Briefs

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...

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...

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,...

Eight star culinary students from Healdsburg High School are reportedly headed to SoCal for a major state competition next month: the annual SkillsUSA championships for "culinary arts" and "baking and pastry arts." If any of our kids win at state, like two of them...

The Healdsburg Prune Packers, our baseball team in the California Collegiate League (CCL), just announced they're ditching their old league and moving to a new one called the Pacific Empire League (PEL). And five other NorCal-based teams are reportedly coming with them: the Humboldt Crabs, the Lincoln Potters, the Medford...