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Tuesday, June 25th, 2002
The Night’s Blooming opens to RAVE reviews. The Opening weekend brought in so much business that the owners had to ask the city for spcial permits to keep it running into the wee hours of the morning.
The club, which had a hard time getting off the ground, due to local housing concerns. The residential housing all around the area was very vocal in it’s concerns over noise. However, because the designs by the architect for Nights, Trei DuMont of the architecture firm DuMont Designs, presented such a bold plan for the building all concerns were quieted.
“The local High Society scene will never be the same. Our common belief that the nightlife of Santa Rosa is dead isn’t true anymore,” quote from the Society Editor.
The Wine Train Moves In
In another daring and bold move Elizabeth Lee-Wilhelm secures Rail Road for the Santa Rosa Resort. One of the promised features of the new resort was its Train Tour of the Wine Country. With a bravo that hasn’t been seen sense the old Rail Tycoons of the Gold Rush area Miss Lee-Wilhelm showed the North Coast Railroad Authority that Santa Rosa was a place for Trains. “It was simple really,” she said to the press, “all I did was illustrate to them all the money that would be gained for their organization and puff it all fell into place.”
However simple Miss Lee-Wilhelm wishes to make it sound we have been following the reported impossibility of getting the Rail to move again in Santa Rosa and nothing short of the State Congress was going to get it to happen before she got here. Local Labor Unions are very excited about the jobs that this will be opening up.
Local News
June, 26th, 2002 – Santa Rosa
Police report an increase in prostitution while at the same time there is a drop in drug arrests throughout Santa Rosa. Law enforcement is unable to explain why the sudden increase.
June, 28th, 2002 – Santa Rosa
The Luther Burbank Center’s Treasures of the Louvre finally left for it’s next stop. The tour that was scheduled to leave on the 18th extended its stay till the 28th. High-ticket sales kept the show going for the extended time. Seems Sonoma County really likes traveling art.
Sports
June, 29th, 2002 – Santa Rosa
The Mighty Butch Quinn who has been on an East Coast Tour to promote his return to the Ring will be returning to Santa Rosa within the next couple of weeks. The Boxer who has been “hob knobbing’ with the East Coast rich and famous has giving no date for his next match. Previous dates have been canceled do to scheduling concerns.
Local News
June, 12, 2002 – Santa Rosa
Unexplained power outage reported by random business and homes all over Santa Rosa. PG&E offer no explaination other than to say, "we can't seem to localize it yet."
June, 13, 2002 - Santa Rosa
The random power outages finally stopped. PG&E claim that it was a bug in their new software NETWORK and have work out the problem.
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2002 – Petaluma
Local raising star cut down in horrible car crash.
Jeremey Magara, famed skateboard athlete, was crossing the street on George Washington Boulevard at 8 a.m. when a car lost control and zipped through the red light. Friends of Mr. Magara, who where with him, rushed to his aid but where unable to assist him, bystanders instantly called 911 on their cell phones and Police and Ambulance services responded within minutes but were unable to resuscitate young Jeremey.
Mr. Magara’s skateboarding sponsors are handling funeral services. His funeral will be on Monday June 10th at 8am.
The police cleared the driver of any wrong doing later that same day as the car’s breaks went out and the driver did everything he could to stop the vehicle.
Local News
June, 2nd, 2002 – Santa Rosa
Four young people burglarized the KFTY building in downtown Santa Rosa. KFTY spokesman told the Press Democrat that they believe the people responsible for the break in where just kids looking for a good time. Although one guard was hurt when kids rushed out and woke him up, causing him to slip and fall out of his chair.
Although the police deny it, this reporter believes that this break in maybe linked to others around the county. Those that broke in have a special calling card that they leave, as some type of “tag” used by some common street gangs. However, at this time there is no proof of their actions and only the mysterious “tag” marks.
June, 5th, 2002– Santa Rosa
The new Downtown Resort, due to open for business at the end of July has fallen on hard times. Rumors of a death on the construction site have some workers worried. However, in an effort to keep things under control, the board has brought in a special Hotel/Resort advisor. Elizabeth Lee-Wilhelm, a major figure in the resort business is a third generation Hotel/Resort businesswoman. The Lee-Wilhelm family has been providing homes for those that are wonders and/or pleasure seekers for over 60 years now.
June, 6th, 2002– Santa Rosa
The Luther Burbank Center is going to be the next stop on a famous art show tour. Treasures of the Louvre is a traveling art show that focuses on art from the world famous Louvre in Paris. The show will be in town for two weeks (June 7th to June 18th) and will be on display from 8am to 10pm everyday. (Sundays 9am – 9pm)
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