Postcard From the DNC in Chicago
Ariel Kelley attended the DNC last week, and found the current political excitement possible not only because of the Harris-Walz campaign and the Democratic Convention—"to me it’s actually about something so much bigger than a few days in Chicago," she wrote....
State Windfall Brings $21 Million to Healdsburg
Stephen Sotomayor, the housing director for the City of Healdsburg, announced last week that Freebird Development, in partnership with Jamboree Housing, has been awarded $21.1 million in funding from the State of California’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program.
This funding, approved by the...
Police Log, Aug. 12 – 18
Monday, August 12
11:55am The Reporting Party (RP) believed a person stole her iPhone 14 while she was at River Rock Casino. She stated the phone was taken on Aug. 10, and did not realize it was gone till Aug. 12. The RP pinged the...
Arts & Culture Commission Gets Nod from City
Starting next year, a new city commission will take its place in the structure of local government—an Arts and Culture Commission, to join the Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Commission and Senior Citizens Advisory Commission as an advisory body to review policies and programs under its purview...
Simone Says: Updates from Healdsburg Today
Simone Wilson produces the email newsletter ‘Healdsburg Today' for the Healdsburg Tribune. Here are some of the latest bytes of news...
HHS Alum Returns as Principal
Healdsburg High School’s new principal is a fifth-generation Sonoma County native—and third- or fourth-generation Healdsburg native—Tait Danhausen. He's been here before ...
Police Log, Aug. 5-11
Monday, August 5
12:04pm A 26-year-old (YO) man was stopped on a bicycle near Circle K on Healdsburg Avenue for failing to obey a traffic signal and failing to signal before turning. He was arrested and transported to county jail for burglary, theft or misappropriation...
‘Factory Farms’ Measure on the Ballot: Yea or Nay?
Measure J, the initiative on the November ballot to shut down a number of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) or “factory farms” in Sonoma County, has encountered widespread opposition among public governing bodies, most recently including the Healdsburg City Council...
Police Log, July 29-Aug. 4
Crimes and concerns reported to Healdsburg Police during the week between July 28 and Aug. 3 ran the gamut, from unlicensed driving, graffiti and public arguing to the theft of $250 of steak from DCK...
Prune Packers Bring 4th Title to Town
Tension was high, and the grandstands were filling to capacity for the third game in the series, Friday Aug. 2. Game Three got off to a rough start for the Packers defense, as the visiting Potters a 1-0 lead—without getting a hit. Then the Spirit of Art McCaffrey Field rose up...