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...
AVFilm Changing Name to ‘True West Film Center’
The local nonprofit that plans to open a movie theater in downtown Healdsburg sometime in the next year is changing its name from AVFilm to True West Film Center, according to the Press Democrat. The new name, which will take effect in a few...
Healdsburg Cancels Fireworks for Fourth of July 2024
The City of Healdsburg has canceled its fireworks show this Fourth of July, thanks to this especially fire-friendly heat wave passing through.
The show was going to be staged at Healdsburg High School, per usual. City officials promised it would be “bigger and better than...
Back-to-Back Storms Batter Healdsburg
We're now three days into these back-to-back President's Day weekend storms, with a day or two left to go of heavy rain, wind and possible thunderstorms. Local rain gauges show we've gotten at least 4 or 5 inches since Friday, with 1 or 2...
Simone’s Healdsburg Event Log: March 20-26, With Early Spring Fun
Thursday, March 20 🌷
Farm to Pantry hosts volunteer tree-pruning workday at Vinecrest Senior Housing in Windsor (9:30am-noon)AARP hosts tax help session at the mini Healdsburg Library inside the Community Center (weekly through Apr 10, 10am-3pm)Floral labyrinth party and spring celebration at The 222: Create a vernal labyrinth together (1-4pm)“Artful play” workshop...
In Memoriam: Joyce Power
A longtime Healdsburg and Cloverdale resident who was deeply involved in our local arts scene died two weekends ago at the age of 89. Joyce Power was born in Canada and lived for many years in London and San Francisco before retiring in Healdsburg with her husband Keith...
Recap: St. Paddy’s in Healdsburg
I'm seeing rave reviews all around from the St. Patrick's Day parade and street party that took over downtown Healdsburg on Sunday morning. Our local St. Paddy's tradition was started a few decades ago by the former owner of the bygone B&B dive bar...
Healdsburg Plaza Wi-Fi Improvements Ahead
After years of crappy — albeit free — Wi-Fi service in the Healdsburg plaza and the surrounding area, our city leaders have decided to upgrade the plaza Wi-Fi system so that people can actually rely on the connection, for a price tag of around $100,000 in...
Rejected Weed Shop Sues City of Healdsburg
The owners of Mercy Wellness, one of eight cannabis companies that went through a months-long application process in Healdsburg last year — in hopes of becoming one of two shops now allowed to sell weed in town — have not moved on from the...
‘Little Free Art Gallery’ Opens in Downtown Healdsburg
Surely by now you’re acquainted with the concept of “little free libraries” — those tiny homes on pegs, giving almost a bird-feeder vibe, filled with books you can give or take on the honor system. We’ve got a few here in Healdsburg, of course — along...
Sports
Greyhounds swing into Redwood league season
The softball team turned up for Tuesday’s game against Piner about the same time the rains began to fall, so the meeting of the NCS Redwood teams was postponed to a later date. The Greyhounds were hoping for an upset to reverse their four-game losing streak—the last time they won a game was against Willits, 13-3, on March 9.









