Main Street
The Healdsburg City Council race is getting more interesting. Former Councilmember Eric Ziedrich is reportedly not running after all. Current Councilmembers Tom Chambers and Gary Plass are still running, as well as Shaun McCaffrey, who ran unsuccessfully two years ago.
There’s a lot to be thankful for this year
Given the events of the last month, November truly feels like a month of gratitude for our whole community.
Snapshot: Two Rockies, One Range
Although lumped together as the “Rockies,” the Canadian and American Rockies are quite different, reports Pierre Ratte.
Commentary: A confused and confusing city council
COMMENTARY — On Jan. 21, the Healdsburg City Council met to consider a $7 million donation from the Foley Family Foundation to build the approved community space, performance center and farmers market at 3 North. Over 100 citizens attended, and many walked away embarrassed and dismayed by our elected’s performance. Based on a show of hands, an overwhelming majority was eager to embrace this unique and generous offer and was excited to see the city finally move forward with a project that was years in the planning and adopted by council in 2017, but lacked funding. All with virtually no strings attached.
Let’s Book It
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.”
Tech Corner
Q) I keep getting emails with links to YouTube videos from my friends. They sometimes say that I should watch the video in full screen. What is that and how do I do it?
A) Good questions. Here’s the scoop. In any YouTube video there...
Arts & Entertainment
Return to the Russian River
When Jake Messing stood in front of the mural he had just completed for Russian Riverkeeper on the north side of the nonprofit’s headquarters at 139 Healdsburg Ave., he had finished more than another mural. He had made a return to the source from the sea himself, like the salmon he portrayed.














