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August 28, 2025

‘Amy’s Wicked Slush’ Stand Burns in Healdsburg

This is a tough one. Late Tuesday night, a fire reportedly burned out the old Amy's Wicked Slush building next to Memorial Bridge — once a hotspot for frozen desserts and other Boston favorites. Sonoma County photographer Tenaya Fleckenstein, who was at the scene...

Healdsburg Artist Relaunches After-School Program for Kids

Healdsburg artist Jennifer "Jendala" Utsch, known around town for her traveling cart of metal chimes, is starting up her weekly after-school kids art program "Sparkle Time" again this Valentine's Day, after a few years off due to the COVID pandemic and her own ongoing...

Recent Spectacles in Healdsburg Skies

Some pretty crazy stuff has been happening in the air over Healdsburg lately. Joe Kopczynski took the pic above just after 6am last Friday morning as he was heading toward Healdsburg from Geyserville, where he lives. It appears to show the rocket that Elon Musk’s SpaceX company reportedly launched that morning from...

Immigrant Stories Coming to Healdsburg Wine Library

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...

Dance Studio Opening at Healdsburg Flower Farm

Dragonfly dance studio
A group in town called the Healdsburg Dance Collective, founded by four ex-pro dancers early last year, is finally opening their own physical space after a year-and-a-half of working with other fitness studios in town to offer classes, rehearsals and performances. And it sounds like a pretty idyllic...

HHS Girls Basketball Team Forges Ahead in North Coast Playoffs

This year's outstanding girls basketball team at Healdsburg High may have already taken home the top trophy for their local league, North Bay Redwood, but they're not allowed to rest just yet. Their league win sent them straight into what are called the "regional"...

Head of ‘Farm to Pantry’ Nonprofit Resigns

Celebrity chef Duskie Estes, the very public face of Healdsburg food-justice nonprofit Farm to Pantry, has decided to step down as the org's executive director at the end of this month. "It is critical that devote my time to my family at this time,"...

Dry Creek Timeshares Still on the Market

Remember Pacaso, the luxury real-estate company that was getting some rural Healdsburg residents pretty riled up a couple years back for "marketing second home ownership opportunities using a timeshare model in unincorporated Dry Creek Valley," according to the Healdsburg Tribune? Well, it looks like Pacaso is still...

5-Day Storm Pushes Russian River to Brink

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...

Pepper’s, New Healdsburg Restaurant, Prepares to Open Where Adel’s Used to Be

We could be getting a replacement for the Adel's diner near the Dry Creek Road freeway exit, which shut down last November, as soon as this weekend — and it doesn't seem like it'll be too far a cry from the classic diner model...

Sports

Taylor Tappin and football team

Another new coach to lead Healdsburg team

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...
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