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By Levi Sumagaysay and Shreya Agrawal Californians in two industries are set to get new minimum wages this year, and that could lead to pay bumps for other workers, too. Gov. Gavin Newsom last year signed two union-backed bills that will boost fast-food and health care...

The packages are opened, the wrapping is recycled and the out-of-town family has departed—now what to do with that tree? There is no Recology home-pickup service on Christmas or New Year’s day, both Mondays, so service will be delayed by one day during those weeks....

Monday, Dec. 11 7:47am Grand theft occurred on University Avenue. The Reporting Party (RP) stated his truck was moved two houses from where he parked it on Dec. 10, 2023. Tools valued at $3,000 were taken from inside the truck. A detective responded and took...

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.

David Hagele and Evelyn Mitchell were unanimously approved as mayor and vice mayor of Healdsburg for 2024, to follow the year-long term of Mayor Ariel Kelley.

The world of summer community baseball was hit by a screwball this week, as the Healdsburg Prune Packers—perhaps the most successful of such teams in Northern California—announced its divorce from the California Collegiate League (CCL) and the formation of a new confederation of teams,...

Santa Rosa police have arrested four people—three men and a Healdsburg woman—who were allegedly involved in a wide-ranging scam in which the police said they laundered $7.8 million in 2022. Police said they spent 12 months investigating the crimes, beginning in September 2022, when they received...

Ramon Macias, a 39-year-old Cloverdale resident, was arrested and charged with illegally possessing an assault weapon, marijuana sales and violating pre-trial terms after Healdsburg Police Department executed a search warrant at his residence.

Police Log, Dec 4 – 10 Update: As reported previously, on Dec. 4 Healdsburg Police arrested 22-year-old Spencer Martin, of Healdsburg, for vandalizing 37 vehicles. His arrest was based on reports of vandalism in the high school neighborhoods. Since that time an additional 15 vehicles...

Sonoma County is taking a closer look at plans for the Asti Bridge, a seasonal span over the Russian River just south of Cloverdale. For decades the bridge has been built and torn down every year, at a cost of at least $200,000 annually, to...