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October 24, 2026

Healdsburg’s Library Prepares for Change

Biblio-Bus at Healdsburg Library
Says regional manager Jon Haupt, "The Mini Library is set to open on Sept. 3 to offer most of the same services we provide normally, with the same hours as previously offered at Piper Street, seven days a week."

Snapshot: Hoot Hoot, Woot Woot

Ambassador Owl
Vihar is a great horned owl, one of several ambassador birds at The Bird Rescue Center of Sonoma County (BRC), a local resource that’s been around for 50 years and needs help.

Snapshot: Yoga With a Purpose

Yoga in the backyard
Backyard yoga started for Shelley Gilbert in February 2020. On Valentine’s Day, around a dinner table of eight, Shelley quietly shared her Parkinson’s Disease (PD) diagnosis. Because exercise is essential in managing Parkinson’s neurodegeneration, Shelley and a friend decided to do intense but slow exercise: yoga.

Flashbacks for Aug. 22

Night baseball
In news from 1949, Healdsburg has been invited to hold a two-day try-out camp for the New York Giants. In a letter to Art McCaffrey, Mickey Shader, San Francisco scout for the New York ball club, promised this city nation-wide publicity as well as to “give some kids a chance to get started in baseball.’’ ...

Simone Says: Updates from Healdsburg Today

Dragonfly dance studio
Simone Wilson produces the email newsletter ‘Healdsburg Today' for the Healdsburg Tribune. Here are some of the latest bytes of news...

Snapshot: Next-Level RV Rolls Into Town

Acela Monterra
This bad baby rolled in from Colorado. It’s the Acela Monterra XL 6x6. The Bozeman, Montana-based company says it is “born from a desire to exceed current industry standards for reliability and durability.” Can’t even imagine an RV class for this thing...

Library to Close Aug. 25 for ‘Modernization’

Children's Library
The top-to-bottom modernization of the Healdsburg Regional Library will begin in September and last through spring 2025, the county’s library system has confirmed. But the library at 139 Piper St. will close to the public a week earlier, on Aug. 25, a week before the temporary 'mini-library' opens on Sept. 3...

Flashbacks, Aug. 8

Healdsburg women playing tennis
Prohibition Wine, An Emergency Landing and Tennis Tourney in Back Issues, as researched by Healdsburg Museum docents.

Letters to the Editor, Aug. 8, 2024

Your articles continue to be well written and usually put together in an easy-to-read fashion. Thanks for informing local residents of what is happening in our town. Today’s paper, however, caused me to write to you...

Library Investment Pays Off, Says Study

For every dollar the Sonoma County Library spends on library services, Sonoma County residents receive $3.82 in benefits, according to an independent economic-impact study...
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Arts & Entertainment

Multicultural Center takes shape at Abel de Luna

Bursts of color explode from every corner and every angle of the newly repainted Abel de Luna Community Center on the north side of town. Fuchsia, sunflower, marigold, plum and chrysanthemum abut and juxtapose with one another on the many outside walls and columns, as two muralists work on their own visions of Healdsburg.