California sets June 15 goal for full reopening
As the pace of vaccination picks up, California state officials today announced the date they plan to fully reopen the state’s economy: June 15.
Brewing adventure in Cloverdale
A new coffee kiosk, Rockin’ A Adventure Café, opened its drive-up windows to Cloverdale earlier this month. The adventure-themed café is located on South Cloverdale Boulevard in front of Renner Petroleum.
Police Log, June 30 – July 6
Our online story has the complete Police Log for the week of Monday, June 30 - Sunday, July 6. A shorter version of this report is in the print edition of the Healdsburg Tribune, July 17, 2025.
Council to decide how to fill empty seat
At the Dec. 2 meeting of the Windsor Town Council, the agenda will be short but the discussion likely lengthy as the council first seats its newly elected members — Mayor Dominic Foppoli and District 3 council member Deborah Fudge — and says farewell to long-serving councilmember Bruce Okrepkie, and then decides how they will fill Foppoli’s council seat.
Newsom makes California first state to require teacher vaccines or COVID tests
After months of reluctance, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday mandated that all California school employees be vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested weekly.
Temporary sculpture garden grows on hotel site
Local artist Ned Kahn is building a temporary sculpture garden in the weedy, empty lot just east of Sebastopol’s downtown plaza. The future home of Hotel Sebastopol, the lot has been an eyesore in downtown for years now, although the extensive chain link fencing around the property has proved to be an inviting canvas for both a local homeless artist and political activists, including the local Black Lives Matter movement.
Voting Now Underway for State and Local Elections
Election Day is just under two weeks away, and while there’s no faceoff between the Godzilla of the GOP and the Mothra of the Dems, there are important races up and down the ballot, from the governorship to the local city council.
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Watch: Healdsburg Hanukkah Dancers
The Press Democrat posted some lively footage of the Hanukkah celebration outside the shuttered Oakville Grocery store at the corner of the plaza last week. "Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky of Santa Rosa’s Sonoma County Chabad Jewish Center lit a giant menorah and danced with the crowds who came out,"...
The Vietnam War — 50 years ago
Ceremonies are being held across America this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War to “thank and honor” veterans and to allow for public reflections on a time and war that seems very distant from the country we live in today.














