Public funeral services, celebration of life announced for former Chief Burke
Public viewing to be held May 4 at St. John’s Catholic Church, public funeral service and celebration of life planned for May 6
This week, the Healdsburg Police Department announced plans for former Healdsburg Police Chief Kevin Burke’s public funeral services and celebration of life...
Local nonprofits work to remove access barriers to mental health care
Editor’s note: Over the next week, SoCoNews will be publishing articles written between January and February as part of a special series on mental health in Sonoma County.
Man arrested in Guerneville for criminal threats, robbery
Yesterday morning, Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in Guerneville who threatened multiple people and stole a woman’s phone.
Annual fire department report: Medical calls for service on the rise from previous years
Healdsburg Fire Department also busy with mutual aid, vegetation management projects
City proposes five-year schedule for water rate increases
Year one would include a 2% increase for water rate payers
City proposes five-year schedule for water rate increases
Year one would include a 2% increase for water rate payers
The City of Healdsburg is moving forward with a proposal to increase water rates. In year one, the rates people will see might include a decrease or increase, but in general, the sum nets...
Sebastopol Police Logs, April 11-17
The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.
School board to discuss Measure D bond projects, possibility of interdistrict transfers
The Healdsburg Unified School District Board of Trustees will be discussing several topics at its next meeting on April 20, including review of the citizen’s bond oversight committee Measure D — which was passed by voters in 2016, approving $67 million in funds for the Healdsburg Unified School District — annual report, the possibility of opening the district to limited interdistrict transfers and the local control and accountability plan.
I tried making prune honey bread from an old recipe. The results were interesting.
Earlier this month, I was at the Healdsburg Museum looking through old editions of The Healdsburg Tribune to familiarize myself with Healdsburg’s Prune Blossom Tour, the subject of my latest feature article, and I came across a selection of recipes — prune nut squares, prune apricot pot roast and prune honey bread.
Looking back at Healdsburg’s prune blossom tour
As Healdsburg delves into spring, yellow mustard pops up from a carpet of greenery, buds break on grape vines and poppies and other flowers start to bloom, but spring in Healdsburg looked quite different in the mid-1900s.

















