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After over 100 years of pleading, begging, negotiating and complaining, the Cloverdale area finally got its wish: The bridge over the Russian River at the hamlet of Asti has been approved for a permanent span, thanks to final action by the County Board of Supervisors last week...

As has long been rumored, Splash Express is coming to town, and representatives appeared before the Planning Commission on Sept. 10 to present their design review application for the new business, projected to open in as little as a year...

“Every time I go to Vineyard Plaza in Healdsburg I notice multiple parked vehicles with engines idling. I see people eating lunch, waiting for a pizza order, talking on the phone, listening to the radio while their car pollutes the air and makes noise,” wrote Steve Davy on Nextdoor. Some people have had enough...

Early on the morning of Sept. 8, Healdsburg Police officers responded to the area of First and Piper streets following a report of a vehicle that had crashed and still had loud music still playing...

An independent nonprofit law firm generally associated with libertarian causes has filed suit against the City of Healdsburg on behalf of a client who believes the city’s “inclusionary fees” to support affordable housing are illegal...

The RP at Healdsburg Gas Mart on Healdsburg Avenue indicated that a woman went into the store and asked the RP to have sex with her in the bathroom. She was with a man in a vehicle. Officers responded and arrested a 28-YO woman for being under the influence of a controlled substance, public intoxication and violating probation. She was transported to county jail.

Two 18-year-old Healdsburg residents were arrested on Aug. 23 for attempted murder in a stabbing incident earlier this summer near Foss Creek Pathway and Grant Street. One of them graduated in June from a local high school...

Judging from comments from both the public and the commission members itself, there's a clear favorite in the naming of a new Saggio Hills park: Laura Fish Somersal, a Pomo basketweaver thought to be among the last native speakers of both the Pomo and Wappo languages, languages she taught at Sonoma State University and elsewhere.

A probation check was conducted at Carson Warner Skate Park on Grove Street. A 25-Year-Old (YO) man was cited for possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, depositing debris near water, trespassing on posted property and violating probation. And that was just Monday, Aug. 19...

A formula store is defined in the General Plan as, “A business that is required by contractual or other arrangement to maintain any of the following: standardized services, menu, decor, uniforms, architecture, signs or other similar features and is not part of a locally- or regionally-based group of businesses...”