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September 21, 2026

Upstream or Downstream

Staying healthy and practicing preventative care not only leads

Recycling Earth Day lessons

When the first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, Sonoma County was a very different landscape with a very sick Russian River, a deadened Laguna, lead-spewing automobiles, tons of highway litter and a county land use map poised for massive suburban sprawl from Petaluma to Geyserville.

Commentary

“May you live in interesting times” is an ancient curse that has

IDlewood 3: Catching up with Healdsburg happenings

Greetings, fellow Healdsburgers! After a hiatus, Idlewood 3 is back, and ready to note what’s happening in our town. “IDlewood 3” was the town’s original telephone exchange and now “Hedda Healdsburg” wants to know all. Send your newsy items to me in care of The Healdsburg Tribune.

Editorial

All great places to live share many common traits and one of

Commentary: Healdsburg apocalypse

My wife and I have been Healdsburg residents since 1990 and raised two children here. Measure R is an obsessive political ideological convoluted, manipulated, and a monstrously complex failure waiting to happen. Measure R is not a modification of the GMO, it is a complete political takeover for massive pro-growth and as presented will destroy the faint resemblance of small town charm and community forever. It will be the biggest disaster in Healdsburg’s history.

Open Mic: GMO strikes again

"What I find ironic is that many of the people who spoke at the Planning Commission hearing protesting the nature of the project are the same people who have vigorously opposed efforts to modify the GMO," writes archtect Alan B. Cohen.

Lanterman rights for disabled should trump budget cuts

1977 was a breakthrough year for California when Gov. Jerry

Sonoma Country

Is Sonoma County getting too small for all of us? On many days

Commentary: A wild opportunity

Thousands of Sonoma County residents represented by the Sonoma County Water Coalition and the local Democratic Party seek permanent protection of the headwaters of Felta Creek. Why is this, you may ask?
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Arts & Entertainment

Little films, big world

So many movies, so little time The fifth iteration of the unpronounceable HISFF, or Healdsburg International Short Film Festival, returns to Healdsburg the weekend of...