County Elections Officials Close in on Final Results
The elections process is like a fractal image: its microscopic detail resembles its macroscopic appearance, with individual voters casting their ballot into a wider pool of input. The results, the democratic election of public servants, can have a large impact on a city, county...
Vaccine passports in California? Answers to your questions
Now that more than 7.5 million Californians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Newsom administration has set a goal of reopening the state’s economy by June 15. So what does the state plan to do when it comes to proving that people are vaccinated?
Official Ballot Drop Boxes Available
Traditional Election Day is Tuesday, June 7, but Sonoma County voters have been able to vote at Official Ballot Drop Boxes since May 10. In Healdsburg, that box is on Vine Street at the City Hall; other area boxes are at the Geyserville Fire...
Healdsburg Police Log, May 29-June 4
Monday, May 29
2:07am. Disturbance on Second St. Report of a male and female yelling at each other. Subjects are associated with a black BMW SUV. Officer responded. Subjects had gotten into a verbal argument with another male who had already left the area.
10:35am. Petty...
Healdsburg Leads County in Home Value Increases
The good news for homeowners: your house value went up. The bad news: your property taxes did too.
Healdsburg’s red hot real estate market led the county, shooting up at more than twice the Sonoma County average, making property here more valuable and at the...
Drivers Asked to Turn Off Idling Cars
“Every time I go to Vineyard Plaza in Healdsburg I notice multiple parked vehicles with engines idling. I see people eating lunch, waiting for a pizza order, talking on the phone, listening to the radio while their car pollutes the air and makes noise,” wrote Steve Davy on Nextdoor. Some people have had enough...
Healdsburg Police Log April 16-23
Sunday, April 16
1:31am. Officer-initiated activity at Redwood Hwy/Old Redwood Hwy, a vehicle stopped for invalid registration led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man for driving under the influence with a blood count of 0.08 or higher, and felony and misdemeanor probation violations. Suspect...
Pot permit OK’d on Sweetwater Springs
A marijuana grow in the hills above Guerneville won approval last week from Sonoma County planners, who praised the cannabis cultivation project as an example of “best practices” for local pot growers.
