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Rising from the ashes

ROBBI PENGELLY/INDEX-TRIBUNE

Marjorie Everidge surveys what is left of the Glen Ellen home she lived in for 53 years.

Bowed, but not broken – Valley residents begin taking stock

By CHRISTIAN KALLEN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
At 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, the
Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office
lifted some evacuation orders in
Sonoma County and the Valley,
allowing many residents to return
to their homes in Kenwood,
Boyes Hot Springs and the City of
GLEN ELLEN VICTIM Schools
prepare for
So far the Sonoma County Coroner’s
Office has identified only one Sonoma
Valley fatality from the week of
harrowing fires. Lee Chadwick Roger,
of Glen Ellen, was 72.

Fire (Santa Rosa area), Nuns Fire students’

Sonoma that had previously been
under mandatory or advisory
evacuation status.
But the fires that have raged
through the Wine Country in the
past week continue to threaten
landscapes and residences, and
smoky air endangers the health of
residents across a wide area.
Statistics for what Cal Fire is
calling the Central LNU Com-
plex – which includes the Tubbs
return
(Sonoma region), Pocket Fire
(Geyserville) and the Oakmont
Fire – show a total of almost 98,000
acres burned, almost half of that
– 48,627 – in the Nuns Fire in Sono-
ma, Glen Ellen and Mt. Veeder in
SVHS transitions from
both Sonoma and Napa counties. evacuation center back to
On Monday fires were progress- education center
ing to the north at a moderate
rate, being driven by steep slopes By LORNA SHERDIAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
See Fire, A4 Friends greeted each other at the Plaza on Saturday, Oct. 14. All school-based evacuation
centers in Sonoma County are
in the process of being closed,

Power returns to the Valley

and evacuees transferred to Red
Cross-operated centers so that the
campuses can prepare to reopen.
The evacuation center at

Electricity is back on, Oct. 17. Some people had been the fires. their power – and Jimenez See Schools, A10
without power since early last Teresa Jimenez, a public in- said 94 percent had it restored
but gas restoration Monday. formation officer with PG&E, by noon on Monday.

will take longer
By BILL HOBAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE MANAGING EDITOR
Almost everyone who lost
power during the week-long
fire storm should have their
electricity restored by today,
Not everybody who lost
power lost it because lines or
transmission stations were
damaged by the fires. Cal
Fire had the utility de-ener-
gize lines so that fire fighters
wouldn’t have live lines over-
head while they were fighting
said that all electrical custom-
ers should have had power
restored sometime Monday.
“That’s assuming Cal Fire
gives us the OK,” she said.
Altogether, some 342,000
customers in Sonoma, Napa
and Mendocino counties lost
Residents
In Sonoma County, some
51,000 customers lost power.
PG&E has more than 3,000
employees and personnel from
mutual aid partners restoring
electricity and gas to

Wineries: Rumors of ruin, tales of salvation
Buildings burn but both Sonoma and Napa have impacted the
wine industry.
vineyards save much of the But initial reports that several major
Valley’s agricultural heart wineries had been lost proved premature,
if not exaggerated. Chateau St. Jean, St.
By CHRISTIAN KALLEN Francis and Landmark were all initially
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER reported on social media to have been
Wineries are foremost among Sonoma lost, but suffered at most damage only to
County’s industries, so it’s no surprise secondary structures.
that the fires still destroying acreage in While Paradise Ridge Winery was heav-
See Power, A3
seek aid
Where you can get and
provide help
By KATE WILLIAMS
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
As fires devoured whole neigh-
ily damaged at its flagship Santa Rosa borhoods in Wine Country, people
hillside winery in the initial firestorm further from the flames mobilized
that ravaged nearby Fountain Grove, but to help. Across the Valley, the
its Kenwood tasting room location was Bay Area and beyond, feelings of
relatively unaffected. helplessness were channeled into
In fact, of the almost 100,000 acres action.
charred since Sunday night, surprising Local restaurants donated and
See Wineries, A2 See Help, A4

