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The city’s Arts and Culture Commission held a special meeting on Dec. 3 to begin planning for a Jan. 25, 2026, Arts Education Forum, cosponsored by the Healdsburg Unified School District.

Pantone has anointed its 2026 Color of the Year and, in an act of breathtaking caution, selected white. Well, basically white. “Cloud Dancer” is its official name—a soft, contemplative white-adjacent non-color billed as a balm for our overstimulated moment.

Residents and others are encouraged to call Healdsburg Police Dispatch as needed at 707.431.3377, operational 24/7. Here are this week's dispatch entries...

That’s the takeaway of this week’s meeting: an insistence on use of the Community Pavilion, and a denial of the Plaza location to any other event than a select few. 'Signature Events" are simply those that have been authorized by the City Council for use of the Healdsburg Plaza...

As the DMV stated, “This amendment to Waymo’s existing deployment and driverless testing permits allows the company to operate in new regions of both Southern and Northern California.” That statement continues, “In Northern California, the service area now includes the broader Bay Area and Sacramento," which means Healdsburg.

No one is immune to the sharp eyes and instincts of the mobile Code Enforcement officers, who scour the town for scofflaws year-round. Plus a week of dispatch reports from Healdsburg Police...

Visitors of all ages can make paper ornaments, take a ride on a wooden rocking elephant, play games like “Kerplunk” and “Operation,” and race Hot Wheels in the December exhibit at the Healdsburg Museum.

Amid increasing concerns about transient behavior in the Plaza, on Nov. 12 someone at Plaza Park on Healdsburg Avenue said a woman urinated under the gazebo. An officer contacted multiple people and advised them about the complaint

A murder suspect from Cloverdale changed cars in Healdsburg following his crime. While the search for the suspect was underway, Healdsburg residents wondered why they had not received any NIXLE alerts about the presence of a murder suspect in town. When the question was posed on Facebook, the Sheriff’s Office responded...

Demolitions are usually not to be celebrated, unless they mark a rejection of the past. That wasn’t what was going on last Friday morning when city officials, donors, alumni and community members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin gathered to watch the walls come down at the Healdsburg clubhouse built 80 years ago.