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February 25, 2026

Homecoming Parade: A Slice of Americana

Homecoming crowd
By John Linker Every high school has a Homecoming, but not every high school holds a Homecoming Parade.  Last Friday afternoon, Healdsburg carried on its yearly tradition of holding one such parade. Four floats, one per class at the high school, were escorted by Healdsburg police...

Healdsburg Fireworks: The Big Show That Wasn’t

Kids Parade winner
A record-breaking celebration seemed in the works on Thursday morning, July 4, to celebrate the holiday with a Kids Parade and an all-comers Duck Dash at the Plaza. Then the news broke: The city's fireworks show for that night had been canceled. Why?...

Healdsburg Happenings, July 10-18

El Radio Fantastique in concert
Popular summer Tuesdays in the Plaza concert series continues with El Radio Fantastique, featuring founder Giovanni DiMorente, playing electric rock and fusion. Food vendors offer locally sourced food for sale starting at 5pm, music from 6-8pm. This and other events in our Calendar...

4th of July is patriotism with a bang

Colorized 1896 holiday parade
Once again Healdsburg throws itself wholeheartedly into the 4th of July holiday, starting at 10am with the Fourth of July Kids Parade and Duck Dash in the Healdsburg Plaza. Arrive on bikes, tricycles and wagons adorned with red, white and blue decorations. There will be live music and activities for all.

Foppiano Winery Sold to Graton’s Martin Ray

Louis M Foppiano
In 1926, Foppiano Wines was forced by Prohibition revenue agents to discard 140,000 gallons of red wine into a ditch next to the highway, where the current winery is located. From there, it flowed into a nearby creek and then into the Russian River—but not before locals scooped up buckets full of the illegal beverage...

Flashback: Boys break the pom-pom barrier

1960s Cheerleaders
When a girl wants to be a cheerleader at Healdsburg High School, all she has to do is go to the practices, find a sponsor, perform a cheer in front of the student body and get enough votes to be elected. Simple enough. But what happens when the cheerleading candidate is a boy? Flashback to 1975, when they figured out how to make it happen.

Details Take Shape in Library Remodel

Healdsburg Library being remodeled
As the months roll by, the Healdsburg Library Modernization Project continues along its steady path. Week by week, the contractors complete one task after another, bringing us closer to the reopening of the 139 Piper St. library we all know and love.

Tasting Room Tipping Point?

A relatively modest proposal to build a 1,220-square-foot, 45-person tasting room inside an existing warehouse in downtown Healdsburg has ignited a familiar debate among residents about the town’s core character. This would be the 28th wine-tasting room in Healdsburg, city planning officials said at a...

It’s Final: Council Backs ‘Map D’ for City’s District Elections

Healdsburg city council members Chris Herrod, Evelyn Mitchell and David Hagele
Last Monday night marked the conclusion of what City Manager Jeff Kay called “a long and really involved journey” in Healdsburg’s civic history, as the City Council voted to approve a new map for selecting council members by district voting, beginning in 2026.

Wrestling Gym to be Rechristened for Drew Esquivel

Drew Esquivel wrestling
In what Superintendent Chris Vanden Heuvel openly said was a first, the Healdsburg Unified District School Board’s trustees voted to give a newly remodeled gym a new name: Drew Esquivel Hall, in honor of the late 2013 graduate.
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Arts & Entertainment

Stage actors at the 222

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.
Christine Webster plays the blues

Turning music into magic