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Healdsburg Future Farmers Parade, Fair Wrap Up 75th Season

May 27, 2024

Soooo the 75th annual Healdsburg Future Farmers parade and fair over this long Memorial Day weekend were a total smash, per usual. Aside from a guy I saw flag down a Bell's ambulance in the middle of the parade route (not sure what happened,...

Pepper’s, New Healdsburg Restaurant, Prepares to Open Where Adel’s Used to Be

May 27, 2024

We could be getting a replacement for the Adel's diner near the Dry Creek Road freeway exit, which shut down last November, as soon as this weekend — and it doesn't seem like it'll be too far a cry from the classic diner model...

2024 Lineup for Healdsburg ‘Tuesdays in the Plaza’

May 18, 2024

The lineup was just announced for Tuesdays in the Plaza, a warm-weather public ceremony for almost four decades now. And just like for the FFA parade, you'd better get your chairs out there early. Christian Kallen, news editor of the Healdsburg Tribune, described the...

Healdsburg FFA Parade, Fair Coming Up

May 18, 2024

We must really be on the verge of summer, because coming up next weekend is Healdsburg's favorite tradition, celebrating its "diamond" 75th anniversary this year: the FFA parade through town and the fair afterward at Rec Park. It's an ag fiesta of the largest...

Healdsburg Fire Season, Summer Weather Preview

May 18, 2024

It's about that time of year in Healdsburg when we all start bracing for fire season. We've been lucky these past few years to avoid some of the more massive, destructive wildfires that tore through local hills, valleys and towns during the summers of...

Farmworker Protest Planned in Healdsburg Plaza

May 11, 2024

A farmworker protest is being planned in the plaza during the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience's pinnacle event on Saturday: the "grand tasting" downtown. The demonstration is called "Power in the Plaza," and like last year, it's being organized by the local labor group...

Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience: Preview

May 11, 2024

It's that time of year again when around 2,000 winos and foodies pay thousands of dollars each to flock to our little town for the four-day Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience — a procession of fancy meals, tastings, parties and hangouts, starting next Thursday, May...

Healdsburg Cops Say Violent Tire-Slashing Suspect on the Loose

May 11, 2024

By now you've probably heard about the alleged parking-lot stabbing and tire-slashing spree at the Healdsburg Community Center that led to a three-hour police pursuit through town a couple of weeks ago, on the night of Tuesday, April 30. Local police have since named...

Car Crashes Into Fitch Mountain Home

May 11, 2024

There was a scary car accident Wednesday on Fitch Mountain, when someone driving a red Toyota Corolla careened off the right side of the road just before 5pm, smashing through a fence and into a house, according to the Press Democrat. Fortunately, the driver...

Sam Williams, Young Healdsburg Dad, Dies in 101 Rollover Crash

May 9, 2024

Healdsburg resident Sam Williams, the 25-year-old father of a young boy, died in a solo-vehicle crash along Highway 101 last week, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff and the California Highway Patrol. Sam's loved ones have since set up a fundraiser for his son...

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Sports

Soccer Squads Kick It Up

January 16, 2025

The Healdsburg High girls soccer team continues to play well, both at home and on the road, giving their opponents reason to fear meeting the Greyhounds on the pitch. To put it bluntly, they haven’t lost a match yet, though their 11-0-2 record can’t be called perfect. It is, however, impressive...

Basketball Teams Fall Short vs. Ukiah

January 16, 2025

Girls Eye Repeat But Winning Comes First

January 8, 2025