Anyone for Tai Chi Thursday? Goats optional
Since our grand re-opening in June 2025, the Healdsburg Regional Library has been a bustling center of activity in Healdsburg. Our visitor numbers continue to remain at or above our pre-pandemic numbers, which is exciting given the feeling of lost momentum caused by our...
Flashbacks for September 17, 2026
News curated from back issues of the Healdsburg Tribune of 125, 75 and 50 years ago
125 years ago – September 12, 1901
Talented Actress Appearing in Healdsburg This Week.
The Manhattan Stock Company, which is playing an engagement at the theater this week, is a very...
Snapshot: Cool relic of a cool era
Maybe you’ve seen it? The flamingo? The bird statue advertising the Flamingo Resort & Spaat Fourth and Farmer’s Lane? The City of Santa Rosa designated the sign a historic landmark in 1997. It’s a cool relic of a 1950s California aesthetic. Lots of locals...
Snapshot: ‘Free beer tomorrow’ says it all
Somebody knows what they are doing. Free beer tomorrow? Well, that could be technically and perpetually true without ever giving away “free beer.” It’s definitely a hook. And it looks like it’s been working for a while judging by the truck and sign.
Letters: Measure O, GMO share the blame
"Alan Cohen misses the mark in blaming the failure of Measure O on “the same people” who protested his effort to develop six-bedroom housing at the former site of Healdsburg Lumber," says one letter-writer...
Snapshot: On safari in Sonoma
Do you know what a group of giraffes is called? A tower of giraffes. Perfect, right? All kinds of fun facts about African plains animals and tropical birds can be gleaned from a walk or ride through Safari West’s 400 acres. Safari West’s oak...
Flashbacks for August 30, 2026
Company B, First Regiment of California Volunteers, of San Francisco, will go into camp in Healdsburg at Luce’s Park September 7, 1901, and remain three days. The members of the company will take their meals at the hotels. This and other blasts from the past...
Growing up at Camp Rose Theater
By Emma Tremont
I grew up in Healdsburg. We lived with my grandmother, who owned a building called Camp Rose. In the evenings, lots of adults would gather in her basement and perform for her. I got to sit with her and watch until it...
‘Taking Parkinson’s to the Mat’ benefit
The fourth annual “Taking Parkinson’s to the Mat” benefit event, held at Bacchus Landing last Saturday, proved successful. Wonder Bread 5 played while people danced, gathered, ate paella and wood-fired pizza and smashburgers, sipped wine, and yes, attended a mass participation yoga class. The joie de vivre was palpable.
Snapshot: When lumber was king
Sonoma County has one of three steam-powered sawmills in California that still work. About 60 volunteers meet each month to ensure it remains operational, fixing this or that, greasing gears and tightening belts so that when it fires up a few weekends a year it runs like it did in the old days.
Arts & Entertainment
Plaza reclaims its place as Healdsburg’s hub
Returning for its 10th year is Dia de Muertos, the Mexican folk holiday that has found a new home north of the border since 2016. Sponsored by the City of Healdsburg’s Community Services and the local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg, Dia de Muertos was first recognized locally to mark Corazón’s inaugural community event, where it introduced the newly established organization to Healdsburg.
