencies in the area. Education is also key: an array of “cradleto-career” academic development programs covers the spectrum from prenatal to early childhood, up through and including adult education. For instance, the “FirstGen” program offers college counseling for area high school-age students who are on their way to becoming the first in their families to attend a fouryear college, preparing them for full engagement
in civic life and career possibilities. Other services include a child care center at the 1557 Healdsburg Ave. campus, where parents engaged in community events can rest assured their niños are supported and nurtured. It’s not an inconsequential service: as the City of Healdsburg has increased outreach to the local Hispanic community, seeking greater involvement in civic life, parents have been able to take a greater role knowing their children are cared for. More than half of the respondents to the city’s recent budget survey identify as Latino or Hispanic, with 109 budget surveys completed in Spanish. The ongoing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative has further woven the Spanish-speaking community into the fabric of Healdsburg, to everyone’s benefit. A final evaluation of that program is scheduled for the Oct. 23 City Council meeting. As one crisis after another struck Healdsburg and the nation during
followed the Trotters’ emotional story since 2018’s Healing Tide and its follow-up, 2020’s Hearts Town, the new record’s gumbo of influences should come as no great shock, but there’s plenty to relish for new and seasoned admirers alike. “Our intention in creating this whole album was to show what people feel when they see us live and that it can be translated on record,” said Michael Trotter in a recent phone interview. Opening with a blast of pure rock, a filthy guitar lick that gives way to FAME Studio-era Duane Allman slide guitar wrapped around the tandem line, “Margarita, hot chicken, strawberry wine, I’m lookin’ for your lovin’ to be mine all mine,” the title track heralds the outfit’s rowdy designs. “‘Lover’s Game’ is how
we would naturally open the show—really pumping and really setting the tone for a good time,” Michael said. “Blank Page” softly rolls in on a Spooner Oldhamesque piano that leaves ample room for the Trotters to stretch out vocally, delivering a beautiful love story—in the midst of being written—that defies any skip-to-the-happyending defiance of real life. “I think that’s human nature—we want to get to the good stuff, we don’t like the hard stuff,” said Tanya, who joined her husband for the interview. “But the hard stuff is what makes the good stuff worth it! If you can get to the other side of it all then you can really start over.” Lover’s Game marks the War and Treaty’s majorlabel debut with Universal Music Group, an exciting development for the
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