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It’s the 28th year of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, a signature cultural event in Healdsburg with its variety of musical events starting June 12 and continuing until June 21. Selected events listed here, for the full schedule see our online Calendar.

Over a week after the June 2 election, some of the races are proving to be tough to call, given California’s month-long window for certifying elections.

Charles Lloyd will headline the Sunday, June 14, show at Bacchus Landing, marking his 10th time playing for a Healdsburg audience. In fact, festival founder Jessica Felix reminds us that his first visit was in 1997 with drummer Billy Higgins—two years before the first Healdsburg Jazz Festival.

Lead-off hitter Claire Berry drew a walk to open the bottom of the fourth inning. Mia Halvorsen got on base when the Justin-Siena shortstop made an uncharacteristic error, then Ashley Jenkins walked to load the bases. That was when Sammy White came to the plate...

BoodRoot Wines presents its annual Ramble festival, again at Abel de Luna Community Center on June 6. Several other events of interest are listed on our weeklly Calendar page.

Measure B, which seeks to renew the quater-cent sales tax to provide SMART with revenue for another 30 years, passed handily. It pulled in over 70% of the vote in Sonoma County; only 67% was necessary to win.

Healdsburg is not the only town in northern Sonoma County with a regular summer music series to offer. Here, we have Tuesdays. Windsor claims Thursdays.

The first weekend in June is becoming unofficially known as Ramble Weekend, as BloodRoot Wines continues its quixotic effort to make Healdsburg a waystation on the alt-rock circuit. Scheduled just two weeks after “the other BR,” Bottle Rock, the one-day-plus music festival will again take over the extensive lawn at Abel de Luna Community Center on Saturday, June 6.

Three recent incidents in downtown Healdsburg have residents wondering if it’s safe to dine at a parklet or even walk the sidewalks. In all cases, drivers not fully in command of their vehicles were involved in property damage accidents, though thankfully no one was hurt.

Ongoing Edge Esmeralda Starting Saturday, May 30, and running through June 27, the annual gathering “for people building a brighter future” takes place at various locations in Healdsburg. It will involve at least 500 people in workshops, breakout groups and community experiments taking place throughout the...