Briefs

Check out the cute new hut for seeds and books at Badger Park! City Manager Jeff Kay announced its debut in his last community report, saying: “Despite the rain showers, our dedicated parks team has been hard at work, tackling important projects and making much needed...

Thursday, April 10 The North Bay Children’s Center at Fitch Mountain celebrates “week of the young child” with community tour, family craft activities and more (daily through Fri, Apr 11)AARP hosts final tax help session at the mini Healdsburg Library inside the Community Center (10am-3pm)Healdsburg High School swim team hosts...

Sunday, March 30 “March Madness open house” at Dry Creek Vineyard: Try rare gems, large formats, library wines, mystery cases and cellar surprises while playing basketball-themed games (10am-4:30pm)Second annual Chili Cook-Off at the Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa (noon-3pm)“Yoga & Wine: A Mindfulness Experience” in the vineyards and...

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...

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s federal cost-cutting spree hit the Redwood Empire Food Bank here in the North Bay last week, in the form of $750,000 in suspended food shipments, according to the Press Democrat — thus “leaving the region’s largest hunger relief organization having to figure...

The Wurst, downtown Healdsburg’s go-to sausage and burger spot at 222 Matheson St., quietly closed its doors for the final time last weekend after nearly 15 years in business. And just as suddenly, the owners of The Wurst have announced they plan to open a different...

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...

Another one-of-a-kind Healdsburg resident passed away earlier this month from cancer at age 77, according to the Press Democrat: local textile artist and art teacher Sylvia Seventy. The fascinating, multimedia, Pomo-inspired “vessels” she made (pictured above and below) became quite well-known in certain circles of...

Healdsburg’s most familiar busker, the inimitable Doc Cummings, has passed away in his early 70s, according to friends and family on Facebook. His name was Donald O. Cummings, but he reportedly went by his initials — “Doc” — for short. I’m not sure how Doc died,...

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....