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Valley closes evacuation centers
No FEMA hub
planned for Sonoma
By LORNA SHERIDAN
INDEX-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
As of Monday evening,
the last two evacuation
centers in Sonoma Valley
had closed. The evacuees
at Sonoma Valley High
School and at Sonoma
Raceway were all reas-
signed to Red Cross-oper-
ated centers.
Over the next few
weeks, the County will
be assessing locations for
longer-term shelters.
According to various offi-
cials reached by telephone
on Monday, there are no
plans at this time for there
to be an evacuation shelter
or a Federal Emergency
Management Agency hub
in Sonoma Valley. At one point as many as 300 people were taking shelter at Sonoma Valley High School.
In Santa Rosa, more
than 100 people lined up on information and access to
Mendocino Ave. seeking services when a newly-es- opened on Saturday.
Wineries
Continued from A1
little vineyard acreage was lost.
“Vineyards have a tendency
not to burn, and that’s for two
reasons,” said Auteur winemak-
er Kenneth Juhasz, president of
the Sonoma Valley Vintners and
Growers Alliance. “One, most
of the vineyards are mowed, so
grass levels are super-low. Also,
they’re live plants. Irrigation
helps as well, so they’re live, wet
plants.”
“You can see it, looking up
in the hills – vineyards have
been acting as defensives,” said
Juhasz. “They’ve literally pro-
tected buildings in some places,
they’ve protected the fire from
moving in some places.”
This land-saving attribute of
vineyards has been borne out
by this past week’s fires. On
Monday morning, fires sur-
rounded Gundlach Bundschu
on Denmark Street, a venerable
150-year old Sonoma Winery.
Jim and Nancy Bundschu, the
74- and 72-year-old parents of
Jeff Bundschu, were hustled out
of their 100-year-old home in the
early morning hours as torna-
does of sparks raced over the
property, and escaped with a few
keepsakes and their memories.
Two barns on the property were
also destroyed.
Nearby, Scribe Winery was
also surrounded by fires and
Arrowhead Mountain burned,
but firefighters succeeded in
saving the “hacienda,” struc-
tures and vines, according to
the company’s website. “Scribe
is currently without power and
water and will remain closed
until further notice,” the mes-
sage reads, adding that the 2017
harvest had all been completed
two days before the fire.
Nicholson Ranch, a hilltop
winery just inside Sonoma
County on Napa Road, likewise
endured fire damage but, again,
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Ave. The center brings
together federal, state and
local agencies as a “one-
stop shop” to help people
rebuild their lives.
People who have been
left homeless by the fire
can receive money for
temporary housing and
recoup losses from FEMA.
The California Department
of Motor Vehicles will also
issue new driver’s licenses
at the center for people
who lost theirs in the fire.
Residents – even those
who are covered by home-
owner, commercial and
auto policies at the time of
the disaster — are urged to
apply online at DisasterAs-
sistance.gov or by phone at
800-621-3362.
A regularly updated
map of the shelters avail-
BILL HOBAN/SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE able in the area is available
at pressdemocrat.com.
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your passion for life!”
Long said they were still
But later that day, he deliv-
ered a “good news update – the
Miracles of Moon Mountain
assessing damage and hope to continue… The vineyards
reopen to visitors in one to two of Kamen, Birch, 16600 and
weeks. Moon Mountain Vineyards
Beltane Ranch, Hamel Family still stand. Miracles for sure,
Wines, Kenwood Vineyards, embodied by the hard work of
Korbin Kameron, and Land- so many.”
mark Vineyards also reported Only an hour or so later,
structural damage, though the Coturri reported, “Major aerial
status of many of the Valley’s assault under way above Gund-
wineries and vineyards remains lach Bundschu. Six helicopters
unclear. overhead. Make no mistake
“No matter the this fight is a long
circumstances,” said way from over but
Maureen Cottingham,
executive director of ‘We are not we’re getting every-
thing they got right
the Sonoma Valley out of the now.”
Vintners & Growers So it continued
Alliance, “our wine- woods. We are through a harrowing
makers … will do in the woods weekend of fires on
everything possible
to ensure the highest and the woods the eastern fringes of
Sonoma – “I could not
quality winemaking are burning.’ fathom what it was
for the rest of the 2017 like down there – sur-
vintage.” – Sam Coturri rounded by fire, swirl-
Sam Coturri, who ing winds and soaring
works with his father eucalyptus. How do
Phil Coturri and others in En- we thank those folks for going in
terprise Vineyards, spent much there and saving our town?”
of the past few days ranging By Monday, he had some
the back roads of the county’s time for reflection.
mountain estates and posting “To say we’re returning to
what he found on Facebook. business as usual is far from
Though he admittedly focused the truth because there is noth-
on Enterprise-managed vine- ing normal about our life right
yards, from Thursday, Oct. 12, now… Vineyard assessments
on, his eyewitness views pro- and salvaging the harvest can
ROBBI PENGELLY/INDEX-TRIBUNE viding an increasing number of wait, but that comes next,” he
Chateau St. Jean Winery on Highway 12 in Kenwood, rumored to have followers on Facebook with an wrote. “We live off the land
been lost in the early morning fires of Monday, Oct. 9, but still standing ongoing chronicle of the fire’s here. Even if your job is selling
later that same day. drama – and at least one lost wine in a tasting room. Saving
dog, found. our lives includ(es) protecting
the winery facilities and tasting ers labored to save the historic “We are not out of the woods. our livelihoods.”
room remained intact, accord- buildings and grounds. “The We are in the woods and the When this is all over, and the
ing to their Facebook post. “The fire swept to the edge of Buena woods are burning,” read one of numbers are tallied and the
winery was in the path of the Vista, right up to the buildings, his signature posts, on Friday, costs calculated and the insur-
fire but escaped being engulfed and the remarkable fire crews Oct. 13. ance claims filed, it will be a
by the flames. We have some protected the winery and the Early the next morning, he hundred accounts of ordinary
damage to fix ... Some news first stone buildings of the Cali- was reporting, “The scope of the people dealing with disaster that
sources prematurely reported fornia wine world,” said Megan Nuns Fire is massive. It is active- tells the real tale, the people’s
our demise!” Long, communications manager ly burning on the northeastern history of Sonoma’s October
On Saturday, Buena Vista of the Boisset Collection. edge of the town of Sonoma on fires.
Winery – one of the oldest Owner Jean-Charles Boisset the valley floor while actively
wineries in the state – was said, with his characteristic en- burning just above the Napa Contact Christian at christian.
surrounded by fire and firefight- thusiasm, “Thank you everyone Valley floor in Oakville.” kallen@sonomanews.com.
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Glen Ellen residents soldier on

Amid the chaos, the night Sunday by off-duty
firefighter friends who
community fought to simply appeared on site
save its own ready to fight the fire
already barreling toward
By BJ BLANCHARD them off the Mayacamas.
SPECIAL TO THE INDEX-TRIBUNE Benward quickly learned
When nature’s fury in- about backfires, digging
vaded Glen Ellen the night trenches, and firebreaks,
of Oct. 8, the winds were and together with their
sudden, furious and noisy. bobcat tractor, simple tools
Booms of transformers and a water tanker from
exploded in the distance. next door Atwood Ranch,
An orange glow lit the sky fought their fire alone un-
to the north. In Glen Ellen til six engines and a bull-
it was: grab the passports dozer arrived to help. They
and baby pictures, and go chased showers of embers
south. around the property and
Much of the communi- smashed them with shov-
ty evacuated in the early els. The 1892 bunkhouse
hours of Monday morn- that is now a landmarked
ing – to the high school, Bed and Breakfast Inn is
to Ramekins, to friends in saved, though they lost the
Sonoma. Most were calm. barn, tool shed and several
outbuildings.
Members of the Fallen Leaf strike team take respite from
Many were not afraid. But
On the corner of Weiss
stamping out flames on the east side.
all were – and are – des-
perate for news of their and Highway 12 is the old

Firefighters weary,
homes. Gornecker turkey farm,
A few of the hearty recently incarnated as
stayed behind. SPARC, the nonprofit

but undaunted
Jaimie Edward Tellier collective growing high-
lives on Dunbar Road grade cannabis. Erich
where it crosses Arnold Pearson, the director, and
Drive. Tellier owns “the his friend Joey Ereñeta,
wood pile place” where
This crew of Glen Ellen volunteers brought refreshments to
stayed behind to protect Strike teams work engineer Jon Kempf is
piles of fire wood and the crop but all was lost. resting against his rig.
sawdust are stored. A
hungry Fish and Wildlife workers during the fires. “We’re totally wiped out” through exhaustion Coming off a 24-hour
proud man with a steady says Pearson. “The dry on the east side shift, he is about to go
eye and six-day stubble, the lame horse, and Woody retrieved after the fire. barn burned, the crop was home to watch a Packers
he has declined three the rescue horse. And he A house on the right of lost, there’s no water in By BJ BLANCHARD game, and then sleep.
written evacuation orders will stay to protect the Bonnie Way still stands as the lines.” So Pearson and SPECIAL TO THE INDEX-TRIBUNE Kempf drives a Type
hand-delivered by uni- land, still smoldering. its owner grabbed a sump Ereneta are taking the On Sunday, Oct. 15, 1 engine assigned to
formed authorities. Second house on the pump from the garage, opportunity to help others day seven of the fires structure protection.
“This is all I have, I’m left on Bonnie Way is the threw one hose into his by feeding cats, watering that have ravished the These firefighters feel
here for the long- horses, emptying fridg- Valley, all over Sonoma’s very supported by our
haul,” said Tellier. He es of rotting food, and east side there are tired community, and one crew
said he’s lived here 40 checking on homes for firefighters and ’dozer even received a visit from
years and he’s “not ‘Trixie has a bad leg. Woody is a rescue from the evacuees stuck outside guys. Packing up gear. a group of masseurs who
leaving the horses.” Valley Fire and I gave my word I’d care for him.’ theJust evacuation zone.
outside the
Resting on a rig. Waiting provided much-needed
“Trixie has a bad for orders to a new hot deep back massages.
leg. Woody is a rescue – Jaimie Edward Tellier police barricades, spot or vegetation fire. At Schell-Vista Fire
from the Valley Fire a group of children Shortly after sunup, Station 2 at Napa and
and I gave my word accompanied by mom, Brian, from Paso Robles, 8th Street East, there
I’d care for him,” said remains of Chris Ben- pool, and the other hose was bringing assistance is loading his bulldozer is a Type 3 strike team
Tellier. ziger’s family home. As watered the house and to firefighters, police and onto a very long steel from Tuolumne County.
In the initial flames, he raced to evacuate his property. volunteers. They were flat bed by the side of the Coming off the Tubbs
Tellier lost 27 out of 58 an- family on the night when Alex Benward, one of delivering goody bags con- road. He has been here Fire before this, they are
tique John Deere tractors. the fires first erupted, Ben- the owners of the Bel- taining eye drops, Chap- since Thursday, ringing working containment
Standing tall in his work ziger threw his beloved tane Ranch, rests on a stick, baby wipes, apples houses, driving fire- lines, watering flare-ups,
shirt and heavy boots, he mountain bikes into the tractor with his friend and nuts. The love in the breaks, pushing roads. and staying vigilant.
vowed stay and protect his swimming pool where they Steven Krauss. Alex air, as they say, is thicker “Sometimes,” Brian says, Cal Fire Captain Kit-
27 ducks and geese, Trixie lay until they could be was awakened at mid- than the smoke. “you are sitting high up tina Simmons describes
on that dozer and the their day: Base camp at
flames come close. You Santa Rosa Fairgrounds

