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January 15, 2025

Downtown Hotel Given New Life by City Staff Review

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,...

Preliminary City Budget Presented for Suggestions, Revisions

City Council meeting, Healdsburg
A special five-hour meeting time was blocked out for the Healdsburg City Council on Monday night this week to allow plenty of time for council review, and public comment, on a proposed two-year budget for the city. It even started an hour early, at 5pm, in the usual meeting room at City Hall. But barely an hour and a half passed before Mayor David Hagele gaveled the meeting over, at 6:35pm...

Faherty Opens As Council Considers Formula Stores

Faherty store display
The new proposal was to expand the formula-free zone one block further into the Downtown Commercial district. McDowell showed a map where a red line marked the border of the proposed formula-free zone; it surrounds most of seven city blocks adjacent to the Plaza, marking a significant expansion of the prohibition zone.

City of Healdsburg ratifies emergency declaration for COVID-19

In a unanimous vote Monday evening, March 16, Healdsburg City Council ratified the city’s emergency declaration in relation to COVID-19. An emergency declaration allows the city to have access to mutual aid and other resources.

Pets Parade Their People for Howl-O-Ween

Pet Parade winners at the Plaza
The 29 pooches that entered in the 2024 Howl-O-Ween pet parade, sponsored by the Humane Society of Sonoma County, showed why they’re beloved by their people as they showed off costumes, wigs, novelty rigs and, in at least one case, their stripes.

Cannabis Applicants Make Their Pitch on Nov. 13

The eight applicants in pursuit of two business licenses to operate a dispensary in Healdsburg will each state their case before the City Council, and the public, on Monday, Nov. 13. The meeting starts at 5pm in their chambers at 410 Grove St. The meeting...

Dog About Town

Dear Editor, My name is Solito. I am a Healdsburg resident and a passionate reader of The Healdsburg Tribune. You may have seen me around town—I frequent the plaza, selected sidewalks, the bookstores and many of the cafes with outdoor seating. I could call myself...

Splash Passes the Commission Test (Part 2)

Car wash in Healdsburg
The hearing on the proposed Splash car wash took place the same day and time as the Presidential Debate, and it earned the Planning Commission’s approval,. That means they can move forward with applying for building permits — unless their decision is appealed to the City Council...

Beekeepers Sway County to Change Policy

At the Aug. 7 meeting of the Healdsburg City Council, the first five speakers in the open public comment period had a common topic: honey bees.  Starting with Candice Koseba of Sonoma County Bee Company and ending with Michel Thiele of Apis Arborea, the speakers...

Bird’s Wings Clipped in Bankruptcy Filing

Bird Global, the electric scooter and bike company that provides transportation vehicles by the hour in Healdsburg, Windsor and more than 300 other cities, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on December 20th, but the company is still providing its services in Healdsburg and other communities.
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