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July 5, 2025

Healdsburg Cops Bust Creekside Encampment

Last Thursday around 8:30am, Healdsburg police officers say they came across “multiple encampments that were littered with waste and debris” along the railroad tracks between Grove Street and Healdsburg Avenue. The camps were located just south of the community center, and “well within 150...

Fourth of July in Healdsburg: Fireworks, Kids Parade, Duck Dash

Here’s the plan for the Fourth of July fireworks show in town next Thursday, courtesy of Healdsburg City Manager Jeff Kay: “This year's display promises to be bigger and brighter than ever before! To ensure everyone's safety, viewing at the High School sports fields will be unavailable....

Recap: Point Fire in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley

Night view of fire
It's been almost two weeks since the Point Fire broke out near Lake Sonoma on Father's Day. It was by far our biggest local wildfire since the Walbridge Fire in the same area nearly four years ago. On June 16 and 17, forebodingly early in...

Edge Esmeralda: My Experience

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As you may have seen, I wrote a story for this week's issue of the Healdsburg Tribune about local impressions of Edge Esmeralda, the "popup village" that came to Healdsburg for the entire month of June. This elaborate conference-meets-festival brought hundreds of international "techno optimists"...

What’s the Plan for 444 Healdsburg Ave?

You know that rusty, chained-off warehouse at 444 Healdsburg Ave. with the swirly metal sculpture out front? Well, after years sitting empty, the century-old building may finally be transformed into something of use. In the old days, it reportedly served as a workshop for...

‘Solful’ Cannabis Dispensary Closes Santa Rosa Shop to Focus on New Healdsburg Location

One of two cannabis companies that won a bid last year to open within Healdsburg city limits — a brand called Solful with locations in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Sebastopol — just shut down its Santa Rosa shop at the end of last...

Healdsburg City Crews Start Work on $7M Wastewater Pipeline Project

In the ground underneath town, Healdsburg city crews reportedly just began construction this week on a $7 million, 2-mile pipeline that will deliver recycled sewer water to local parks, some schools, the golf course and the cemetery. This will allow the city to easily...

Healdsburg’s Alliance Health Center Gets Backup Power System for Natural Disasters

This just happened last month, and it's even more relevant now: The Alliance Medical Center next to Healdsburg Hospital on University Avenue has installed a backup solar-power system that will allow the clinic to stay up and running during wildfires and other emergencies, even...

Point Fire at Lake Sonoma Creeps Through Dry Creek Valley Near Healdsburg: Updates

It's been a long and gut-wrenching 30-plus hours in the Dry Creek Valley northwest of Healdsburg, where a wildfire called the Point Fire has now burned around 1,200 acres, according to Cal Fire. It broke out near Lake Sonoma just before 1pm on Sunday,...

Tait Danhausen Is Healdsburg High School’s New Principal

When school starts back up this fall for the kids at Healdsburg High School, they'll have a new principal: HHS alum Tait Danhausen. He'll be returning to his hometown from Tennessee, where he's been serving as a principal and administrator for a public charter...

Sports

Grandstand view of baseball

The view of the Packers from the pressbox

The week just passed encapsulated the great baseball program built by coach Joey Gomes with the Healdsburg Prune Packers. Tons of powerful offense paired with fantastic pitching and defensive web gems, on a team built with rising stars from across the country. It is frankly surprising to see the determination and great chemistry within a team like the Packers after only a month of playing together.
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