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News: Fatality on SMART tracks

The healing power Woman struck, killed in Santa Rosa. PAGE A4

of nature Schools: Third graders dig science


Valley Vista’s hands-on dino lesson. PAGE B6
■ Ancient practice of forest bathing finds
Food: Old world flavors at Volpi’s
a local following. PAGE C1 Popular Italian spot endures. PAGE D1

PETALUMA

Argus Courier
California General Excellence Winner FEBRUARY 1, 2018 ■ PETALUMA360.COM An edition of The Press Democrat

Teen seriously injured after car crash block from the Hopkins home
Casa students, allegedly street racing in east HOW TO HELP when a BMW 335I that was rac-
Petaluma, crashed into third car at up to 80 mph www.gofundme.com/help- ing another car along Sonoma
christopher-hopkins-recover Mountain Parkway slammed
By HANNAH BEAUSANG hospital. into their Mercury Grand Mar-
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF A subsequent call from a when he received the news that quis at speeds of up to 80 miles
What began as a typical trauma nurse at Santa Rosa his son was critically injured. an hour, Petaluma Police Lt.
Thursday for 14-year-old Memorial Hospital was one that Christopher Hopkins, a Tim Lyons said.
Christopher Hopkins took a Christopher Hopkins’ father, freshman at Casa Grande High A second driver of a gray or
terrifying turn after another James Hopkins, never expected School, normally takes the black Subaru WRX with tinted
teen, who was allegedly street to receive. bus home from school, and his windows didn’t stop, and is still
racing, slammed into Hop- “I just panicked. I immediate- father was unaware that his wanted by police, he said. GO FUND ME

kins’ grandparent’s car while ly dropped everything and went son had been picked up by his The driver of the BMW, a Christopher Hopkins was critically
they were driving home from to the hospital,” said James mother’s parents that Thurs- hurt when a car he was riding in
school, sending six people to the Hopkins, 44, who was at work day. The three were half of a See Crash, A7 was hit by an apparent street racer.

■ LUMACON ■
Petaluma
radio
The force is strong with this one station to
air fulltime
KPCA expected to
receive license for
24-7 broadcasting
By MATT BROWN
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
Petaluma’s radio station,
KPCA, celebrates its one-year
anniversary this week with
some good news: Federal regula-
tors have cleared the way for the
station to begin broadcasting 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
The station launched on
Feb. 2, 2017, first broadcasting
over the Internet. Five months
later, local programming began
airing on 103.3 FM, a signal
the Petaluma station shared
with public broadcasters in
Napa and Sonoma. The shared
arrangement meant that the
Petaluma station could only air
two days per week.
Last week, though, the Fed-

See Radio, A8

Advocates
CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

Two year-old Michael Waechtler of Fairfield dressed as Darth Vader and was greeted by other Star Wars characters at the 4th annual
appeal for
LumaCon at the Community Center in Lucchesi Park on Jan 27. For more photos from LumaCon, see petaluma360.com.
housing
‘We’re not as inclusive as
we might think:’ A plea

New center planned for at-risk kids for affordable housing


By HANNAH BEAUSANG
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

Petaluma Salvation Army getting work together to expand services and help Homes were already scarce
youth who need a boost. and rents were skyrocketing in
facelift, will serve nonprofits “The most exciting part is that we are the county’s second largest city
that work with troubled youth finally finding ways to collaborate that before deadly fires destroyed
don’t feel like more work and more confu- more than 5,000 homes in sur-
By HANNAH BEAUSANG sion about who’s doing what,” Mentor Me’s rounding municipalities.
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF Executive Director Deborah Dalton said. Housing advocates, exasper-
A group of Petaluma nonprofits is creat- “We’re learning how to bring organizations ated at what they views as a
ing an east side community center to reach together and collaborate in a really effec- lack of city leadership on the
some of the city’s most vulnerable resi- tive and powerful way.” issue, have attended several
dents — homeless and at-risk young adults. The project — dubbed the Transition Age city council meetings since the
The project at the Salvation Army’s Youth Service Alliance — is envisioned to October firestorm to plead with
South McDowell Boulevard facility is a be a “one-stop shop” for youth ages 16 to elected officials for more action
CRISSY PASCUAL / ARGUS-COURIER STAFF
convergence of efforts from service clubs, 24, a demographic that’s difficult to reach on the housing crisis. The city
community leaders and nonprofits, and but in dire need of services, Dalton said. Mentor Me executive director Deborah Dalton, will hold its first public forum
would allow Mentor Me, Petaluma People left, talks with RK Wall-Polin, the Petaluma
Services Center and the Salvation Army to See Salvation, A8 Peoples Services Youth Link Case Manager. See Forum, A3

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