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GUNFIRE LEADS TO ARREST OF 3 ON MULTIPLE CHARGES
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AR-15 STYLE WEAPON FOUND AFTER NEIGHBORS NOTICE THE NOISE By Christian Kallen
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Photos courtesy of Rick Tang Photography
Social media erupted like popcorn early Saturday morning with posts about gunfire—“sure sounded like semi-automatic gunfire to me” and “Gunshots. I thought possibly as many as 13.” The next day, the Healdsburg Police Department made their own post, on Facebook, that began, “Did you hear gunshots last night? Our officers did too…” A little after 3am on March 11, officers responding to another incident heard multiple gunshots in the area of Dry Creek Road and US 101. Two Healdsburg Police vehicles and deputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff ’s Office converged on the scene. When they checked the area, they found three men “standing by a truck at Dry Creek Road and Kinley Road who were determined to be the individuals responsible for the gunfire,” according to the department’s Facebook post. All three men were taken into custody without incident and booked into Sonoma County Jail on charges of possession of an assault rifle, possession of a large-capacity magazine, negligent discharge of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm and public intoxication. Arrested were: Antonio Cervantes Bermudes, 22; Isidro Cervantes Cuevas, 22; and Ramon MoraGalvez, 36, all of Santa Rosa. The two younger men are no longer in custody, but Mora-Galvez remains in jail with $130,000 bail on six felony charges, among them conspiracy to commit a felony, selling and/or manufacturing of an assault weapon, carrying a loaded firearm,
GREEN DAWN Marjie Grant and Garrett Perdigao ride a Healdsburg city vehicle down the parade route, escorted by David Hagele at left,
during last year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Predawn Parade for St. Patrick’s Day 30-YEAR TRADITION FOLLOWED BY IRISH DANCE AND MUSIC AT PLAZA If there’s one thing Healdsburg residents agree on, it’s that there are only two parades worth attending year-in and year-out. One is the late-May Twilight Parade that kicks off the Future Farmers fair. The other is the predawn parade around the Plaza, every St. Patrick’s Day since time immemorial. Or the early 1990s, at any rate. It used to originate at the B&B Lounge, where John and Zeke’s now stands (420 Healdsburg Ave.). The tradition began there one St. Patrick’s morn, possibly by design, but more likely out of spontaneous celebration. Hundreds of parade
goers will show up early Friday morning to carry on the tradition, for its 30th year. Attendees are encouraged to dress in festive attire and get in the spirit of the “biggest shortest parade in the world.” The procession will start at Sanderson Ford (435 Healdsburg Ave.) at 7am and dance and jig down Healdsburg Avenue, around Plaza Park, and back to the parade start. Spoiler alert: Green hair, enthusiastic greetings, lusty if tuneless renditions of “Auld Lang Syne” and the ready availability of Irish coffee can be expected. And possibly bagpipes and leprechauns. After a brief period of recovery, the party continues at the Healdsburg Plaza at 10:30 the same morning, courtesy of the Community Services Department and Healdsburg Kiwanis Club. The festive and free event will feature live music by the
QUEEN OF GREEN Christine Webster joins in the early-morning fun on her bike,
festooned with green, pedaling up Matheson St. Tempest, a high-energy Celtic rock band from the Bay Area, as well as two performances by the West Shiloh Step Dancers. Not all the action will be on the Gazebo stage. There will be Gaelic
CANNABIS SALES IN THE PIPELINE NEW ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW 2 DISPENSARIES, HOME DELIVERY By Christian Kallen
Photo courtesy of SA Production/Shutterstock
PICK TWO Does Healdsburg’s future have not one dispensary,
but two? The City Council could decide March 20.
The City of Healdsburg is zeroing in on a set of rules and regulations that open the “green door” to the production and sale of cannabis inside city limits. High on the agenda of Monday night’s City Council meeting, March 20, is hearing the recommendation to amend the Healdsburg Municipal Code to allow cannabis businesses to operate in the city, including permitting a “storefront retailer” or dispensary. Up to two dispensaries could be
games with prizes, Irish storytelling, face painting and fairy-building kits for children across the Plaza grounds, as well as free “lucky charm” popcorn, Irish green bagels with cream cheese
and green apple juice. This is a chance to put on green and celebrate the best of Irish art and culture in Healdsburg, where everyone is an HIP (Honorary Irish Person) on St. Patrick’s Day.
licensed, to operate in commercial and service zones, exclusive of the Plaza Retail zone. Other kinds of cannabis businesses would also be permitted, again only in certain areas—primarily Industrial and Mixed Use zones. These include non-volatile manufacturing, non-cultivation manufacturing, testing and distribution. And in a recent wrinkle, delivery businesses will now be permitted because Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a state law last year prohibiting cities from prohibiting delivery of medicinal cannabis anywhere in the state. The appearance of new cannabis rules comes more than six years after Prop 64 made recreational use of marijuana legal in California. More than half of the cities in the county have already welcomed dispensaries to their jurisdictions—the exceptions
to date being Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Windsor and Healdsburg. Healdsburg’s reluctance to enter the market has faded in the last couple years, beginning with a citywide work session the council held in November 2021, which was followed by a community survey. That survey had over 600 respondents. And while a cannabis dispensary was broadly approved by 55%, the numbers did not indicate overwhelming support. For instance, 42% would “prefer that we keep our city’s current prohibition on commercial cannabis operations,” and 38% said the right number of cannabis dispensaries for Healdsburg is none, significant reluctance in both instances.
Modest Changes
That led city staff—from the City Manager’s office, ➝ Cannabis Sales, 3