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March 10, 2026

Lowrider culture shows its colors at local winery

Lowrider car 'Final Score'
The exterior parking lot of Bacchus Landing was filled with gorgeous lowriders and classics, with several food trucks off to the far side. When I walked into the interior courtyard, I found a “lowrider museum.” Many of these cars had been in actual museums and exhibits, and featured in numerous publications ranging from the car-centric to the Smithsonian.

Fall Sports Find Their Rhythm

The Healdsburg High School fall sports calendar is filling up with games, matches and sets in five sports—boys football, co-ed cross country, and girls golf, tennis and volleyball. Football The first football game on Sept. 1 found the Hounds on the short end of a 56-27...

Tax credits for heat pumps and insulation to expire

attic insulation
So serious are utilities about replacing gas appliances that one of the criteria for eligibility for a heat exchange rebate is that gas lines be disconnected from the equipment and capped, and a photo included with the application.

Shootings: A Deep Dive Drama into an Uneasy Discussion

The latest production of the Raven Players is not from the established canon of small-town theater sources. It has not one playwright but several—nine to be exact—and it’s presented not on one night but over two, with each one-act play a little over an...

Cloverdale Goes Renegade

Renegade Orchestra
When asked about how the idea for a rock ’n’ roll orchestra for all came about, Jason Eckl dove in on the feeling that orchestral performances can be a bit stiff. “My wife is cellist Rebecca Roudman, who is a member of a number of Bay Area orchestras [including both the Oakland East-Bay Symphony and the Santa Rosa Symphony], and this means I’ve been to a lot of orchestra concerts,” he said.

Film Center Gets High-Viz Name

Groundbreaking at Redford Campus
The name of one of cinema’s pre-eminent modern actors is now mentioned in the same breath as Healdsburg’s own True West Film Center. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the town’s nonprofit film organization broke ground on its new James Redford Campus in downtown Healdsburg...

108 ‘Tiny Desks’ Represent Student Lives Lost

“I wasn’t sure when we would ever finish, but it looks like we now have 108 desks, one for every student killed in a school shooting since 2018,” Linus Lancaster said on the as he and his art class revealed 108 small desks, each to commemorate a student life's lost to gun violence.

Jittery Jazz Style Returns to Healdsburg

Gypsy jazz is a category all its own, and one that has become familiar to Healdsburg audiences over the recent years. There are several local purveyors of this jittery jazz, including the Gypsy Duo (sometimes a Trio), Trio Paz, the Haute Flash Quartet (an...

Foley Family Pavilion Wins Final OK

The Healdsburg City Council took care of some long-standing business at their April 17 meeting, including final sign off on the affordable housing elements of the North Village Project, hearing the reasons and schedules for increased electric rates for customers, and a quarterly report...

‘Creative futures’ maps local arts landscape

Group discuss art beneath painting
Organized by the City’s Arts and Culture Commission in partnership with Healdsburg Unified School District, and hosted by The 222, the 'Inspiring Creative Futures" forum reflected a belief that creativity is not an “extra,” but an essential part of a thriving community.
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Sally and David Hubbell

Fundraiser: Canapés for a cause

While the Paul Mahder Gallery has held fundraisers in the past, this one focused not on the well-to-do, but rather on those who do without.
Stage actors at the 222

Racial debate on The 222 stage