HEALDSBURG, Calif. - A Sonoma County race organizer has been hit with more than $6,000 in fines for holding an unpermitted foot race during the pandemic."This is devastating," said Matt Dockstader, owner of Destination Races. "I just don't know how we can go on, this doesn't seem fair."Most years, the Hallowine Run 5 and 10 K, as well as and the Healdsburg Wine Country Half-Marathon, attract about 2,000 entries on the last Saturday in October.Runners, many in costume, run from downtown Healdsburg through the Dry Creek Valley to Lake Sonoma.
Similar events have been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, but Dockstader tried to hold what he called a hybrid event.He mailed race packets to participants with instructions to run "virtually" -.