Downtown Healdsburg Gets Drone Fireworks Show
At one point, the Healdsburg City Council was discussing the possibility of switching to drone fireworks for our town’s annual Fourth of July show, largely as a fire-safety measure. Judging by the city website, it looks like they decided to stick with the old-fashioned kind....
Healdsburg Mom Attacked Kids Who Fought Her Child: Police
A little over two weeks ago, on the night of Sunday, Feb. 23, local police say they got a report of a Healdsburg mom who “confronted a group of juveniles” at Healdsburg Avenue and Powell Avenue, near the 7-Eleven, “regarding a previous altercation involving the woman’s child...
Chain Stores Banned From Healdsburg Plaza
We’ve all been hearing about this proposal over the past year, but now it’s a done deal. Basically, the Healdsburg City Council took a final vote at their meeting last week on the proposed ban of “formula retail businesses” surrounding the plaza, and decided unanimously to...
Healdsburg Switches Up Animal Control Services
The Healdsburg animal shelter on Westside Road, run by the Humane Society of Sonoma County (HSSC), just chose a new partner for animal control — aka, the job of responding to the wilier, out-of-shelter situations involving animals wandering around town. For the past decade,...
Levi’s GranFondo, Local Bike Race, Now the Richest of Its Kind
A world-famous annual bike race called Levi’s GranFondo, which sends 1,500-plus hardcore cyclists racing down multiple routes in Windsor, Healdsburg and the surrounding countryside each spring, is set to return to our roads on Saturday, April 19. Actually, for its first 13 or so years of...
New Cal Fire Maps Show Increased Risk in Healdsburg
Last Monday, state fire officials updated a set of public “fire hazard severity zone” maps for our area that have reportedly been in place for more than 15 years. And a whole lot more Healdsburg land is showing up in the bright-orange and red zones this time...
Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Mardi Gras Throwback
Welcome to a special throwback edition of “Pics of the Week,” featuring — you guessed it — pics from last year’s big Mardi Gras party at the Mill Street shopping center. Gareth Owens, who co-owns The Parish — Healdsburg's only Cajun and Creole restaurant, situated...
Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Pet Photo Contest Winners
The results are in for this year’s North Bay Pet Photo Contest — a collab between the Healdsburg Tribune, the Bohemian and the Pacific Sun. (Which are all sister papers, FYI!) Winners were voted in by our readers. Pictured here is Perry, winner for “best senior...
In Memoriam: Jendala Utsch
Longtime Healdsburg resident, artist, nonprofit founder and spirit leader Jennifer Utsch, better known as Jendala, died of cancer in the wee hours Wednesday morning, according to loved ones who posted on her Facebook page. They had chronicled her decline on the page over the previous...
Ketcham Winery Selling Lavish Healdsburg Estate House
The private Ketcham Estate winery out Eastside Road, located just past the railroad bridge overpass at the intersection of Eastside and Old Redwood Highway, may soon lose its “estate” aspect, as the Ketcham family is now looking for a buyer for their $3.5 million property....
Sports
The view 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.
