Friday, October 13, 2017
Our 138th Year Serving Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley, California
The week Sonoma burned
Flames raged beyond Madrone Road Tuesday night, as the Sonoma infernos seemed to grow stronger by the hour.
Evacuations ensue – while residents face a harrowing choice: stay or flee
By LORNA SHERIDAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
The chaos surrounding the
fires that have savaged Sonoma
Valley is perhaps best summed
up by the catchy name of the
conflagration being used by
fire officials: the Southern LNU
Complex.
Where the heck did they get
that, you ask?
It’s because Sonoma’s inferno
is not merely one, but four
distinct conflagrations assailing
the Valley from all corners.
The fires attacking Sonoma
Valley include:
The Partrick Fire, which
came in from the east over
Gunlach Bundschu and Scribe
Winery and hit the east side of
Sonoma;
The Nuns Fire, which came
in from the northwest and rav-
aged parts of Glen Ellen;
The Norrbom Fire, which
came in from the north and
threatened the Springs;
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Smoke
hazardous
to your
health
Think air quality is
bad in Beijing? Take a
whiff of Sonoma...
By KATE WILLIAMS
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Smoke from this week’s
conflagration has been
intense, obscuring the sun,
bloodying the moon – and
compromising human res-
piration significantly.
The Bay Area Air Qual-
ity Management District
(BAAQMD) calculates air
quality in the greater Bay
Area, quantifying five ma-
jor pollutants daily: ground
level ozone, carbon monox-
ide, sulfur dioxide, nitro-
gen dioxide, and particle
pollution.
It is the particle pollution
that’s been most danger-
ous this week, with fires in
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The search for redemption Wednesday morning on Warm Springs Road.
Sonoma parks: ‘Scorched
earth and baked soil’
Fire wallops Bouverie,
singes Sugarloaf,
spares Quarryhill,
Jack London
Recovery plans already underway
‘Rebuild North Bay’ and
other recovery initiatives
in it for the long haul
By JASON WALSH
AND LORNA SHERIDAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF
While Sonomans cast their
eye this week on encroaching
flames, some were already
looking a bit further down
the road – to fundraising and
eventual rebuilding efforts.
Even as the local devas-
tation continues to ratchet
up, local officials are already
putting the time frame for
recovery anywhere from three
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BY CHRISTIAN KALLEN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Outdoor recreation puts
Sonoma Valley high on the liv-
ability index, but this week’s
fires have shown the dark side
of living close to nature.
to five years to as long as a
decade.
To that end, on Wednes-
day, Sonoma resident Darius
Anderson, CEO of Kenwood
Investments, announced
plans for the formation of
a nonprofit called Rebuild
North Bay, an organization
aimed at leveraging public
and private sector influence in
an effort to “advocate for the
necessary resources that the
region needs now and into the
future,” according to a press
statement.
Anderson, who is also the
managing partner of Sonoma
Media Investments, which
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State parks including Sug-
arloaf Ridge in Kenwood and
Jack London near Glen Ellen
have been in the thick of it, as
have Sonoma County’s Hood
See Parks, A2
owns the Index-Tribune, will
spearhead the effort, which
plans to launch as a 501(c)
(4) type of nonprofit, a status
which allows for political lob-
bying at the state and federal
levels. Rebuild North Bay will
focus not only on Sonoma, but
on assistance to surrounding
counties including Napa, Sola-
no, Lake and Mendocino.
Anderson told the In-
dex-Tribune the organization
will enlist various community
leaders to helm committees
focused on recovery efforts for
everything from immediate
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Sonoma
High, a
harbor in
the firestorm
Gym, Golton Hall, library
shelter hundreds fleeing
from the flames
By BILL HOBAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE MANAGING EDITOR
It was around 4 a.m. Monday
when they opened up Pfeiffer Gym
at Sonoma Valley High to start get-
ting things ready for people fleeing
the rash of wildfires that started
only a few hours earlier.
Monday morning it was food and
water, tables and chairs as evacu-
ees milled around in and outside of
the gym. But it wasn’t long before
the call went out for cots because
this wasn’t going to be a one-day
event.
By Wednesday, volunteers had
more than 150 cots set up in the
gym and were setting up an addi-
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Supervisor
Gorin’s house
incinerated
Abode one of only two
Oakmont homes lost when
fire crested Annadel ridge
By CHRISTIAN KALLEN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Count Susan Gorin and her
husband Joe among the victims
of the firestorm sweeping Sonoma
County.
The 1st District Sonoma County
Supervisor was in Ft. Collins, Col-
orado, for the birth of her second
grandchild, a girl. She flew home
on Monday to attend to the coun-
ty’s crisis, and on Tuesday night
took part in a press conference at
Santa Rosa High school.
But as her Oakmont neigh-
borhood came under evacuation
orders, she was staying with a
friend in Santa Rosa when over-
night the fires crossed into Oak-
mont from Annandel State Park.
Early Wednesday morning she
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Mountain and Sonoma
Valley regional parks.
The fate of these regions
vary, but common to
all are stories of heroic
human efforts in the face
of natural disaster, with
lives saved and precious
environments salvaged –
as well as heart-breaking
loss.
Sugarloaf Ridge is one
of the Valley’s signature
natural areas, and at press
time the park itself seems
to have escaped with
little damage. But the only
access leading up to it,
Adobe Canyon Road, has
lost several homes, though
the residents were safely
evacuated, thanks in large
measure to the quick ac-
tion of park director John
Roney.
Late Sunday night,
as the winds picked up,
Roney was told there
were power lines and a
tree down blocking Adobe
Canyon Road. He called
the Kenwood Fire De-
partment, but they told
him they had six fires to
deal with, and weren’t
sure when they’d get to
Adobe Canyon. Realizing
the growing gravity of
the situation, Roney knew
he had to take care of it
himself.
“When we got to Adobe
Canyon, there were
fires on both sides of the
highway,” Roney said.
“We were able to squeeze
past the tree, and head up
to the park to tell camp-
ers they should get out
because there was a fire
coming.”
Returning to the tree
with chainsaws, he
cleared the obstruction
– the downed wires were
telephone lines, not power
lines – but by then the fire
department was telling
him to evacuate everyone.
He drove back up the road,
horn honking to alert the
residents, and got all the
campers and Robert Fer-
guson Observatory staff
to flee.
On the way back down,
he met Erin Bren from
Annadel who helped him
knock on doors all the way
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A Bouverie Preserve sign takes on more ominous overtones in the incendiary’s aftermath.
down Adobe Canyon Road, a glance, there are areas
telling people to get out.
They finished about 4:45
a.m. Monday.
Several homes on the
road in the low-lying area, acres of controlled burns
in the first mile or so of
the canyon on the right
side leading into
the park, were lost
to fire that day, said
Roney. ‘When we got to Adobe Canyon, said Coy.
As far as the park
itself, a slow-moving there were fires on both sides
fire was at the top
of Sugarloaf Ridge,
on the north side
of the park, but
it was difficult to
see its progress because
of smoke, said Roney on
Wednesday.
Not faring as well was
the Audubon Canyon
Ranch’s Bouverie Pre-
serve, the 535-acre estate
outside of Glen Ellen.
According to Audubon
communications man-
ager Wendy Coy, “We’re
eager to survey it but, at
that were low-severity
burns – some that we
prepped earlier in the year MFK Fisher’s Last House.
with pile burns and 17
– and other areas that
appeared to be high-severi- of neighbors and relatives
of the highway.’
— John Roney the place the
ty burns.”
But the buildings on the fundraising dinner had
property were for the most been held just the night be-
part lost. This includes the fore the fire – at Ramekins,
Gilman Hall Education
Center which was a total
loss, plus staff housing for shelter for displaced Val-
three families and other
office space.
Only two buildings were man said she had walked
saved from the flames:
former owner David
THE SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2017
ROBBI PENGELLY/INDEX-TRIBUNE
Bouverie’s Old World
manor, and the more
modest cottage known as
“Heroic efforts on the part
of Sasha Berleman, our
fire ecologist, and a couple
helped to save
David’s house
and Last House,”
Last House
has been under-
going renovation
to return it to
food writer spent
the last 20 years
of her life. Ironically, a
in Sonoma, which the next
day became an emergency
ley residents.
On Thursday, Berle-
the property and found
the entire 535 acres had
been swept by fire, but the COURTESY QUARRYHILL BOTANICAL GARDEN
controlled burns that ACR Tibetan prayer flags fly over the charred ridgetop overlook-
did in May in conjunction ing Quarryhill Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen.
with Cal Fire and other
county fire departments
had a positive effect in
reducing damage from man said current tracking “But surrounding
this week’s conflagra- information from radio Quarryhill everything was
tion. Those areas were of collars shows all tagged burned to the ground,”
low-severity burns; the cougars are still on the said McNamara. “Quar-
trees remained standing move, a good sign. ryhill is a green oasis in a
and will drop acorns to Just down the road, sea of ash.”
provide food for small an- Quarryhill Botanical Remarkably, Jack Lon-
imals and birds, and even Center fared much better. don State Historic Park,
now provide “safe haven” Though access to Quarry- just outside of Glen Ellen,
for the wildlife of Bou- hill was difficult because also escaped significant
verie Preserve. Berleman of ongoing fire hazard damage, said Executive
said she saw lots of deer, and road closure, director Director Tjiska Van Wyk.
birds and the ever-present Bill McNamara said a “On Monday, despite the
lizards of the Mayacamas staffer managed to hike risks, State Park rangers
in these areas. in and survey the 350-acre arrived to take irreplace-
“I have no doubt that property. able London memorabilia
if we had been able to do “He found that all the from cottage and museum.
a controlled burn in the buildings were intact, Neil Shepard, John Serres
canyon, as we planned to including our home, but and others have been
do next year, the buildings there were small spot fires roaming the park along
would still be standing,” on the property,” said with Cal Fire, looking for
she said. As it is, she char- McNamara. Apparently, hot spots and putting them
acterized the condition of “the fire burned right to out before they spread.”
the canyon as a high-sever- the fence on the north “This has been an
ity burn, with “scorched and east side and then extraordinary community
earth and baked soil.” stopped.” response to a horrific sit-
Bouverie is also the
headquarters for the ACR
Mountain Lion Project,
Even the main garden
area was only slightly
damaged, with its rare
uation,” added Van Wyk,
noting that “the heroic
efforts of individuals have
which has collared and is collection of Asian plants given us all hope that fires
now tracking a number of grown from seed in the will be contained soon.”
Sonoma Valley cougars. property’s greenhouses,
Quinton Martens, the and overall Quarryhill Contact Christian at chris-
project director, has been escaped major damage, as tian.kallen@sonomanews.
out of the area, but Berle- of Wednesday. com.
iGet the latest updates on the Sonoma Valley fires
online at sonomanews.com.
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EOC directs, oversees emergency operations