Power Continued from A1 just have to figure it out.”

Down the dusty road,
Tony Kloepping, all the
to get a briefing at 7 a.m.,
then they move out to
meet with their division
customers. it’s safe to do so. way from Oregon, is for a smaller briefing.
While electrical service Restoring gas service repairing equipment. This morning they are
has mostly been restored, is a complex process, but “I’m just a cowboy on assigned to mopping up
the utility is still trying to progress is being made. a steel horse I ride,” he around structures on the
get gas service Several factors proclaims with a cheery northeast side to mini-
restored to its are in play in- grin over his Bon Jovi mize chances of rekin-
customers. cluding PG&E’s reference. This is a man dling.
Jimenez said In Sonoma access to fire who loves his work. Once “When that is secured,”
the company County, zones, authori- a logger in the fir forests Simmons says with con-
shut off gas ser- zation from the of Oregon, he now drives fidence, “we can repopu-
vice to 36,000 some 51,000 proper author- BILL HOBAN/INDEX-TRIBUNE bulldozers. “We just do late the area.”
units affecting customers lost ities to restore Loss of power and temporarily evacuated homes wrought what we do; we love to The Fallen Leaf strike
42,000 custom- gas, and the help people,” he says. team seems to have
ers. She said power. timing of when
signs like this seen Monday in Agua Caliente.
Groups of tired played a significant part
23,000 custom- customers firefighters from Tahoe, in saving Buena Vista
ers have had are allowed to identify structures that are would be resupplied with Merced, Fresno, Los Winery, the “epicenter
their gas relighted, but return to their homes. safe to restore service and gas and pressure tested to Baños gather around of the California wine
there’s still an additional “For safety reasons, cus- those that have sustained make sure it is safe. their engines, catching a industry.” Two young
15,000 who don’t have gas tomers should leave the too much damage to safely Jimenez said gas cus- break while the air, for a firefighters, tired but hap-
service and another 2,600 gas re-lighting to PG&E restore service. Because tomers can check the web- change, is clear and cool. py, point out how the fire
customers that the utility employees,” she said. gas service was turned page to see when service The lives of these strike burned to within 6 feet of
can’t get access to. According to a release off to customers, any air is scheduled to resume, or team members seems the historic stone struc-
Nearly 900 workers, from Paul Moreno, with present in the pipeline they can call 800-743-5000 to be standing around, ture. Nineteenth century
from PG&E and from oth- PG&E, once the utility system is purged to ensure for gas re-lighting only. ready, waiting, punctuat- winery founder Agoston
er energy companies, have gains access to homes that natural gas is safely ed by moments of action Haraszthy himself would
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pilot lights in areas where check the meter. Then they ture. After that, the system sonomanews.com. From Rohnert Park, their work.

