Great Redwood Trail faces Skunk Train setback
Even as the Great Redwood Trail Agency (GRTA) board gave final approval to the ambitious 300-mile rail-to-trail route across three counties, the project came face-to-face with an obstacle it was unable to avoid. Not a canyon or a gulf, nor an earthquake or a typhoon, but a little stretch of rail called the Skunk Train.
Turning music into magic
“This revolution is different—it is a disruption of creativity," said Nolan Gasser. "So now you can actually create a poem, or an image created or a video created or a piece of music created by artificial intelligence, just by a prompt."
Trains and Boats and Automobiles, Oh My!
Steve Castelli, a model car enthusiast and drag racer, had a toy vehicle collection that was legendary; with the assistance of his daughter, Tina Castelli, the Healdsburg Museum assembled these mechanical wonders, "a tribute not only to Steve, but to forward motion itself.”
Healdsburg Happenings, April 3 – 10
On stage at The 222 on Friday, April 4, one can appreciate the classical music talent of the Telegraph Quartet. This and many other events listed in our weekly online calendar...
Healdsburg ‘Experience’ Returns for 2nd Year
A robust four days of special wine tastings and pairing seminars, bespoke lunches and dinners, cooking demonstrations, cocktail parties and a live outdoor concert at Rodney Strong Vineyards shines a glamorous light on Healdsburg this weekend, the second year of the Healdsburg Food &...
Mark West Creek Readies for Visitors
and riding destination, will be the latest to join the county’s Regional Parks system, 58 properties strong and counting.
It’s Not Spring till the Market Opens
“I think one of the things that people don’t think about is how long the produce lasts,” said Janet Ciel, Healdsburg Farmers Market manager. “So you buy from a farmer’s market that was picked that morning or the night before, but when you buy from a grocery store, that same head of lettuce, it’s three or four or five days in a freaking truck before you ever get it to your home!”
Pavilion aces final test for local events
The vendors themselves seemed pretty darn happy with the pop-up Farmers Market experience, too. “I love this market; I love the community; I love everyone coming,” said olive-oil maker Russ Messing, who found himself on the front page of The Tribune last week. “It’s always smile time!”
Predawn Parade for St. Patrick’s Day
If there’s one thing Healdsburg residents agree on, it’s that there are only two parades worth attending year-in and year-out. One is the late-May Twilight Parade that kicks off the Future Farmers fair.
The other is the pre-dawn parade around the Plaza, every St. Patrick’s...
Sun Day: Activists focus on new solar holiday
Following two retreats where members of Climate Action Healdsburg (CAH) workshopped ways to continue their commitment to environmental concerns even as the social and political landscape was changing dramatically, the group decided to join the national Sun Day movement, at thirdact.org/sun-day.
Arts & Entertainment
Making the scene with Almost Famous
Photo gallery of the 'Almost Famous' screening at Healdsburg's True West Film Center on April 17, by Rick Tang.






















