Early Competition in Race for Healdsburg’s State Senate Seat
Another candidate has joined Healdsburg resident and Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore in the race to replace State Sen. Mike McGuire, who’s also a Healdsburgian, when he’s termed out in 2026. Her name is Natalie Rogers, and she’s a rising Santa Rosa politician who currently sits...
Utility Box Artist Spotlight: Amber Rankin
The Town of Windsor’s new utility box painting program called Discovering Windsor Through Art aims to help beautify the community and is dedicated to exhibiting the visual arts outside the constraints of museums or galleries. The 2021 theme of “community healing” is designed to highlight the resiliency of Windsor and help the community heal through public art.
Local tribal citizens are advocating for more cultural burns
As smoke from the massive Dixie Fire made its way to Sonoma County, the Healdsburg Fire Department convened a group of fire ecologists, land management experts and stewardship specialists on Aug. 4 to provide a presentation to the community on fire ecology and how certain burns can help restore the land and work to help prevent devastating wildfires.
Quarantined: A new law is disrupting California school reopenings
Heather Christiansen got an email on Aug. 14 from her son’s school, saying her 10-year-old had been in contact with a classmate who tested positive for COVID-19.
Gas station robbery suspect arrested
EDITOR’S NOTE: All people named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Healdsburg Police and Sheriff Logs, June 4-10
The following are excerpted from the log entries of the Healdsburg Police Department and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department for the Healdsburg area.
Sebastopol home to a used bookstore once again
There were some heartbroken bookworms in Sebastopol when Copperfield’s Used Books closed in January.
Healdsburg’s Historic Simi Winery Might Get New Owners Soon
The San Francisco Chronicle made a bold prediction early last month: “This will be the year of California winery closures.” Here in Healdsburg, from where I’m sitting, the 2025 wine-industry shakeup has looked more like a Great Reshuffling — aka, wine bosses selling off certain properties or reshaping their...
