The Dream is Over for The Clover
The only movie theater between Santa Rosa and Ukiah, located in a classic cinema dating from 1950, has gone dark. The Clover Theater, located on East First Street in downtown Cloverdale, ceased showing films in mid-October, as owner Ryan Hecht announced in an email...
Police Logs, Oct. 23-29
Monday, Oct. 23
1:18pm A hit-and-run accident occurred at CVS Pharmacy on Center Street. The reporting party (RP) indicated her vehicle was hit and the suspect was trying to leave. Officers responded and arrested a 48-year-old (YO) woman for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Tuesday,...
Retirement Home Residents’ Evacuation Under Fire
By Will Carruthers
A new book provides an in-depth account of the rescue of residents of two opulent Santa Rosa retirement care homes from the rapidly spreading Tubbs Fire in early October 2017.
Families of residents of the Villa Capri and Varenna care homes often shelled...
Police Log, Oct. 16-22
Monday, Oct. 16
11:06am The Reporting Party (RP) said she believes her parked car was hit the previous day at Safeway on Vine Street. An officer responded and took a report on the hit and run.
12:13pm The RP indicated that a woman in the lobby...
November Library News
This content is provided by Jon Haupt, Healdsburg Regional Library
It is always a pleasure to see our many visitors attending events at the Healdsburg Regional Library. Sometimes we need to make adjustments to meet the moment. Responding to cold weather, we brought our Not-So-Spooky...
Snapshot: Nighttime Harvest
This content is provided by Pierre Ratte.
That sound heard in the middle of the night? It might not have anything to do with Halloween ghosts or goblins, but rather with trucks and grape-harvesting machinery. It’s a bit spooky to have an 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck...
Flashbacks from Healdsburg
This column is provided by the Healdsburg Museum
100 years ago: Nov. 1, 1923
Grape Shipping Season Sets Record
A banner year for grape shipments and one of the best tomato seasons ever experienced, is the season’s record for the Healdsburg section on important autumn crops.
Approximately 7000...
City, SMART Workshop Reconsiders the Location of the Station
A more-than-full house at the Senior Center meeting room last Thursday evening brought excitement, and opinions, to a City of Healdsburg workshop with SMART on where to locate a rail transit station in town.
“We’re happy to have standing room only in here—we regard it...
Catching Up with Breathless
There’s an oasis in Healdsburg in an industrial park at the end of Moore Lane, past storage sheds and warehouses toward a dead end. Even though it’s not the kind of place people just happen upon, when they find it they’re not disappointed.
Breathless Sparkling...
Police Log, Oct. 9-16
Monday, Oct. 9
9:09am A reporting party (RP) indicated that one or two people were sleeping under a tarp at Max Process Equipment on Healdsburg Avenue. Officers responded, the subjects moved along.
9:14pm A caller reported a red Honda hatchback was driving at a high rate...

















