Head of ‘Farm to Pantry’ Nonprofit Resigns
Celebrity chef Duskie Estes, the very public face of Healdsburg food-justice nonprofit Farm to Pantry, has decided to step down as the org's executive director at the end of this month. "It is critical that devote my time to my family at this time,"...
Restaurant gives life to historic building
El Milagro incorporates family recipes, fresh food
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...
Farmworker Protest Planned in Healdsburg Plaza
A farmworker protest is being planned in the plaza during the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience's pinnacle event on Saturday: the "grand tasting" downtown. The demonstration is called "Power in the Plaza," and like last year, it's being organized by the local labor group...
New Head of School at ‘THS’
There’s been a new face on the campus of The Healdsburg School this fall: Tracie Mastronicola, has officially become the fourth Head of School for the 14-year-old independent TK-8 school at 33 Healdsburg Ave.
Housing Market Shows Sharp Divide
What makes Healdsburg’s market particularly unique is the continued dominance of non-primary residence purchases. In 2024, 61% of all purchases were for second homes or investment properties, with rural properties showing an even higher rate at 76%. This tracks with 2023 when 64% of properties were purchased as non-primary residences, writes a local realtor.
Star HHS Culinary Students Headed to State
Eight star culinary students from Healdsburg High School are reportedly headed to SoCal for a major state competition next month: the annual SkillsUSA championships for "culinary arts" and "baking and pastry arts." If any of our kids win at state, like two of them...
Historic Rainstorm Rocks Healdsburg
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s been raining. Hard. So hard, that all sorts of flooding, mudsliding and other havoc has unfolded across Healdsburg and environs over the past four days.
In the time since a “bomb cyclone” mated with an “atmospheric river” and started unleashing its waters on Healdsburg...
Hotel Healdsburg’s Longtime Manager Retires
If you live or work in Healdsburg, you’ve probably seen Aziz Zhari around. He’s been the general manager of Hotel Healdsburg since it first opened on the plaza more than two decades ago, in 2001, and has also held other manager jobs within Piazza Hospitality’s...
Rejected Weed Shop Sues City of Healdsburg
The owners of Mercy Wellness, one of eight cannabis companies that went through a months-long application process in Healdsburg last year — in hopes of becoming one of two shops now allowed to sell weed in town — have not moved on from the...









