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July 1, 2025

Montage Parking Lot Challenge Gets Results

Montage Healdsburg’s plan to remove 107 blue oak trees to build a new parking lot has been withdrawn by the developer. The plan, approved by the Planning Commission at its May 28 meeting, drew immediate protest from a group of local environmentalists, who took the formal measure of filing an appeal of the approval....

Former Visitors’ Center for Rent

Building for leaase
The two-story Mediterranean-style cottage at 217 Healdsburg Ave., which for years served as the public walk-in presence of the Chamber of Commerce, is for rent. Though small—it’s less than 700 square feet, 347 on the ground floor—its location could not be better for the right customer: Next door to the H2Hotel and a block’s walk from the Plaza...

New EV Charges Planned to Close the Gap

Healdsburg has been coming up short some $37,000 annually on its EV charging program, the City Council learned a couple of weeks ago. For every $44,000 it costs for the electric chargers to operate, including the actual price per kilowatt hour to run the...

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...
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