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Help Continued from A1
prepared food for evacuees.
Schools transformed gymnasi-
ums into shelters. Individuals
filled boxes with clothing and
toiletries. Churches stockpiled
bottled water and other essen-
tials. By week’s end, many char-
itable services were inundated,
forced to refuse further in-kind
donations.
But as a smoky dawn broke
on the eighth day of the Wine
Country wildfires, the tableau
of destruction began to take
shape. With huge swaths of the
Valley cordoned off to through
traffic, the scope of the disas-
ter was still largely unknown.
Rumor and conjecture created
firestorms of their own, and
local citizens found themselves
still very much in need. Ac-
cording to spokespeople from
various nonprofits, financial
support is more useful than ma-
terial donations at this time, but
all manner of support is needed
and welcome. Below is a list of
resources for giving and getting
help this week.
Shelter
SHARE Sonoma County is
arranging emergency home
shares for displaced individu-
als. Hosts needed, as well as vol-
unteers to answer phones. (1500
Petaluma Blvd. S., Petaluma,
SHAREfire@petalumapeople.
org)
El Pueblo Inn is offering free
rooms to evacuees. (996-3651,
elpuebloinn.com)
Airbnb is activating its Open
Homes program and waving
service fees; persons with spare
rooms can register to become
volunteer hosts. (airbnb.com)
California State Parks is
opening coastal campsites to
refugees at Bodega Dunes,
Wrights Beach, and Salt Point.
(parks.ca.gov/fireaide)
Food
Redwood Empire Food Bank
is asking for financial donations
and non-perishable foods. (523-
7900, 3990 Brickway Blvd, Santa
Rosa, refb.org)
La Luz Center is offering
free lunch (noon to 2 p.m.) and
dinner (5 to 7 p.m.) all week.
(938-5131, laluzcenter.org)
FISH is distributing groceries.
(996-0111; 18330 Sonoma High-
way; friendsinsonomahelping.
org)
Fremont Diner is giving away
coffee and donuts from 10 a.m.
to noon. (938-7370, 2698 Fremont
Drive, thefremontdiner.com)
Fire Continued from A1
and dry fuel, according to
the latest incident update
from Cal Fire. This in-
cludes the northwest edge
of the Nuns Fire – which
ravaged Glen Ellen on the
morning of Oct. 9, and has
since spread its perime-
ter to include the former
Adobe, Norrbom, Pressley
and Partrick fires to the
southeast.
While the Nuns fire is
listed as 50 percent con-
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electronic access will continue and will
be billed for up to 60 days or until we are
Volunteers Cynthia Scarborough, left, and Beverly Koepplin fold a blanket that will be added to the pile. Starting Monday, Oct. 16, Friends In Sonoma
Helping, aka FISH, opened a fire-victim clothes and bedding center at Sonoma United Methodist Church.
Epicurean Connection is
coordinating a “No Pay Café”
at Sonoma Springs Community
Hall, noon to 2 p.m. Volunteers
needed. (18672 Sonoma High-
way)
Harvest Moon Café is donat-
ing 40 percent of sales from prix
fix dinners to Sonoma Rotary.
(933-8160, 487 First St. W., har-tions. (salvationarmyusa.org)
vestmooncafesonoma.com)
Non-perishables
Sonoma United Methodist
Church is collecting clothing
and bedding for victims. (996-
2151, 109 Patten St., sonomaumc. funds directly to fire
com)
United Way is accepting
non-perishable donations. (975
Corporate Center Parkway, suite cu.org/NorthBayFir- donations at this toryofdance.org)
160, Santa Rosa, unitedway.org.) eRelief)
Financial Support
GoFundMe has a list of ver-
ified fire relief crowdfunding
campaigns.
Rotary Sonoma is feeding
hundreds each day, and expand-
ing its efforts beyond triage.
Non-monetary donations can be People
delivered to 1777 W. Watmaugh
Road. Financial donations can
be made online at http://goo.gl/ undocumented families. (829-
sSLK6Y.
tained, full containment
on all the regional fires is
not expected until Friday,
Oct. 20. But even within
the perimeter, fires con-
tinue to smolder, and mild
winds can jump embers
out of the perimeter and
start new fires, said Capt.
Carlos Munoz of Chico on
Monday morning.
“Our primary objective
in setting fire lines is lives,
property and the environ-
ment, in that order,” said
Munoz. He added that
areas of “economic driv-
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United Way of the Wine 95444, gratondaylabor.org) The Boisset Collection is craft-
Country is accepting donations. Exchange Bank is accepting ing a very special limited-edition
(unitedwaywinecountry.org) cash donations for its Undocu- red wine, with 100 percent of
The Sonoma County Resil- fund Fire Relief: PO Box 1100, the proceeds donated to disaster
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ma-county-resilience-fund) Mental Health
Salvation Army NorCal Wild- Trained grief and crisis Animals
fire Fund is accepting dona- counselors are needed at SVHS. Support for displaced or needy
(888-5863) animals on Facebook: Napa/
The Red Cross is accepting Salon Novo is offering compli- Santa Rosa Animal Evacuations
donations. (redcross. mentary shampoo Info; Solano County Horse/
org) and blow-dry as Livestock Fire Evacuation Help
Redwood Credit available. (703-9357) Page.
Union will deploy 100 Financial Sonoma Conser- Sonoma Humane Society is
percent of donated support is vatory of Dance is asking for financial donations.
offering free classes (sonomahumane.org)
victims. (545-4000, more useful all week. (938-1424, Napa County Animal Shelter
P.O. Box 6104, Santa than material 561, Broadway Suite and Adoption Center needs
Rosa 95406, redwood- B, sonomaconserva- volunteers to clean and organize
pens. (942 Hartle Ave., Napa,)
time. Rohnert Park Jameson Rescue Ranch is
Volunteer Center Gymnastics is waiv- connecting needy animals with
of Sonoma County ing Day Camp fees foster shelters. (Deassa@James-
is accepting both for fire victims this onRescueRanch.org)
volunteers and finan- week. (585-9377, 320 Broccos Old Barn is accepting
cial support. (573-3399, info@ Professional Center Drive #15, donations for displaced animals.
volunteernow.org) rpgym.com) (938-2291)
Russian River Brewing Pet Food Express will bathe
Services for Undocumented Company will donate proceeds your pets at no charge. (935-0777,
of Sonoma Pride beer and 2018 500 W. Napa St., petfoodexpress.
Graton Day Labor Center has Pliney the Elder to fire victims. com)
established a fund to support (545-2337, 725 Fourth St., Santa
Rosa, russianriverbrewing.com/ Contact Kate at kate.williams@
1864, 2981 Bowen St, Graton, sonomapride.com) sonomanews.org.
ers” were also taken into
consideration in protect-
ing property that might
Oct. 9, in the Fountain-
grove and Coffey Park
neighborhoods.
morning of the fire, Mon-
day, Oct. 9.
On Saturday, Oct. 14,
the fire protection gelling
agent Thermo-Gel.
Likewise, the Vallejo
have a substantial role in Santa Rosa Mayor Chris fires returned to habitable Home in the City of Sono-
a community’s economic Coursey said that more portions of the Valley and ma – part of the Sonoma
health. than 2,800 structures, took homes on Castle Road State Historic Park –
A specific breakdown including homes and busi- and Seventh Street East. was also protected with
by region of structures nesses, had been destroyed At least one house and Thermo-Gel, and items of
damaged or destroyed by in the city, leaving roughly three structures were lost significant cultural value
the fire is difficult to ascer- 1,200 structures outside of on Castle Road were moved to
tain. Cumulative totals for the city limits demolished to the east of a safe location.
the Central LNU Complex by fire. Sonoma, and Brush and
showed 3,947 structures In the Valley, the areas although the ‘Our primary other vegeta-
destroyed, 159 damaged of greatest structure loss historic Buena objective in tion around the
as of 7 a.m. Monday, but seem to be in and around Vista Winery Vallejo Home
a breakout out of those Glen Ellen: about a dozen escaped, news setting fire and Mission
numbers by region is on Sylvia Drive, between reports said lines is lives, San Francis-
currently not available. Highway 12 and Dunbar that it had co Solano on
A significant number of Road; and at least that sustained some property and the Spain Street
those are within the City many along Warm Springs fire damage. environment, in were cleared to
of Santa Rosa, which and Henno roads west of The greatest create defensi-
suffered heavy damage in the town center. All of fire activity is that order.’ ble space.
the early hours of Monday, these were lost the first currently in – Capt. Carlos Munoz On the other
and around side of the
Life Tributes
Hood Moun- Valley, across
tain Regional Highway
Park and Sugarloaf Ridge 12, the Oakmont Fire is
State Park, areas that had also very active and “is
escaped the earlier ravages progressing in a northerly
of the Nuns Fire. direction with moderate
IN THIS SECTION On Monday, Oct. 16, rate of spread,” according
GOEDEWAAGEN, Pieter Gloria Sandoval, deputy to fire authorities. That
director of Public Affairs combined Oakmont/
for California State Parks, Kenwood fire currently
reported that Sugarloaf involves 875 acres and is at
Pieter Goedewaagen Ridge continues to burn, 15 percent containment, as
1931 - 2017 and six employee residenc- of midday Monday.
es, campgrounds and the Other regional fires
Pieter passed away peacefully, visitor center are at risk. include the Pocket Fire
Monday, October 2, 2017, at Some of the telescopes (11,889 acres, 40 percent
the age of 86. from the Robert Ferguson contained) and the Tubbs
He was born in Oakland,
Observatory, or part of Fire (36,390 acres, at 70 per-
CA to Pieter and Katrina them, have been removed cent containment). Both
Goedewaagen. He grew up in and other items of value of those fires continue to
Alameda, CA, graduated from from the park. move toward the north,
Alameda High School in 1949 “On Wednesday, the into Napa County.
and the University of California
mirror for the 40-inch Though the October
Berkeley in 1954. and the entire 20-inch fires in Sonoma and Napa
He was a licensed Real Estate telescopes were taken out, were devastating in terms
Broker and Contractor and both irresplaceable items,” of acreage, structures lost
worked for Eichler Homes and said Roney. “If we get back and commercial damage,
the Alpha Land Company. He (Stan Koloski), Elizabeth (Fred) up there, we might take the August 2016 fires in
also developed many projects Englehart, Jane (Michael) Frazin, out the eight-inch, but Lake County encompassed
under his own company, Karen (Michael) Knetter and that’s heavier and not as a larger area – more than
Goedewaagen Enterprises. In nephew, Mark Goedewaagen. valuable.” 170,000 acres were burned
semi-retirement, he worked for There are numerous cousins, Trione-Annandel State and 1,300 homes destroyed.
Vintage House, Senior Center, in great-nieces, and great-nephews Park in Santa Rosa also At the time, that fire
here and in Holland.
Sonoma, CA continued to burn on was ranked the third-most
He loved traveling the world, was Pieter was predeceased by Monday, but no damage destructive blaze in state
a history buff, voracious reader, his parents, brother Aart to structures had been history; on Saturday, Gov.
Goedewaagen and sisters-in-law
avid photographer, enjoyed Jazz reported. Defensible space Jerry Brown said of the
Music, art museums, decadent Violet Marshall and Joyce Shill. had been cleared around current conflagration,
desserts and a good game of There will be a Celebration of the structures to prevent “This is truly one of the
Life at a later date.
Bocce. He was a member of the fires from spreading. greatest, if not the great-
In lieu of flowers, consider a
Bocce Sonoma, playing on the Although Jack London est, tragedy that California
Thursday Morning League. donation to Vintage House State Historic Park in Glen has ever faced.
He is survived by his wife, (vintagehouse.org), UCSF Ellen has so far escaped “It’s a horror that no
Melanoma Cancer Center
Micki (nee Margaret Mulroy); fire damage, items of one could have imagined.”
daughter Megan Goedewaagen; (makeagift.UCSF.EDU/ significant cultural value
brother Thomas Goedewaagen Care) or Hospice by the Bay were moved to a safe loca- Contact Christian at chris-
(Joyce); nieces: Jo Ann (Marty) (hospicebythebay.org). tion, and the Jack London tian.kallen@sonomanews.
Solov, Chris Goedewaagen Home was protected with com.
THE SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2017 A5

