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After pizza was more or less invented in Naples as a sauced-up flatbread, it took the globe by storm when American G.I.’s returned from World War II, bringing a fondness for pizza that led to a Cambrian explosion of different forms we know now. These include traditional Neapolitan styles, thin crust in New York, Detroit squares, sheet pans and deep-dish variants in Chicago, to name a few. You can find them all in California... and then some.

On the same day a welcome party was thrown for the commuter rail service in Windsor, a voter-led group called 'the SMART Initiative" announced it was beginning a campaign to renew the quarter-cent sales tax that funds the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit system “and secure the future of public transit in the North Bay,” according to a June 13 statement from the agency.

“It has been hypothesized that the threat to the internet, infrastructure and services posed by squirrels may exceed that posed by cyberattacks,” according to a cybersecurity expert cited in a Wikipedia report. And it happened in Healdsburg last Sunday...

There has never been a better time for local residents to think about participating in local democracy.  In the Nov. 8 general election, three Healdsburg City Council seats will be on the ballot: two four-year terms and a two-year term to fill the remainder of...

Healdsburg’s girls basketball team is having their best year in years, and they’ve had some good ones.

For some reason, Healdsburg has become known for its St. Patrick’s Day parade. If it’s not the best, then certainly it’s the earliest. Starting at 6am, give or take—that’s pretty early.  For the past 29 years or so, early risers (or possibly those who stay...

Amy Covin, who parlayed a life-long affection for Boston-style “slush”—a fruity ice confection with drizzles, sprinkles and playful attitude—into a Healdsburg dessert destination, announced over the weekend that she would be closing the flagship shop in early September. “I think we outgrew this facility the...

New Year's Eve offers a variety of fine dining options, parties, and kid-friendly activities in the Healdsburg area, as well as transportation options for those without designated drivers.

Healdsburg is full of food secrets. Someone knows who has the best mulberries (the word on the street is Preston and Millbrook Farms). Someone else swears by the broccoli at Noble Goat. There’s a bee person everyone keeps telling me I have to meet—and a seed guy, too.

“Greatest loss of my career,” Coach Mike Domenichelli said. “The players gave it everything they had. The crowd was electric and it was like playing at Yankee Stadium. It was just unfortunate that someone had to lose.”