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This may be the year Healdsburg joins the rest of California in the pot revolution—for the purposes of city revenue at least.  Currently, Healdsburg prohibits all commercial cannabis operations—making the city an outlier in an otherwise pot-friendly county. The city even banned medicinal marijuana dispensaries...

In response to evolving state law mandating local governments to protect the health of rivers, officials in Sonoma County are exploring new standards for how it issues permits for new wells. The county Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Aug. 9 on the...

Officials from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will offer five free online one-hour information sessions this month, including one in Spanish. Four sessions, including one in Spanish, will discuss the process of becoming a U.S. citizen. One will cover the asylum process. The four naturalization...

The board of directors of the Alliance Medical Center, the community-oriented health care clinic in Healdsburg, has appointed Sue Labbe as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  “Sue is a highly experienced, passionate primary care leader who has been a leading force for Alliance over the past...

Walking around H’burg, specifically Veterans Memorial Beach Park, I happened to notice a little book on a picnic table. It’s not every day that one sees a book on Henry V left behind. Especially a children’s book describing a king from William Shakespeare’s 1599 play.  The...

While coworking spaces were certainly around before the pandemic, the number of  professionals working remotely or from home has increased dramatically over the past two and a half years.  This has led to a surge in the popularity of coworking spaces which prior to the...

The first City of Healdsburg fireworks show in three years took place Monday night, illuminating the high school neighborhoods with flashes of light and the pummeling of explosion.  But the patriotism of the evening was muted by law enforcement actions both before and after the...

A small local housing project, Healdsburg Riverhouse, stole the show at this year’s prestigious PCBC trade show (the Pacific Coast Builders Conference) at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The theme was “The Future of Home,” and on awards night on June 22, the Riverhouse...

State public health officials announced their public health guidance last Thursday for the 2022-2023 K-12 school year, with no mask requirement for students or staff.  The guidance, which officially went into effect last Friday, includes recommendations that students get vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear a...

Petaluma Gap wines are said to have a bit more balance and refinement because the wind hardens and thickens the grape skins, producing more tannins, which render the feeling of texture in your mouth. The microclimate produces wine with a combination of freshness, refinement...