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Assembly District 2 Race: All the Latest Dirt

February 9, 2024

City Councilmember Ariel Kelley is trying to take the "McGuire leap" from Healdsburg city politics to California state politics in the election this year. The latest issue of the Healdsburg Tribune features a a deep dive into all the campaign donations that Kelley has...

Healdsburg’s Historic Building Preservation Award Winners

February 12, 2024

Each year, the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society hands out a batch of "historic preservation awards" to people in town who've done an especially good job sprucing up any iconic old buildings they own, in a way that both honors the original look and...

Healdsburg’s Memorial Beach Now Open for Summer

July 3, 2024

Just in time to get us through this heat wave, Memorial Beach opened for the summer season on Monday, July 1. It’s not just a big, sad pile of sand anymore! From Sonoma County parks officials, who oversee our little stretch of river sand: "The...

Record Shop Opening Inside Healdsburg Tasting Room

January 27, 2024

A new record shop is also opening today in Healdsburg — inside a tasting room, of course. It will be called "Vino & Vinyls." The winery responsible is Montagne Russe, whose tasting room opened a couple of summers ago inside the big Bacchus Landing...

Who Has the Cheapest Corkage Fees in Healdsburg?

December 12, 2023

There's an interesting piece in the latest issue of the Trib on the rising price of corkage fees for the BYOB experience at restaurants in town. SingleThread leads the pack at $150 per bottle. Agave is on the much lower end at $8 per bottle — and...

Summer’s Market Closes in Healdsburg

October 15, 2024

The owners of Summer’s Market near the high school, who’ve been keeping after-school pitstop culture alive at 555 Powell Ave. ever since the iconic Powell Avenue Market shut down a little over a decade ago, just closed up shop late last month. “We are closed for a few...

Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Horses at Dry Creek Bar

December 3, 2024

Just another night in the life of a Dry Creek barfly! A group of three young local legends rode their horses to the bar at the Dry Creek General Store just north of town earlier this month, on Friday, Nov. 8, and snapped these pics while their...

In Memoriam: Ann Howard

March 26, 2024

Ann Howard, one of the Healdsburg Museum's most "dedicated" volunteers, passed away earlier this month at age 79, museum officials say. "We are saddened to announce the passing of our dearest friend and supporter, Ann Howard, on March 11, 2024," they posted on Facebook...

Healdsburg Election Results

March 6, 2024

Ballots from the primary election on Tuesday are still being counted, so the results aren't set in stone yet — especially in the tight races. Here's what I'm seeing as of Thursday morning, though. For the statewide U.S. Senate seat left empty when Dianne Feinstein...

Head of ‘Farm to Pantry’ Nonprofit Resigns

February 3, 2024

Celebrity chef Duskie Estes, the very public face of Healdsburg food-justice nonprofit Farm to Pantry, has decided to step down as the org's executive director at the end of this month. "It is critical that devote my time to my family at this time,"...

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