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Healdsburg Ballot May Ask for More Market-Rate Housing

January 23, 2024

KRCB public radio ran an interesting piece last week on the lack of market-rate housing options in Healdsburg right now, and how "local rules passed over two decades ago... to protect Healdsburg from overdevelopment" seem to be making our housing problems worse. So city...

Healdsburg Rain Totals, River Levels

January 23, 2024

As I'm sure you noticed, we got a real walloping of rain over the weekend — pushing the Russian River up to the 15-foot mark in the spot where they measure it in Healdsburg, just upstream of Memorial Bridge. (Twenty feet is when they start...

In Memoriam: Wayne ‘Yogi’ Steindorf

January 23, 2024

Healdsburg ag legend Wayne Leo Steindorf, affectionately called Yogi by friends, just died at age 81 after a long illness, according to his obituary. "He was an original," former Healdsburg Tribune staffer Ray Holley wrote on Facebook over the weekend. Back in the '70s,...

In Memoriam: Sergio De La O Jr.

January 23, 2024

Lifelong Healdsburg resident and local childcare leader Sergio De La O Jr. has passed away at the age of 59. He went to state college in Chico, where he studied child development, psychology and family relations, his obituary says. "He enjoyed working with children and...

Healdsburg Fire Officials Push New Sales Tax

January 17, 2024

We'll see a measure on our ballots this March, called Measure H, that would add a half-cent sales tax to any purchases made within Sonoma County. The resulting money — around $60 million per year, or $1.5 million in Healdsburg specifically — would add...

Healdsburg Artist Relaunches After-School Program for Kids

January 17, 2024

Healdsburg artist Jennifer "Jendala" Utsch, known around town for her traveling cart of metal chimes, is starting up her weekly after-school kids art program "Sparkle Time" again this Valentine's Day, after a few years off due to the COVID pandemic and her own ongoing...

In Memoriam: Charlotte ‘Shally’ Schultz

January 17, 2024

Healdsburg retiree Charlotte Schultz, who went by Shally, has passed away at age 81. After working for decades as a public-school teacher in SoCal, she and her husband Wally moved to Healdsburg in 2006, according to her obituary. Shally was a big volunteer, reading...

January 16, 2024

A former "food runner" for SingleThread on North Street, Healdsburg's fanciest and most decorated restaurant, is now running an increasingly popular chicken pot pie operation up at a "historic drive-in on Cloverdale’s main drag," the Press Democrat reports. Nicole Hinchliffe and her husband, who...

January 16, 2024

It looks like this year's big "fire and earthquake safety expo" for northern Sonoma County is moving back up to Cloverdale, after being staged here at the Healdsburg Community Center last year. A coalition of local government agencies and community groups launched the expo in 2021 as...

January 16, 2024

First lady Jill Biden will be in Healdsburg two days from now! Her visit is part of a quick, multi-state tour to raise money and rally support for her husband's lagging presidential campaign. According to the Press Democrat, the first lady will land at...

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Sports

Greyhounds Hand Vikings Back-to-Back Loses

April 16, 2025

Hopes are always high at the beginning of a baseball season, and when they are rewarded by a five-game winning streak midway through league play, hopes can soar. That’s the position the Healdsburg High varsity baseball team is in this week, having won 5 in a row and looking for more...

Celia Vallotton of the Healdsburg Greyhounds

Softball Team Wins Big, Lets Another Slip Away

April 16, 2025

Brandon Hausman playing tennis for Healdsburg

Tennis Boys Play On Through April

April 9, 2025