Health district sells hospital
The long and byzantine struggle over Sebastopol’s hospital came to an end this week when the Palm Drive Health Care District sold west county’s only hospital to American Advanced Management Group (AAMG) and Sonoma Specialty Hospital (SSH) for $2 million in cash.
Wet tractor parade
WET TRACTORS — Heavy rains fell on this year's Geyserville Lighted Tractor Parade on Saturday, Nov. 30 but there were plenty of well-lighted truck, tractor and farm machinery entries and a smaller crowd than in past years. State Senator Mike McGuire and county supervisor James Gore did the honors for lighting the community holiday tree and starting a round of holiday singing. The parade is sponsored by the Geyserville Chamber of Commerce and participating members.
Turkey trotters
TROTTERS — The fifth annual Healdsburg Turkey Trot drew a field of 100-plus runners, strollers, walkers, canines and spectators Thanksgiving morning.
For fire fuel management LandPaths is letting people harvest their own fir trees
Not many families wade through heavily wooded forests anymore to find that perfect Christmas tree — save for the Griswolds in the “Christmas Vacation” film. Most just go to their local neighborhood tree lots.
Healdsburg Police Log, Nov. 25 – Dec. 1
The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries
Tourism district contributes $100k to chamber marketing campaign
The Healdsburg Tourism Improvement District (HTID) voted Nov. 21 to contribute $100,000 to the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce’s post-fire recovery campaign. The chamber is leading efforts to support local businesses that have suffered due to closures and cancelations during the fire and to counter misinformation regionally and nationally that could lead to residual losses in the coming months.