■■ PICTURES AT CONFLAGRATION ■

Readers share their photos

Terrible fires made for beautiful sunsets and sunrises.

Readers around the

Valley emailed and
shared photos across
social media from the
first moments of the fire
onward. Online sites like
Facebook and Twitter
took a central role in
experience and informa-
tion sharing.

Signs popped up around town thanking first responders.

An employee from Gundlach-Bundschu evacuating donkies

from Jim and Nancy Bundschu’s ranch which burned over the
weekend.

PUBLIC NOTICE
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2017-03274
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
STELLA’S OYSTERS located at
431-B PAYRAN ST. PETALUMA, CA
94952; Mailing Address P O Box 328
HOPLAND, CA 95449 Sonoma County,
is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner(s): DENISE FLEMING 555
QUIETWOOD DR. SAN RAFAEL, CA
94903
This business is conducted by: An
Individual
Reinforcements on the way!: A line of ambulances headed toward Sonoma Valley. 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:
DENISE FLEMING
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
10/03/2017
I hereby certify that this copy is a
correct copy of the original statement
on file in my office.
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
Sonoma County Clerk
By /s/ Alma Roman
Deputy Clerk
SEAL
2789325 - Pub. Oct 10, 17, 24, 31,
2017 4ti.
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2017-03016
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Atlas Extracts located at 3418 Standish
Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95407; Mailing
Address 3031 W. March Ln. Ste 123S,
Stockton, CA 95219 Sonoma County,
is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner(s): Ground Level, LLC, 3418
Standish Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95407
This business is conducted by: A
Limited Liability Company
The registrant commenced to trans-
act business under the fictitious name
or names above on August 31, 2017.
FICTITIOUS
BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2017-03075
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Woods Group Solutions located at
969 Country Club Lane, Sonoma, CA
95476 Sonoma County, is hereby regis-
tered by the following owner(s): James
R. Woods, 969 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 N/A.
I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. Signed:
James R. Woods, Founder
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
09/15/2017
I hereby certify that this copy is a
correct copy of the original statement
on file in my office.
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
Sonoma County Clerk
By /s/ M. Judith Sevilla
Deputy Clerk
SEAL
2787969 - Pub. Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17,
2017 4ti.
SONOMA COUNTY HISTORY
In 1912
Santa Rosa built a new
city hall on Hinton Ave.
near the county court-
house.
Pilot Weldon Cooke made
a successful flight over
Santa Rosa, soaring to

School can be an
I declare that all information in this 2,500 feet.
statement is true and correct. Signed:
John De Luca, Member/Manager Sonoma opened a Carn-
This statement was filed with the
egie Library with major

incubator for unbridled

County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on
09/08/2017
I hereby certify that this copy is a support from the Sonoma
correct copy of the original statement
on file in my office. Women’s Club.

inventiveness.
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
Sonoma County Clerk Jennie Colvin became the
By /s/ Darrell Light
Deputy Clerk first woman to register to
SEAL
vote in the county; women
Sonoma Academy is the premier independent and private high school in 2788031 - Pub. Spet. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17,
2017 4ti. voted in Santa Rosa’s
FICTITIOUS city election in April;
Sonoma County. Here, students from over 80 different middle schools BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
FILE NO. 2017-03131 Atty. Francis McCaughey
The following person (persons) is (are) Martin and Sarah Latimer
and 30 different hometowns are challenged to explore their interests and doing business as:
Boutique Wine Tours located at 317 Finley, mother of editor
Mervin Ave Kenwood, CA 95452;
passions in a supportive environment that prepares them for college and Mailing Address P O Box 202 Kenwood,
CA 95452 Sonoma County, is hereby
Ernest Finley, led the
registered by the following owner(s): suffrage fight.
life beyond. If you are curious, please register at www.sonomaacademy.org Boutique Tours & Transportation LLC
317 Mervin Ave Kenwood, CA 95452 An explosion from an
This business is conducted by: A CA
for our next Open House: Limited Liability Company automobile fire on Main
The registrant commenced to trans-
act business under the fictitious name St. killed James Mott, Pet-
or names above on 01-01-2013.

Thursday, November 2nd 2017, 6-8 pm I declare that all information in this
statement is true and correct. Signed:
aluma’s first paid fireman.
Jason Blaine - President
This statement was filed with the
The first Russian River
County Clerk of SONOMA COUNTY on water carnival was held.

SONOMA
09/28/2017
I hereby certify that this copy is a
correct copy of the original statement
on file in my office.

