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The signs were stark and direct: Dictator or Democracy—That’s  the Choice. Resist, Protest, Impeach. Resist by Any Means Necessary. The Power of the People Is Stronger than the People in Power. Defend Our Country Against Its President. And Orange Lies Matter...

9:29pm The store manager wanted law enforcement to contact two people who entered the store and filled a bag with miscellaneous medications. The RP was willing to press charges. Officers arrived and contacted all parties. The items were returned and no charges were filed. The people agreed to leave the store.

OK, so you remember how Molti Amici on Healdsburg Avenue suffered a fall from grace last November and was forced to close its doors just over a year after it opened in the old Campo Fina space, with dreams of becoming Healdsburg’s next casual Italian community hub? And...

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...

Ever wake up and make a beeline for your coffee grinder, only to discover you’re out of beans? The horror! Two entrepreneurial Healdsburg siblings are here to save the day: Celia, 13, and Quinn, 10, just opened their second sidewalk coffee-bean hut here in town, at...

Thursday, April 24 Peak rose bloom at Russian River Rose Company on Magnolia Drive (appointments Tue-Sat through mid-May)Fermentation class at the Geyserville Gun Club (weekly through May 29, 10-11:30am)Farm to Pantry hosts community garden workday at Mason Street Garden: Weeding, mulching, planting and more (weekly, 10am-noon)Healdsburg High School softball team plays home...

Local police officers had a couple of big days last week, as they tracked down three teenage boys suspected of attacking another 19-year-old male near East and Mill streets, just a couple blocks east of the roundabout, around 6pm on Tuesday, April 15. Cops...

Last Monday night marked the conclusion of what City Manager Jeff Kay called “a long and really involved journey” in Healdsburg’s civic history, as the City Council voted to approve a new map for selecting council members by district voting, beginning in 2026.

I recently got a very exciting email in my inbox from Healdsburg chef Jacob Harth, the man behind those Winnie’s pop-ups at the Maison Healdsburg wine bar. He wrote: “I previously announced the opening of my restaurant Winnie’s a few months ago and we...

A total of 10 new charging stations are being installed, four on East Street and six in the lot between Healdsburg Avenue and Center Street. Their addition will bring city-owned charging stations to 24: There are currently 12 charging stations in the City Hall parking lot at 401 Grove St. and two more at 150 Branch Lane, in the Mill District.