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The last time the Hounds Varsity football team scored more than 50 points in a game was in 2016, another non-conference game against the Emery Spartans (62-0). Perhaps not since 1966 has there been such a performance by a Healdsburg quarterback as that by Nova Perrill last Friday...

After having reached consensus at the fourth public hearing on March 17 that what has been termed Map A best represented the interests of the city in crafting five separate districts, the expectation was that the council would make a final perfunctory review, then move to adopt and accept that finalize the map. Mayor Mitchell had other ideas.

Even as the city prepares for Sunday’s Healdsburg Crush—a Plaza event to “taste limited production Pinot Noir and Sparkling Wines from over 60 of the top California wine producers”—the city council on Oct. 2 agreed to allow the much larger Healdsburg Food & Wine...

Old-timers in Healdsburg remember that, come harvest time, it wasn’t the smell of fermentation from winegrapes that wafted over town, with its promise of a better vintage, but another smell: that of sun-drying prunes. “You could smell it everywhere—and you either loved it or you...

Benefits, performances, movies, work parties and public meetings in Healdsburg from now until St. Patrick's Day.

One of the largest track meets in the area took place last weekend at Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa. Known as the Viking Track Classic, the 33rd year of the meet saw more than 60 high school teams show up for the day-long competition on Saturday, April 20.

The names on the letterhead strike terror in the hearts of city governments across the state: Malibu-based attorneys Shenkman & Hughes since 2011 have made it their mission to call out local governments in California that elect officers by “at large” voting. Now it's Healdsburg's turn, to split its area into five districts for city council elections. This could be interesting...

“Peter & Albert, Sept. 14” reads the marquee at the Raven Theater. And while the names are familiar, their conjunction is not. Dig a little deeper and it begins to make sense. That’s Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon. Although Albert Lee only rarely...

A Feb. 27, a fire erupted at the former Wicked Slush business on Healdsburg Avenue that did considerable damage to the structure—for almost 50 years the location of canoe rental businesses and, more recently, the Wicked Slush ice cream café.

Remember in June, when 1,000-plus “techno optimists” from around the world convened in Healdsburg for a mysterious month-long series of talks, salons and workshops on how to build a utopian future? They weren't kidding.