Good morning, Santa Rosa.

Today the St. Vincent de Paul Society holds the groundbreaking for its new Gravenstein Commons project in Sebastopol after overcoming funding and permit challenges.

The organization earned praise from residents at a similar Santa Rosa project for giving them a second chance and has reassured the Sebastopol City Council by promising a live-in manager—on-site security—and a strict three-strikes policy for residents.

Theresa Dutton has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband Steve Dutton, his wife Karissa, and business partner Dan Goldfield over actions she says forced her out of Dutton-Goldfield Winery in Sonoma County by deactivating the business and re-forming it after a verbal one-dollar share agreement. The suit seeks $750,000 in damages and a court hearing is set for later this month—if the judge rules in her favor, the winery may need to secure a $550,000 loan.

Tina Cabudoy, a former ASMG accountant in Santa Rosa, was sentenced to five years and four months in prison for embezzling nearly $200,000 while working from July 2023 to March 2024—she was ordered to pay $179,306 in restitution.

Santa Rosa police are featuring five long-standing missing persons cases in a new social media campaign titled Missing Person Monday — the campaign began last month and shares photos and last known locations to encourage community tips, with cases dating from 1984 to 2017.

Santa Rosa Police arrested former SRJC IT employee Jordan Mead early Saturday on Aug.

30 for felony domestic violence and false imprisonment charges and booked him into Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility at 2:44 a.m.—his wife served him divorce papers on July 24 and his bail hearing is set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The Santa Rosa Police Department is urging drivers and pedestrians to slow down during Pedestrian Safety Month as pedestrian deaths make up over 24% of traffic fatalities.

The department will increase enforcement against speeding, illegal turns, and failure to yield at crosswalks — a move aimed at reducing dangerous road conditions.

The law enforcement watchdog said it could not review a 2022 deputy shooting near Healdsburg because three deputies did not answer questions and Sheriff Eddie Engram did not order them to cooperate.

The 97-page report released Tuesday has led to more talk about the powers voters gave to IOLERO under Measure P.

About 30 Kaiser nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists in Sonoma County will join a one-day strike next Monday to protest proposed salary and benefit cuts & demand improved staffing and patient care.

Kaiser said it will keep its hospitals open and running smoothly by relying on recent hires and meeting state staffing levels.