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“This is a passion project for both of us,” Kat Escamilla said about Portico, a new Italian restaurant in downtown Sebastopol that she opened with her partner Paolo Pedrinazzi in late December.

Meeting meant to encourage input and guide next steps in city manager search 

Subject’s name has been changed to protect his identity

The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, which had to cancel its annual week-long festival in March because of the pandemic, will be offering documentary shorts and filmed conversations with directors online starting this week.

California’s grid operator has called a statewide Flex Alert for Tuesday and Wednesday this week, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) urges its customers to conserve energy as triple-digit heat will impact much of the company’s service area.

Council will also consider future of the Bluebird property and fund allocations for nonprofits

CARE is the City Alternative Rates for Energy program. Applications and information for this and other rebates are available in English and Spanish on the city’s website at SmartLivingHealdsburg.org.

The Healdsburg Police Department is investigating around seven reports — two of which were received on April 7 — of alleged drugging incidents in Healdsburg, some of which may go back to November 2021. In each case, the reporting party reported that they believed their drink was spiked with drugs while at Duke’s Spirited Cocktails. As of April 11, Healdsburg Police Sgt. John Haviland said that there is currently no proof that any of the reported incidents have taken place at Duke’s. 

Since the winter solstice, rain and windstorms have swept across Sonoma County and taken their toll, felling a number of branches and even trees that have kept the city’s Public Works Department—and its homeowners—busy and then some.