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.
Things to do in Healdsburg, April 23-30
Help design Healdsburg’s Magical Bridge inclusive playground coming to Badger Park. Learn about the Magical Bridge concept, share your ideas and talk about how this project fits into the long-term plans for Badger Park. Thursday, Apri 30...
Abel De Luna: ‘A dream I didn’t think I would have’
Mayor Evelyn Mitchell said it best. “Through this naming process, the council came to better understand Mayor De Luna’s legacy and his impact on our community. It also became clear this facility had become an extension of his legacy with the many services it provides to our residents.”
Healdsburg Happenings, Feb. 26 – March 5
New exhibit at the Healdsburg Museum on the 1970s... St Vincent at Little Saint... Mardis Gras at St. John the Baptist... and more this week in Healdsburg.
The Year in Preview: 2025
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.
REIBT Round-up for Healdsburg Teams
The 75th annual REIBT tournament concluded with a second-place finish for the hosting Hounds girls, and a third-place finish for the boys, behind girls champion Justin-Siena and boys winner San Rafael.
Luxury Rebound: Healdsburg’s $2 Million Home Sales Surge
As Q1 2025 data reveals, Healdsburg’s real estate market is defying conventional wisdom with a 150% surge in luxury home sales while Sonoma County’s high-end market continues to decline. These counterintuitive trends are reshaping our understanding of the local market in ways that might surprise even longtime residents.
Fitch Mountain roadway under repair
Healdsburg residents have grown used to the traffic control signs on both Matheson Street and Powell Avenue that warn that the road ahead, at 1846 North Fitch Mountain Rd., is closed and not expected to open until the end of September. Is it on track to open on time?
Faherty Opens As Council Considers Formula Stores
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.
SingleThread Leases Former Film Center
Even as the new three-screen Plaza Cinema Center gained approval for a downtown Healdsburg location, the fate of the former Raven Film Center has remained uncertain, a 15,000-square foot question mark at the south end of the Mitchell Plaza shopping center.
It now appears that...
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Taking the nostalgia trip through town
The courtyard outside True West on Friday eveniong was a “scene” in more ways than one: Many were there to see and meet Cameron Crowe and Ben Fong-Torres—legendary names in the rock movie canon—as they enjoyed that famous Healdsburg Hospitality, mixed and mingled, and enjoyed the movie 'Almost Famous' for the umpteenth time.






















