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The Foley Family Community Pavilion gets another workout this Friday, May 8, when SMART holds a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Healdsburg Extension Project. The event, from 1 to 3pm, will include complimentary refreshments, commemorative T-shirts and other swag....

The City Council discussed and approved a proposal by artist Jake Messing to create an agricultural themed mural in the new Foley Family Community Pavilion. Messing was chosen out of 63 applications from local, regional and international artists.

On April 25, a hit and run accident occurred at Guiso Latin Fusion on North Street. A vehicle crashed into the parklet outside the restaurant. No one was injured. Officers arrived and spoke to witnesses who said the driver was female...

The big question looming over the Tuesday Market for much of last season was its location for 2026. Having been on the Healdsburg Plaza for years, and associated with that spot, moving it was not something the management, vendors or the community wanted. The city felt strongly, however, that the new Foley Family Community Pavilion should be the site for both markets, having built the facility specifically for them...

At the end of 2025, the Healdsburg City Council approved 'When the Time Comes,' a new program designed to help residents navigate end-of-life planning and support. The WTTC program gets underway this month, a resource hub at the Senior Center handling questions, concerns and complexities related to the final decisions an individual or a family must make.

The local Flock system is connected to a regional information network, the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), which compares license plate and other vehicle information to see if it produces a “hit” with the wider law enforcement database, as well as to alerts pushed out by neighboring agencies. But how is that information used more widely?

Early morning drama: "12:50am The Reporting Party (RP) on Mill Street said that a reckless driver exited Hwy 101 and parked at Wells Fargo. The RP said the driver almost hit her at a high rate of speed, slammed on his brakes, passed the RP and then swerved on the highway before taking the exit. The caller was transferred to California Highway Patrol..."

Even as the Great Redwood Trail Agency (GRTA) board gave final approval to the ambitious 300-mile rail-to-trail route across three counties, the project came face-to-face with an obstacle it was unable to avoid. Not a canyon or a gulf, nor an earthquake or a typhoon, but a little stretch of rail called the Skunk Train.

The two regions are different places, with different personalities. Healdsburg is compact, curated and premium by design. Sonoma is a genuine town with genuine range...

The Healdsburg City Council met this week to discuss matters as diverse as urban planning, youth activities, public safety cameras and the City budget. But the meeting began with a proclamation recognizing April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.