Briefs

Construction continues on a new, 4,162-square-foot "substation" for firefighters at the more rural north end of town. The concrete slab that will serve as a base for the main building was poured last week, the city says. Next, "the wall framing, truss installation, and roof sheathing...

In defiance of the wine-industry downturn, certain Healdsburg wine brands have been doubling down on their zones of genius, per se, and making bold moves at the height of uncertainty. One of those is Jesse Katz’ Aperture Cellars, which just launched a fancy new “wine portfolio” called Collage last...

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....

The Bacchus Landing wine-tasting collective on Westside Road, next to the animal shelter, has been adding new wineries right and left lately — but one of its original and most beloved tenants, the Montagne Russe tasting room and record shop, has decided to pack...

Thursday, April 24 Peak rose bloom at Russian River Rose Company on Magnolia Drive (appointments Tue-Sat through mid-May)Fermentation class at the Geyserville Gun Club (weekly through May 29, 10-11:30am)Farm to Pantry hosts community garden workday at Mason Street Garden: Weeding, mulching, planting and more (weekly, 10am-noon)Healdsburg High School softball team plays home...

The 19-year-old driver who was killed in a single-vehicle crash along the northbound 101 near our Dry Creek exit on Sunday, Jan. 19, has been identified as Windsor resident Dax Enemark. California Highway Patrol officials tell the Press Democrat that he died at the scene “after the...

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...

As part of a Sonoma County Library initiative for Black History Month, kids across the county have been creating tiny paintings over the past few weeks to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The photo above shows some of the art created by kids...

I didn’t make it out to Healdsburg’s famous annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Monday morning, a local tradition that reportedly goes back more than three decades, and boy have I been suffering from a bad bout of FOMO (fear of missing out) while reviewing the...