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December 8, 2025

Another Healdsburg Tasting Room Opens Riverside

Some wineries launch tasting rooms with an avalanche of press releases and a big, flashy ribbon-cutting moment. Others — like Palmer Emmitt and Michael Scorsone — take a more casual *build it, they will come* approach. This local winemaker duo quietly opened their new outpost at 52...

Healdsburg’s Girls Basketball Team Wins League Championship (Again)

Everyone was pretty sure this would happen, but now it's a done deal: Healdsburg High School's consistently excellent girls basketball team won the league championship game against Rancho Cotate on Saturday night. This means they took the No. 1 spot out of seven teams...

Recap: Point Fire in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley

Night view of fire
It's been almost two weeks since the Point Fire broke out near Lake Sonoma on Father's Day. It was by far our biggest local wildfire since the Walbridge Fire in the same area nearly four years ago. On June 16 and 17, forebodingly early in...

In Memoriam: Salomon Reyes

Salomon Reyes, a longtime employee at E&M Motors and familiar face around Healdsburg, has passed away at age 65. Salomon was born in the Mexican state of Michoacán, according to his obituary, and immigrated to Sonoma County when he was 25. More from Salomon's obituary: "He...

Championship Run Over for HHS Girls Basketball — But Not Rio Lindo

On Saturday night, the very impressive girls basketball team from Justin-Siena High School in Napa laid to rest our lingering fantasies about how far our (also very impressive) team from Healdsburg High could go in regional, and maybe even state, championships for their division...

Healdsburg Restaurant ‘The Wurst’ Getting New Owners

Down at the The Wurst sausage and burger spot at 22 Matheson St., an ownership change is in the works. Longtime owners Melissa and Kevin McDowell are currently in the process of handing off the restaurant to Healdsburg couple David and Elise Baeli, who used to run...

Healdsburg Artist Relaunches After-School Program for Kids

Healdsburg artist Jennifer "Jendala" Utsch, known around town for her traveling cart of metal chimes, is starting up her weekly after-school kids art program "Sparkle Time" again this Valentine's Day, after a few years off due to the COVID pandemic and her own ongoing...

In Memoriam: Frances ‘Diane’ Bertoli

Longtime Healdsburg resident Frances "Diane" Bertoli — a local school secretary and wife of our former police chief — has passed away at age 87. Diane was reportedly born in British Columbia but moved here as a kid, graduating from Healdsburg High in 1954. More from...

Healdsburg’s Alliance Health Center Gets Backup Power System for Natural Disasters

This just happened last month, and it's even more relevant now: The Alliance Medical Center next to Healdsburg Hospital on University Avenue has installed a backup solar-power system that will allow the clinic to stay up and running during wildfires and other emergencies, even...

Healdsburg Cops Say Violent Tire-Slashing Suspect on the Loose

By now you've probably heard about the alleged parking-lot stabbing and tire-slashing spree at the Healdsburg Community Center that led to a three-hour police pursuit through town a couple of weeks ago, on the night of Tuesday, April 30. Local police have since named...

Sports

CIF Finals in Fresno

Cross country team does Healdsburg proud

In their first-ever team appearance at the CIF State Championships, Healdsburg delivered a confident performance to finish 11th in the state, establishing a new benchmark for the program and proving they belonged among the high school elite.
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