Staffed 24-hours-a-day
during latest crisis
By BILL HOBAN cal Emergency Operations
INDEX-TRIBUNE MANAGING EDITOR
Center is coordinating
There’s a large room on efforts in the Valley.
the back side of the police The walls are covered
department that looks in- with ever-changing maps.
nocuous enough. Most of “We’re running the
the time, the room’s used operations in the Valley,
for meetings. from Kenwood to the Napa
But this week, with fires County line,” said Sgt.
raging all around the Val- Jason Craver, with the
ley and county, it’s being Sonoma Sheriff’s Office.
used as what it was intend- Altogether, there are
ed to be – the Emergency 46 agencies – including 20
Operations Center. Sonoma County agencies
Since the early hours – coordinating the efforts
of Monday morning, the of first responders on the
room has been buzzing 24 ground.
hours a day with repre- “We’re working 12-hour
sentatives from various shifts,” Craver said. And
agencies coming and he noted that some people
going, overseeing fire and are putting in more than
rescue operations and law their 12-hour shifts.
enforcement in the Sono- Wednesday, Sonoma
ma Valley. Planning Director David
Wednesday, as law Goodison and Senior Plan-
Police and fire representatives attend a meeting in the Emergency Operations Center behind the Sonoma Police Station on
enforcement officers from ner Rob Gjesland were
Tuesday morning.
around the Bay Area were among about a dozen peo-
knocking on doors in the ple hunched over laptops during a mandatory
Springs advising people while they talked on their evacuation in the area
of a voluntary evacuation phones, while other people north of the Sebastiani

