Healdsburg Tribune

01/09/2025

Latest issue hits the porch tomorrow, or pick one up in town, or get started here, and at www.healdsburgtribune.com

01/06/2025

Like Astrology? We're thinking of publishing Rob Brezsny's 'Free Will astrology' in the Tribune - what do you think? Leave a comment here or online with the article, and read the year's preview today!

"There are experiences, people and places that can either be good for you or bad for you. Which way they tilt at any particular time may depend on your mood or their mood or forces beyond your immediate control. An example for me is social media..." says Rob Brezny, noted astrologer.

01/06/2025

Public school kids stay home until tomorrow, but THS students head back to school today - where their new 'head of school' is happy to see them again!

There’s been a new face on the campus of The Healdsburg School this fall: Tracie Mastronicola, has officially become the fourth Head of School for the 14-year-old independent TK-8 school at 33 Healdsburg Ave.

01/05/2025

Simone sez, "Even the small stories are important.'

Here are the latest business openings, closings and other goings-on, from a new place to get a fresh juice or smoothie, a hot old winery and a hot new bakery, plus a new fire station to cool things down if it gets too hot for Healdsburg.

01/03/2025

Is that a hard rain coming our way? Check out our review of 'A Complete Unknown' in this week's Tribune.

rom its casting to its settings to its all-important musical choices, James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is an electrifying, irresistibly engaging portrait of one of America’s unique originals, Bob Dylan. Covering the years from Dylan’s 1961 arrival in New York City from Minnesota to the time ...

01/03/2025

The scales of justice can be swayed by paperwork: City taken to task over violating public meeting rules.

The grumbling attained legal emphasis just after Christmas, when on Dec. 26 Healdsburg attorney Jon Eisenberg filed a letter with the city that raised a number of alleged Brown Act violations during the lead-up to the Measure O vote in November, violations he clearly is prepared to take to court. He...

01/02/2025

It's time to look ahead to a new year - after all, how bad can it be?

The first major event that comes our way in 2025 is the annual Lake Sonoma Steelhead Festival, on Saturday, Feb. 8. This one-day science fair of all things steelhead (and their allies, anadromous and otherwise), draws about 10,000 people on its single day of exhibitions and activities to the Milt Br...

12/30/2024

Is the weekend gone already? Time to make New Year's Eve plans!

New Year’s Eve is a few hours suspended from the normal rules of time, neither one year nor the next, yet both. While a “memorable evening” is often the goal, it’s all too frequently a night whose details escape memory ...

12/27/2024

Due to a glitch in the Matrix, this week's police log was not published in the Dec. 26 newspaper. But fear not, Crime Stoppers, it's online now...

Here's one: "3:18pm The Reporting Party (RP) on Hudson Street indicated that a transient was camped on the property and the RP wanted the person to leave. The RP did not want to press charges. An officer responded but was unable to locate the transient. The officer gave the RP advice and forwarded t...

12/26/2024

It's that time of year again... A roundup of some of the top stories in Healdsburg! What do you remember about the year?

There’s a tradition in the news biz, at year’s end, of retracing all the major stories that unfolded during the 12 months prior. It feels like a healthy exercise—an opportunity to zoom out and let the bigger picture sink in, free from the frantic 24-hour news cycle (or, weekly in our case). It...

12/20/2024

Article this morning in the PD about law enforcement response to the threat of deportation: Last week we ran a column from Healdsburg Police Chief Matt Jenkins, this week we have another "Open Mic' on the support offered by Corazón Healdsburg

"At Corazón Healdsburg," writes Marcy Floes, "we are deeply concerned about the implications of the recent election and the potential for mass deportations. This is not an abstract issue. It’s deeply personal and acutely affects our neighbors, coworkers, classmates and friends right here in Sonom...

12/19/2024

Did the City Council jump the gun on a 5-district, selected mayor structure for Healdsburg? https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/redistricting-underway-as-council-selects-mitchell-for-new-mayor/

12/19/2024

Peek-a-book! Tomorrow's front page teases tomorrow's news... Or read it all on www.healdsburgtribune.com

12/17/2024

No surprise, Evelyn Mitchell elevated from Vice Mayor to Mayor. Maybe a surprise: Ron Edwards nominates Chris Herrod as new Vice Mayor.

12/15/2024

The weekend is half over - meaning, the weekend is only half over! Lots more coming our way this Holiday Season...

Annual fundraiser for Healdsburg Rotary Club to fund scholarship programs for Healdsburg High School students: an “all you can eat” crab dinner, a silent auction and a live auction MC’d by local personalities. Villa Chanticleer, Dec. 14, plus more events this week.

12/14/2024

Last day of the 75th annual Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament - at HHS, both boys and girls in the hunt for a trophy!

The 75th annual Redwood Empire Invitational Basketball Tournament, familiarly known as REIBT, is an action-packed four days of basketball currently underway on host Healdsburg High School’s campus.

12/14/2024

This story is catching on - what's a tree worth? And if killing it isn't a crime, what is?

When a dying oak tree branch was removed, the tree worker climbed down from the ladder and asked the owners if they were trying to kill the tree. “He then pointed out drilled holes on the side of the trunk facing our neighbor’s house, originating just over the height of the fence. These holes we...