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A growing movement at Healdsburg High School to expand vocational education paid off last weekend in SoCal, where six HHS students medaled in the annual statewide SkillsUSA competition. Competing against regional winners from across California, local students took home gold in three categories: “culinary arts,”...

March 25, 2024 1:15am A hit-and-run accident occurred on Healdsburg Avenue. The Reporting Party’s (RP) vehicle was hit by another vehicle that was likely doing donuts. Officers responded and were unable to locate the suspect vehicle. A report was taken. 7:55am Petty theft occurred at Rite...

Chalkboard, the high-end Healdsburg restaurant on the ground floor of Hotel Les Mars at 27 North St., closed abruptly late last month. Under the hotel’s signature striped awnings, its street-facing windows are now covered in brown paper. Both the hotel and restaurant space are owned...

Monday, March 18 12:03pm Reckless driving was reported on March Avenue at University Street. The Reporting Party (RP) indicated that a subject on an electric bicycle did not stop at signs and made unsafe passes. An officer responded, but the bicycle was gone on arrival...

Heads up: Healdsburg will likely look and feel a lot different for the whole month of June. More than usual, we may hear crypto words like “blockchain” and “Ethereum” being thrown around in the aisles of Big John’s. We may see large clumps of out-of-towners...

The big news this week is that the Sonoma County-born white rhinoceros Otto Lang celebrated his first birthday on Tuesday. He was born April 2, 2023, with a birth weight of about 100 pounds—after Safari West’s rhino-love doctors spent nearly 15 years trying to...

About five months after boutique Healdsburg wine brands Truett Hurst and VML went on the market, they found a buyer: the same man who founded them back in 2008. Phil Hurst sold his beloved brands to a large, Washington-based company called Precept Wine & Spirits...

Healdsburg residents learned late last week that they will pay more for water delivery and wastewater services over the next three years and beyond, with increases of 18% expected in Fiscal Year 2024-25 alone, beginning with the July utility bill.

Chris Rogers’ current total shows him holding a 1,500-vote lead over Hicks, a narrow margin that should be enough to claim the right to represent the Democratic Party on the Nov. 5 ballot

A burglary occurred either March 15 or March 16 at Giorgio’s Restaurant on Grant Avenue. An office window and side window were shattered and the basement broken into. It appeared nothing was taken. Items were on the floor and possibly a bottle of tequila was consumed.