‘Ghost Gun’ Found in Police Stop
Late Sunday morning, March 5, two Healdsburg Police vehicles stopped a white pick-up truck on Presidential Circle near Memorial Bridge, in response to a request from another agency, according to Healdsburg Police Sgt. Kristin Dean.
Oscar Aguilar, a 27-year-old Healdsburg man, was pulled over in...
Hepburn, Tracy Work on Employment Equity
What is the proper role for a woman in the workplace? Is employment equity possible? Women are still paid 82 cents for every dollar a man earns, according to the latest “women in the workforce” study from the Government Accountability Office. Why?
These are still...
County Library Appoints New Director after National Hunt
The Sonoma County Library Commission voted to appoint Erika Thibault as the new director for the Sonoma County Library at its Feb. 1 meeting, after a nationwide executive search.
Thibault has served as interim director since July 2022, when the previous director retired. She was...
Healdsburg Police Log Feb 20-24
Monday, Feb. 20
1:48pm. At Parkpoint Health and Swim Club on Foss Creek Cir., Reporting Party (RP) states that while she was in the gym her vehicle was keyed. Report taken.
4:18pm. A party came into the Police Department (PD) lobby stating that she was verbally...
Grants for Career and Tech Ed at HHS
The CTE Foundation, which supports the field of Career and Technical Education, announced on Feb. 22 that it is awarding $101,150 in grants to support 14 Sonoma County education programs, the goal being to “increase student engagement and connect classroom learning to real-world careers...
$100,000 for Fitch Mountain Public Art
Professional artists are invited to submit ideas and qualifications for a signature public art project as part of the Fitch Mountain Access Improvement project, the City of Healdsburg announced this week.
The Fitch Mountain Art Committee is seeking an artist to design and implement a...
Healdsburg Police Log Feb. 17-19
Friday, Feb. 17
8:16am. Person sleeping outside of Dollar Tree and smoking out of something that resembles a drug pipe, described as a white adult male, laying under blankets. Officers contacted and cited a 38-year-old man.
Saturday, Feb. 18
1:52pm. Graffiti reported at Carson Warner Skate Park...
Do High Winds, Low Temperatures and Rain Mean Snow?
High winds, freezing temperatures and precipitation have been the reality in Sonoma County this week, and projections that snowfall was possible at elevations down to 1,000 feet—and perhaps lower—held out the tantalizing if unlikely prospect of snow falling on the Healdsburg Plaza.
A cold front...
Citrus Fair Worker Takes a Tumble
A worker for Butler Amusements was injured on Friday morning, Feb. 17, before the Cloverdale Citrus Fair threw open its gates for 2023. The worker was helping set up the Ferris wheel, and witnesses reported on social media that he tumbled from one of...
Fentanyl, Pistol Found on Railroad Park Suspects
On Thursday, Feb. 16, Healdsburg Police received a call at about 8pm of vandalism in progress on Ward Street, in an older residential area off Healdsburg Avenue. The vandalism was tagging or graffiti, according to Police Chief Matt Jenkins, related to a subset of...
