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Shelley Gilbert’s weekly yoga class is held at 32 Winds, nestled alongside the banks of Dry Creek just outside of town. Sherry Harkins generously donates the winery space. Shelley donates her teaching. Afterwards, practitioners share a glass of wine and socialize in the winery’s...

The controversy surrounding Healdsburg’s downtown hotel ordinance, which restricted new construction to five rooms per block face and was passed late in 2018 by a 4-1 vote of the City Council, took a new and for many unwelcome turn last week. On Thursday, Sept. 7,...

Healdsburg’s Foss Creek Clean-up will take place Saturday morning, Sept. 23, with the Community Center serving as the base of operations. Since 2005, the annual clean-up event has been an opportunity for residents to participate in the maintenance and protection of the creek by...

Beekeepers (Aug. 31) Excellent article; local journalism at its best! Thank you for covering this important topic. It is so encouraging to see the Board of Supervisors re-examine an issue and act on their deeper understanding! CONSTANCE ALEXICH  Very grateful for this decision. Glad the voices of...

Monday, Aug. 21  12:17pm. A physical fight occurred at the Wine Country Chevron on Healdsburg Avenue, where a woman punched a man. An officer responded and arrested a 32-year-old (YO) woman for domestic battery and transported her to Sonoma County jail. 12:22pm. A verbal disturbance occurred...

What will become the largest public park in Healdsburg is moving closer to reality, but there remain two key issues that stand between the present and the ribbon cutting: who’s going to pick up the tab, and what it’s going to be called. Possibly with...

Richard Bugarske, long an active member of youth sports and civic organizations including Kiwanis and the Healdsburg High Boosters, as well as a former school board member, will be honored with the Pioneer Award from the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society at their annual...

Mike McGuire (HHS, Class of 1997) will be the next president pro tempore of the California State Senate, a position that makes him the most influential legislator in the state. The president pro tempore serves as chair of the Rules Committee, which appoints the...

In a democracy, the government serves the people; the people do not serve the government. Because there is no accountability without transparency, the California Constitution guarantees that “the meetings of public bodies” shall be “open to public scrutiny.” The Brown Act, California’s open meetings law...

Less than a week into the new school year, on Aug. 14, Healdsburg High School students began receiving an email offering them a job—working from home as an executive personal assistant to “various welfare and community services programs” for $300 a week, plus other...