Baci weathers challenges following drive-through
It was Saturday of the first high-season weekend in Healdsburg, Memorial Day, and the owners of Baci Café & Wine Bar, looked forward to another successful year, their 16th on Healdsburg Avenue one block from the Plaza. Then a car drove through the front door.
Letters: On speed limits and building accidents
"Healdsburg is lucky to be able to have slow streets for our neighbors to walk and bike safely, while also having the highway nearby for those in a hurry traveling from north to south," writes Ariel Kelley. "I know change can be tough, but at the same time, you only get one life."
Where the Redwood Highway crosses the Russian River
Whether a tourist or a local (or that broad category of “visitors from nearby”), everyone knows the first stop is Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach, where the Redwood Highway crosses the Russian River. According to Sarah Campbell of Sonoma County Regional Parks, the most recent headcount showed about 68,000 visitors for the previous year.
Russian River’s ‘keeper’ Don McEnhill
In 2025 alone, Russian Riverkeeper—self-styled protector of the river—pulled roughly a half-million pounds of trash from its waters, a volume that has grown, year over year, for the past five years. To do so, the Healdsburg nonprofit organized 900 local volunteers across 75 separate cleanup events along its length.
Real estate: How can home prices be stable?
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.
Flags call out new city speed limits
"I want to support the recommendations,” said Ariel Kelley. “I feel really strongly that this is one of those things that we have the ability to actually improve people’s ability to get in and around our town, or just to slow down. Frankly, lives will be saved because of it. That feels like a pretty compelling reason to me.”
Police Log, June 22 – 28
Fraud occurred at the United States Postal Service (USPS) on Foss Creek Circle. Other forms of fraud are also becoming widespread, according to this week's Police Log. Meanwhile city police continue their community outreach at events like the 4th of July party.
Kids parade, fireworks in store for the Fourth
This Saturday, July 4, Healdsburg will offer family activities from dawn to dusk, beginning with an early morning pancake breakfast and concluding with a half hour of fireworks after the sun goes down.
Geyserville SMART stop appears likely
At first it seemed like a rare misstatement from Mike McGuire. At the May event welcoming SMART to Healdsburg—the so-called “groundbreaking”—the local politician and longtime supporter of the commuter rail system said, “Now it’s on to Geyserville!” Last week revealed it wasn’t a misstatement, but a stealth announcement:
‘Mail theft is a crime’
A USPS inspector reports that "Project Safe Delivery is a joint initiative aimed at countering postal crime and safeguarding postal employees. The initiative was announced in May 2023, in direct response to combat the recent rise in threats and attacks on letter carriers and mail theft incidents by protecting postal employees and the security of the nation’s mail and packages."
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Plaza reclaims its place as Healdsburg’s hub
Returning for its 10th year is Dia de Muertos, the Mexican folk holiday that has found a new home north of the border since 2016. Sponsored by the City of Healdsburg’s Community Services and the local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg, Dia de Muertos was first recognized locally to mark Corazón’s inaugural community event, where it introduced the newly established organization to Healdsburg.
