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Joe Rochioli was one of those people whose chosen trade had an impact far beyond his friends, his family or the town in which he grew up—Healdsburg. He helped start the Future Farmers Fair (still held on Memorial Day weekend), hit home runs for...

When it comes to the band’s fondness for British rock, Cummings recalls how he and guitarist/co-writer Randy Bachman were glued to their radios as kids growing up in Winnipeg, Canada. They soon went on to form Guess Who, a stable of hard rock radio in 1970.

Under a sizzling June sun, parents, teachers, family and friends celebrated the 117 students of the Healdsburg High School graduating class of 2022. This is a class that not only has successfully completed years of schooling in order to move on to a new chapter,...

Day hikers, fitness buffs and dog walkers may find one of their most challenging walks off limits for the next two or three months, as long-awaited public access improvements for Fitch Mountain Park and Open Space Preserve got underway this week. With construction activities that...

Healdsburg Fire Marshal-Division Chief Linda Collister, a champion of fire prevention and preparedness, a well-respected figure in the community and a mainstay of the Healdsburg Fire Department, is set to retire this May after working with the department for 15 years. “You have to have...

The nation’s Independence Day is celebrated on Monday, July 4, and like many communities, Healdsburg plans a party.  A morning duck race will be held in the Plaza, with live music and other low-impact recreation. Then will come time for the sundown fireworks display, produced...

M.F.K. Fisher, one of the premier wine writers of the past 100 years, lived the last 20 years of her life in Sonoma County, near Glen Ellen. Everyone who was anyone in cuisine— Jacques Pepin, James Beard, Alice Waters, Julia Child—made the pilgrimage to...

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.

 “A much-loved member of the community died a few days ago,” seemed insufficient. It couldn’t quite capture the spirit or impact of Jennifer Utsch, who died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, in hospice care in Tucson. Healdsburg responded with a spontaneous gathering.

Judging from comments from both the public and the commission members itself, there's a clear favorite in the naming of a new Saggio Hills park: Laura Fish Somersal, a Pomo basketweaver thought to be among the last native speakers of both the Pomo and Wappo languages, languages she taught at Sonoma State University and elsewhere.