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Memorial Beach, the southern gateway to Healdsburg over the Russian River, won’t have that extra water backed up behind the dam to form a nice public swimming lake during the summer months. The steel-plate dam, which usually goes up the last week of May in...

In an effort to communicate more directly with residents, the City of Healdsburg has revived its occasional “Meeting with the City Manager” format, last held in 2019 when David Mickaelian had the job.  Jeff Kay, who has been in the position since early in 2021, held...

A worker for Butler Amusements was injured on Friday morning, Feb. 17, before the Cloverdale Citrus Fair threw open its gates for 2023. The worker was helping set up the Ferris wheel, and witnesses reported on social media that he tumbled from one of...

Firearms owners will soon be required to place trigger locks on guns in their homes, or store them in locked gun safes, to reduce the possibility that a loaded weapon can end up in the hands of someone not familiar with safe firearm handling—or...

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...

The new Beverage Container Recycling Pilot Program has come to Sebastopol. A new recycling kiosk housed in a shipping container is now open at the north end of town in the Community Church of Sebastopol parking lot at 1000 Gravenstein Highway N. 

Day hikers, fitness buffs and dog walkers may find one of their most challenging walks off limits for the next two or three months, as long-awaited public access improvements for Fitch Mountain Park and Open Space Preserve got underway this week. With construction activities that...

Healdsburg’s Climate Mobilization Strategy was unanimously adopted by the city council at their Oct. 16 meeting, following several revisions to the plan that were proposed by the city staff after a year-long development calendar. The revisions were, at least in part, due to the...

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...