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We’ve all been hearing some pretty scary things over the past few weeks about important land-stewardship projects across California losing their federal funding and support — national park and forest maintenance, wildfire prevention programs and more. But there’s one ongoing environmental initiative with big implications for Healdsburg’s...

The third public meeting held in the effort to split Healdsburg’s electorate into districts, to satisfy the requirements of California’s Voting Rights Act, led to a general consensus among the council members to stick with their original preference: five districts each to elect a councilmember, with the mayor’s role rotating between them.

BUST On Feb. 12, Healdsburg Police performed a welfare check on an elementary school child who was not picked up after school at the bus stop. Police had been contacted on the advice of a family member about possible drug use by the mother. During the welfare check they located several ounces of suspected methamphetamines, marijuana, and a scale in the mother’s vehicle outside the residence. During the booking process of the suspect, a 33-year old woman, it was discovered that she was in possession of additional items of contraband concealed in her bra, including drugs, paraphernalia, and over $1,000 in US and Mexican currency.

On the southwest corner of the plaza, at 102 Matheson St., the Thumbprint Cellars team just ran their final weekend of wine tastings at their 15-year home in downtown Healdsburg. Second-generation winery owner Carter Lindstrom-Dake, son of Thumbprint founders Scott and Erica, told me over...

As part of a Sonoma County Library initiative for Black History Month, kids across the county have been creating tiny paintings over the past few weeks to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The photo above shows some of the art created by kids...

Surely by now you’re acquainted with the concept of “little free libraries” — those tiny homes on pegs, giving almost a bird-feeder vibe, filled with books you can give or take on the honor system. We’ve got a few here in Healdsburg, of course — along...

OK, so you remember how local Italian restaurant Molti Amici suffered a fall from grace last November and was forced to close its doors just over a year after opening? The three SingleThread alumni who opened the high-fashion restaurant at 330 Healdsburg Ave. said they hoped to...

This jumbo LED arch was on display in downtown Healdsburg this Valentine’s, in the walkway next to Hotel Healdsburg. As is now tradition! And below, you’ll see Healdsburg’s roundabout has been lookin’ pretty loved-up for the holiday, too...

Now we know why that skinny old barber-shop storefront along the north side of the plaza got a fresh coat of bright-orange paint last month. The owners of a super-fancy California donut shop called Dutch Door Donuts, located down in Monterey tourist town Carmel-by-the-Sea — a...

“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.”