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August 29, 2025

Healdsburg Named 3rd Best Christmas Town in America

Proof we’re all living in a small-town rom-com: Newsweek just declared Healdsburg to be the No. 3 top “Christmas town” in the U.S., as “selected by our featured panelists and contributors and voted on by readers.”  The No. 1 spot went to Grapevine, Texas, for its “magical rides aboard...

Who Has the Cheapest Corkage Fees in Healdsburg?

There's an interesting piece in the latest issue of the Trib on the rising price of corkage fees for the BYOB experience at restaurants in town. SingleThread leads the pack at $150 per bottle. Agave is on the much lower end at $8 per bottle — and...

Memorial Bridge Lit Up for Holidays

Memorial Bridge over the river in Healdsburg is all lit up in red and green for Christmas, following a stint in blue for Hanukkah.

In Memoriam: Judi Leven

Healdsburg resident Judi Levens — a familiar face at the Healdsburg Farmers Market, alongside her husband John — has died of cancer, according to friends and family. Jennifer Utsch, a local artist who goes by Jendala, remembered Judi in a recent Facebook post: "Always...

In Memoriam: Margaret Jackson

At 11 a.m. on Saturday, St. John's will host funeral services for Margaret Jackson, a local elementary school teacher who died late last year in her mid-70s. Margaret was a third-generation Healdsburg native who "returned to her hometown to begin her lifelong teaching career"...

Summer’s Market Closes in Healdsburg

The owners of Summer’s Market near the high school, who’ve been keeping after-school pitstop culture alive at 555 Powell Ave. ever since the iconic Powell Avenue Market shut down a little over a decade ago, just closed up shop late last month.  “We are closed for a few...

AVFilm Changing Name to ‘True West Film Center’

The local nonprofit that plans to open a movie theater in downtown Healdsburg sometime in the next year is changing its name from AVFilm to True West Film Center, according to the Press Democrat. The new name, which will take effect in a few...

Point Fire at Lake Sonoma Creeps Through Dry Creek Valley Near Healdsburg: Updates

It's been a long and gut-wrenching 30-plus hours in the Dry Creek Valley northwest of Healdsburg, where a wildfire called the Point Fire has now burned around 1,200 acres, according to Cal Fire. It broke out near Lake Sonoma just before 1pm on Sunday,...

Gaza War Protesters Target Healdsburg Weapons Facility

You may have seen or heard the dozens of Gaza war protesters demonstrating in Healdsburg this morning, one day after major anti-war protests swept the nation. Down in the Bay Area, protesters halted traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and the 880 for hours...

Kids Ballet Classes Return to Healdsburg

Local dancer and artist Greta Schoenberg is starting up her ballet and contemporary dance school again in Healdsburg this month, after taking three years off due to "pandemic disruptions and rent increases." The old Healdsburg Ballet studio across from the Healdsburg High School pool also...

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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