Bike Race, Marathon Take Over Rural Healdsburg
There were two large athletic events in rural Healdsburg over the weekend, both of them an annual thing: a world-famous bike race called Levi's GranFondo and a spring marathon out at Lake Sonoma. Both got started first thing Saturday morning. For the bike race,...
Healdsburg’s recycled water program is gaining popularity
Mayor among the participants, sharing storage tanks with neighbors
Should Laguna High move to El Molino?
This and other hard questions abound in the high school district’s budget committee report
Commentary: Pension reform is simple
The solution to the county’s pension problem is simple, it’s just not easy to implement. Implementation will require political courage, a commodity often in short supply. The fact there is a serious problem with the county’s pension cost was acknowledged by the Board of Supervisors in 2011.
School board to discuss Measure D bond projects, possibility of interdistrict transfers
The Healdsburg Unified School District Board of Trustees will be discussing several topics at its next meeting on April 20, including review of the citizen’s bond oversight committee Measure D — which was passed by voters in 2016, approving $67 million in funds for the Healdsburg Unified School District — annual report, the possibility of opening the district to limited interdistrict transfers and the local control and accountability plan.
Three HUSD staff members recognized as Educators of the Year
Three staff members at the Healdsburg Unified School District have been recognized as Educators of the Year at the district level and will find out in January whether or not they will go on to represent their region.
Vision for Memorial Beach strives to reconnect all to the river
Public gave input about future of park; more opportunities to share ideas to come
In remembrance
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of local Veteran’s Day ceremonies usually officiated over in Healdsburg and Windsor by the American Legion Sotoyome Post 111. Members of the post in most years would gather for brief remarks and a trumpet or gun salute at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 in the Healdsburg Plaza and the Town of Windsor Town Green. This year, a few decorations laid in the Plaza was all that could be done. Now celebrated as a national holiday, Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day, the date in 1918 when then end of hostilities was called and ended World War.
Healdsburg schools closed through Nov. 1
Schools within the Healdsburg Unified School District and West Side Union School District will be closed through Friday, Nov. 1.
All large events on city property in Sebastopol must now be zero waste
On Nov. 19, the Sebastopol City Council added a new zero waste component to the special event permit required for large events on city property, such as Ives Park or Libby Park.
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.


















