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August 27, 2026

Cannabis Country: Meet the new generation

At the age of 22, I didn’t drink alcohol or smoke marijuana, either. I didn’t know anything about pot, though I assumed it was a dangerous drug that would damage my brain. As a student I didn’t want to fry my precious brain cells.

Ripe Rewards: Junior college recipe gives zukes zest

The Zucchini Festival takes place Sept. 14 at the Healdsburg Farmers Market: zucchini decorating competitions, giant zucchini contests and zucchini car races. It is such a blast to be a part of and/or to watch.

Letters to the Editor 6-2-16

What are we allowing?

Ripe Rewards: Peaches

Peach season has begun. Our 20th season. Hard to believe. When we bought the farm, Patrick was a baby and now he’s 21. Eusebio, our invaluable farm manager, has been with us from the start, and we are forever grateful. Brian and I, well,...

Decoding Teenagers: Looking Good on Paper

My sister and nephew are in the throngs of his final college application process—the personal essay. This essay, they tell me, is a deal breaker. The 650 words have to wow the reader, impress them and bring them to tears. As my sister put it, ā€œYou have to look good on paper.ā€

Letters to the Editor: Dec. 4, 2020

The missing path

Idlewood 3

February may be a short month, but there is still time to celebrate Presidents’ Day, the Lunar New Year (it’s the Year of the Rooster – Gung Hay Fat Choy), Mardi Gras (with beignets at Parish?) and more. Send your news on festivities to IDlewood 3ā€¦ā€ at idlewood3@hbgtrib.com. Idlewood was the original telephone exchange for Healdsburg. Now, ā€œHedda Healdsburgā€ wants to know all!

Letters to the Editor, July 4

An open letter to the folks who vandalized the Pride flags in Cloverdale and Windsor

Letters to the Editor, Sept. 7, 2017

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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.