PUBLIC
order, a crew in the Emer- were updating maps that Winery on Fourth Street
gency Operations Center covered the walls. East, the officers on the
was directing them. There Other law enforcement ground were knocking on
were 46 officers from four personnel patrolling the doors, relaying addresses
agencies – the Alameda
Sheriff’s Department, the
Berkeley Police, Fish and
Valley includes members
of the San Francisco
Police Department, San
and whether or not anyone
was answering their door.
Because the channel was
MEETINGS
Wildlife and the Sheriff’s Francisco Sheriff’s Office needed for something else Provide your input on the draft goals, objectives,
Office – on the ground and Oakland Police De- in the Springs, the officers strategies, and performance measures of the Vital Lands
knocking on doors in the partment. were advised to keep a log Initiative – a comprehensive plan that will guide our future
area, recording addresses While the operations are for later. land conservation work in Sonoma County.
and outcomes. supervised and directed “This is all about keeping
While Cal Fire is direct- in the Valley, all the radio people safe,” Craver said.
ing the whole operation, traffic goes through the PLEASE JOIN US AT A MEETING IN YOUR COMMUNITY
the county EOC is looking EOC in Santa Rosa. Email Bill at bill.hoban@
over the county and the lo- Thursday morning, sonomanews.com. Wednesday, October 18 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm
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FISH to open fire victim center

Clothing, bedding
will be available
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT
Pending mandatory
evacuation notices, from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting
Monday, Oct. 16, FISH will
open a drop-in fire victim
clothing and bedding
center at Sonoma United
Methodist Church, 109
Patten St.
FISH is open. Access
to food assistance can be
obtained by calling 996-
0111 for the duration of the
mandatory evacuations.
Once the mandatory evac-
uation orders expire, FISH
will resume distributing
food from FISH Central at
18330 Sonoma Highway –
with entry on Sierra Drive,
Monday thru Friday.
If needed, hours of op-
eration will be extended to
accommodate the demand.
Call 996-0111 for infor- Learn more at sonomaopenspace.org/vital-lands
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Recovery
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funding needs to long-term
advocacy for infrastruc-
ture and the environment.
Anderson said one of
the goals is to keep the
recovery efforts front
and center long after the
smoke clears.
“Once the hardship is
gone, people tend to for-
get,” said Anderson.
Among the people
already committed to the
effort, according to the
press release, are former
Congressman Doug Bosco,
former director of the
‘Once the hardship is
gone, people tend
to forget.’
— Darius Anderson
Sonoma Land Trust Ralph
Benson, attorney Richard
Idell, and Sonoma State
University Dean of School
of Business and Economics
William Silver. Others join-
ing the effort include Dave
Graham, Les Perry, Rob
Wexler and Ken Garcia.
Given the amount of dev-
astation in the North Bay,
“it is imperative that these
recovery efforts start now,”
said Anderson, who said
he’d driven through much
of the scorched-earth Val-
ley this week and witnessed
firsthand the ruin wrought
by the fires. “It was like, oh
my god, this is a war zone,”
said Anderson.
Rebuild North Bay is
looking for more business,
environmental and com-
munity leaders to assist.
Email info@rebuildnorth-
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call Stefanie Puckett at our
legal desk: 526-8508
or send an email to
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begins – and it is here that support our communities. has released $10,000 from including non-perishable
philanthropy can play a People can donate online its general fund to match food, blankets, bedding,
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Supervisor Susan Gorin’s Oakmont house, the morning after fires burned it to the ground.
Gorin
LOCAL NOTABLES HIT HARD BY FIRE
It is estimated that more than 3,500 structures have been
Continued from A1
destroyed in the North Bay as a results of the fires this week, as
received a phone call from ened house, retrieved our of Thursday afternoon.
Mike McGuire – a former computers, car, Joe’s bike, Among the notables who lost their homes:
colleague on the Board of music tablet, family photo Susan Gorin, Sonoma County Supervisor
Supervisors, currently a albums and bunches of
state senator. jewelry – love my jewelry Willie Tamayo, co-founder and vice president of La Tortilla
Factory
According to Gorin’s – before the fire engulfed
Facebook the rear of Ben Stone, director of the Sonoma County Economic Board;
post, McGuire the house,” Karissa Kruse, president of Sonoma County Winegrowers
reported
called to say
he was at her “I thought I had Gorin on her Judy Sakaki, Sonoma State University president
house in Oak- defensible space Facebook Sonoma County Superior Court judges Jamie Thistlethwaite and
Elliot Daum
mont, it was page.
surrounded around the house; Although Levi Leipheimer, retired pro cyclist
by flames, but the juniper bushes initially it
Nick Frey, former president of the Sonoma County Winegrape
he was going seemed the
to break a were going to go structure Commission
window to get this year ...” would be The top executives at the county’s three biggest hospitals, Mike
Purvis, CEO of Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital; Todd Salnas,
inside. “What saved, not
do you want —Susan Gorin, Supervisor long after- president of St. Joseph Health Sonoma County; and Judy Coffey,
area manager for Kaiser’s operations in Sonoma and Marin
to save?” he ward Gorin
asked. received a call from a counties.
“During the next 10 min- Santa Rosa fire chief,
utes, Sen. McGuire, (Santa Tony Gossner, that the
Rosa) City Councilmember house was burning to the
Chris Rogers, Chief of ground. in ruins, save for two tall left will be there to sift
Staff Jason Liles and CHP News reports from stone pillars, perhaps a through.”
Captain Michael Palacio Oakmont later Wednesday gateway. Though complete Though she joked that
raced through my dark- morning showed the house details are not known, the the on-going home remod-
ABC newscast reported el had become a bigger
Life Tributes
task, Gorin responded to
only two Oakmont homes
were lost along the devel- an Index-Tribune email,
opment’s western flank “I’m numb and in shock.
I lost my house tonight,
along White Oak Drive,
along with so many oth-
adjoining Annadel State
IN THIS SECTION Park, Gorin’s being one of ers.”
But for Gorin, the same
them.
STEELE, Margaret A. “I thought I had defen- night brought an ironic
sible space around the miracle as well: back in
house; the juniper bushes Ft. Collins, her daughter
Margaret A. (Peg) Steele
were going to go this year, gave birth to a new grand-
but they just exploded, daughter, Corrina Nadine
The memorial service for this The memorial will be torching the rear of the Taylor.
Saturday, October 14, at rescheduled at a later date house and then the entire “Like a phoenix out of
Trinity Episcopal Church in and an announcement will be house,” said Gorin in her the ashes, my granddaugh-
Sonoma has been canceled. published. Facebook post. “Not much ter was born.”
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seven counties contribut-
ing to the pollution. Toxic
smoke from the rash of
fires has blackened skies
from Davis to Alameda,
putting countless individ-
uals at medical risk.
Particulate matter
small enough to lodge in
the lungs is called PM2.5,
and paper dust masks
offer zero protection.
Those masks are designed
to block large particles,
like sawdust, not filter out
nearly invisible PM2.5.
Scarves and bandanas are
useless, too.
The scale for calcu-
lating PM2.5 runs from
zero to 500, though levels
are sometimes measured
“beyond index.” People
with heart or respiratory
issues are endangered
by air quality quantified
at 100; everyone else
is at risk when quality
degrades to 151. Last
Monday, the air quality
in Napa was calculated at
442. In Santa Rosa, where
the most destructive fires late indoors, but can be
raged, BAAQMD had
no monitor
– though few
needed bureau-
cratic metrics
Toxic smoke from the rash of fires ply
to recognize has blackened skies from Davis
that the air
they were
to Alameda, putting countless
breathing was individuals at medical risk.
neither healthy
nor safe. Irri-
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and throat;
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tive and dry; tightness in
the chest; and shortness
of breath: all are effects
No breaths of fresh air Tuesday morning on First Street East.
worsening, but a symp-
tom-free status was no
guarantee that harm was
not done.
Concentrations of
PM2.5 even accumu-
filtered with air cleaners.
If a home is not equipped
or only partially equipped China, rated 25 PM2.5.
with air filters, designated In the Sonoma Valley,
“clean rooms” – with few
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THANK YOU Reader fire photos

