Healdsburg Pics of the Week: MLK Mini Art
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...
Healdsburg Hospital Workers Unionize
KRCB news radio has the scoop on this one! The station reported Friday that the 200 or so staff members at our 43-bed Healdsburg Hospital just voted to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). Healdsburg Hospital was purchased in 2021 by the Providence Medical...
Healdsburg’s Senior Home Is Reportedly Being Run by a Mysterious New LLC
The saga continues this spring for the Healdsburg Senior Living facility on Grove Street. Last we heard, back in March, the Press Democrat reported that Pacifica — the San Diego-based real estate and hospitality company that has owned Healdsburg Senior Living since 2018, along with 80...
Healdsburg Senior Living’s Parent Company Goes Bankrupt
The beleaguered parent company of the Healdsburg Senior Living facility on Grove Street, a San Diego-based company called Pacifica that runs 80 such facilities in seven states, suffered another blow this week: They were forced to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to the Press...
Dominic Foppoli, Ex-Windsor Mayor, Plans to Move Home and Maybe Run Again: Report
Dominic Foppoli’s name is once again on the lips of locals, as news has arrived of his return to the streets of Windsor. What’s more, this notorious 42-year-old Healdsburg winery bro and former Windsor mayor — who resigned in 2021 and moved to Italy with his...
Summer’s Market Reopens for Business in Healdsburg
Healdsburg high schoolers and Powell Avenue people, rejoice! Summer’s Market, the little neighborhood convenience store and deli that replaced Powell Avenue Market a little over a decade ago, is up and running again. Co-owners Summer Sebastiani and Todd Fernandez officially reopened this week after months of...
Viral video shows racist outburst on Healdsburg street
Another person in town frustrated with Future Farmers parade traffic on Thursday, May 22, apparently took it out on a pair of Black delivery truck drivers whose vehicle was blocking her car — and unfortunately for the woman in question, the whole thing was...
Montagne Russe Tasting Room Moving From Healdsburg to Petaluma
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...
Healdsburg Pic of the Week: New Coffee-Bean Hut on Johnson
Ever wake up and make a beeline for your coffee grinder, only to discover you’re out of beans? The horror! Two entrepreneurial Healdsburg siblings are here to save the day: Celia, 13, and Quinn, 10, just opened their second sidewalk coffee-bean hut here in town, at...
Healdsburg Police Arrest 3 Teen Boys After Alleged Pistol-Whipping
Local police officers had a couple of big days last week, as they tracked down three teenage boys suspected of attacking another 19-year-old male near East and Mill streets, just a couple blocks east of the roundabout, around 6pm on Tuesday, April 15. Cops...
Sports
Pack loses opener, PEL trophy still 2 wins away
Game one of the 2025 Championship series was held on Tuesday, July 29, at Arcata Ball Park, where just two weeks earlier the Packers swept a three-game series. The Humboldt Crabs made the most of home field advantage to defeat the Healdsburg Prune Packers 10-8 on Tuesday night. The Crabs took an early lead and although the Packers played catch-up all night, tying the game twice, they could not overcome the Crabs....