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Spring Meeting Recap
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• Sunday, March 18th, 2012
It was an awesome West End Spring Meeting. Over 50 neighbors and friends came out to hear the latest news, discuss recent issues and to meet up with other neighbors. We heard how we can work as a collective team to fight crime in the neighborhood. We also had our newest neighbor attend (see photo  below).

Our newest West Ender was at the meeting

 For those of you who did not attend, Jennifer Watson has prepared this brief recap of our featured speakers.

Sergeant Rich Celli and his colleague Officer Dan Marincik attended the neighborhood meeting last week to speak about the recent drug-related arrests and to commend the neighborhood on our involvement.  Sgt. Celli and Officer Marincik want to encourage neighbors to continue to call to report suspicious activity, people or vehicles.   Remember that this is our neighborhood, not the drug dealers.  Let’s work together with the Police so this crew gets the message that selling drugs is not OK in our neighborhood! Here is how you can help…

Non-Emergency Dispatch, 528-5222 – To report suspicious people, vehicles or activity.  Remember that any description you have can really help (gender, race, approx height, weight, clothing, car color, address, etc.)

Graffiti Hotline, 543-3499 – To report graffiti.  There has been a spike in graffiti around the city and in our neighborhood.  There is once again a member of SR Police actively responding to reports called into the Graffiti Hotline.  If you see graffiti ‘in progress’, please call Non-Emergency Dispatch.

We are extremely fortunate to have the Downtown Enforcement Team covering our neighborhood. If you are aware of an emerging or existing pattern of issues report to Non-Emergency Dispatch (available 24/7) first and then follow up with Sergeant Celli or Officer Dan Marincik (Not on call 24/7, they will respond when they are able.)

Sergeant Rich Celli, 543-3639, rcelli@srcity.org – Sergeant Celli is in charge of the ‘Downtown Enforcement Team’ and Beat 9 (he also handles Traffic.)  He works on the ‘big picture’ and is also out on the streets of our neighborhood.

Officer Dan Marincik, 543-3600 ext 3879, dmarincik@srcity.org –Officer Marincik is part of the ‘Downtown Enforcement Team’ and his active patrol area includes our neighborhood.

For more information about the March 12th arrests on Lincoln & Ripley Streets, read the press release from Sgt. Richard Celli and view the Press Democrat article

Ripley Street rock cocaine arrest -SRPD Press Release

(Excellent report Jennifer! )

Graffiti? A pothole that needs filling? Just released: An app for iPhone or Android called “My Santa Rosa” that allows citizens to report problems to the City directly. Description: Issues submitted with this application go directly into the issue tracking system in Santa Rosa, CA. This ensures the fasted response as your issue is automatically routed to the appropriate employee to handle your issue. Please report issues as you see them so we can make Santa Rosa, CA an even better place to live and work.
Crime Alert: Somebody broke into a Carport storage area on the 200 block of W. 6th Street. Locks were cut- mostly tools stolen. This happened on 3/16, Friday sometime after 11:45 p.m. A police report was filed.

 Do you have a crime to report? Post it on our Facebook page so the whole neighborhood hears about it. http://www.facebook.com/groups/45503934491

The West End Neighborhood where urbanism, preservation, art and people come together! For the latest updates, crime alerts, full calendar of events and photos- go the West End Neighborhood website. Click Here!

 

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The latest W. E. Scoop Thursday night at 7 p.m.
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• Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
So much to talk about! Cocaine Arrests, BoDean Asphalt Co., graffiti and a lack of pedestrian access through the downtown mall are all subjects we can discuss at the West End Neighborhood Association Spring Meeting.  Sgt. Rich Celli and  the City of S. R.’s Assistant City Manager Jennifer Phillips will be on had to provide us with information. Find out what’s going on- we’ll see you at the meeting. 
West End Spring Meeting at DeTurk Round Barn

West End Spring Meeting at DeTurk Round Barn

March 15th, Thursday- West End Neighborhood Association Spring Meeting. Location: DeTurk Round Barn Time: 7 p.m.

Ripley Street rock cocaine arrest -SRPD Press Release

Gaye LeBaron: Discussions over Santa Rosa Plaza nothing new

For over 35 years, many citizens have felt that downtown Santa Rosa has been divided by monolith called the Santa Rosa Plaza. Recently, the mall owner/manager Simon Property Group (aka the largest real estate company in the U.S.) while going through the City’s Design review process completely refuses to improve the situation in anyway. Read Gaye LeBaron’s fascinating look at the long running, infamous debate.

Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board – The S. R. City Council is seeking applications from interested citizens to fill one at-large position representing the Senior Community on the City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board. BPAB provides City staff with input on the type of pedestrian and bicycle transportation projects that should be considered for commuting and what priority those projects should have.   Board meets on the third Thursday of every month from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the City Hall Annex, 90 Santa Rosa Avenue. For more info or an application call (707) 543-3010, or visit the City’s website . Deadline on Thursday, March 22, 2012.  DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION HERE

First Saturday Clean Up a Success-  fifty volunteers turned out on the  March 3, 2012, First Saturday clean up on Santa Rosa Creek along the Prince Memorial Greenway. The creek and Olive Park look a lot better after the efforts of neighbors along with youth and parents of Santa Rosa Mothers Club, Rincon Valley Middle School, Willowside Middle School, Boy Scout Troop 509, Club Scout Pack 20, Cub Scout Pack 58, American Heritage Girls Troop 58 and Club Scout Pack 134.Remember the next “First Saturday clean ups” are on April 7th and May 5th. Congratulations to West Ender Stan Gow for the great service First Saturday provides to the community. It you would like to receive updates go to http://firstsaturdaycleanup.org

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Assistance League is a West End Sponsor

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Late January News
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• Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

The rain and thunder is over for now. Updates on music, classes and neighbor news.

First Qigong Class- The first Santa Rosa Rec & Parks class was held on January 18th- Flying Crane Qigong. This 4 week class is held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Additional classes available in Feburary, March, May and June.  DeTurk Class Cost is $46. To register call 543-3737 or santarosarec.com

Flying Crane Qigong at DeTurk Round Barn

West End Artist, Bob Ankers featured in the 18th annual Art at the Source Tour. Bob works in a wide variety of materials and makes mobiles, sculptures and paintings and will hold his W. 7th Street studio/home open on tour weekends. The Art at the Source catalog will be available in April. Tour held two weekends in June- 2nd & 3rd; 9 & 10th.

January 24th, Tuesday- ’Music, Meditation and Stillness’ Come enjoy 20 minutes of grounding cello; 20 minutes of stillness and 20 minutes of gently rejuvenating violin.  Every Monday morning 10-11am and  every Tuesday evening 6-7pm www.anantafiddlehooper.com  Location: Arlene Francis Center, 99 Sixth Street

January 27th, Friday- Multi-Level Yoga with instructor Ed Levinson. Bring a yoga mat if you have one (small selection available to use on a first come, first serve basis).
The class fee is based on a suggested sliding scale of between $5 and $15. This class will be appropriate for any level of student, even absolute beginners Location: The Arlene Francis Center Time: 11:00am until 1:00pm Facebook

Jan. 27th, Friday – Pride & Joy + DJ Rob Cervantes  (Motown) $15 • 21+ Location: Last Day Saloon Time: 8:30 PM door • 9:00 PM show 

Last Day Saloon

Last Day Saloon

Jan. 28th, Saturday -6th Street Improv! Studio Theatre:  Step back in time with 6th Street Improv as the troupe takes audience suggestions to create a funny and entertaining 1940′s style Improvised Radio Show with music, sound effects, comedy and a sponsor from, well only The Shadow knows. Tickets $14. Location: 6th Street Playhouse 52 W. 6th Street Time: visit website for showtime and tickets

February 4th, Saturday- Rock and Roll Detention. 3 Local bands: The Coast Pilots, Third Rail and Court’n’Disaster. Court ‘N’ Disaster, a Honky-Tonk, Classic Country, Country Band with Sonoma County’s Own Judge Jim Bertoli and Judge Brad DeMeo along with law clerks, legal assistants, etc. that’s either Courting Disaster or The Court In Disaster. Music and wine tasting to benefit the Rincon Valley Education Foundation. $20 Location: Last Day Saloon Time: Doors 7:30 Show 8 p.m. Rock and Roll Detention

Court 'n' Disaster

Mail stolen from box. A Jefferson Street neighbor reports: A neighbor told me that some of my mail was at his back door under a step. I left 6 envelopes in my mailbox at 9am to be picked up by the mailperson in the afternoon.  Evidently before she arrived it was stolen.  There were 5 envelops with checks in them – one recovered by the neighbor.  I put a stop payment on all the checks and reported this to SRPD. It is a sad state now that I can not even leave outgoing mail in my personal mailbox on the porch. Please let others know that they may also have had outgoing mail taken from their box on Friday. Thanks Susan S Hayes

Online Report available- Do you know about a street light that is out? or a pot hole that needs to be fixed? The City of SR has an online problem report. Get pole number for the street light and nearest address if available. Online Problem Report

Postage Stamps rise to 45 Cents- Press Democrat

Do you have any Pet Friendly news? a photo of your West End dog? or something else that will delight animal lovers? Email Lea Barron-Thomas

 

 

 

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January News
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• Thursday, January 12th, 2012
 The birds are singing, the sun is shining… Is it winter time? Western Farm is in the news, SMART has announced that they will be able to extend the line to the Guerneville Road Station and a house of despair gets hope.

