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.
City seeks 4 commissioners
The City of Healdsburg is seeking qualified applicants to fill four open positions on two important commissions: the Parks and Recreation Commission, and the Senior Citizens Advisory Commission.
Police Log, December 15-21, 2025
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
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.
Police Log, Dec. 8-14
Dec. 11, 7:08am: The RP said a vehicle was driven recklessly on Harmon Street. Officers arrived, but the vehicle was gone on arrival and unable to be located.
Welcome night at the Community Pavilion
The doors were thrown open and the holiday lights turned on as the city held an Open House at the new Foley Family Community Pavilion on Monday, Dec. 15, with hot chocolate and cookies and pretzels and speeches.
Chris Herrod picked as new mayor
It would be an exaggeration to say all eyes were on that mayoral selection. It’s so standard as to be commonplace that the vice mayor is elevated to the mayor’s seat without much controversy, and Vice Mayor Chris Herrod has been a steady second to Mayor Evelyn Mitchell all year.
Letters: ‘A different time in the ’Burg’
"It certainly was a different time in the ’Burg back then. Dogs and kids were allowed to wander around in the bars. And along the stretch of (then) West Street and Plaza Street, it seemed there were so many bars! All the owners supported each other and enjoyed beers at the different establishments..."
Police Log, Dec. 1-7
3:03pm A man on Prentice Drive went out of his house, yelled at the neighbors and then went back inside. The RP was advised to call back if the man returned out of his house. And other Police News...

















