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On Sept. 14, 1915, Ollie Bockee (pronounced “bouquet”), the new owner of over 500 acres in Calistoga, was charged with killing a dog on her property.  As the Press Democrat wrote of the event at the time, Bockee was “greatly annoyed by hunters’ cunning stock...

Presented with a petition signed by over 600 people that called for increased funding for the arts, the Healdsburg City Council gave the topic as much attention as they could in the May 31 special budget study session, but were unwilling to allocate more...

Q: “Why is the Villa Chanticleer named so? Does it have to do with Chaucer’s Chanticleer?” – Christine Campbell, Healdsburg

Downtown Healdsburg is a hopping place to be on Saturday and Tuesday mornings, all the better for locals and out-of-towners who like farmers’ markets and what they have to offer. Which is a lot. The selection of goods for sale at the many market...

Graduation Day means a lot to every senior who picks up his or her diploma and hears the cheers of friends, family and faculty. This year 126 such seniors left 12th grade behind to begin the rest of their lives—but for five local students, the event signified something even more special...

Friday, Feb. 17 8:16am. Person sleeping outside of Dollar Tree and smoking out of something that resembles a drug pipe, described as a white adult male, laying under blankets. Officers contacted and cited a 38-year-old man. Saturday, Feb. 18 1:52pm. Graffiti reported at Carson Warner Skate Park...

A dozen more-curious-than-normal hikers walked along Foss Creek Pathway on Thursday last week, taking the measure of the footpath from the City Hall at North and Grove streets south to the trail’s current terminus where the railroad tracks cross Front Street. Though a public notice...

By Christian Kallen Candlelight illuminated the faces of some 75 people under the Plaza gazebo roof an hour after sundown on Saturday, Nov. 11. The human circle was not just present to enact the ritual of Havdalah, to begin a new week at the conclusion...

Petty theft, arguing couples, random graffiti and a pedestrian under the influence are a few of the transgressions reported to Healdsburg Police earlier this month.

In any normal housing market when interest rates are so high, one would expect the market to be strongly in favor of buyers with properties struggling to sell, but that is not the case. For example, houses on Marian Lane, Sunnyside Dr. and Chiquita Rd. all sold this year and all got five offers. Inventory levels, still hovering around three months, also point to a sellers’ market. ...