Petition Asks for Giant Healdsburg River Park
You know that huge chunk of wasteland along the far bank of the Russian River through town, next to Memorial Bridge? For over 75 years, it was home to a sand and gravel mine, run by a company called Syar Industries. Now, all 88...
2024 Lineup for Healdsburg ‘Tuesdays in the Plaza’
The lineup was just announced for Tuesdays in the Plaza, a warm-weather public ceremony for almost four decades now. And just like for the FFA parade, you'd better get your chairs out there early. Christian Kallen, news editor of the Healdsburg Tribune, described the...
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...
Recent Spectacles in Healdsburg Skies
Some pretty crazy stuff has been happening in the air over Healdsburg lately. Joe Kopczynski took the pic above just after 6am last Friday morning as he was heading toward Healdsburg from Geyserville, where he lives. It appears to show the rocket that Elon Musk’s SpaceX company reportedly launched that morning from...
Hybrid Bicycle-Stop Sign Sculpture Complete on Foss Creek Pathway
One of the public art projects funded by the city's first round of grants last year, a mashup sculpture called "Adopt-A-Stop" that fuses an old red bicycle frame with a stop sign, was installed in April and is now settling in along the Foss...
In Memoriam: Arline Smith
Longtime Healdsburg resident Arline Hotle Smith passed away last month at age 89. She and her husband of 62 years, Bill, "moved to Healdsburg with their three children in 1976," according to her obituary. They were known to "travel extensively on their boat, circling...
In Memoriam: Bob Pape
Longtime Healdsburg resident Bob Pape, a well-loved leader in local schools who went on to become a bit of a community fitness guru, passed away earlier this month at the age of 76, according to his obituary — "after a short and intense battle with...
In Memoriam: Barry Steele
Well-known local businessman Barry Steele reportedly passed away last month. The former owner of the Fairview Inn & Suites at the south end of town "died unexpectedly" at age 81 "on the land he loved in Geyserville," his obituary says. More from the obit: "Barry 'Like...
Lagniappe, New Healdsburg Bistro, to Take Over Old Campo Fina, Molti Amici Space
I recently got a very exciting email in my inbox from Healdsburg chef Jacob Harth, the man behind those Winnie’s pop-ups at the Maison Healdsburg wine bar. He wrote: “I previously announced the opening of my restaurant Winnie’s a few months ago and we...
Healdsburg Artist Relaunches After-School Program for Kids
Healdsburg artist Jennifer "Jendala" Utsch, known around town for her traveling cart of metal chimes, is starting up her weekly after-school kids art program "Sparkle Time" again this Valentine's Day, after a few years off due to the COVID pandemic and her own ongoing...
Sports
School record-setting season for Greyhounds
Only two teams in their league, the NBL-Redwood, have gotten the better of the Greyhounds this year: first-place Analy and second-place Montgomery. The NBL playoffs come up this week, starting with Analy vs. Healdsburg on May 13...








