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May 5, 2025

Sonoma County Airport Neighbors Fed Up With Helicopter Noise

A growing amount of helicopter noise coming from the Sonoma County Airport just south of Healdsburg is driving nearby residents crazy, according to the Press Democrat. The reason there's more chopper noise now is because a company called HeliCo Sonoma set up shop at...

‘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...

Healdsburg’s Historic River Belle Inn Might Close Soon

The Press Democrat is reporting that Vertice Hospitality Group, the company that oversees Michelin darling SingleThread, is closing the River Belle Inn along Healdsburg’s western riverbank — just two years after buying and reopening it, to much fanfare. Here’s what the PD learned: A Healdsburg mansion built in 1895...

Dominic Foppoli: 7 Women Move Forward With Sex-Assault Claims Against Healdsburg Winery Son

Remember Dominic Foppoli? Over the past few years, the heir to Healdsburg's Christopher Creek Winery on Limerick Lane and disgraced ex-mayor of Windsor has been accused by over a dozen women of leveraging his status to get them into situations where he could sexually assault and abuse them. Last...

Historic Rainstorm Rocks Healdsburg

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been raining. Hard. So hard, that all sorts of flooding, mudsliding and other havoc has unfolded across Healdsburg and environs over the past four days. In the time since a “bomb cyclone” mated with an “atmospheric river” and started unleashing its waters on Healdsburg...

‘Corazón Healdsburg’ Nonprofit Finally Has Executive Director

Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg — which provides ample services to our Hispanic community, and hosts events that "amplify the local Latin-American voice" and "celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion" here in town — finally has a top dog again. This, almost two years after the org's...

SingleThread in Healdsburg Climbs ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurants’ List

Healdsburg's fanciest and most decorated restaurant, SingleThread — which serves farm-to-table, Japanese-fusion type fare, for hundreds of dollars per head — just landed another big accolade. SingleThread on North Street takes the No. 46 spot on this year's list of the "World's 50 Best...

Pepper’s Diner, the New Adel’s, Set to Open June 3

Update on the Pepper's restaurant about to open next to the Best Western Dry Creek Inn — aka, the second coming of Adel's diner. Restaurant manager Ali Haidar was rushing around all week in an effort to open today, but now he says he...

‘Solful’ Cannabis Dispensary Closes Santa Rosa Shop to Focus on New Healdsburg Location

One of two cannabis companies that won a bid last year to open within Healdsburg city limits — a brand called Solful with locations in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Sebastopol — just shut down its Santa Rosa shop at the end of last...

In Memoriam: Jack Trotter

Well-known Healdsburg history buff and decorated U.S. Marines veteran Jack Trotter passed away last week at the age of 80. According to the Healdsburg Museum, he was a "military historian and licensed antique appraiser" who advised the museum on "collections, research and exhibitions." More...

Sports

BUTTERFLY Leo Kluse in midstroke at a 2025 meet.

Healdsburg, Windsor end swim season neck and neck

Swimmers from Healdsburg and Windsor high schools, neighboring campuses with a long shared history and intertwined roots, have been nipping at each other’s heels all season. For one, they share the same pool at Healdsburg High—so they stagger their daily practices, schedule their meets around each other and rub shoulders in the locker room...
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