Editorial

Opinion: State Needs to Approve Climate Bond Measure

June 12, 2024

Traditional Ecological Knowledge: The California buckeye

Guest Column: Ron Edwards Shares His Story

Letters to the Editor: Oct. 21

October 21, 2020

Family farmers say yes on Measure P

July 9, 2020

Masks as medicine

I want to earn your vote! You and I have the great pleasure to live in Healdsburg where, for over 150 years, people have built a great community, come to each other’s aid when required, and looked forward to an ongoing future of growth and prosperity. I believe we are now at a crossroads. One where your future city leaders will decide whether we can afford to do all the great things we want to do.

The truth behind frost protection

November 16, 2011

Frank Robertson, in his commentary "Hard to swallow" last week

March 14, 2019

County system needs some thought

The citizens’ ballot?

August 31, 2016

Bamboozled, hoodwinked and screwed. We, the voters of California, are being set up for a monumental miscarriage of democracy when we go to vote in the Nov. 8 General Election. It’s challenging enough that the ballot contains 17 statewide propositions, the longest ballot in state history. But the real problem lies in the obscure text and the felonious pro and con arguments attached to each question.

May 27, 2021

Sonoma County and its residents have become victims of too many cumulative impacts. We have backroads with too many wineries and valleys with not enough water. We’ve had tons of illegal cannabis for decades and are now fighting to figure out how to make it legal and grow it in the right places. Farmers need lawyers and land use consultants just to plant a crop or plow a hillside. We’ve had a generation-long debate about preserving our rural character but we can’t even agree on what the term exactly means.

July 18, 2019

Respect not fear

April 11, 2024

Dear Editor: A great way to contribute to Earth Day: with your plastic bags. Kind of an oxymoron! Here’s the info: On Sunday, April 21, the City of Healdsburg, along with Climate Action Healdsburg, is holding the CLIMATE FEST event in the Plaza. This huge event—noon...

Youth and alcohol

April 22, 2015

As an educator who has always lived in the town where I work, I’ve often struggled with being associated with any sort of alcohol consumption and the perception it might give to my students.

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Arts & Entertainment

Healdsburg stakes claim as year-round jazz destination

January 22, 2026

This year brings the second Healdsburg Winter Jazz Festival, which starts Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Harmon Guest House’s Merritt Hall and concludes Sunday night, Feb. 1, at the Healdsburg Community Church. It once again showcases a diverse line-up of jazz talent, genres and venues. A total of six programs are being presented at off-beat stages, with a suitably wide-ranging menu of music.