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December 31, 2025

Midseason report on Greyhound sports

Winning a point in volleyball
With the coming of October the school year is well underway, and with it the exploits of the student athletes in the Greyhounds sports programs. Here’s a rundown of some action on our courts, fields and trails...

Agave Brings More Than Mole to the Table

Agave Restaurant in Healdsburg has reopened with a new 250-year-old redwood bar, a new mole menu, and a renewed focus on Oaxacan flavors and personal service.

‘Bridges’ Over Black and White Waters

Actors Elliot Davis and Katie Watts-Whitaker
Even those who haven’t read the book or watched the movie probably know the plot: Francesca Johnson (Katie Watts-Whitaker) is a disillusioned Italian war bride now stuck in an Iowa farmhouse with a stereotypical American farmer (Matthew T. Witthaus) as a husband. Her husband and the kids have gone to the fair, leaving Francesca alone for four days... Entanglements ensue.

Council Sticks with 5-District, Rotating Mayor Decision

Raina Allan and Andrew Sturmfels
It was Assistant City Manager Andrew Sturmfels' last meeting in Healdsburg before he begins work for Sonoma County, but the same old City Council was on the dais to double-down on their controversial decision to set a 5-district limit for Healdsburg's new government....

Giving a big hand to the Geyserville Sculpture Trail

Bryce Jones and Bob Sherman at the newly-oved Agraria art piece
Agraria is a 7.5 ton (or larger) hand created by environmental artist Larry Kirkland of Portland, Oregon, and installed at the mall in December 1996. A full 12 feet long, six feet tall and three feet wide, it was carved from a single marble block twice its size from Carrara marble in Torrano, Italy, where Michelangelo got his stone. It's now at a new home in Geyserville...

Three-Peat! Packers Go the Distance Again

The term “three-peat” is well known though rarely earned in sports. But the Healdsburg Prune Packers proved themselves in exclusive company by winning their third consecutive championship title in the California Collegiate League (CCL). The entire series, as it is every year, is played in...

Bump in the road brief for 12-1 Packers

Jacob French scores a run
The June 18 game was as dramatic as it was unexpected for the home team. The previous night, in the teams’ first meeting this year, Healdsburg built a seemingly insurmountable lead of 11-3 at the end of only five innings, and it looked like another one of those Packer blowouts...

Día de Muertos Brings Community to Life

Healdsburg’s annual Día de Muertos, which in the past few years has become a favorite community tradition, drew its largest crowd yet as up to 6,000 attendees took part in the vibrant and diverse afternoon event. Hosted by Corazón Healdsburg and the city of Healdsburg,...

Garrett’s finds a fit with Canine Companions

Family and companion in the Gift Horse garden
The founding of Canine Companions took place in 1975, 50 years ago, in Santa Rosa. It’s now a nationwide organization, with six regional headquarters and multiple chapters coast to coast.

Critics pick theaters’ top tix

Actors Elliot Davis and Katie Watts-Whitaker
It’s that time of year when critics look back and attempt to encapsulate an entire year’s worth of productions into one easy-to-read list of the “best of” the year. Why? Because ...
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Actors Elliot Davis and Katie Watts-Whitaker

Critics pick theaters’ top tix

It’s that time of year when critics look back and attempt to encapsulate an entire year’s worth of productions into one easy-to-read list of the “best of” the year. Why? Because ...
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