PSST!…Public School Program Ends
Healdsburg’s Public School Success Team, PSST!, has called an end to its 13-year program to mentor the city’s secondary school students, from junior high through graduation. Though many things have impacted education in recent years, none has done more than COVID.
“With the onset of...
County Reaches Agreement With Law Enforcement
The agreement, between Sonoma County and two groups representing county law enforcement employees, the Sonoma County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and Sonoma County Law Enforcement Association, will expand the authority of the county's Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach (IOLERO).
Established in 2015 as...
A Saintly Spot in Dry Creek Valley
Healdsburg has a new heart; it’s called Little Saint.
In the luminous glass and steel building on the corner of North and Foss streets, which until 2018 housed the gathering space and eatery SHED, Little Saint has taken up residence with the same passionate mission...
City Manager Gets an Assistant
An important city position was filled this week as Andrew Sturmfels was introduced to the City Council at their June 21 meeting as the new assistant city manager, to aid in the administration of Healdsburg’s city business and staff.
The crucial position has been vacant...
Healdsburg Economy Evades Fed Rate Hike
U.S. stock markets responded negatively, moving into bear market territory for the first time in more than 10 years. This happens when indexes fall by 20% or more. The Fed lifted interest rates to try and cool off inflation which rose to 8.6% in...
House Fire Takes a Life
Just before 8am on Thursday morning, June 9, a fire broke out in an older home on Prince Street near downtown Healdsburg, which proved fatal to a resident and several pets.
The house, built in 1910, a three-bedroom wood frame structure with a walk-up front...
Sonic Brings High-Speed Internet to Healdsburg
Three white utility trucks spread out through Healdsburg’s residential streets last week, stopping to send a lineman up in the basket for a few-minute adjustment, then speeding off to another utility pole. It was the first physical step in bringing Healdsburg deeper into the...
Water Sharing Program Deadline Looms
The deadline for the roughly 1,500 Upper Russian River watershed water rights holders to join a novel water sharing program organized by local stakeholders and approved by the California State Water Board is June 20.
After that date, local water rights holders will no longer...
Fogbelt Station nears completion at depot
Healdsburg’s very own Depot District will soon have another attraction. And even if it’s several years until SMART comes to town, a new business will open on Hudson Street after many delays. Come July, expect the brews to flow and food to come out...
Magnolia Blossoms Blooming
Magnolias are in bloom around H’burg this week. Big leathery brown and green leaved trees send out magnificent white-petaled blooms, usually marking the beginnings of Spring. Yet flowering in our nearby magnolia is happening late this year. Its emerging blooms, tightly wound, are only...

