On behalf of the Glen Ellen Firefighters Association, we want to extend
our sincere thanks to our contributors to the 2017 Dinner Dance and
Silent Auction held on June 24th. Your efforts allowed us to raise
funds for our continuing efforts to provide our community with the
excellent fire protection service you have come to anticipate. We look
forward to next year’s event and your continued support. Below is a list
of contributing businesses or families to our event. When patronizing
these businesses, be sure to extend a thank you on our behalf.
Adventure Cat Sailing Charters Mission Ace Hardware and Lumber
AHH Winery Morton’s Warm Springs
Andrea’s Hidden Cottage Multi-Pearl Import Company
Annadel Estate Winery Napa Valley Wine Trolley
Ashton Vineyards Norma Amantite
Balloons Above the Valley Oakmont Golf Club
Basque Boulangerie Café Olea Hotel
Beltane Ranch Over the Moon Antiques
Bennett Valley Golf Course Paintball jungle
Benziger Family Winery Palooza
Best Western, Dry Creek Inn Pangloss Cellars
BR Cohn Winery Parsons Hardware
Burke’s Canoe Trips Inc. Petroni Vineyards
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Carneros Bistro and Bar
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School Continued from A1

tional 100 cots awaiting another
influx of evacuees.
The gym more resembled a
dormitory as people had their
pets and belongings with them.
Along a section of the
bleachers on the east side were
stacks of clothing, sorted and
marked for “men,” “women,”
and “children” broken out into
“girls” and “boys.” In a section
of bleachers on the west side of
the gym, were stacks of pillows,
towels, blankets and sheets.
In the Pavilion, which was
doing double-duty as a dormitory
and a cafeteria, there was a huge
stack of toys along one wall,
while one of the corners con-
tained boxes of personal goods
– diapers, toothbrushes, tooth-
paste, shampoo and the like.
But people weren’t sleeping
just in the gym. SVHS adminis-
trators had turned Golton Hall,
the library and the Pavilion into
makeshift dormitories. PHOTOS BY BILL HOBAN/INDEX-TRIBUNE
The kitchen in the Pavilion Pfeiffer Gym at Sonoma Valley High School has been turned into a make-shift dormitory to house the people who have fled from the wildfires.
was filled with food and more
was coming in all the time while
a food truck from Concord was OTHER EVACUATION
outside serving up burgers and CENTERS:
fries. ■ Ramekins Culinary School, 450 W.
Loyal Carlon, the school dis- Spain St., Sonoma.
trict’s human resources director, ■ Krug Event Center at Sonoma Val-
was standing outside the gym ley Inn, 550 Second St. W., Sonoma.
with a radio in hand directing
■ LaLuz Comfort Zone (hot meals,
traffic, answering questions and
charging stations, no overnight),
giving directions.
17560 Greger St. Boyes Hot Springs.
“It’s been great to see the
caring,” he said.
“There are 25 to 30 school showed up Tuesday and Wednes-
district volunteers at the high day while a local taco truck
school at any one time trying to set up shop in the parking lot
keep things run- Tuesday.
ning smoothly for Tim Curley,
the people who had a teacher at El
to flee the fires,” ‘People here are in Verano, was wan-
Carlon said. “We pretty good spirits - dering the gym
also have a num- floor, answering
ber of nurses who and these are people questions. “People
are volunteering who don’t know are in pretty good
24-hours-a-day for spirits,” he said.
health needs.” what they lost, and “And these are
Cars were lined can’t find out.’ people who don’t
up outside the gym know what they
dropping off food or – Tim Curley lost – and can’t Chrissy Towner, the vice principal at Altimira, stacks cots Wednesday at Sonoma Valley High. Volunteers were
other needed items. find out.” assemblying more cots in anticipation of another wave of evacuees.
One man from an Sonoma Valley
animal rescue organization High teacher Peter Hansen tires on my car, I’d really be in was packed with all sorts of surplus.
opened his trunk and unloaded was helping out in the Pavilion trouble,” he said. He left emp- food and drink, and Amber SVHS Principal Kathleen
three large bags of dog food. despite the fact that he watched ty-handed. Howlett-McCann was trying to Hawing said a few additional
“People just keep showing up his Henno Road house go up in Sonoma Valley High grad keep track of the comings and people showed up Wednesday
with stuff,” Carlon said. “And flames early Monday morning. Molly Curley O’Brien, who goings. She said an amazing evening, and more were flowing
people who have been here three “I was watching the flames lap lives in Berkeley, brought 300 amount of food kept appear- in Thursday morning after man-
days look comfortable.” the back of the house and trying breakfast burritos to the school ing, and that FISH – Friends In datory evacuations were issued.
He said that a food truck to decide whether or not to go – and ended up sticking around Sonoma Helping – had already
showed up first thing Monday in an save a few things, but I volunteering. come over and picked up some Email Bill at bill.hoban@sono-
morning, another from Concord thought if the heat burst the The kitchen in the Pavilion that was obviously going to be manews.com.