Neighbors:

Thank Goodness!  This once glorious historic building has had a very sad history of neglect and abuse. West Enders Betsy Hall and Gene Wright have purchased the house on the corner of 7th and Davis and will slowly revive the property. They plan to make it a property that will make the West End proud.  It’s a big project but it will make such a difference to this neighborhood. Thank you!

A West End house of dreams

Luther Burbank Parade Entry: A West End Neighborhood entry in the parade this year?  Deborah Crippen has a few ideas… any one else interested in getting involved? The parade is on May 19th and the theme is Rockin’ Round the Roses.

Parade potential?

Things to do:

Jan. 13th, Friday – Daniel Castro Band  (blues) $10 21yrs+ Location: Last Day Saloon  Time: 8:00 PM door • 8:30 PM show

Jan. 14th, Saturday -  Tainted Love + DJ Rob Cervantes  (80′s dance hits) $20 21yrs+ Location: Last Day Saloon Time:  9:00 PM door • 9:30 PM

News:

Western Farm Center: Feed Store a Paradise for Pets. Press Democrat  More photos here.

Smart Announces Plans for Additional Stations Press Democrat

6th Street underpass: Work should start sometime after May 14th and projected to take 26 weeks to complete. This will complete an anticipated cross town connection. 6th/ W. 6th is designated as a bicycle boulevard on the Bicycle Master Plan

Crime Reports:

01/05/2012 09:30 PM. Madison St. Vandalism just occurred Case number: 120050373

01/05/2012 09:18 PM. Disturbance Party Decker St. Case number: 120050369

01/05/2012 06:49 PM. Boyce St. Burglary  Report Case number: 120050330

12/23/2011 09:21 PM – Boyce Street Arrest Case number: 113570263

 12/26/2011 02:06 AM. W 7th Street/Madison Street suspicious circumstances Case number: 113600010

12/29/2011 01:10 PM. W6th St./Adams Street Suspicious veh occupied Case number: 113630139

12/29/2011 10:41 PM Hewett Street Disturbance Party Case number: 113580210

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Late December News
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• Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Mark Adams from TLCD Architecture, the designer and lead architect of the DeTurk remodel, has suddenly passed at the end of November.   You  may remember him from meetings during the remodeling process.  A Celebration of Life for Mark Adams will be held December 30th, at 5pm at the DeTurk Round Barn.  Press Democrat      Celebration of Life for Mark Adams

Mark Adams, center, at DeTurk Barn opening

Mark Adams, center, at DeTurk Barn opening

William Smith, artist/printmaker and a West End resident, will be creating the Bohemian’s New Year’s cover. The theme is “End of the World”… it will be interesting! Will is also a selected artist in the Sonoma Valley Museum of Arts upcoming show, “Undiscovered”. From the SVMA website: Sonoma County is rich in innovative artists that practice creativity and inspiration in diverse and dynamic ways. Michael Schwager, Gallery Director and Professor at Sonoma State University and Kate Eilertsen, Executive Director for SVMA, have chosen five artists who live and work in Sonoma County whose work has not been seen in galleries or museums and who have not been given the attention they deserve. Cathy Ellis, Peter Hassen, Ryan Lely, William Smith and Esther Traugot will present their work in this lively exhibition.   The who runs January 14th- March 18th at  Sonoma Valley Museum of Art 551 Broadway Sonoma, CA 95476

DeTurk Round Barn by William Smith

 

Ananta, multi-talented musician and hula-hooper, invites you to her standing Tuesday evening gig called “Music, Meditation and Stillness”- a music induced meditation. This hour long meditation session will begin with 20 minutes of calming cello dropping us into 20 minutes of silent stillness and ending with 15 minutes of soothing yet awakening violin. www.anantafiddlehooper.com Location: dhyana Center Educational Loft 186 North Main Street, Ste. 250 Time: Every Tuesday evening from 6- 7 p.m.

Call for Artists: Artist Billboard Project in Santa Rosa In the spirit of phantom galleries, the Artist Billboard Project aims to place artwork in vacant spaces around Santa Rosa. Instead of occupying vacant buildings, this project will place artist designed and fabricated billboards in empty lots throughout the city on a temporary basis. Finished works will be installed in available locations as determined by the City of Santa Rosa. For the full RFQ http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/doclib/Documents/RFQArtistBillboards.pdf   Application Deadline is January 31st, 2012.

