Through winding roads and rain, Forestville mail carrier delivers
19-year-old Sierra Gage starts her day around 7 a.m., getting mail and packages ready to deliver around Forestville.
Mini late-spring heat wave hits Healdsburg
Let me just step in here and preach to the choir about how insanely hot it was over the weekend. Almost record-settingly so, according to Press Democrat reporter Alana Minkler, who reports that “by midafternoon Friday, temperatures in Cloverdale and Healdsburg hovered around 100 degrees” and “at the...
Healdsburg Pics of the Week: V-Day Lights
This jumbo LED arch was on display in downtown Healdsburg this Valentine’s, in the walkway next to Hotel Healdsburg. As is now tradition!
And below, you’ll see Healdsburg’s roundabout has been lookin’ pretty loved-up for the holiday, too...
Vote-by-mail ballots going out to Windsor voters this week
Vote-by-mail ballots for the April 12 special election will start going out in the mail this week to all active, registered voters residing in the Town of Windsor. Voters should expect their vote-by-mail ballots to arrive within five to 10 days. This election does not apply to any Sonoma County voters who live outside of Windsor.
Council approves trial run of full Plaza Street closure
In a unanimous decision during its July 27 meeting the Healdsburg City Council voted to approve the full closure of Plaza Street from Healdsburg Avenue to Center Street and from Center to half way up Plaza Street. The closure will be a trial run until Labor Day, and was approved to allow for more pedestrian use, outdoor dining and retail.
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.
Levin & Company Bookstore Owner Is ‘Gravely Ill’
If you’ve ever been inside Levin & Company, Healdsburg’s wonderfully creaky bookstore next to the bakery on the Center Street side of the plaza — basically the opposite of formula retail! — you’ve likely run into Aaron Rosewater, who co-owns the store with his mom, Adele...
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.