Valley
Continued from A1
Regardless, hundreds
of downtown residents
grabbed their pets and
belongings, and a steady
and the Abode Fire, stream of cars took the
which ravaged Kenwood. preferred safe route out
Confused and frightened of town – via Stage Gulch
residents posted angry Road to Petaluma and
comments on Facebook on to points south on
over the past 48 hours, Highway 101. For those
questioning why the na- who stayed, they watched
tional media was “ignor- an impressive stream of
ing” Sonoma Valley. The National Guard vehicles
impossibility of succinctly and earth-moving trucks
explaining the file into town.
fire situation Dozers began
here may be ‘Thanks to few digging wide
partly to blame. ditches in
Also to blame winds, low nearby Moun-
was the sheer temperatures tain Cemetery
number of fires to protect the
in question. and higher downtown.
As of midday humidity, all Thanks to few
on Thursday, winds, low tem-
the Governor’s was quiet in peratures and
Office of Emer- the deserted higher humidi-
gency Services ty, all was quiet
(OES) reported downtown in the deserted
that fires across Wednesday downtown on
all of Northern Wednesday
California had night.’ night.
burned more Residents
than 191,000 woke up to
acres. Some intensely smoky
5,000 state emergency conditions on Thursday
crews, comprising 8,000 morning but a general
firefighters, have been sense that “the worst is
deployed to assist local over” was reported by the
authorities in battling those who had chosen to
what they have described stick it out.
as 21 different fires, of When a mandatory evac-
which Sonoma Valley’s are uation order was issued
just four. just five blocks from the
Local residents were Plaza on Thursday morn- The orange zones were mandatory evacuation areas and the yellow advisory areas, as of mid-afternoon on Thursday.
urged to get their infor- ing at 11:10 a.m., many
mation only from official were taken by surprise. to be out of the woods for a homes and the flames are to deploy another 1,800 Brown said.
sources, and more specif- The order was issued in lot of days to come,” OES separated by less than two soldiers. Dozens of trucks At end of day Thursday,
ically from the Sonoma Sonoma for the area east director Mark Ghilarducci miles. arrived in Sonoma Valley it appeared firefighters
County Sheriff’s Nixle of Fourth Street East, said at a midday press con- He singled out Santa late in the day on Wednes- had smothered most of
emergency reporting sys- between Brazil and East ference on Thursday. Rosa, where “box stores, day. the Partrick fire in Lovall
tem (nixle.com). Napa Street, and north of Ghilarducci said Cali- buildings, hotels, all of it,” School buses lined up Valley.
But other official sources East Napa Street between fornia was reaching out were leveled by fire, an in front of Adele Harrison As of Thursday morn-
at times provided conflict- Fourth Street East and Old to neighboring states for estimated 2,800 structures. Middle School that eve- ing, State Farm Insurance
ing information. Residents Winery Road. mutual aid assistance in Calistoga remained ning to transport Sonoma reported that nearly 1,900
said they were confused Already under a man- fighting what he described under mandatory evacua- Developmental Center homeowner claims and
on Wednesday when they datory order at that time as a “serious, critical, cat- tion orders on Thursday, residents to safer digs in more than 700 auto claims
heard that downtown Sono- were homes and business- astrophic event.” He said and an advisory evacua- Fairfield. had been filed as a result
ma was – and then wasn’t – es along Seventh Street the fire was being fueled tion order has been issued Both local and state of the Northern California
being evacuated. A Sheriff’s East, Castle Road and by five years of drought. for Middletown in Lake government officials have wildfires.
deputy circled the Plaza Lovall Valley Road east Areas are extremely dry, County. And authorities stressed the seriousness The Sonoma County
with a loudspeaker around of Old Winery Road, as despite the record winter warned that several fires of the fire at every oppor- Sheriff has reported 29
5 p.m. announcing, “It’s well as all of Glen Ellen, rainfall. were likely to merge. tunity. dead; no identities have
time to go. Evacuate.” But and several roads east of The wildland fire, he Some 700 service mem- “We’ve had big fires in been released.
an official Nixle announce- Highway 12. said, is burning extremely bers from the National the past, this is one of the
ment told only of a “volun- “We’re not out of the close to highly-populated Guard are currently on biggest and most serious Contact lorna.sheridan@
tary evacuation advisory.” woods and we’re not going areas, where people’s duty and there are plans and it’s not over,” Gov. sonomanews.com.

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Sonoma fire
Roads to Perdition

A towering billow of smoke forms a giant fist – as the hills behind the intersection of Highway 12 and Madrone Road suffered a major blow.

Sonoma’s ordeal
by fire through
the lens of the
‘Index-Tribune’
Few narrators can tell a
story as compelling as the
photographic lens. Here
are a handful of the more
compelling chapters from
the incredible incendiaries
of the past week.
For a more complete vi-
sual history of the Sonoma
Valley fires, visit sonoman-
ews.com.

