Calling all cars …
Baked goods Cookies and scones and bearclaws, oh my 7
Police Dispatch at 707.431.3377 still takes calls by landline; internet not necessary 8
Word/Art Former California Poet Laureate David Gioia brings Art Month to a close 5
HEALDSBURGTRIBUNE.COM
OUR 161ST YEAR
NO 16
APRIL 16, 2026
Peds tread cautiously where lights once flashed ● Pedestrian crossing system still down after a month By Christian Kallen
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Photo by Christian Kallen
set for lunch, 50 years ago, with colorful plasticware, a fringed daisy tablecloth over a chrome and linoleum oval table, an orange house dress, a typically tasteless table lamp and orange signs from Lonnie’s Patio (“Great Hamburgers!”) that once adorned 165 Healdsburg Ave.
Mid-afternoon on Friday the 13th of March, a silver Tesla bounced over the sidewalk and struck a light stand and crosswalk alert button at the corner of Healdsburg Avenue and Plaza Street, according to police reports. The driver was seen getting out of his vehicle, surveying the damage and then getting back behind the wheel and continuing southbound on Healdsburg toward the Roundabout. Although no one was hurt in the incident, the corner is one of the most heavily traveled in town, and pedestrians use the crosswalk to reach the West Plaza Park area from the Plaza. Without the pedestrian-activated crossing light to warn cars and the voice alert, the intersection becomes more dangerous and crossing on foot more risky.
LIVING HISTORY Museum Director Holly Hoods with artist Noah Jeppson, who co-curated the new exhibit at the museum, ‘Healdsburg in the 1970s.’
When does memory become our history? ● New museum exhibit looks at the 1970s By Christian Kallen The new exhibition at the Healdsburg Museum puts history front and center in the lives of many of the museum’s visitors themselves. It’s not about 19th century horse-traders or pre-Columbian basket weaving, but the era of sex, drugs,
and rock ’n’ roll: the 1970s. “For a lot of people, they don’t think of the ’70s as being history and they are still holding onto their ’70s stuff,” said Museum Director and Curator Holly Hoods. So assembling the exhibit was more difficult than one might think. “People give us all the 1870s stuff we could han-
dle, but 1970s people still keep their yearbooks,” she added. After all, if one can still remember it, is it history? The recently redesigned west wing of the Museum’s second story succeeds in demonstrating that history is composed of things that might not seem “historical,” but which certainly have a story to tell. The centerpiece is a table