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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.

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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. 

In News from 1976, "The nurse, two music teachers, an art teacher, one history teacher and the adult education teacher are laid off. Cafeteria service is eliminated. Five district paid aide positions are cut, including three for junior high reading programs."

The Bohemian Grove Club first met in San Francisco in 1872. Its founding was intended to help creatives flourish. Summer camping started in 1878. In 1899 the club purchased 160 acres from M.C. Meeker, but the grounds have now expanded to about 2,700 acres.

The Russian River flooded in 1937, inundating the front office and yard at Basalt Gravel Co. This and other events in Healdsburg's history in this week's Flashbacks.