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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 • SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA • PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM SANTA ROSA High 63, Low 53 THE WEATHER, C8 Business B8 Classified D4 Cohn C1 Comics B6 Crossword B5 Editorial A6 Lotto A2 Movies D3 Obituaries B3 Smith A3 State news B4 TV B7 ©2016 The Press Democrat WINERIES GET IN THE GAME: Sonoma County vintners will give football fans a taste of their varietals for the Super Bowl / B8 INSIDE WINTER HIKING » The rainy season can be a magical time to get out and explore. D1 49ERS DEBUT KELLY » Lowell Cohn reveals what he’s learned about the new head coach. C1 SCORING MILESTONE » Hailey Roux of Healdsburg High lands 1,000th career point. C1 PHOTOS BY JOHN BURGESS / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Santa Rosa police officers investigate the scene Wednesday in Oakmont where two pedestrians were struck by a suspected impaired driver. 2 critically hurt in crash Driver, 77, arrested on suspicion of DUI aſter hitting women on sidewalk Arvo Kannisto Hillside cross keeper in SR dies Arvo Kannisto, creator and keeper of the hillside cross of whitewashed stones that’s been adored and reviled in east San- ta Rosa for nearly 35 years, died Wednesday. He was 97. A Christian and a World War II combat veteran, Kannisto created the great cross — 127 feet tall, 67 feet across — in tribute to Jesus Christ and to his fellow GIs who did not come home. “It’s a sign of faith, hope and love,” the often endearing, of- ten pugnacious native of San Francisco told The Press Dem- ocrat in 2001. Kannisto’s cross is set into a steep, grassy and wooded hill- side above his longtime home and the St. Francis Acres and Skyhawk neighborhoods, locat- ed just north of Sonoma High- An elderly woman was fighting for her life Wednesday night after she and another woman were struck by a car driven by a woman suspect- ed of driving impaired as the pair strolled along a sidewalk in Santa Rosa’s Oakmont subdivision. Police identified the most seriously injured of the pedestrians as Jackie Simon, 85. She and her companion, 91-year-old Josephine Ross, were both taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Both were in critical condition Wednesday night, according to a hospital spokeswoman. The driver of the car, Gayle Gray, 77, was ar- Santa Rosa police officers arrest a 77-year-old Gayle Gray, who is suspected of driving under the influence Wednesday on Oakmont Drive. SR hoverboard fire 40th in US HOVERBOARDS UNDER SCRUTINY The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the safety of hover- boards made or sold by: ■ Smart Balance Wheel/ One Stop Electronic Inc. ■ Smart Balance Wheel Scooter/Glide Boards ■ Hover-way Hands- Free Electric/Digital Gadgets Swagway Hands-Free Smart Board/ Swagway ■ Smart Balance Board/I Lean Hoverboards ■ E-Rover-Mini Smart Balance Scooter/LeCam Technology ■ Smart Balance Wheels/Kateeskitty ■ Hoverboard360.com ■ iMOTO/Keenford Limited ■ YOOLIKED ■ Smart Balance Wheel/ Luxiyan and ■ Uwheels ■ E-Rover Smart Balance Wheel A Santa Rosa fire that killed two dogs and severely damaged a home is the 40th reported fire in 19 states sparked by a hover- board in a year, according to the federal Consumer Product Safe- ty Commission. A commission official said Wednesday that the agency is aware of the Santa Rosa blaze and that testing is underway on hoverboards, including those suspected in the spate of fires. Santa Rosa fire investiga- tors quickly determined Tues- day’s 5 p.m. fire started in the area where a hoverboard was plugged into the wall in a girl’s bedroom at the East Foothill Drive home in Santa Rosa’s Grace Tract neighborhood. The fire caused an estimat- ed $250,000 in damage to the house, which is uninhabitable. The house was unoccupied at the time of the fire, but two dogs died from what appeared to be smoke inhalation despite fire- fighters’ efforts to resuscitate Product safety agency testing devices involved in recent spate of blazes By JULIE JOHNSON THE PRESS DEMOCRAT TURN TO FIRE » PAGE A8 By DEREK MOORE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT TURN TO OAKMONT » PAGE A8 Creator of contentious symbol paying tribute to his faith, fallen soldiers By CHRIS SMITH THE PRESS DEMOCRAT TURN TO KANNISTO » PAGE A2 Planet Nine could redefine solar system This artistic rendering depicts a distant view of Planet Nine. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Astronomers say they’ve found evidence that our solar system may hold another giant planet, hidden in the dark, dis- tant badlands far beyond Nep- tune’s orbit. This so-called Planet Nine, described in the Astronomi- cal Journal, would likely have roughly 10 times the mass of Earth and circle the sun in 10,000 to 20,000 Earth years. Neptune, the farthest known planet today, makes its round trip in 165 years. If it is found to exist by powerful telescopes on Earth, Planet Nine would rewrite our definition of the solar sys- By AMINA KHAN LOS ANGELES TIMES TURN TO PLANET » PAGE A2 ARVO KANNISTO: 1918-2016 OAKMONT » PEDESTRIANS STRUCK ONLINE Watch a video from the scene of the accident in Oakmont online at pressdemocrat.com
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 • SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA • PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM
SANTA ROSAHigh 63, Low 53
THE WEATHER, C8
Business B8Classified D4Cohn C1Comics B6Crossword B5Editorial A6
Lotto A2Movies D3Obituaries B3Smith A3State news B4TV B7
©2016 The Press Democrat
WINERIES GET IN THE GAME: Sonoma County vintners will give football fans a taste of their varietals for the Super Bowl / B8
INSIDE
WINTER HIKING » The rainy season can be a magical time to get out and explore. D1
49ERS DEBUT KELLY » Lowell Cohn reveals what he’s learned about the new head coach. C1
SCORING MILESTONE » Hailey Roux of Healdsburg High lands 1,000th career point. C1
PHOTOS BY JOHN BURGESS / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Santa Rosa police officers investigate the scene Wednesday in Oakmont where two pedestrians were struck by a suspected impaired driver.
