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...
Summer’s Market Closes in Healdsburg
The owners of Summer’s Market near the high school, who’ve been keeping after-school pitstop culture alive at 555 Powell Ave. ever since the iconic Powell Avenue Market shut down a little over a decade ago, just closed up shop late last month.
“We are closed for a few...
Montagne Russe Tasting Room Moving From Healdsburg to Petaluma
The Bacchus Landing wine-tasting collective on Westside Road, next to the animal shelter, has been adding new wineries right and left lately — but one of its original and most beloved tenants, the Montagne Russe tasting room and record shop, has decided to pack...
Stabbing ends in juvenile arrest
On Monday night, Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m., Cloverdale police officers responded to reports of a physically violent domestic incident on the 100 block of Grace Court. After responding and conducting further investigation, a 17-year-old female was arrested and transported to Juvenile Hall for California Penal Code sections 245(a)(1)PC-Assault with a deadly weapon and 368 (b)(2)PC-Elder abuse causing great bodily injury.
Healdsburg Police log, Jan. 6 – 12
The following are excerpted from Healdsburg Police Department daily log entries
What is the Brown Act?
A recent article in this paper made reference to the Brown Act, and it warrants explanation what exactly that is. Most people have the correct understanding that it relates to government transparency, to ensure that public business is conducted in an open and transparent...
Psychedelic moments in the middle of a pandemic
Guerneville’s Safeway parking lot at dusk on Wednesday was filled with unexpected echoes from a pre-pandemic era that evoked tie-dye visions, sweet marijuana smoke, wah-wah reverb and psychedelic flashbacks. Invisible waves of electric wails, riffs and runs drifted over the parked cars, masked shoppers, taco truck patrons and the curious. The scene was an unexpected and intoxicating break from the lengthening months of our coronavirus shutdown and separated existence.
