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August 28, 2025

Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Plaza Protests

Healdsburg resident Mary Fitzgerald took the lovely pic above of springtime treetops over the plaza late last Sunday afternoon, from her clutch vantage point at The Matheson’s rooftop bar. Earlier that same day, down below the treetops, Healdsburg resident and former City Council candidate Linda...

‘Edge Esmeralda’ Event Kicks Off in Healdsburg

Remember when I told you about the Edge Esmeralda "popup village," a monthlong festival for futuristic ideas coming to Healdsburg for all of June? Well, the start date is upon us: Programming officially starts tomorrow. The two young women at the head of the...

Car Crashes Into Fitch Mountain Home

There was a scary car accident Wednesday on Fitch Mountain, when someone driving a red Toyota Corolla careened off the right side of the road just before 5pm, smashing through a fence and into a house, according to the Press Democrat. Fortunately, the driver...

Recap: Point Fire in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley

Night view of fire
It's been almost two weeks since the Point Fire broke out near Lake Sonoma on Father's Day. It was by far our biggest local wildfire since the Walbridge Fire in the same area nearly four years ago. On June 16 and 17, forebodingly early in...

Quail & Condor Bakery Maxed After National Press

Speaking of the press effect! There’s always been a crowd at Healdsburg’s newest and fanciest bakery, Quail & Condor, since it opened in 2020 — and if you stop by on a given afternoon, there’s usually not very much good stuff left. But Sonoma Magazine reports...

Missing Healdsburg Man Returns Home

Did you get that alert from Healdsburg police in the wee hours this morning, about a missing person named Marc Rodriguez? The 61-year-old Healdsburg resident had last been seen at 10 p.m. Monday "with the family dog, Penny, a Golden Doodle," police said. Well,...

Healdsburg’s Senior Home Is Reportedly Being Run by a Mysterious New LLC

The saga continues this spring for the Healdsburg Senior Living facility on Grove Street. Last we heard, back in March, the Press Democrat reported that Pacifica — the San Diego-based real estate and hospitality company that has owned Healdsburg Senior Living since 2018, along with 80...

‘Healdsburg Ciclovía’ Cycling Event Proposed Downtown

Healdsburg city leaders approved a new, comprehensive event policy at their meeting last week, replacing the outdated one that's been in place for the past decade. And during their discussion, we learned that AVFilm — the local film org that's opening a movie theater downtown —...

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...

Healdsburg Restaurant ‘The Wurst’ Getting New Owners

Down at the The Wurst sausage and burger spot at 22 Matheson St., an ownership change is in the works. Longtime owners Melissa and Kevin McDowell are currently in the process of handing off the restaurant to Healdsburg couple David and Elise Baeli, who used to run...

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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