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To cover all the bases and get the widest possible public engagement, there will be two meetings: one a “virtual” meeting to be streamed live, and recorded, at 10am on Thursday morning. The other would be a more traditional open house event, held at the city’s Council Chambers on Thursday afternoon from 5-7pm.

Dr. April Mitts was selected as the next Assistant City Manager for the City of Healdsburg, following a nationwide recruitment. She will fill the role formerly held by Andrew Sturmfels, who left in January.

The county’s Department of Public Infrastructure has announced a schedule for rebuilding the Wohler Bridge, a historic steel-truss span over the Russian River less than six miles from Healdsburg. Construction will begin on April 1, and the bridge will be closed throughout the summer.

It started Monday morning: "11:16am A warrant service officer contacted a man and woman at Goodwill Industries on Healdsburg Avenue. A 58-Year-Old (YO) man was cited and released on two outstanding Sonoma County warrants regarding failure to appear, possession of a switchblade, trespassing, possession of an open container, theft of utility services and possession of drug paraphernalia..."

Early in the morning of March 12, three Healdsburg Police officers went to Los Gatos to arrest the suspect Damian Martines-Osorio, who was now living under another alias. With the cooperation of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department, whose officers surrounded the scene, police attempted to arrest Martines-Osorio. Once again, however, he attempted to flee on foot but this time he was captured while trying to jump over a fence. The arrest was logged at 8:48am. 

Given all the angst and opinion voiced in previous public hearings (and social media) about the city’s transition to District Elections, Monday nights’ meeting took place in a desert. Fewer than half a dozen members of the public were in the room when the hearing, fourth in a series of five, got underway at the posted “time certain” 6:45pm on March 17. But the meeting set forth the future of Healdsburg district elections for years to come.

12:43pm The RP indicated that between four and six juveniles were on the beach of Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach near the boat dock when he heard two gunshots three minutes apart. The RP believed the juveniles were responsible. There was no fighting or yelling heard afterward. The RP believed ...

Along with the downtown limits on formula stores, the new ordinance formalizes the longstanding ban on big-box stores (think Walmart) and outlet malls (think Petaluma) throughout the city. Such a ban does little to impinge on consumer opportunities, as Walmart, Home Depot and other similar big boxes can be found just down the road in Windsor or Santa Rosa.

Monday, Feb. 24, 12:33am A vehicle was stopped on Healdsburg Avenue for not complying with rear lighting rules. A 29-Year-Old (YO) man was arrested and transported to county jail for drunk driving and  violating probation....

Senior-home staffers threw a joint birthday party for the Big Four last Friday afternoon, on the final day of February. They branded it a “centenarian celebration.” The first two birthday girls wheeled into the snug party lounge were Healdsburg natives Marge Lampson and Marge Barnard, who remember attending public school together in Healdsburg.