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When Lupe Lopez’s boyfriend and his family the Lagunas’ evacuated from their Milk Barn Road property in Healdsburg Saturday night, Oct. 27, the family brought minimal supplies and belongings with them, thinking they’d be able to return in a few days.

Correction: Liz Carrasco is not the pastor of the Church--she is the coordinator for the costume drive. The church's pastor is Doug Manson.  

UPDATE: Tuesday, Oct. 29

Resources available for evacuees, residents without power

Update: The print edition for Oct. 31 is now on our racks. Due to concerns of evacuations and postal service, Sonoma West Publishers did not mail this edition out. All stories in the Oct. 31 edition, which focuses exclusively on the Kincade Fire, are also available for free on all four of our websites. Thank you, readers, for your patience as we return to our normal print schedule for the Nov. 7 edition.

Organization in need of donations and volunteers

Sonoma West Publishers visited various areas in north Sonoma County at around noon on Oct. 28. The mandatory evacuation is still in place and not open to the general public.

As the sun came up over the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds with the thick smell of smoke in the air, people camping in their cars were starting to stir, getting up to walk their dogs or waiting in line for the Petaluma Regional Library to open adjacent from the grounds.

As this weekend’s major wind event comes to a close, PG&E is hoping to restore power to Sonoma County residents. The company is also monitoring weather that may lead to an additional shutoff.

Schools within the Healdsburg Unified School District and West Side Union School District will be closed through Friday, Nov. 1.