Dance Studio Opening at Healdsburg Flower Farm
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...
New Childcare, Preschool Options in Healdsburg
There’s a new childcare option at the Healdsburg Community Center for parents looking to drop off their infants, toddlers and preschoolers on weekdays: an outpost of the Sonoma County branch of the YWCA, or Young Women’s Christian Association. (An international org that was founded on...
Healdsburg Schools Are Now in Session
Hard to believe this is already happening, but indeed: Thursday was the first day of school for the Healdsburg Unified School District.
“The 2024-2025 school year has officially begun!” district officials wrote on Facebook. “Mr. Lancaster upheld his tradition and serenaded our HHS Students during drop-off...
Rural Healdsburg Fire Caused by Driver With Busted Tire: Cal Fire
The alerts started flowing in this past Wednesday afternoon: A multi-pronged wildfire, consisting of three spot fires, was burning along Chalk Hill Road in the countryside east of Healdsburg and Windsor. Winds were high and grasses were dry. Locals held their breath while Cal Fire and various other...
Felony Charge for Cloverdale Man Who Sparked Fire With Lawn Mower: Cal Fire
At the height of fire weather over Fourth of July weekend — two days after Healdsburg canceled its official fireworks show and Cloverdale canceled its fireworks sales — a wildfire called the Pocket Fire broke out in the Mayacamas Mountains just outside Geyserville late Saturday...
‘Yoga on Center’ Moving Back to Downtown Healdsburg
Healdsburg's only full-time yoga studio, the nearly 20-year-old Yoga on Center, is moving back to the downtown area this summer — two-and-a-half years after the owners say they got kicked out of their original location at 401 Center St.
It was a light-filled space overlooking...
Retardant Dropped on ‘Point Fire’ Destroys Vineyard: Report
One more thing to add to the Point Fire damage report I gave you over the weekend: A plot of wine grapes called Lago di Merlo Vineyards near Lake Sonoma may have been destroyed by some of the hot-pink fire retardant dropped by Cal...
Healdsburg’s Memorial Beach Now Open for Summer
Just in time to get us through this heat wave, Memorial Beach opened for the summer season on Monday, July 1. It’s not just a big, sad pile of sand anymore!
From Sonoma County parks officials, who oversee our little stretch of river sand: "The...
Healdsburg Cancels Fireworks for Fourth of July 2024
The City of Healdsburg has canceled its fireworks show this Fourth of July, thanks to this especially fire-friendly heat wave passing through.
The show was going to be staged at Healdsburg High School, per usual. City officials promised it would be “bigger and better than...
Healdsburg Fire Hydrant Turns Into Urban Geyser, Thanks to Hit-and-Run Driver
In a much chiller-than-usual kind of emergency for local firefighters, “a sheared fire hydrant created a water hazard on Clear Ridge Drive, in the Parkland Farms subdivision in Healdsburg” on Thursday, according to the Press Democrat. “City fire and water crews took about 15 minutes...
Sports
The view of the Packers from the pressbox
The week just passed encapsulated the great baseball program built by coach Joey Gomes with the Healdsburg Prune Packers. Tons of powerful offense paired with fantastic pitching and defensive web gems, on a team built with rising stars from across the country. It is frankly surprising to see the determination and great chemistry within a team like the Packers after only a month of playing together.