An annual and highly hush-hush summer soiree for one of the most secretive fraternal clubs in the country unwittingly solved an ongoing noise issue at a Bay Area airport. However, after the Bohemian Grove event ends on Sunday, the racket returns for neighbors living near the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily adjusted the departure procedures at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport leading up to the Bohemian Grove earlier this month. A spokesperson for the agency in an email to SFGATE cited “safety reasons due to the increased air traffic from the nearby Bohemian Grove event.”
For flying out of the airport, there are a few possible departure procedures, including the previously standard CHRLY8 and the newer RREHD1. The latter has recently become a persistent problem for residents in Sebastopol and other West County communities…