ACADEMY
WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU
Sonoma County Clerk
By /s/ Darrell Light Copyright © 2010
Deputy Clerk Sonoma County Historical Society
SEAL P.O. Box 1373, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
25OO FARMERS LANE, SANTA ROSA 7O7.545.177O 2788532 - Pub. Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, www.sonomacountyhistory.org
2017 4ti.
A6 THE SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2017

Gov. Brown: Fires ‘a horror

no one could have imagined’
State officials tour Santa ta Rosa Saturday to see for them-
selves the scale of the disaster
Rosa; residents decry and pledge their support for the
poor communication ongoing firefight and eventual
recovery.
By KEVIN McCALLUM “This is truly one of the great-
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT est, if not the greatest, tragedy
A throng of federal, state and that California has ever faced,”
local officials, headed by Gov. Brown said. “The devastation is
Jerry Brown and U.S. Sens. just unbelievable. It’s a horror
Dianne Feinstein and Kamala that no one could have imag-
Harris, toured fire-ravaged San- ined.”
Hundreds of people, many of
them newly homeless, packed
the Santa Rosa High School
gymnasium where leaders ex-
pressed support for community
recovery, pleaded with people to
heed new evacuation notices and
advised residents about how to
sign up for a variety of types of
assistance. ALVIN JORNADA / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Gov. Jerry Brown, joined by Sens. Kamala Harris, left, and Dianne Feinstein,
See Brown, A8 speaks before a town hall meeting Saturday at Santa Rosa High School.

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5. “Blazing Saddles”
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24. Actress Diana 50. Keg stopper abbr.
director 1. Baggins portrayer in
27. Forceful 52. Fab Four film 54. Cosmetic surgery,
8. North American fish “The Lord of the Rings”
12. Sumatra ape
30. “Told ya!” 60. Falco of TV
2. “Tosca” tune for short SUDOKU CROSSWORD
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14. Mani’s mate 3. Close, a contract for
Hathaway 62. Lifeboat support 56. Ben Franklin’s
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We Thank the Brave Men andWomen

First Responders for Their Unwavering Help!
The Sonoma Valley Inn and the Dry Creek Inn want to extend a special thank you to the brave men and women who have
been on the front lines of one of the worst fire disasters in California history. While our hotels still stand and have been
offering shelter to people in our community since this began, many of our friends and neighbors have lost everything.

The Krug Family would like to thank you for your calls, texts, notes and concern you have shown us as our Sonoma Wine
Country community continues to struggle with this fire and its aftermath. In the meantime, if you would like to help our
community, we ask that you make a donation to Community Foundation Sonoma County. These donations will help the
thousands of people displaced in our community who are in desperate need of help. For those wishing to help animals
affected by the fires in Sonoma Valley, please donate to our friends at Pets Lifeline.

— The Krug Family

Sonoma, California Healdsburg, California

We cannot reiterate enough our condolences to everyone in the affected areas.

Our hearts are broken, our spirits are not.
THE SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2017 A7

Shaken residents pack impromptu town hall meeting

Elected officials, to businesses, as well as safety status of individual PG&E spokeman Brian
individuals and families, locations to how people Bottari said that more
emergency who have suffered losses could help. than 50,000 residences
responders tried to during the fires. And a Here’s a brief summa- initially lost power at the
clear confusion FEMA assistance center tion of some of the ques- fire’s outbreak. At press
– a “one-stop shop,” as tions and responses: time on Monday, electrici-
By JASON WALSH McGuire described it – for How will we know if ty had been fully restored.
INDEX-TRIBUNE EDITOR filing insurance claims our area is taken off the Gas, however, remained
Nearly 300 Sonoma and obtaining documents evacuation order? out.
residents, community would open next week at The Sheriff’s Office is Which fire is the most
leaders and emergency an unspecified location in issuing such notices two concerning to firefight-
responders packed the Sonoma Valley. ways – by “Nixle” text ers?
Prestwood Elementary Sonoma Valley Fire message alerts and by Akre said the fires on
School multipurpose room Chief Steve Akre was telephone notifications. Sugarloaf Ridge continue
on Friday night, Oct. 13, at joined at the town hall by Can people still get to grow.
a hastily scheduled town representatives of Cal Fire particulate-matter Sonoma resident Jody
hall meeting to gather to provide a general update masks for safe breath- Purdom submitted what
information and calm of where the flames stand: LORNA SHERIDAN/INDEX-TRIBUNE ing? was perhaps the most
fears in advance of a gusty the four fires burning this Nearly 300 people squeezed into the compact Prestwood 40,000 masks have thought-provoking, if
weekend of high winds and week in the Sonoma Valley Elementary School multipurpose room Friday for a already been issued; and unexpected question:
precarious fire conditions – now known collectively community town hall to address the fire. 20,000 more are on order. Is Sonoma prepared if
in the smoke-blanketed as in the Southern LNU They can be found at evacu- it were hit next week by
Sonoma Valley. Complex – have all con- ation centers such as Sono- an earthquake of signif-
The town hall was nected at times, burning an But Akre stressed that Fire officials said the ab- ma Valley High School. icant magnitude?
organized by state Sen. estimated 40,000 acres from “repopulation efforts” sence of people in the area What about school? To which officials
Bill Dodd and included in west of Napa to Bennett wouldn’t take place until made their work fighting The Sonoma Valley laughed nervously, and
attendance Congressman Valley, with fire damage multiple safety conditions fires far easier. Unified School District has quickly moved on to the
Mike Thompson, County to 34,000 structures – 1,000 were met, such as ensur- Fire officials fielded canceled school all next next question.
Supervisors Susan Gorin of which were entirely ing power lines were all pre-written questions week, from Oct. 16 to 20.
and Shirley Zane, state destroyed. energized and any remain- from meeting attendees What about the power Email Jason at jason.
Assemblymembers Cecilia Akre and the Cal Fire ing “hot spots” were out. about everything from the outages? walsh@sonomanews.com.
Aguiar-Curry and Marc spokesmen in attendance
Levine, state Sen. Mike were optimistic of the
McGuire, and members of “progress” being made on
the Sonoma City Council, the fires but stressed that,

A Better Job
among others. with the expected weekend
Fire and law enforce- winds, “we’re not out of
ment officials, as well as the woods yet.”
representatives from the The fires generated
state insurance agency mandatory evacuation

Is Right Here
and the Federal Emergen- orders in Glen Ellen and
cy Management Agency Kenwood – as well as east
were also on hand to of Fourth Street East,
provide remarks. north of East Napa Street,
It was the first Sonoma along with Seventh Street
Valley public meeting to East, Castle Road and
address community con- Lovall Valley Road.
cerns and confusion about Voluntary evacuation
the conflagrations that advisories, meanwhile,
have ravaged the Valley were issued last week in
since the flames first broke the City of Sonoma, Agua
out on Oct. 8. Caliente and Boyes Hot
Much of the meeting Springs.
was spent recognizing the
labors of emergency re-
Many evacuation
orders had been lifted by Where top companies
sponders and community press time on Monday,
leaders, while underscor-
ing information that had
however, burn areas such
as Glen Ellen remained
meet top candidates.
already been released in off limits.
the media. But one piece One of the most urgent
of news was announced questions attendees had
– federal assistance was: When can evacuees
funds are now available return to their homes?

