Healdsburg Prune Packers Kick Off New Summer Baseball Season at Rec Park
Tonight is the big kickoff game at Rec Park for the Healdsburg Prune Packers' 2024 summer baseball season. Our town mayor will be throwing the first pitch, as is tradition. The Prune Packers are a century-old team playing in the California Collegiate League, which...
Quail & Condor Bakery Nominated for James Beard Award
When it rains, it pours: The national accolades keep rolling in for Healdsburg’s newest and fanciest bakery, Quail & Condor.
Bakery owners Melissa Yanc and Sean McGaughey said demand skyrocketed after the New York Times listed their humble Healdsburg Avenue operation as one of America’s top...
Healdsburg Champagne Bar Now Open
Looks like the sisters behind Healdsburg's new downtown champagne bar couldn't help but soft-open this past week, even though their official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony isn't til Valentine's Day (of course). Caroline Bontia, the fun-loving lady who runs the "Shop Local Healdsburg" Instagram...
City of Healdsburg to Host Workshop on More Housing
Last week I shared a piece from KRCB news radio on the various options Healdsburg city leaders are considering to solve what they believe to be a shortage of market-rate housing available in town. One of the big issues, they told the station, is...
New Cal Fire Maps Show Increased Risk in Healdsburg
Last Monday, state fire officials updated a set of public “fire hazard severity zone” maps for our area that have reportedly been in place for more than 15 years. And a whole lot more Healdsburg land is showing up in the bright-orange and red zones this time...
Wildfire Left Toxins in Soil Outside Healdsburg: Study
A new study out of Stanford on the harmful toxins left behind by wildfires was partially based on soil samples from a nature preserve on Healdsburg's outskirts, in the Alexander Valley area, according to Nature Communications magazine. While smoke inhalation is a more immediate and well-known...
Healdsburg High School Fires Head Football Coach
If you thought the recent 49ers coaching shuffle was dramatic, wait until you hear what's going down at Healdsburg High School. The school's head football coach, Randy Parmeter, has reportedly been fired after just one season. Although it was a rough season, with nine...
Hand-Blown Glass Company Opens Healdsburg Showroom
This local business opening happened back in fall of last year, but I missed it at the time, so here you go. A company called SkLO, which makes hand-blown Czech glass lighting and objects, has quietly opened a private "trade showroom and headquarters" in...
AVFilm Changing Name to ‘True West Film Center’
The local nonprofit that plans to open a movie theater in downtown Healdsburg sometime in the next year is changing its name from AVFilm to True West Film Center, according to the Press Democrat. The new name, which will take effect in a few...
Another Storm Headed to Healdsburg
So we made it through the first of these two back-to-back storms coming through. Healdsburg reportedly got around 4 to 6 inches of rain over the past few days, since it started coming down early Wednesday morning — and forecasters say another big storm should...
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The view 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.