Laguna Farm lives on despite closing CSA program and move from Cooper Road
Laguna Farm has ended its community-supported agriculture (CSA) program and farmstand on Cooper Road in Sebastopol, but the farm lives on, according to former co-owners Jennifer Branham and Ignacio Romero.
City Distributes $50k to 8 Local Arts Projects
The long-time-coming city awards for local arts projects were finally distributed in June, resulting in 40% of the money going to a single public arts project along Foss Creek Parkway. Much smaller awards went to a variety of proposals designed to underwrite community arts...
Real estate: How can home prices be stable?Â
Break the town’s sales into price ranges and every single one got more expensive over the past year. Homes under $1 million, homes between $1 and $3 million, and estates above $3 million all rose. The flat headline is not the story. It is barely a footnote to it.
Steelhead lessons
Thousands of people visited last weekend’s Steelhead Festival at Warm Springs Dam and Lake Sonoma. The people outnumbered the fish — and that has been our problem in the Russian River watershed for the last 60 years. The epic winter runs of spawning steelhead that once numbered over 50,000 are now down to a very few thousand, if that many.
California public schools suffer record enrollment drop
California’s K-12 public-school enrollment has precipitously declined during the pandemic, dropping by a record 155,000 students, according to new state projections.Â
Healdsburg police looking into reports of drugging at downtown bar
The Healdsburg Police Department is investigating around seven reports — two of which were received on April 7 — of alleged drugging incidents in Healdsburg, some of which may go back to November 2021. In each case, the reporting party reported that they believed their drink was spiked with drugs while at Duke’s Spirited Cocktails. As of April 11, Healdsburg Police Sgt. John Haviland said that there is currently no proof that any of the reported incidents have taken place at Duke’s.Â
Volunteers spend weekend making food give-away a reality
Seniors and families benefit from community support for
‘Narcan Squad’ returns to work
Three Healdsburg men continue to save lives by distributing Narcan nasal spray throughout Healdsburg public locations, as first reported two years ago in the Tribune. Now they are putting up signs to make the life-saving antidote easier to find.
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.
















