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Healdsburg City Crews Start Work on $7M Wastewater Pipeline Project

June 17, 2024

In the ground underneath town, Healdsburg city crews reportedly just began construction this week on a $7 million, 2-mile pipeline that will deliver recycled sewer water to local parks, some schools, the golf course and the cemetery. This will allow the city to easily...

Farmworkers Claim Retaliation at Bill Foley Vineyard Job

October 15, 2024

Sonoma County farmworker advocacy org North Bay Jobs With Justice, known for their annual protest during the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience tasting near the plaza, is making some headway in one of their local campaigns against a familiar name in Healdsburg winemaking: billionaire Bill Foley,...

5-Day Storm Pushes Russian River to Brink

February 21, 2024

So yeah, these back-to-back storms have turned out to be a real slog. At least 7 or 8 inches of rain have fallen in Healdsburg since it started coming down on Friday, and the wind gusts got pretty severe at times as well. There...

Grant Money for Healdsburg Events Likely to Draw Tourists

February 27, 2024

There's only a couple of days left to apply for some of the grant money being offered by Healdsburg's Tourism Improvement District, to anyone who wants to organize "arts, cultural and educational activities" that will encourage people to come stay in Healdsburg this summer...

$2M Healdsburg Property With Only Pool Goes Viral

May 28, 2024

A funny thing happened recently where a $2 million rural Healdsburg property with only a pool went semi-viral online. It all started when an X account called "Zillow Gone Wild" tweeted out a link to the 5-acre property on Chalk Hill Road, writing: "Everyone...

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...

Spotlight on Sculptures in Healdsburg

April 24, 2024

There are two interesting sculpture-related events happening in Healdsburg in the coming days. First, a group of local students and their advisors — including local artist Jendala Utsch, known for those colorful chimes she makes with inspiring messages on them — will be installing an...

Healdsburg Ballot May Ask for More Market-Rate Housing

January 23, 2024

KRCB public radio ran an interesting piece last week on the lack of market-rate housing options in Healdsburg right now, and how "local rules passed over two decades ago... to protect Healdsburg from overdevelopment" seem to be making our housing problems worse. So city...

Dominic Foppoli: 7 Women Move Forward With Sex-Assault Claims Against Healdsburg Winery Son

April 16, 2024

Remember Dominic Foppoli? Over the past few years, the heir to Healdsburg's Christopher Creek Winery on Limerick Lane and disgraced ex-mayor of Windsor has been accused by over a dozen women of leveraging his status to get them into situations where he could sexually assault and abuse them. Last...

In Memoriam: Yasuko ‘Suzie’ Buchignani

April 16, 2024

A member of the local Buchignani clan and familiar face in the Healdsburg wine industry, Yasuko "Suzie" Buchignani, passed away earlier this month at age 79. Here's the story of Suzie's life, from her obituary: "She was born on March 9th, 1945 in Fukuoka,...

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Sports

Another new coach to lead Healdsburg team

August 27, 2025

It’s getting to be an old story: This is the third straight year a new coach will take control of the team, the sixth time in eight years. That must be counted as a factor for the disappointing record the Greyhounds have run up since their last winning season, 2013. Perhaps, say the faithful again, this year will be different...

Volleyball Hounds win their opener

August 27, 2025

Circle the dates of the Healdsburg home games

August 20, 2025