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Alexander Malofeev was just 13 when he came to prominence by winning his first major international competition, the celebrated International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, in 2015. Now 21 and living in Berlin, the young Moscow-born pianist continues to capture the musical world’s attention,...

The County of Sonoma announced Thursday morning, March 5, that a second presumptive positive case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the county. COVID-19 is a novel strain of coronavirus.

Karaoke KarolsOne might expect some holiday standards on Dec. 21, when it’s Locals Thursday at Coyote Sonoma. Rob Bogan manages the singalong, select beer and wine is $5, no reservations needed. Taproom opens at 4pm, karaoke begins at 7pm on the indoor stage. No...

The winter prep sports season gets underway just as the “atmospheric rivers” hit Northern California, forcing most athletes indoors—unless their chosen sport is soccer.

The first major event that comes our way in 2025 is the annual Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival, on Saturday, Feb. 8. This one-day science fair of all things steelhead (and their allies, anadromous and otherwise), draws about 10,000 people on its single day of exhibitions and activities to the Milt Brandt Visitors Center, Lake Sonoma.

On Saturday, Dec. 9, starting at 5:26pm, Healdsburg Police received numerous 911 calls regarding a motorcycle vs. vehicle collision just off Highway 101. The motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Dry Creek Road, and the other vehicle was westbound on Dry Creek Road making a...

Not all meetings of the Planning Commission are controversial. Sure, some get appealed to the City Council and a few end up in court; many pass a project on to the residents of Healdsburg in the form of higher buildings, more traffic and less...

The past comes to life, albeit on a reduced scale, at the Healdsburg Museum this week with the new exhibit “Modeling Healdsburg: Creations of a Master Woodworker.” It is a collection of replicas, micro-sculptures and reconstructions by woodworker Jon Lacaillade, who for past museum...

When a dying oak tree branch was removed, the tree worker climbed down from the ladder and asked the owners if they were trying to kill the tree. “He then pointed out drilled holes on the side of the trunk facing our neighbor’s house, originating just over the height of the fence. These holes were overflowing with, according to our tree expert, a form of herbicide intended to poison and ultimately kill the tree.”

Piazza Hospitality’s fourth Healdsburg hotel project, plagued by what Planning Commission Chair Phil Luks called a “checkered procedural history,” was finally approved by the commission at its Nov. 28 meeting. The residence hotel at 400 Healdsburg Ave. would join Healdsburg Hotel, H2 Hotel and the...