Greyhound Girls Continue Winning Ways
The Healdsburg High girls basketball team dominated Elsie Allen 54-25 in their 2024 North Coast Redwood League opener, led by Allie Espinoza's 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 2 steals.
Local Greeting for the First Lady
Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States, arrived at Sonoma County Airport on Jan. 18 and was met by local officials and demonstrators, before heading to Healdsburg for a fundraiser and delivering a message of hope and determination.
Council Names Park for ‘Culture Bearer’
In a momentous decision that almost wasn’t reached at all, the Healdsburg City Council voted 4-0 to name the Saggio Hills park after Native artisan, historian, linguist and “culture bearer” Laura Fish Somersal - and to rename the Healdsburg Community Center after the first Hispanic mayor, Abel De Luna.
Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Farmers’ Market Begins
'There’s a magic hour on Saturday mornings when the sun hasn’t quite burned through the morning mist and the scent of basil floats on the breeze. It’s in that moment—coffee in one hand, tote bag in the other—that Healdsburg wakes up..." Meet our new columnist, Liza Gershman.
Klezmatics return to Healdsburg for the Holidays
Topo, in Fiddler on the Roof, was a Klezmer musician, “schlepping his way from shtetl to shtetl… a distinctive image of pre-war Jewish life in the Ashkenazi communities of Eastern Europe,” according to worldmusic.net.
Will high-scoring Prune Packers meet their match?
To look at the scoreboard of many recent Healdsburg Prune Packers games, one might think that’s softball being played on the field. On June 14, the Stockton Pearls fell 20-1, and the Bay Area Marauders went down 24-5 on June 15. These are scores more frequently found on diamonds where the bases are 60 feet apart, not 90. In softball, at least at the high school level, the “mercy rule” ends a game early if there’s a 10-point spread. No such rule affects collegiate baseball.
Tiffany Austin the Musical Multitasker
Born and raised in South Los Angeles, Tiffany Austin grew up in a house filled with music. Her parents listened to soul and pop masters like Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, while her Louisiana Creole grandmother introduced her to jazz...
Homegrown Herstory
It was the late 1970s. Molly Murphy MacGregor, a graduate student at Sonoma State University (SSU), taught a lively class on Women and Social Change at Santa Rosa Junior College (SRJC) Petaluma campus.
Momentum to study, uplift and celebrate women grew throughout the decade nationally...
Healdsburg, Windsor end swim season neck and neck
Swimmers from Healdsburg and Windsor high schools, neighboring campuses with a long shared history and intertwined roots, have been nipping at each other’s heels all season. For one, they share the same pool at Healdsburg High—so they stagger their daily practices, schedule their meets around each other and rub shoulders in the locker room...
2023 Crosses the Finish Line: The Year in Review
In 2023, Healdsburg experienced a variety of events and news, including SMART's getting closer, the move of Healdsburg Lumber, the return of Climate Fest, the success of the Prune Packers, and the Healdsburg Museum's "We Are Not Strangers Here: African American Histories in Rural California" exhibit.
Arts & Entertainment
Racial debate on The 222 stage
Fair warning that this is the sort of play to which audience members will want to bring tissues. It is not a fluffy play by any means, forcing its audience to listen carefully and think deeply about difficult topics.






















