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Pictured above and below: Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg hosted a sweet “baby shower” last Tuesday for the largest class to graduate yet from its “Mi Bebé y Yo” prenatal workshop series. Twenty-one families just completed the program, according to Corazón spokesperson Holly Fox — and “for...

Nearly every project or development of consequence comes up before the Planning Commission at one point or more during its application process, making a fully seated commission necessary for effective civic planning.

Among recent dispatches: "9:17am The Reporting Party (RP) on Healdsburg Avenue indicated that a driver swerved, tailgated and almost ran off a car off the road. The vehicle pulled into Giorgi Park. Officers responded, contacted the driver and conducted a probation search. Nothing was found and the driver was given advice about driving behavior."

Monday, Sept. 11:47am A vehicle was stopped on March Avenue at Tulip Court for swerving and violation of license plate rules. A 34-Year-Old (YO) man was arrested and brought to county jail for driving under the influence (DUI) and possession of methamphetamine. And so the week begins...

Community members have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help well-known Healdsburg carpenter Tracy DeuFriend make ends meet as he recovers from shoulder surgery. “Let’s rally around this long-time Healdsburg friend and help him make it through healing and recovery without the stress of how he’ll support himself and his...

Rob Scates of the city’s Water and Wastewater operations, and Utility Conservation Analyst Terra Sampson led the tour, providing education and inspiration for over a dozen local residents committed to a zero-emissions future. Photos by Rick Tang...

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.

"Every local government is unique in the range of services it provides and how those services are delivered," writes the city's Finance Director. "For example, while both Healdsburg and Petaluma provide police, fire, water and sewer services, Sonoma does not. Additionally, Healdsburg is the only one of the three that provides electric services... These differences among many factors influence the total size of the city budgets and lead to inaccurate comparisons if not considered."

Let me just step in here and preach to the choir about how insanely hot it was over the weekend. Almost record-settingly so, according to Press Democrat reporter Alana Minkler, who reports that “by midafternoon Friday, temperatures in Cloverdale and Healdsburg hovered around 100 degrees” and “at the...

Appellation Healdsburg opens as SMART rail nears Two bits of news making the rounds these days show that Healdsburg is moving north – not physically, of course, but there is a momentum building. First evidence is the busy, optimistic vibe on Friday, Sept. 12 at...