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Research and photographs contributed by The Healdsburg Museum 100 years agoDec. 13, 1923 Santa Claus to Greet Kiddies at Clubhouse, Kris Kringle at American Legion Santa Claus will personally meet and greet the younger generation of Healdsburg citizens at the American Legion club house on the evening...

Monday, Nov. 27 1:15pm Threats occurred at Safeway on Vine Street. The Reporting Party (RP) stated they had been threatened with a rock by a man who had been drinking. Officers responded and arrested a 54-year-old (YO) man for criminal threats and violating parole. While...

Bridge Lighting Policy At the December 4th city council meeting I requested city council to revisit resolution 68-2023 and abort the bridge lighting project, returning it to its natural state for the following reasons. ('Healdsburg Chooses the Color of Peace,' Oct. 26) Lighting the bridge was...

On Saturday, Dec. 9, starting at 5:26pm, Healdsburg Police received numerous 911 calls regarding a motorcycle vs. vehicle collision just off Highway 101. The motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Dry Creek Road, and the other vehicle was westbound on Dry Creek Road making a...

On a cool and damp first December night, Santa Claus came to town. But the steady soft rain that fell Friday in the Plaza did little to deter hundreds of spectators from enjoying the Christmas spirit, the perky carols of the Sugarplums and the variety...

In a significant development for the Sonoma County Library, Dara Bradds has recently joined the administrative team as deputy director, becoming the second-in-command within the countywide library system. By Kary Hess As author Neil Gaiman said, “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers; a librarian can...

BREAKING: On Dec. 4, around 10:40am, Healdsburg Police Department officers responded to a report of multiple vehicles that were vandalized at Healdsburg High School. While gathering information from victims, an observant citizen alerted Police Dispatch of additional vehicle vandalism near the high school. Upon...

A weeks-long search for missing Geyserville resident Michele Paul, an 81-year-old woman with “cognitive issues,” ended tragically Monday afternoon when she was found dead in Boonville, according to the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office. Her car was found nearby, “several miles down a dirt road...

Piazza Hospitality’s fourth Healdsburg hotel project, plagued by what Planning Commission Chair Phil Luks called a “checkered procedural history,” was finally approved by the commission at its Nov. 28 meeting. The residence hotel at 400 Healdsburg Ave. would join Healdsburg Hotel, H2 Hotel and the...

Adel’s Restaurant, opened 34 years ago and as such perhaps the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Healdsburg, closed its doors for the last time on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 29. The diner on Dry Creek Road just off the Highway 101 off-ramp has been a popular...