Firefighter Wednesday, October 25 | 4 - 7 pm

fatality in Napa DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Sonoma Wine Country, Rohnert Park

Crashed water-tank water tank truck on the

truck near Mondavi
Winery
PRESS DEMOCRAT STAFF REPORT
A firefighter who died
early Monday was hired
as a contract firefighter,
said Napa County Cal
Fire Chief David Shew.
The man reported-
ly had been driving a
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he crashed. Shew said it
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Brown Continued from A6

“Right now we are just
here to say we are with
you, we support you, and
it’s going to be a long road
ahead,” Harris said. “But
there’s been so much
courage coming out of this
community.”
The deadliest of the
local blazes, the Tubbs fire,
which started in Calistoga
Sunday night and roared
into Santa Rosa, has
claimed at least 22 lives
and burned more than
35,000 acres.
In Santa Rosa alone, it
has destroyed more than
2,800 homes and 400,000
square feet of commercial
space.
While officials described
significant progress in
fighting the fires – the
Tubbs fire was at 50
percent containment
Saturday night – they
also stressed that dan-
ger remained, with new
evacuation orders imposed
on hundreds of homes in
eastern Santa Rosa early
Saturday.
“We’re not out of the
woods yet,” Brown said,
urging people to stay alert
and be ready to evacuate.
State and federal
elected officials joined
local county supervisors,
Santa Rosa City Council
members and others for
a closed-door briefing at
the high school. Brown’s
staff referred to the
briefing as “private,” and
members of the media
were denied access. The
group emerged about half
an hour later and gave a
brief press conference.
While the officials
vowed to find additional
funding, there were few
specifics. Feinstein said
she and Harris would
“put our heads together”
to find ways to make sure
the federal disaster relief
funds were “beefed up”
in response to what is
now the most devastating
wildfire in state history, in
terms of both the number
of dead and structures
lost.
Feinstein said she
received assurances from
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency officials
that disaster relief would
be available not only to
reimburse government
agencies for their costs,
but individuals, too.
The terms and extent of
that assistance were not
immediately clear. One
man who lost his home
said he tried to sign up for
FEMA disaster assistance
and was told his income
was too high to qualify.
The politicians earned
cheers from hundreds of
residents in attendance
when they praised the
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work of firefighters and
police and pledged to sup-
port the city’s recovery.
But there were some
pointed questions from
residents who criticized
Sonoma County’s emer-
gency alert system.
Buffi Frazier, a resident
of Mark West Springs
Road, said she and her
family almost didn’t make
it out of their neighbor-
hood because the emer-
gency alert she received
on her landline around
11:30 p.m. was “vague” and
“very ambiguous.”
“It said ‘Prepare to
evacuate. It is highly
recommended that you
evacuate,’” Frazier said.
“We took that to mean that
we should think about
evacuating. Not that we
should get out now. It was
very confusing.”
She said that within 45
minutes “our community
was on fire, so I’d like to
know what that call was
supposed to tell us.”
Santa Rosa Fire Chief
Tony Gossner said he
couldn’t remember the
exact wording of the mes-
sage, but he said the intent
was clear.
“We wanted people to
evacuate because (the fire)
was coming,” Gossner
said.
He explained that as the
number of people with
landlines has declined
from over 300,000 to
around 175,000, the county
has implemented a cell-
phone-based alert system
SoCo Alerts, for which
people need to sign up.
The county Office of
Emergency Services
calls landlines through
a reverse 911 system and
issues the SoCo Alerts
to cellphones, and sends
out Nixle alerts through
emails, Sheriff Rob Giorda-
no said.
Some areas did receive
messages to “prepare”
to evacuate, Giordano
said, “because we weren’t
expecting fire there right
away, but we needed to get
people ready.”
But the fire moved so
“unbelievably fast,” he
said, that it may have
destroyed the infrastruc-
ture needed to send out
additional messages
“What happened was
everything burned down.
We lost cell towers, we lost
landlines, so a lot of people
didn’t get calls because
they didn’t have any way
to get calls anymore,”
Giordano said.
While he stressed that
multiple messages went
out to numerous people
that evening, Giordano
acknowledged the “system
itself is only so good.”
Parishioners gather for comfort,
Hundreds attend
citywide prayer
service in Santa Rosa
By ROBERT DIGITALE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Kathleen Fidler said she
came Sunday morning to
St. Francis Solano Cath-
olic Church in Sonoma
to praise God for keeping
friends and family safe
and “for a home still
standing.”
Fidler, a lifelong Sono-
ma Valley resident, lives
in a Boyes Hot Springs
home still in a voluntary
evacuation zone. She sug-
gested her religious faith
has proved vital when
coping with a horrific
week of fires that brought
death, destroyed homes
and turned upside down
the lives of people around
the region.
“We have to put our
trust in God,” she said,
standing in the morning
sunshine outside a side
door after service. “Some-
times there’s nothing
else.”
Even as firefighters
battled in the nearby hills,
church members around
Sonoma County came
together Sunday to hear
words of comfort and care
for fellow parishioners.
The gatherings includ-
ed an evening citywide
prayer service in Santa
Rosa attended by about
700 people and led by half
a dozen pastors and min-
istry leaders whose own
homes had burned to the
ground.
Despite the historic
losses, pastors and church
members said they were
encouraged by stories of
those inside and outside
OCTOB ER 29, 2017
S u ppo rt th e Fu t u r e O f Ag r icu lt u r e!
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Crosspoint Church Pastor Mike Baker and wife Zoë pray
with the crowd at an areawide prayer service held at the
Redwood Covenant Church,in Santa Rosa on Sunday. The
Bakers lost their home in the Coffey Park neighborhood to
the Tubbs fire.
the county who already
have given generously
to those in need. They
predicted the region’s
residents together would
rebuild what the fires took
away.
The last week “turns
the page on a new chap-
ter in our region’s histo-
ry,” said Adam Peacocke,
one of the leaders who
coordinated the citywide
prayer service at Red-
wood Covenant Church
in Santa Rosa. “But I
don’t think the wildfires
are going to write that
chapter. I think we will
together.”
At the 9 a.m. Mass at St.
Francis Solano, the Rev.
Alvin Villaruel told pa-
rishioners he had looked
from his second floor
office about 2:30 a.m. Sat-
urday and beheld the red
glow of flames in the hills
about three miles away.
“It looked so close,” he
said.
Villaruel,who has been
CHRISTOPHER CHUNG / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
pastor of St. Francis
Solano about 18 months,
prayed those who lost
loved ones or property
“may find comfort and
healing and the support of
our community.”
Among those lead-
ing prayer at Sunday’s
citywide service in Santa
Rosa was Mike Baker,
pastor at Crosspoint
Community Church on
Guerneville Road. Baker’s
family is one of 10 at the
church that lost homes to
the fires.
“Who needs peace
tonight?” he asked at the
citywide service before
praying for God to “stop
the fires in their tracks.”
Baker and his family
escaped the inferno that
destroyed hundreds of
homes in Santa Rosa’s
Coffey Park neighbor-
hood.
Baker admitted it was
hard to live with the un-
certainty of not knowing
where he will house his
family in weeks ahead.
But he has been over-
whelmed by the generosi-
ty of others.
Leaders from Baptist
churches in Northern and
Central California warned
him last week they had
collected so many do-
nations that they were
sending the collection to
Crosspoint in a big rig.
However, he said, “they
didn’t warn me that the
18-wheeler was only one
of eight trucks coming
here.”
Church volunteers
spent six hours after ser-
vice Sunday giving away
food, toiletries, water,
shoes and other supplies
to anyone in need, but
that didn’t make much of
a dent in the inventory.
“It would blow you
away to see how much we
still have to give away,”
Baker said.
After leaving Coffey
Park in flames early
Monday, Baker, his wife
Zoë and their children,
Caitlyn, 8, and Zachary,
4, eventually went to
Rohnert Park, where from
a friend’s commercial
rooftop they watched
smoke rise and ash fall
over the city. Atop the
roof, Caitlyn reminded
her father of a Sunday
School lesson that had
been reinforced to her
when the family went to
Africa on a summer mis-
sions trip.
Baker recalled she told
him, “Well, Daddy, I guess
this is why we don’t store
up treasures here on
earth.”
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Schools Continued from A1 Human Resources Director Loy-

