Film festival begins this weekend
The Alexander Valley Film Festival is back for its seventh year, moving to new spring festival dates, expanded offerings
Planning Commission vacancies draw crowded field of 11 applicants
The Healdsburg Planning Commission, charged with interpreting the complex regulations and codes that govern land use in the city, is suddenly popular.
Healdsburg students crowned co-champ of local spelling bee
Two Healdsburg students co-championed the North Sonoma County Regional Spelling Competition in Santa Rosa earlier this month. Fitch Mountain Elementary School fifth grader Lily Villano and St. John the Baptist Catholic School sixth grader Gavin Curran, demonstrated their spelling skills at the competition, held March 5.
Bookmobile raising funds for new truck
State law forcing nonprofit to stop using current vehicle
Police Log, April 21 – 27
12:08pm An accident occurred on East Street at Plaza Street. The RP indicated she pulled out of a construction site and hit another vehicle or the other vehicle hit her. The accident was never determined to be a hit and run, and there was no visible damage to the RP’s vehicle. An officer responded and took a report.
Local wine storage and shipping operations under one ownership
Alexander Valley Cellars finishing deal to buy Wine Country Cellars and Shipping
Bucket Brigade blood drive helps community in disaster
Contest pits local fire departments against each other for community good
Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds shelter full, evacuees camp in cars
As the sun came up over the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds with the thick smell of smoke in the air, people camping in their cars were starting to stir, getting up to walk their dogs or waiting in line for the Petaluma Regional Library to open adjacent from the grounds.













