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Immigrant Stories Coming to Healdsburg Wine Library

December 12, 2023

Did you know that there's a "wine library" housed inside the Healdsburg branch of the Sonoma County Library? And they just got a grant to "listen to and save the oral histories of immigrant families employed in our local wine industry," according to a rep for the wine...

Recap: St. Paddy’s in Healdsburg

March 19, 2024

I'm seeing rave reviews all around from the St. Patrick's Day parade and street party that took over downtown Healdsburg on Sunday morning. Our local St. Paddy's tradition was started a few decades ago by the former owner of the bygone B&B dive bar...

Simone’s Healdsburg Event Log: March 20-26, With Early Spring Fun

March 20, 2025

Thursday, March 20 🌷 Farm to Pantry hosts volunteer tree-pruning workday at Vinecrest Senior Housing in Windsor (9:30am-noon)AARP hosts tax help session at the mini Healdsburg Library inside the Community Center (weekly through Apr 10, 10am-3pm)Floral labyrinth party and spring celebration at The 222: Create a vernal labyrinth together (1-4pm)“Artful play” workshop...

In Memoriam: Arline Smith

March 19, 2024

Longtime Healdsburg resident Arline Hotle Smith passed away last month at age 89. She and her husband of 62 years, Bill, "moved to Healdsburg with their three children in 1976," according to her obituary. They were known to "travel extensively on their boat, circling...

SingleThread’s Plans for the Raven, Revealed

March 20, 2025

Ever since the team behind Healdsburg’s fanciest restaurant, the three-Michelin-starred SingleThread at North and Center streets, “signed a 25-year-lease to redevelop” the old Raven Film Center building around the corner in Summer 2023, the community has been wondering what they plan to do with it. In...

‘Syar’ Mining Site in South Healdsburg for Sale

February 3, 2024

It looks like the 88-acre property owned by Syar Industries along the far bank of the Russian River, where they've been mining sand and gravel for decades just east of Memorial Bridge, is up for sale. This, according to the Jones Lang LaSalle real-estate...

James Gore Running for State Senate

January 19, 2025

Looks like California’s second senatorial district, which stretches along the entire North Coast, could belong to a Healdsburg politician for many more years to come! Hometown kid Mike McGuire has been holding onto the State Senate District 2 seat for more than a decade, but he’s about...

Star HHS Culinary Students Headed to State

March 11, 2024

Eight star culinary students from Healdsburg High School are reportedly headed to SoCal for a major state competition next month: the annual SkillsUSA championships for "culinary arts" and "baking and pastry arts." If any of our kids win at state, like two of them...

Preview: Healdsburg Climate Fest 2024

April 21, 2024

Today is Earth Day Eve, aka the greenest day of the year here in Healdsburg: Climate Fest 2024! Our homegrown environmental festival — also known as Festival del Clima, now in its second year — drew around 2,000 people to the plaza last April, according...

2 Teens Stabbed Near Healdsburg Skate Park: Police

April 24, 2024

Two teen boys were stabbed last Sunday night along the Foss Creek Pathway, near the Healdsburg skate park off Grove Street, according to local police. Here's their full announcement: "At about 10:30 pm, the Healdsburg Police Department received a call from a victim of...

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