Briefs

So, about that storm. It's actually two storms: "back-to-back atmospheric rivers" that local weather officials predict will dump around 4 to 6 inches of rain on our area from tomorrow morning through next Wednesday, with some possible thunder and lightning in there for dramatic...

As I'm sure you've heard, tomorrow is a big day in Healdsburg. It's a big day most places — but especially here. Expect drunken, Irish-inspired revelry all across the downtown area from before the sun rises to after it sets. It all starts with the...

This just happened last month, and it's even more relevant now: The Alliance Medical Center next to Healdsburg Hospital on University Avenue has installed a backup solar-power system that will allow the clinic to stay up and running during wildfires and other emergencies, even...

Longtime Healdsburg resident Frances "Diane" Bertoli — a local school secretary and wife of our former police chief — has passed away at age 87. Diane was reportedly born in British Columbia but moved here as a kid, graduating from Healdsburg High in 1954. More from...

Three juniors in the stellar culinary program at Healdsburg High School — led by pastry chef Derek Corsino, who you might remember from his reality-TV stint on Food Network's "Spring Baking Championship" — are making and selling fancy Valentine's Day chocolates this year as...

The Press Democrat posted some lively footage of the Hanukkah celebration outside the shuttered Oakville Grocery store at the corner of the plaza last week. "Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky of Santa Rosa’s Sonoma County Chabad Jewish Center lit a giant menorah and danced with the crowds who came out,"...

San Francisco native and longtime Healdsburg resident Linda Pelm passed away last weekend at the age of 71. "After graduating high school, Linda married her high school sweetheart, Nicholas Pelm, embarking on a journey of love and companionship that would endure for over 50...

Lifelong Healdsburg resident and local childcare leader Sergio De La O Jr. has passed away at the age of 59. He went to state college in Chico, where he studied child development, psychology and family relations, his obituary says. "He enjoyed working with children and...

There's a pretty wild-looking dance show called "Mosaic" coming up this Sunday afternoon at the Raven Theater. It's the second annual showcase of the Healdsburg Dance Collective, a relatively new group run by four ex-pro dancers here in town. The show will "blend dance,...

Soooo the 75th annual Healdsburg Future Farmers parade and fair over this long Memorial Day weekend were a total smash, per usual. Aside from a guy I saw flag down a Bell's ambulance in the middle of the parade route (not sure what happened,...