Flashbacks from Healdsburg, Jan. 11
Back issues of the Healdsburg Tribune include news fines levied for Prohibition violations, Daylight Saving Time and a local man on national TV.
Snapshot: Winter Thoughts Turn to Vermont
By Pierre Ratte
Dear readers, may your holidays be happy, healthy, and filled with light and love. Thank you for reading Snapshot of the Week and the Healdsburg Tribune! May 2024 bring a joyous New Year!
Vermont’s New Year’s gift is not merely snow. It’s not...
Flashbacks from Healdsburg
100 years ago:Dec. 27, 1923
To Ban Rowdies at Alexander Valley Hall
Residents of Alexander Valley are up in arms as the result of a gang fight in the community hall Saturday night, and will take sharp measures to prevent any recurrence of such an affair...
Letters, Dec. 14
Bridge Lighting Policy
At the December 4th city council meeting I requested city council to revisit resolution 68-2023 and abort the bridge lighting project, returning it to its natural state for the following reasons. ('Healdsburg Chooses the Color of Peace,' Oct. 26)
Lighting the bridge was...
Snapshot: Sunrise, Sunset in Karlsburg
Healdsburg could have been called Karlsburg over the last couple of weeks when thick fog settled in the Russian River Valley creating near white-out driving conditions and beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
by Pierre Ratte
“Karl,” actually “Karl the Fog,” is the name given to San Francisco’s...
December Library News & Events
By Jon Haupt
Throughout the month of December, the Healdsburg Regional Library will provide a series of events to help brighten your days. Our most anticipated event this month, a Healdsburg Library Posada, will take place on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 11am to 2pm. This...
Snapshot: Playing in Puddles
What’s more fun than children playing in puddles? The rain created many joyful moments this past week—and not just for 5-year-old boys in rubber Wellies. Fire-risk gauges dialed down to their lowest level: Low. Creeks started flowing. Hills and meadows began greening, a harbinger...
Letters, Nov. 22
City’s Ordinance Problem
Downtown Healdsburg may soon have another luxury hotel, thanks to an error by city staff in publishing notice of a 2018 ordinance that would have prohibited the hotel. Unfortunately, the error wasn’t a one-off.
The city’s 20 most recent ordinances—going back to April...
Snapshot: The Shape of Water
By Pierre Ratte
This weekend’s rain released earthy fragrances, falling gently over two days and lessening fire-season anxieties. Maybe the rain is ending this year’s fire season and beginning winter’s filling of reservoirs and the Sierra’s snowpack. Last winter, Northern California received epic rain and...
Snapshot: Passing Shadows
Sadly, last weekend’s eclipse was not visible while hiking, due to cloud cover, but there was a noticeable darkening of sky and forest. While walking this trail a lovely waterfall appeared, brightening the darkening day with a glinting trickle.
Walking in a natural setting can...
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.