al Carlon on Monday.
Staff had just returned from
SVHS TO THE RESCUE
According to Congressman Mike
fires. In addition to preparing She does not expect any sports
handouts of the resources avail- events to take place this week.
able to families, he was working “We have concern about
Sonoma Valley High School surveying all the campuses and Thompson, the Sonoma Valley High on logistical issues as well. air quality, we aren’t sure our
and the campground at Sonoma reported that the only campus shelter provided a safe place for “We’re working on transpor- coaches are available, we don’t
Raceway that had been available to sustain any damage was Glen more than 350 Valley residents tation issues in particular,” said know which teams would be
to evacuees both closed on Mon- Ellen’s Dunbar School, and the during the first nights of the fires, Carlon. “Our bus drivers will available to play, we don’t even
day, Oct. 10. Over the next few news from there was better than with numbers going down each be doing test runs know if we have all of
weeks, the County will be as- expected. night and 46 people staying there to see which roads our atletes available,”
sessing locations for longer-term “Dunbar’s outdoor stage and on Sunday night. On Sunday, City are passable and she said. “There are so
shelters. kindergarten playground were and school district staff met per- to adjust routes if ‘Enrollment many unknown factors
sonally with the shelter residents to
People will be transitioned to
alternative shelters in Sonoma
damaged but the overall campus
is fine,” said Carlon. provide this information, to answer
necessary.” Carlon
was unsure at press
may take a hit. that we can’t guess yet
at when sports will
County. According to Sonoma “We’re incredibly grateful to their questions, and to support them time what kind of We just don’t resume.”
through this next transition.
Police Chief Bret Sackett, on
Sunday evening, the evacuees
the firefighters and first re-
sponders,” said Dunbar princi-
arrangements would
or could be made for
know yet.’ theCarlon reported that
school’s main-
“We would like to extend a huge
were steered primarily to a shel- pal Jilliam Beall. “It is because thank you to the Sonoma Valley families now staying — Loyal Carlon tenance crews were
ter in Petaluma or the shelter at of them that, in our 160th year, Unified School District, who opened, in shelters outside of working long hours
the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds. He Dunbar remains standing managed and operated this shelter Sonoma Valley. fanning out to check
said that the move was expected strong.” since the first day of the fire storm,” “Enrollment may take a hit,” all campuses and begin clean-
to be complete by late afternoon The district office has distrib- said Thompson. “The shelter was he said. “We just don’t know ing and preparing the sites for
on Monday. uted surveys via Google Docs to entirely staffed by the administra- yet.” students next week.
As of midday on Monday, assess how many of their staff tors, teachers and staff of the school Sonoma Valley High School In terms of preparing for the
Flowery and Dunbar elementa- members were affected by the district and our amazing community principal Kathleen Hawing said start of school on Monday, Oct.
ry schools,and Altimira Middle fire and expected to have trouble volunteers.” that students are beginning to 23, Carlon said that the district
School, as well as the district returning to work on Monday. talk about rescheduling Home- was required to change every air
offices on Railroad Avenue, were The survey asked campus coming. filter on every campus. Sonoma
still without power, including principals to share any informa- for students to return on Oct “We want to move forward Valley High, which served as an
phone and Internet service, as tion they had of school families 23. The district is also exploring with Homecoming,” said Haw- evacuation center for a week,
was the Sonoma Valley Educa- impacted by the fire. the possibility of rescheduling ing. “We are working on and it is being cleaned “from top to
tion Foundation, which is locat- “We’ll been gathering and parent conferences. and consulting the with City on bottom.”
ed on the district office grounds. analyzing that information all Carlon planned to meet with ways that we might still make it
“We have been told by PG&E week,” said Carlon. the district school leadership happen.” Contact Lorna at ourschools@
that they are going to try to get According to Carlon, teachers team throughout the week to Hawing pointed out that sonomanews.com.
power restored to our campuses are planning to return to work discuss how to support school sports competitions are likely
overnight tonight,” said district on Thursday, Oct. 19 to prepare staff and families affected by the to be impacted by the closure.

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A12 THE SONOMA INDEX-TRIBUNE • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2017

With wildfires raging throughout

Sonoma County and beyond,
we’re doing everything we can
to help support those affected by
these devastating fires, including
delivering supplies to meet immediate
needs and matching in-store donations
up to $10,000 for the American
Red Cross. We’re all in this together!

U S DA C H O I C E

ANGUS
PREMIUM BEEF

NON GMO

$
12 99
2
$ 99 $
21 99
Fresh to Market Premium Rocky Whole Chicken Legs Fresh Wild-Caught Alaskan
Angus Beef Boneless Certified Non-GMO. Air Chilled—No Added Water. Free Halibut Fillets
New York Steaks / LB. Range. Raised Locally, Sustainably and Humanely. All- / LB. Rich in Protein and Omega-3 Essential Fats, / LB.
All Natural. USDA Choice. Vegetarian Diet. No Added Hormones, Antibiotics or Steroids. Plus a Variety of Vitamins and Minerals.

$ 99
2 1
$ 49 $ 99
1
Organic Honeycrisp Apples Organic Bunched Celery Fuyu Persimmons
Washington-Grown Salinas, California-Grown. Reedley, California-Grown.
/ LB. / LB. / LB.

Nabisco
Saltine
Tony's Quaker Oats Crackers or
Chocolonely Selected Varieties. Chips Ahoy
Chocolate Bars 42 oz. Canister. Cookies

2
Selected Varieties. Selected Varieites.
6 oz. Bar.
$ 99 7-17 oz. Package.

2/$
5 1
$ 99

Cucina Antica Dreyer's

Tuscany Fruit Bars or
Pumpkin Sauce Montebello
ebello Coconut Bliss
25 oz. Jar. Pasta Ice Cream Bars

3
Selected Varieties. Selected Varieties.

$ 99 16 oz. Package. 3-12 ct. Package.

2/$
5 2/$
7
Quilted
Northern
Mega Roll Applegate Café Fanny
Bath Tissue Farms Organic Granola
Selected Varieties. Deli Meat Selected Varieties.
12 rl. Package. Selected Varieties. 12 oz. Package

12 3
6 oz. Package.

$ 99 $ 99
3
$ 99

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