Simone’s Healdsburg Event Log: April 24-May 4, With Lotsa Live Music
Thursday, April 24
Peak rose bloom at Russian River Rose Company on Magnolia Drive (appointments Tue-Sat through mid-May)Fermentation class at the Geyserville Gun Club (weekly through May 29, 10-11:30am)Farm to Pantry hosts community garden workday at Mason Street Garden: Weeding, mulching, planting and more (weekly, 10am-noon)Healdsburg High School softball team plays home...
Healdsburg Cops Say Violent Tire-Slashing Suspect on the Loose
By now you've probably heard about the alleged parking-lot stabbing and tire-slashing spree at the Healdsburg Community Center that led to a three-hour police pursuit through town a couple of weeks ago, on the night of Tuesday, April 30. Local police have since named...
Local duo works to share culture through food
Camila Salazar and Osmel Gonzalez were already a powerful duo before arriving in Healdsburg. But after two and a half years, they have not only found a community within their working family at Single Thread, but have created one of their own.
Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Dump Truck, Compost Heap
A garbage truck flipped on the freeway just south of Healdsburg on Friday morning, according to the Santa Rosa office of the California Highway Patrol. Thankfully the CHP says the garbage-truck driver only suffered minor injuries. Northbound lanes near the Arata exit were reportedly closed for more...
Real estate market shifts as Healdsburg adapts
Take 401 Piper St. It was a great product, so we priced it at the absolute top end of comparable properties and we found two buyers to bid up the price beyond expectations to sell it in a day. The buyers were out-of-town buyers looking for a retirement place—the perfect buyers.
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...
Healdsburg Fire Officials Push New Sales Tax
We'll see a measure on our ballots this March, called Measure H, that would add a half-cent sales tax to any purchases made within Sonoma County. The resulting money — around $60 million per year, or $1.5 million in Healdsburg specifically — would add...
New CEO selected at Healdsburg District Hospital
James Schuessler replacing the retiring Joe Harrington
Healdsburg Pic of the Week: Fitch Mountain Moonrise
Dry Creek Valley resident Joanne Rist took this pic of the full moon crowning Fitch Mountain last Thursday, on the night of the total lunar eclipse.
Note from Simone: This photo originally appeared in the weekly email newsletter I write for the Healdsburg Tribune, called...
Healdsburg Pic of the Day: Holiday Window Art
Healdsburg resident Barbara Wollner just took this pic of some uplifting new window art at the Digital XPress print shop at 401 Center St., right next to the old Raven film center. She says it was painted by Santa Rosa artist Terrence Howell.













