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January 29, 2026

Keeping a Lucid eye on local sports

Michael Lucid on the job
Michael Lucid has been at most home games, absorbed in taking photos of the players—volleyball, basketball, on the track or the field—photos that capture the athletes in action, a snapshot in time.

Local history comes alive for Healdsburg

Healdsburg residents are proud of their history, and the presence in town of the stately Healdsburg Museum building—itself a piece of history, formerly a Carnegie Library—does much to make the past come alive through its exhibits, resources and, for the past three years, its History Talks.

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 ...

New Year Happenings, January 1-8, 2026

Girl and Tree
Ease into the new year with the “NOT King Cole” trio, playing without a drummer and featuring tunes from the golden age of jazz. At the Spirit Bar, 6-9pm Saturdays.

Police Log, December 15-21, 2025

Stolen car bust at gas station
Stolen cars, suspicious vehicles, angry ex-employees, family fighting and more in Healdsburg law enforcement

Grinch fails to dim Healdsburg Christmas

A Christmas Eve effort by the Grinch to dampen the holiday spirits of Healdsburg fell flat on Tuesday, despite the cynical efforts of the mountain-dwelling elf to topple the city's 51-foot Christmas tree in its Plaza and extinguish its colorful lights for the rest of the year.

Half of 2025 slips into memory: Retrospective

Protestors at the Roundabout
Remember those cartoons during the Covid Era where people from the expiring year would look in terror around the corner at the arriving year, saying, “What now?” It’s sort of like that all over again, as so much has changed since January it doesn’t seem possible that there’s more to come.

New Year’s Eve dining ideas

Raw oysters with squeezed lemon
Is there such a thing as “the most coveted New Year’s Eve party in Healdsburg”? According to the Quinn Public Relations firm, there is—and it’s at the new Appellation Healdsburg. Considering it only opened for business in September, that’s quite an accomplishment.

Soccer teams tune up for 2026 Redwood league play

Soccer at Healdsburg
This winter’s unsung sports success is the Healdsburg Girls Soccer program, boasting a 5-0 record as 2025 comes to an end. Coach Edgar Gonzales and assistant Brian Saini have found a formula to produce wins on the grass, at home or on the road.

Harvest: ‘For me, Christmas lives inside a cake’

Yule log cake at Costeaux
My family’s tradition is the bûche de Noël. A Christmas log. It arrives on an antique silver platter, dusted lightly with powdered sugar for snow, as if it has just been lifted from the forest floor.
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Healdsburg Happenings, Jan. 29 – Feb. 5

Goings on in and around Healdsburg this week and next Community Look at Ukraine Local ophthalmologist and eye-care missionary Dr. Gary Barth has started a weekly open...

Persistence of Memory

Ralph Fiennes

Zombie sequel raises hopes