2 critically hurt in crash
Driver, 77, arrested on suspicion of DUI after hitting women on sidewalk
Arvo Kannisto
Hillside cross keeper in SR dies
Arvo Kannisto, creator and keeper of the hillside cross of whitewashed stones that’s been adored and reviled in east San-ta Rosa for nearly 35 years, died Wednesday. He was 97.
A Christian and a World War II combat veteran, Kannisto created the great cross — 127 feet tall, 67 feet across — in tribute to Jesus Christ and to his fellow GIs who did not come home.
“It’s a sign of faith, hope and love,” the often endearing, of-ten pugnacious native of San Francisco told The Press Dem-ocrat in 2001.
Kannisto’s cross is set into a steep, grassy and wooded hill-side above his longtime home and the St. Francis Acres and Skyhawk neighborhoods, locat-ed just north of Sonoma High-
An elderly woman was fighting for her life Wednesday night after she and another woman were struck by a car driven by a woman suspect-ed of driving impaired as the pair strolled along a sidewalk in Santa Rosa’s Oakmont subdivision.
Police identified the most seriously injured of the pedestrians as Jackie Simon, 85. She and her companion, 91-year-old Josephine Ross, were both taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. Both were in critical condition Wednesday night, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
The driver of the car, Gayle Gray, 77, was ar-
Santa Rosa police officers arrest a 77-year-old Gayle Gray, who is suspected of driving under the influence Wednesday on Oakmont Drive.
SR hoverboard fire 40th in US HOVERBOARDS UNDER SCRUTINYThe Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating the safety of hover-boards made or sold by:
■ Smart Balance Wheel/One Stop Electronic Inc.
■ Smart Balance Wheel Scooter/Glide Boards
■Hover-way Hands-Free Electric/Digital Gadgets Swagway Hands-Free Smart Board/Swagway
■ Smart Balance Board/I Lean Hoverboards
■ E-Rover-Mini Smart Balance Scooter/LeCam Technology
■ Smart Balance Wheels/Kateeskitty
■Hoverboard360.com
■ iMOTO/Keenford Limited
■ YOOLIKED ■ Smart Balance Wheel/
Luxiyan and ■Uwheels ■ E-Rover Smart Balance
Wheel
A Santa Rosa fire that killed two dogs and severely damaged a home is the 40th reported fire in 19 states sparked by a hover-board in a year, according to the
federal Consumer Product Safe-ty Commission.
A commission official said Wednesday that the agency is aware of the Santa Rosa blaze and that testing is underway on hoverboards, including those suspected in the spate of fires.
Santa Rosa fire investiga-tors quickly determined Tues-day’s 5 p.m. fire started in the area where a hoverboard was plugged into the wall in a girl’s
bedroom at the East Foothill Drive home in Santa Rosa’s Grace Tract neighborhood.
The fire caused an estimat-ed $250,000 in damage to the house, which is uninhabitable. The house was unoccupied at the time of the fire, but two dogs died from what appeared to be smoke inhalation despite fire-fighters’ efforts to resuscitate
Product safety agency testing devices involved in recent spate of blazesBy JULIE JOHNSONTHE PRESS DEMOCRAT
TURN TO FIRE » PAGE A8
By DEREK MOORETHE PRESS DEMOCRAT
TURN TO OAKMONT » PAGE A8
Creator of contentious symbol paying tribute to his faith, fallen soldiersBy CHRIS SMITHTHE PRESS DEMOCRAT
TURN TO KANNISTO » PAGE A2
Planet Nine could redefine solar systemThis artistic
rendering depicts a distant view of Planet Nine. The
planet is thought to be gaseous,
similar to Uranus and Neptune.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Astronomers say they’ve found evidence that our solar system may hold another giant planet, hidden in the dark, dis-tant badlands far beyond Nep-tune’s orbit.
This so-called Planet Nine, described in the Astronomi-cal Journal, would likely have
roughly 10 times the mass of Earth and circle the sun in 10,000 to 20,000 Earth years. Neptune, the farthest known planet today, makes its round trip in 165 years.
If it is found to exist by powerful telescopes on Earth, Planet Nine would rewrite our definition of the solar sys-
By AMINA KHANLOS ANGELES TIMES
TURN TO PLANET » PAGE A2
ARVO KANNISTO: 1918-2016OAKMONT » PEDESTRIANS STRUCK
ONLINEWatch a video from the scene of the accident in Oakmont online at pressdemocrat.com
