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April 25, 2026

Healdsburg comes full circle for Abel De Luna

Architects illustrations courtesy of Goring & Straja
Sunday, May 18, will mark a significant milestone in Healdsburg history. Abel De Luna, the city’s first Hispanic mayor during his city council term 49 years ago, will return to town, along with farmworkers rights legend Dolores Huerta. The purpose is the renaming of...

NCS title within reach for revived Lady Hounds

The 2025-26 Healdsburg High girls basketball team and coaches.
The Healdsburg girls basketball team is on the verge of a benchmark of success that has eluded them for decades. Depending on the results of the Tuesday night game against Division 5 North Coast Section championship series, the Hounds could end up in the upcoming final match.

Harvest: Behind the mystery of NewTree Ranch

Kitchen table at NewTree Ranch
The philosophy here is simple, though the execution is anything but. NewTree Ranch operates on permaculture principles and biodynamic practices, supported by renowned consultant Harold Hoven. Over the past decade, the land has been transformed.

Suspect in 2024 Stabbing Arrested in Los Gatos

Early in the morning of March 12, three Healdsburg Police officers went to Los Gatos to arrest the suspect Damian Martines-Osorio, who was now living under another alias. With the cooperation of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department, whose officers surrounded the scene, police attempted to arrest Martines-Osorio. Once again, however, he attempted to flee on foot but this time he was captured while trying to jump over a fence. The arrest was logged at 8:48am. 

Local Dining on the Menu for Restaurant Week

With the closures and limitations of the pandemic fading into memory, restaurant dining has regained its position as one of Sonoma County’s most popular, close-to-home recreations.

Snapshot: The OG conservationists

Amish country in Ohio
Living in a tech-dominated world, it’s hard to imagine a day or year without a cellphone or car, yet that is every day, every year, for the Amish.

Waymo could be coming to Healdsburg

Driverless car in San Francisco
As the DMV stated, “This amendment to Waymo’s existing deployment and driverless testing permits allows the company to operate in new regions of both Southern and Northern California.” That statement continues, “In Northern California, the service area now includes the broader Bay Area and Sacramento," which means Healdsburg.

Day of Dead Brings out Community

Much-loved cars whose trunks were open to imaginative ofrenda, altars in tribute to the departed, lined Matheson Street. Children dressed as monarch butterflies flitted down marigold petal paths. Aztec dancers stepped and rattled to a racing heart of drums, as incense floated through the...

March Ave Improvement Gets Okay from City Council

March Avenue bike lane
“Can you speak to how this project does or doesn’t comply with what the recommendations are in the Active Transportation plans, or what the proposed bike and ped [pedestrian] improvements are that people have been emailing us about?” Councilmember Ariel Kelley asked. “I think there’s a disconnect between what you guys are proposing and what the community [believes] is included in the project.”

Police Log, Dec. 8-14

Police car at Sake 'O
Dec. 11, 7:08am: The RP said a vehicle was driven recklessly on Harmon Street. Officers arrived, but the vehicle was gone on arrival and unable to be located.
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Hippy dancer

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.