PHOTOS BY ROBBI PENGELLY

INDEX-TRIBUNE PHOTOGRAPHER Vehicles scatter on Highway 12, as news of spreading wildfire caused no shortage of panic among many Valley residents.

Remnants
from a house
on Dunbar
Road, an
area that
suffered one
of the
harshest
sweeps of
fire in the
entire Valley.

At left, the charred grounds of Sonoma Valley Regional Park on Highway 12. At right, a home spared by the flames is visible through the windshield of
the carcass of a burnt-out vehicle outside of Glen Ellen.

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Nibs over troubled waters
Valley food community steps
up in time of crisis
By KATHLEEN HILL
INDEX-TRIBUNE FOOD & WINE EDITOR
W
e are all suffer-
ing. Suffering as
a community,
suffering for our friends,
suffering for ourselves
and, other’s friends and
families and for our
homes.
So much is gone: mate-
rial things such as homes,
vehicles, photographs,
collections and people.
Not material things: Many
of us feel we have lost
memories and personas.
But we can still remember
building and sharing our
lives and homes with fami-
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A Taste of
how to help each other,
which at this point is hard
to imagine.
Many of us are taking
in friends either evacuated
or who lost their homes,
while others are being
sheltered at Sonoma Val-
ley High School and Rame-
kins Culinary School.
Vineyards look singed
while their parent winer-
ies are either hollowed out,
burned to the ground, or
stand alone amid black-
ened surrounding hills.
The fires have not distin-
guished between wealthy
well-known people and
unknown regular workers.
All were fair game for the
flames.
Many locals have
Evacuees line up for much-needed Cochon Volant barbecue this week at Sonoma Valley High School.
wondered where the local
disaster plan is, where
the fire planes are, and
what our local officials
are doing. We know that
first responders are doing
their best. Maybe we just
need more of them, more
water, more help from
government agencies,
and even more deputized
volunteers.
A couple of weeks ago I
wrote to all City Council
members and the city
manager suggesting that
they resurrect the Sono-
ma Disaster Council,
which stopped meeting a
few years ago. I received
only one response, from
Councilmember Madolyn
Agrimonti.
In the meantime we
need to do what we can for ROBBI PENGELLY/INDEX-TRIBUNE
each other. Feeding people,
Volunteers used the Red Grape as a center for food operations.
housing them, helping
them reconstruct their
inward and outward lives,
and giving warm meaning- school and inn wide to We even broke out some are no words for the grat-
ful hugs. those who had lost every- wine… All the tears and itude we feel for our first
As I write this we have thing. hugs have made my heart responders, friends and
no idea what is ahead Ramekins’ Executive Di- warm. We are so lucky we neighbors who helped us
during the rest of the rector Victoria Campbell are safe, our staff is safe get the boys and animals
week, with winds about emailed, “We opened about and we can be here.” safely evacuated and then
to crank up menacingly 2 a.m., Monday after the While Atwood Ranch battled tirelessly through
again. But I do know what fires broke out. Our rooms suffered some losses, their the night and surely for
some people have done are full, our ballroom is horses and home are safe, days to come. We have
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Sonoma Valley
What’s happening – what’s not?
Some food events are
postponing due to fire
By KATHLEEN HILL
INDEX-TRIBUNE FOOD & WINE EDITOR
H
ere’s a status
update on some of
the events we’ve
mentioned in previous
weeks:
Gloria Ferrer’s Glori-
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Pearl’s Diner Hot Rod
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Nov. 5.
Sonoma Valley Mu-
seum of Art’s opening
Our thoughts and
of David Ligare’s “Magna
prayers are with our Fide (The Great Belief)”
and “Forge and Stone” by
community and all California Women Sculp-
others experiencing tors scheduled for Wednes-
day, Oct. 18, with opening
loss with recent fires. reception postponed to
Dec. 9
In the coming weeks
Sonoma Valley Museum
Cornerstone Harvest of Art will be open free
Festival is postponed to of charge. Our thoughts
Saturday and Sunday Oct. and prayers are with our
21 and 22; Cornerstone will An exhibit of the works of David Lagare will open at the community and all others
be entirely closed Friday, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art on Oct. 18. experiencing loss with
Oct. 13. recent fires.

Helping
Continued from B2
please.
The Red Grape has
made more than 1,000
Let’s pray for our com-
munity and actually get
out there and do what we
Americans hate pizza,”
which I guess means 98
percent like, love, feel
pizzas for evacuees, while can for each other. so-so about it, or tolerate
We are safe and feel deeply Rob Larman has taken his it. And “one in three eat it
for those suffering loss. Cochon Volant food truckPizza stats once a week.”
The Valley is burning in to Sonoma Valley High Cheese pizza is favored
so many directions right School, Glen Ellen and Here are some statistics by 82 percent, but 66 per-
now... thank you for fire other spots to give awaythe pizza folks who spon- cent say pepperoni is their
departments from all over food, and Tips Tri-Tips sor the “Day” put out last favorite topping, followed
northern California and Trolleys are going high week for National Pizza by sausage at 58 percent,
helicopters and mushrooms 53
planes. Let’s hope percent, and bacon
for an improve- 51 percent. I wonder
ment in condi- ‘Twenty-two percent of Americans can eat an entire how may of those
We are devastated.
tions to get ahead pizza by themselves.’ favoring cheese or
We are heart broken.
of this. Think mushrooms are veg-
good thoughts for — National Pizza Day officials etarians. There really aren’t adequate words to
our neighbors and The survey also describe what we are feeling.
community.” listed America’s
As of Wednes- top pizza brands in However, if there is one thing
day, the Red Grape was on the hills to feed first re- Day. order as Pizza Hut, Papa we have seen throughout the
been operating as a food sponders. The Girl and the “Twenty-two percent of John’s, Domino’s, Papa past week, it is that we are a
distribution center, and Fig has made hundreds Americans can eat an en- Murphy’s, and Little Cae- community united.
the Field of Greens as a of box lunches delivered tire pizza by themselves,” sar’s. Maybe because there
collection spot for goods to El Verano School. And which does not mention are more of them?
such as diapers and toi- Ramekins is feeding all of the size of the pizza. Check out their re- To see our neighbors give the shirts off
letries. No more clothes, its guest evacuees. “Only 2 percent of strooms before you order. their backs to those that have lost
everything is a testament to the
compassion and love that pulses through
our community.
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Weekend events canceled throughout the Valley

