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A groundswell of community support has followed the sudden dismissal of Healdsburg High School baseball coach Justin Herrguth this month, setting into motion a grassroots effort to get him reinstated.

This is a preview article that was written before the June 13 board meeting, but it provides valuable background information on the equity issue. Also see our follow-up story, which will be posted online on Friday, June 15.

The Fitch Mountain Footrace started on Center Street Sunday morning. The three-kilometer version followed local streets. The 10-kilometer version circled the mountain.

New theme, raffle prizes, beneficiaries

First of two planning commission meetings

Healdsburg High School held its 126th commencement Friday night, graduating 126 seniors at Recreation Park. Students were welcomed by Principal Bill Halliday and Senior Class President Minerva Nuñez. The Greyhound band played "Pomp and Circumstance," Lucinda Carroll sang the National Anthem and student speakers included Lola Plum, Celia Pérez Isquierdo and Emma Esquivel. The keynote address was by HHS English teacher John Linker. After the ceremony, students threw their mortarboard hats in the air and embraced family and friends.

School may be out for the summer, but hunger never goes on vacation — especially not for the 46 percent of Healdsburg children who are eligible to receive free or reduced price lunches at school. When school ends, the scramble begins to keep these and other children nourished throughout the summer.

A fast-moving grass fire met with an even faster response Thursday afternoon, drawing seven engine companies and a helicopter before mopping up.

With high energy music from Katy Perry and others on the sound system and excited schoolchildren drumming their hands on the floor, it was noisy at Healdsburg Elementary/Charter School last Friday morning.

The Hells Angels made Healdsburg their playground in the mid-1960s