Call for Artists: National Arts Program Exhibition & Competition The City of Santa Rosa is proud to announce the 9th Annual National Arts Program Exhibition and Competition. The Call to Artists is open to all City of Santa Rosa residents, city employees and relatives of city employees.   For more info:  http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/recreationandparks/programs/artsandculture/exhibitions/Pages/default.aspx Entry Deadline: January 9, 2012

Santa Rosa hires community engagement coordinator By Kevin McCallum The Press Democrat

Neighborhood Watch Updates:

Graffiti report: Neighbor reports that their truck was tagged while parked on the street. (See photo). This new tagger has been causing quite a bit of trouble around here.

Graffitti on W. 8th St.

Uninvited Guest Report: W. 6th Street neighbor reports that they found their garage door flung open and inside, on the floor, was a large, dirty windbreaker jacket. Evidently, somebody entered the garage but it was unclear if anything had been taken. This long term resident always keeps their garage door closed, but unlocked. That will now change.

12/13/2011 05:44 pm Boyce St./Donahue St.   SUSPICIOUS VEH OCCUPIED Case number: 113470304

12/19/2011 05:15 PM. Ripley St./Scott St. Suspicious person Case number: 113530220

12/23/2011 10Th Street/Cleveland Ave. 08:50 AM 08:50 AM. SUSPICIOUS PERSON Case number: 113570047

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W. E. Neighborhood Watch- Upper W. E.
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• Monday, November 28th, 2011
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Disturbance of the Peace- Ripley Court area. Upper West End reports a number of large parties over the weekend. On Saturday the police responded numerous times, with people dispersing then returning to continue after police left. There was apparently a large fight (that was around 2:00 AM). Noisy Revelers parked on nearby streets, arriving and leaving until very late.
This is not the first time Upper West End has been disturbed by activities at Ripley Court, but this seems like an escalation. As neighbors, we must work together to resolve this issue. Neighbors are asked to call the police immediately to report suspicious or disturbing activities- 528-5222. Also, if you witnessed or have additional information about this situation please let us know: westend@sonic.net

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Crime Report- Bike stolen
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• Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
Bikes are evidently a popular item for theft. Living downtown… most of us have bikes to get around. Many neighbors are serious Grand Fondo type bike riders and a few residents have custom made creations. Let’s be diligent about protecting our bikes. Watch for suspicious people especially when they are where they don’t belong… like on your neighbor’s property.

Hey Guys
Finn’s bike was stolen last week too. We figure out of our driveway here on Jefferson.  We aren’t big lock everything up kind of people but just a heads up, they are out there….
Paul Malone

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Crime Report- Bike & Break in
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• Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Two reports came in today… limited information available at this time. Will report more info when & if available. In the meantime, use this info to raise the awareness around the neighborhood.  

October 22nd, Saturday- At CHOP’s -Male suspect pulled out bolt cutters and tried to steal one of the Teen Club members bike. This was in broad daylight right in front of the front door. Luckily a supervisor saw him and confronted him. In doing so….. Saved the bike, but the man ran off into the neighborhood. The supervisor did call the police to let them know about the suspicious behavior and to give them a description of what he looked like.

October 18th, Tuesday, 6:50 pm –  Burglary, breaking and entering. 3XX Decker St. DECKER ST

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Crime Report- Burning Man Tricycle stolen
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• Tuesday, September 06th, 2011
This is a bummer… but seems like it should be an easy thing to spot. Be on the look out!

Hi I was hoping you could print a crime report for me.  My Burning Man Tricycle was stolen from my gated back yard.  It was a funky blue tricycle with fake black fur glued to the seat, red sequin fabric on the bar that connects the two wheels, a license plate from Jalisco Mexico on the back, two baskets- the one in front was black and newish, the one in the back was white, and there were some crazy black and red fuzzy spiders on the basket.  The tricycle isn’t really worth anything except to me.  It was taken from my back yard on 10th and Ripley.  If you see it my number is 707-321-7786

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Crime report- Pierson Street
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• Friday, August 05th, 2011
Be mindful- if you see someone on your neighbors property that is not your neighbor… give you neighbor a call to check in. If it’s really suspicious- call SRPD.

Hi,   I wanted to report a crime.  Last night (August 4th) the Yakima bicycle roof rack was stolen off my car, which was parked under a streetlight in front of my house on Pierson St.  The rack was locked onto the car, so the thief had to either pick the locks or saw through the lower attachments.  The rack was valued at approximately $700.

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Artist and Performers : Are you a West End performer, artist or other talented individual? Don’t be shy! Share your performance dates and events with the neighborhood. Our West End Artist email go out about once a month- sometimes more because we are so blessed. We want to support you. Contact Lea Barron-Thomas at  westend @sonic.net

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