Information on
SVMA, Laughfest,
Ragtime Festival
and more
By LORNA SHERIDAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
————— Oct. 13, has been canceled. The Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Arts Live “The whole Laughfest team Fund has postponed its
“It is with an incredibly and the Tansley-Herrmann Star Volunteer event that
heavy heart that I make family are heartbroken had been scheduled for
the decision to postpone for Sonoma, Napa, and this coming Sunday at
this weekend’s opening of Mendocino Counties,” said Cornerstone. SVF board
‘The Rainmaker,’ by N. Brooke Tansley. “We hope member Barbara Wells
Richard Nash,” said Libby that you all are safe.” If you issued this announce-

W
hat was shaping Oberlin of Sonoma Arts have any questions, email ment: “We recognize the
up to be a busy Live. “Our hope was to run Tansley at brooke@sonom- desire and need of all in
weekend of cul- this weekend, and open alaughfest.com. our communities to focus
tural activities in Sonoma our doors, our hearts, ————— their time and attention on
Valley, has evolved instead and share the gifts of this Sonoma Valley keeping themselves, their
into a grim battle against talented cast free to charge Museum of Art family, their property,
nature. Almost every local to anyone who might The museum tells us, friends and neighborhood
arts and entertainment need a safe place to join “In consideration of the as secure as possible. Our
event planned has been together for a few hours, to effects of devastating fires prayers are with every-
canceled. If you don’t see enjoy a beautiful romantic in Sonoma and Napa, the one. We will reschedule
any event here, be sure to story of ‘The Rainmaker’ opening reception for our event when we can
call first before heading and the larger-than-life David Ligare’s Magna Fide convene to celebrate all
Despite its fitting theme, “Rainmaker” will not open this (The Great Belief) and of the Star volunteers, as
out to confirm if it is still vagabond who comes to
weekend as planned. Forge and Stone: Contem- well as so many of those
taking place. town and meets a family
————— suffering emotionally porary California Women in our community who
Ragtime Festival and physically from the power of hope experienced ing news, it’s just pru- Sculptors, originally are heroes-in-the-making
John Partridge, director droughts of the 1920s. by Lizzie (Abbey Lee) and dent to cancel until safer scheduled for Saturday, helping Sonoma Valley
of the Wine Country Rag- “We could all use a little the Curry Family. times.” Oct. 14, will be postponed. through this moment in
time Festival, announced of the magical thinking “Unfortunately, with the ————— Both exhibitions will open time. We hope to convene
that this weekend’s festival and spirit of Starbuck changes predicted for our Laughfest on Wednesday, Oct. 18, at a later time when we all
has been postponed indefi- (played by Tyler McKen- beautiful town with the Sonoma Laughfest, with the opening reception can enjoy the event with
nitely due to the fires. na) and the transformative winds and forever-chang- scheduled to begin on postponed to Dec. 9. uplifted spirits. We will
“In the coming weeks notify all those who reg-
Sonoma Valley Museum istered for the event, and
of Art will be open to the the community at large,
public free of charge as a when the time is right to

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
SUPERIOR COURT OF
CALIFORNIA FOR THE
COUNTY OF SONOMA
3055 Cleveland Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Case No. 090777
Petition of: BELINDA M. PIZANO for
change of name
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS
Petitioner BELINDA M. PIZANO filed
a petition with this court for a decree
changing names as follows: JACOB
DONOVAN MUNOZ to JACOB PIZANO
MUNOZ.
Monday’s Spiritualized concert has been relocated. THE COURT ORDERS that all per-
sons interested in this matter appear
before this court at the hearing indi-
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2017-03232
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Vignette Consignment and design
located at 565 West Napa St., Sonoma,
CA 95476, Mailing Address 973 Country
Club Lane, Sonoma, CA 95476 Sonoma
County, is hereby registered by the
following owner(s): Naghmeh Amir
Alikhani, 973 Country Club Lane,
Sonoma, CA 95476
This business is conducted by: An
Individual
The registrant commenced to trans-
act business under the fictitious name
or names above on 2006.
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2017-03226
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Agape Capital located at 19499
Riverside Drive, Suite 211 Sonoma, CA
95475 Sonoma County, is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner(s): David
Elliott Donnelley 198 West Macarthur
Street Sonoma, CA 95476
This business is conducted by: An
Individual
The registrant commenced to trans-
act business under the fictitious name
or names above on N/A.
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. Signed:
David E. Donnelley, Principal

