News across Sonoma County

Open up to Healdsburg Design
Starting concurrently with this week’s Art Nite on Thursday is the return of the four-day Design Healdsburg, produced by Design Bay Area. It’s in a class with similar North Bay Design weekends in San Francisco and Marin, and once again Healdsburg claims a strong centerpiece for a…

Climate concerns rising in city, county
Jeff Kay took most of the city manager’s report time in last week’s Healdsburg City Council meeting to discuss the upcoming rainy season, a time of year that has many fearing a flood of epic proportions, thanks to a projected El Niño event.

Letters: The Depot dilemma
"In July, 75 percent of voters in Sonoma and Marin Counties voted to extend SMART’s sales tax," writes one reader. "Many of us did so hoping the train would get people out of their cars, a key SMART goal. In December, the SMART board will decide where Healdsburg’s station goes,…

Open Mic: ‘Why I’m calling out Gallaher’
On Oct. 5, the Healdsburg City Council will hear an appeal by Healdsburg resident Lewis Bangham and Jon Eisenberg, challenging the Planning Commission’s approval of a conditional use permit for Gallaher Signature Living to operate a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly…

Things to do in Healdsburg, October 1-8
Healdsburg Indivisible brings the award-winning documentary and political thriller Dark Money to town, which “uncovers the shocking and vital truth of how American elections are bought and sold” on Oct. 8.

Flashbacks: Back in the day…
Thirteen members of the “Operation Christmas” committee were present Thursday night to prepare the first batch of fruit cakes which will be shipped to local servicemen and members of Healdsburg’s Adopted Battalion...

Police Log, Sept. 14 – 20
Law enforcement vehicles showed up at Healdsburg High on Sept. 18 to look for three students who had been involved in an off-campus firearms incident. This and other items from the dispatch log...

Sonoma Valley History Presentation on Joseph Hooker Oct. 15 7p.m.
At the Sonoma Community Center The post Sonoma Valley History Presentation on Joseph Hooker Oct. 15 7p.m. first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .

SDC’s Movable Fence, Moving Water
EIR Research and Failing Infrastructure By David Bolling Public attention has been drawn to the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) over the past two weeks, first… The post SDC’s Movable Fence, Moving Water first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .

David Bolling: There Is Only Us
As the 2026 Midterm Election draws near, as America’s proto-despotic president caroms through his second term, laying waste to democratic norms, rules, constitutional rights and… The post David Bolling: There Is Only Us first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .

Editorial: About Zone Zero, High Fire Risk and More
In August the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection finalized its rules about landscaping around California homes in High-Hazard fire severity zones. The Northern-most… The post Editorial: About Zone Zero, High Fire Risk and More first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .

Celebrate 115 years of Women’s Suffrage Oct. 10
At the Sonoma Barracks. 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. The post Celebrate 115 years of Women’s Suffrage Oct. 10 first appeared on Sonoma Valley Sun .