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...
Fitch Mountain Trails, Villa Dog Park to Reopen in May
We have an end in sight, at last, for the renovation project that has kept the Fitch Mountain trails closed since last summer. The city is planning a big reopening party for the trail system and dog park next to the Villa Chanticleer on...
Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Group Baby Shower, Kayak Love Note, Garden ‘Empowerment Plot’
Pictured above and below: Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg hosted a sweet “baby shower” last Tuesday for the largest class to graduate yet from its “Mi Bebé y Yo” prenatal workshop series. Twenty-one families just completed the program, according to Corazón spokesperson Holly Fox — and “for...
‘Healdsburg Ciclovía’ Cycling Event Proposed Downtown
Healdsburg city leaders approved a new, comprehensive event policy at their meeting last week, replacing the outdated one that's been in place for the past decade. And during their discussion, we learned that AVFilm — the local film org that's opening a movie theater downtown —...
SingleThread Team Throws Around Ideas for Raven Film Center
One local planning process attracting lots of community opinions right now is what the team behind Healdsburg's fanciest restaurant — SingleThread, she of three Michelin stars — and parent company Vertice Hospitality will do with the Raven film center, which they'll be leasing for the...
Chalkboard, Fancy Healdsburg Restaurant, Closes Abruptly
Chalkboard, one of Healdsburg's best-known fancy restaurants, closed abruptly late last month. It was on the ground floor of Hotel Les Mars, located on North Street next to Little Saint. Chalkboard's windows are now covered in brown paper. "Our final day of service was...
‘Little Free Art Gallery’ Opens in Downtown Healdsburg
Surely by now you’re acquainted with the concept of “little free libraries” — those tiny homes on pegs, giving almost a bird-feeder vibe, filled with books you can give or take on the honor system. We’ve got a few here in Healdsburg, of course — along...
Total Overhaul for Wohler Bridge South of Town
You know Wohler Bridge, that giant one-laner over the Russian River just to our south, where you can cross from Westside Road over to the Forestville area? Starting this summer, the century-old bridge will be undergoing a massive reconstruction project to make it more...
Immigrant Stories Coming to Healdsburg Wine Library
Did you know that there's a "wine library" housed inside the Healdsburg branch of the Sonoma County Library? And they just got a grant to "listen to and save the oral histories of immigrant families employed in our local wine industry," according to a rep for the wine...
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"...
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.