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May 11, 2025

Police Log, June 17 – 23

Bike accident
Late Checkout, A Stolen Tractor, Battling Brothers and Donuts on Canyon Run were among the incidents reported to Healdsburg Police in mid-June...

‘Purple Pipes’ to Deliver Recycled Water to City Landscapes

Purple pipe
The first stage of the project took place in mid-June on Kinney Road, west of Highway 101 near Opperman & Son Inc. At about the same time the pipe was installed on Kennedy Lane just east of the freeway, from there turning up Healdsburg Avenue to University Avenue, and at the Memorial Bridge...

Rail Trails, an Idea Whose Time is Summer

Path and sculpture
Enter the rail trail. The concept developed in the 1980s as railroads across the country were decommissioned and a growing population sought new trails to travel. Thus the Rails to Trails Conservancy was formed out of timely necessity. Nearly 2,500 rail trails nationally now span 25,000 miles, as practical a reuse of a transportation corridor as one could conceive...

Police Log, June 10 – 18

Monday, June 10 10:11am A hit-and-run accident occurred on Greens Drive at Matheson Street. The driver of the other vehicle stopped to make sure the victim was okay, but then left before exchanging information. Officers responded and took a report. 11:51am Petty theft occurred on Highland...

Point Fire Torches Dry Creek Valley

Hillside on fire
As thick smoke poured across Sonoma and Napa counties, more than 300 residents of the northern Dry Creek Valley and its foothills rushed to evacuate, along with hundreds more lake and tasting-room visitors...

City Council Votes to Add ‘Middle Class’ to Ballot Question

Business lot
Faced with the task of crafting a ballot measure that was accurate, legal and appealing to the average voter, the Healdsburg City Council took pains to review the recommended wording for a November ballot measure that would amend the 24-year-old Growth Management Ordinance, or GMO.

Sonoma County Issues Air Quality Health Advisory

Smoky skies
On Tuesday, the office of the Sonoma County Health Officer issued a health advisory as smoky air from the Point Fire near Lake Sonoma continued to cover parts of the county. Such advisories proved common during the summer months of several recent years since 2017, when the Tubbs Fire swept across Sonoma County. This is the first advisory so far in 2024...

Police Log, June 3 – 9

When an officer stopped a vehicle near CVS Pharmacy on Center Street for crossing double lines, an 18-year-old (YO) male was arrested and brought to county jail for driving under the influence of a drug, being a minor in possession of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance and possession of an open container...

Asti Summer Crossing to Open by July 4

Closed road signs
Even as work proceeds through the end of the month to reopen the seasonal span over the Russian River near the community of Asti—the so-called Asti Summer Crossing—the County of Sonoma is finalizing preparations to turn the crossing into a permanent one. “A Permanent Asti...

Trees Demand Equal Rights

Oak forest
Two weeks after the Healdsburg Planning Commission voted to approve a new parking lot at Montage Healdsburg, members of the citizen group Climate Action Healdsburg (CAH) filed an appeal that will take the decision to the City Council for reconsideration...
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