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Healdsburg’s Russian River Railroad Bridge is the sole remaining example of a steel Subdivided Warren Truss bridge on the former line of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. Built in 1901, the bridge has three spans supported by four concrete piers, a steel deck and superstructure on both sides of a single track. What does SMART plan to do with it?

Nov. 20: 2:59pm Petty theft occurred at Healdsburg High School on Prince Avenue. A week prior, AirPods were stolen. The RP tracked the location of the AirPods to an address. The RP did not know who lived at that address. The RP wanted a report, but did not want to press changes. And more Police reports...

For four long, wet days in Healdsburg last week, historic rainfall totals and quickly rising Russian River and Foss Creek waters hopped their banks, flooded streets, caused road closures, led to a small mudslide on Fitch Mountain and flooded at least one home in town.

Sonoma County residents are accustomed to the risks that wildfires pose. Earlier this year, we experienced a wildfire that forced residents into the all-too-familiar position of standing by for a potential evacuation order. This is why it is so imperative that proposed development projects anticipate strained evacuation routes before bringing more congestion to our roads. The Koi Nation’s proposal to construct the Shiloh Resort and Casino ignores this responsibility.

Monday, Nov. 11, 4:20pm: An accident occurred on Grant Street which involved a vehicle hitting a 7-year-old female pedestrian.  The girl was conscious and not bleeding, and her father declined medical assistance. The driver of the vehicle left her contact information with someone before leaving the scene.

The Healdsburg Arts and Culture Commission will enter the exclusive ranks of quasi-governmental advisory bodies in town, joining the Planning, Parks and Recreation, and Senior Citizens commissions at the top of the menu on the city website.

The names on the letterhead strike terror in the hearts of city governments across the state: Malibu-based attorneys Shenkman & Hughes since 2011 have made it their mission to call out local governments in California that elect officers by “at large” voting. Now it's Healdsburg's turn, to split its area into five districts for city council elections. This could be interesting...

A day in the life of Healdsburg Police: On Sunday, Nov. 10, at 1:12pm, it was reported that indicated that six or more juveniles were in a physical altercation at the roundabout on Healdsburg Avenue. Officers responded and the juveniles fled. Knives were located and multiple juveniles were detained...

When the sound and the fury, the smoke and the flames dispersed, Measure O went down to a definitive defeat, roughly at a 60-40 split. Clearly this was not what the Healdsburg City Council intended when in June they rationalized themselves into putting it on the General Election ballot.

A violent morning drama unfolded on the streets of Healdsburg just before Independence Day 2023. It resulted in the death of Abel Garza, a 41-year-old resident of Santa Rosa. Last week, more than a year after the incident, the criminal case against his accused killer, Romario Cisneros, was dismissed by the Sonoma County District Attorney.