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Donna L. Tokugawa, the co-owner and host of The Taste of Tea, wasn’t just known in Healdsburg as a restaurant co-owner, she was known as an outgoing and compassionate community member and a friend to all, the kind of friend who accepts everyone with...

On the evening of Thursday, May 29, residents of the east Healdsburg neighborhood known as “the Lanes” were alarmed by multiple fire trucks and first responders racing up Powell Avenue to Pordon Lane, where they turned to respond to a reported structure fire in the 700 block.

Visitors of all ages can make paper ornaments, take a ride on a wooden rocking elephant, play games like “Kerplunk” and “Operation,” and race Hot Wheels in the December exhibit at the Healdsburg Museum.

STREET CLOSURE: The city has announced an unusually long closure of a key commercial street to vehicle traffic in downtown Healdsburg for almost three full days this weekend, Aug. 26-28. The road closure of Plaza Street, from Healdsburg Avenue to Center Street (the north side...

MONDAY FEBRUARY 11

Patrons locked-out of expired boxes just as election ballots are arriving

There’s no mistaking several recent incidents in the chambers of various local city halls and the county supervisors offices with the Jan. 6 violent insurrection at our U.S. Capitol. But all of these incidents exposed our democracy’s recent troubles with the peaceful and respectful passing of power from one party or officer to the next.

Geyserville Unified School District has refinanced outstanding general obligation bonds, which will save the district’s property owners over $565,000 in taxes. The refunding bonds, totaling $2,587,500, were originally from the district’s 2008 bond authorization, which was approved by 69 percent of voters in the February 2008 election.

One vote down, 12 years to build.

At the June 16 meeting on the Windsor Town Council, the seated council members passed three resolutions approving the budget for Fiscal Years (FY) 2021-22 and 2022-23, adopting the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fiscal Years 2021-26 and adopting a resolution acknowledging receipt and use of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021.