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August 9, 2026

Healdsburg moves forward with arts and culture master plan

After years of planning and community member collaboration and conversation, the Healdsburg Arts and Culture Master Plan has finally been approved and adopted.

Bookmobile raising funds for new truck

State law forcing nonprofit to stop using current vehicle

Electric Birds in the Wild

The on-again, off-again bike share program from Bird is once again providing dozens of full-charged electric bikes for short-term rental in town. But, go figure, not everybody is happy. One of them is David Jones, a financial advisor in town and former city council candidate....

Mostly business at next HUSD meeting

Meeting taking place at high school library

Healdsburg Police and Sheriff Logs: Feb. 26-Mar. 4

The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries and the log entries of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department for the Healdsburg area.

Sun Day: Activists focus on new solar holiday

Solar array in Healdsburg
Following two retreats where members of Climate Action Healdsburg (CAH) workshopped ways to continue their commitment to environmental concerns even as the social and political landscape was changing dramatically, the group decided to join the national Sun Day movement, at thirdact.org/sun-day.

Meet Mella, Stella’s Identical Pup

Mama dog Stella and clone Mella
Now when most winemakers talk about “clones,” they’re talking about varietals selected for specific qualities, such as flavor, color or intensity. The Dijon clones of pinot noir or chardonnay are well known; but the canine clone of a winery dog is a new thing entirely.

Farms and fairs

The spread of special events in our wine country has been getting harsh criticisms lately as the Board of Supervisors works to more tightly define and regulate these weekend and seasonal celebrations and marketing affairs.

Alexander Valley teacher to retire after 43 years

Joy Tharpe is teaching her second generation of students; PTO plans potluck party May 11

From the Library

Summer greetings from your community library staff. We have truly cherished seeing so many of you the last few weeks as we have reopened slowly but surely. You have our apologies about the various changes in hours — I know it has been important for the libraries to be careful with rolling out the hours to keep everything consistent across the county and take incremental steps so that we don’t have to roll anything back.
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