Gas money: Is it better to send out checks or suspend a tax?
California is flush with cash — the state has an estimated budget surplus of $21 billion — and, separately, gas prices are way up.
‘Little Market’ on the Market Again
The little store on Powell Street is closed once again. Most recently known as Summer’s Market, it shut its doors for good in early October and has been listed for sale since mid-month. But there's more to the story than just "real estate news" - check it out...
Police Log, March 18 – 24
Monday, March 18
12:03pm Reckless driving was reported on March Avenue at University Street. The Reporting Party (RP) indicated that a subject on an electric bicycle did not stop at signs and made unsafe passes. An officer responded, but the bicycle was gone on arrival...
‘I went against a dragon’: Salon moves to survive impacts of COVID
The owner and operator of Vanity the Salon, a Healdsburg beauty parlor, has moved to a new location, after nearly two years of struggling to keep her business — in an industry particularly hard hit by the pandemic — alive.
‘Sideways’ Author to Speak, Sip Pinot
Not too many works of art have changed the course of wine appreciation, but Sideways is on the short list.
The 2004 movie, with its scenes extolling the virtues of pinot noir and the dismissive line, “I am not drinking f—g merlot!” changed not only...
Police Log: June 5-11
Monday, June 5
11:09am. Disturbance on Greens Dr. Last week, the RP's (Reporting Party’s) husband was in an argument with a female "local homeless person." The female got into her vehicle, and she tried to ram into the RP's husband’s car with her car. RP...
New principal aims to restore leadership at Windsor High
Windsor High School’s new principal is working to bring consistency and trust to students and faculty at Windsor High School, as students return amid mask mandates and after years of unstable leadership.
Here’s what’s ahead for California businesses in 2022
Clogged supply chains. Hiring struggles. New mask rules. A virus that trampled right over return-to-work schedules. Last year was chaotic for many businesses across California.
Fitch Mountain Footrace a Local’s Favorite
The 47th annual running of the Fitch Mountain Footrace, a 10-kilometer run around the Healdsburg landmark, raised about $8,000 for the Kiwanis Memorial Scholarship Fund. But for the local men and women, boys and girls who competed, the running is the best part.
There were...
Chamber Spotlights Women in Business
Though a month late for American Business Women’s Day on Sept. 22, the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce is making up for missed time with a “unique and empowering event” at Coyote Sonoma on Tuesday, Oct. 24.
The two-part program begins with a Women in Business...