Briefs

At one point, the Healdsburg City Council was discussing the possibility of switching to drone fireworks for our town’s annual Fourth of July show, largely as a fire-safety measure. Judging by the city website, it looks like they decided to stick with the old-fashioned kind....

Dry Creek Valley resident Joanne Rist took this pic of the full moon crowning Fitch Mountain last Thursday, on the night of the total lunar eclipse. Note from Simone: This photo originally appeared in the weekly email newsletter I write for the Healdsburg Tribune, called...

I recently got a very exciting email in my inbox from Healdsburg chef Jacob Harth, the man behind those Winnie’s pop-ups at the Maison Healdsburg wine bar. He wrote: “I previously announced the opening of my restaurant Winnie’s a few months ago and we...

A longtime Healdsburg and Cloverdale resident who was deeply involved in our local arts scene died two weekends ago at the age of 89. Joyce Power was born in Canada and lived for many years in London and San Francisco before retiring in Healdsburg with her husband Keith...

Nearly a year after that frightening nighttime tire-slashing spree and stabbing in the Healdsburg Community Center parking lot, local police say they found their main suspect living under an alias in the small town of Los Gatos on the southwest edge of San Jose....

A $44 million property in the Healdsburg countryside hit the real-estate market yesterday: The Medlock Ames winery and estate at 13414 Chalk Hill Rd. and tasting room at 3487 Alexander Valley Rd. I’ve reached out to the winery for more information about what this...

OK, so you remember how Molti Amici on Healdsburg Avenue suffered a fall from grace last November and was forced to close its doors just over a year after it opened in the old Campo Fina space, with dreams of becoming Healdsburg’s next casual Italian community hub? And...

Remember “Peptoc”? It was a hotline created by two teachers at West Side Elementary in rural Healdsburg nearly three years ago. Anyone who was feeling down could call the hotline at 707-873-7862 to listen to recorded messages of cheer from local elementary-school kids. And it’s still going...

We’ve all been hearing about this proposal over the past year, but now it’s a done deal. Basically, the Healdsburg City Council took a final vote at their meeting last week on the proposed ban of “formula retail businesses” surrounding the plaza, and decided unanimously to...

Local winery Papapietro Perry, located out Dry Creek Road, just unveiled a cute new mural with vintage postcard vibes on their wine-cellar door. It’s around 14 feet tall by 14 feet wide, and boldly declares: “Peace Love and Pinot.” Oh, and if you post a photo of...