Events
I declare that all information in this
Bundschu focuses its ef- mance set for Oct. 14 cated below to show cause, if any, why statement is true and correct. Signed: This statement was filed with the
this petition for change of name should County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
forts on protecting its land in Kenwood has been not be granted. Any person object-
Naghmeh Amir Alikhani Owner
10/02/2017
This statement was filed with the
Continued from B4 and recovering from these rescheduled for May. ing to the name changes described
above must file a written objection that
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on I hereby certify that this copy is a
correct copy of the original statement
tragic fires. Music unites ————— includes the reasons for the objection
10/02/2017
on file in my office.
I hereby certify that this copy is a
relocating their Monday, us all in times of tragedy Charles Schultz Museum at least two court days before the mat-
correct copy of the original statement WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
ter is scheduled to be heard and must Sonoma County Clerk
Oct. 16, show, “An Eve- – see you in San Rafael.” The Charles Schultz appear at the hearing to show cause
on file in my office.
By /s/ Julie Garfia
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
ning with Spiritualized,” Visit store.terrapincross- Museum is also closed why the petition should not be granted.
Sonoma County Clerk Deputy Clerk
If no written objection is timely filed, SEAL
to Terrapin Crossroads roads.net/tickets until further notice. The the court may grant the petition with- By /s/ Alma Roman
Deputy Clerk 2789080 - Pub. Oct 6, 13, 20, 27,
in San Rafael. The show ————— Green Music Center has out a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING SEAL 2017 4ti.
was originally set to take Tough Mudder at canceled the performances 11-30-17 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept 12, locat- 2789405 - Pub. October 13, 20, 27,
place in GunBun’s Historic Sonoma Raceway scheduled this weekend, ed at 600 Administration Dr. Santa Nov 3, 2017 4ti. SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY
Rosa, CA 95403.
Redwood Barn. Gund- For the first time ever, as has the Luther Burbank
lach Bundschu Winery is a Tough Mudder race was Center and the Sonoma
A copy of this Order to Show Cause
shall be published at least once each
week for four successive weeks prior
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2017-02844
In 1877
still standing strong but set to take place in Sonoma County Fairgrounds. to the date set for hearing on the The following person (persons) is (are)
Sonoma County boast-
needs time to continue to Valley this weekend. The petition in the following newspaper
of general circulation, printed in this
doing business as: ed between 43 and 60
Giving Kicks located at 1140 Brockman
keep the winery safe and race has been canceled. county: The Sonoma Index Tribune. Lane, Sonoma, CA 95476 Sonoma churches, more than any
Dated: SEP 18 2017
protected. ————— BRADFORD J. DEMEO
County, is hereby registered by the fol-
other county except San
lowing owner(s): 1) Jason Rooke, 1140
There will be a Red Sonoma County Judge of the Superior Court
Cross donation station at Art Trails
Brockman Lane, Sonoma, CA 95476, 2)
Damien Rufus, 2214 S 65th Dr, Phoenix,
Francisco.
2787828 – Pub. Sept 22, 29, Oct 6, 13,
Terrapin Crossroads on The annual two-week- 2017 4ti. AZ 85043
This business is conducted by:
Duncan’s Mills was estab-
the night of the show for end open studio tour, Ca. Contractors License #751739 FICTITIOUS Copartners lished by A. Duncan.
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The registrant commenced to trans-
donations to help victims featuring more than FILE NO. 2017-03136 Robert A. Thompson pub-
of this tragic wild fires 140 artists, many from Experience act business under the fictitious name
or names above July 2017.
The following person (persons) is (are)
from 5 to 9 p.m. Britt Sonoma Valley, has been You Can Count On doing business as: I declare that all information in this lished the first county
statement is true and correct. Signed:
Govea, founder of (((folk- postponed until Oct. 21-22 Since 1985
HAMMERMARK HOUSE located at
15701 SONOMA HWY, SONOMA, CA Jason Rooke, Founder
history: “Historical Atlas of
YEAH!))), said, “We’re and Oct. 28-29. 95476; Mailing Address 170 ACADEMY This statement was filed with the Sonoma County.”
Repairs • Maintenance LN, SONOMA, CA 95476 Sonoma County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
thrilled to have Phil Lesh ————— County, is hereby registered by the fol- 08/24/2017 David Hetzel planted
and Terrapin Crossroads Belos Cavalos fundraiser Leak Detection lowing owner(s): 1) KIM GILMORE, 170 I hereby certify that this copy is a
Underwater Repair ACADEMY LN, SONOMA, CA 95476, 2) correct copy of the original statement tobacco in west county,
host this show in this “Dancing in the Light,” STEPHANIE GILMORE, 1206 BROOK on file in my office.
mainly for cigars.
time of need, as Gundlach the equestrian perfor- CIRCLE, BLACKSBURG, VA 24060, 3)
JULIE EICHENBERGER, 824 RIDER ST.,
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
Sonoma County Clerk
IOWA CITY, IA 52240 By /s/ Alma Roman Occidental’s population hit
This business is conducted by: A
General Partnership
Deputy Clerk
SEAL
50 and rose to 97 in 1880.
The registrant commenced to trans-
act business under the fictitious name 2788340- Pub. Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, Forestville boasted the first
2017 4ti.
or names above on 2007.
I declare that all information in this
manufacturing plant in the
statement is true and correct. Signed: SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY county: the chair factory
KIM GILMORE MANAGING PARTNER
of Isaac Sullivan. Later, the
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
09-21-2017
In 1826 durable chairs produced by
I hereby certify that this copy is a First English-speaking set- Stewart Faudre became a

Window Fashions
correct copy of the original statement
on file in my office.
tler, Thomas Reid, arrived major success.
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU in Cotati.
Sonoma County Clerk
George and Jean Noël with Rocky and Jujube By /s/ Alma Roman Copyright © 2010 Copyright © 2010
Deputy Clerk Sonoma County Historical Society Sonoma County Historical Society
Old-Fashioned Service You Can Trust SEAL P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
(707) 938-5264 2788035 - Pub. Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, www.sonomacountyhistory.org www.sonomacountyhistory.org
geospoolspaandsolar.com 2017 4ti.

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NORTH BAY FIRE RELIEF

Helping Our Neighbors in Need
Northern California has been hit incredibly hard by the ongoing
catastrophic firestorms. Lives have been lost along with hundreds
of homes and businesses. Along with the lost businesses will be
hundreds of lost jobs and income.
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN NEED OUR HELP
NOW MORE THAN EVER.
Redwood Credit Union, The Press Democrat, State Senator
Mike McGuire and several Community Leaders and Community
Supporters invite you to join us in helping our neighbors. Redwood
Credit Union has created a relief fund specifically for fire victims.
100% of your donations will go directly to aid relief efforts
and help the victims – all costs will be covered. With your help
we can ease the pain of this devastating fire.

Photos by Kent Porter, Beth Schlanker,

Christopher Chung, Alvin Jornadas | The Press Democrat

To Donate: Community Leaders $200,000 or more:

• Visit www.redwoodcu.org/NorthBayFireRelief
Community Supporters $100,000 or more:
• Stop by: any RCU branch (www.redwoodcu.org/locations)
• By mail: Redwood Credit Union, P.O. Box 6104, Santa Rosa, CA 95406
Make checks payable to RCU Community Fund and include 2017 North Bay Fire Relief
in the memo line.
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