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April 4, 2026

Healdsburg’s Lunar New Year Fest Canceled Due to Rain

Big PSA tonight! The third annual Lunar New Year festival planned for the Healdsburg plaza tomorrow has been canceled because of this storm headed our way. Even though organizers had planned to hold the event "rain or shine," due to the predicted intensity of...

Summit State Bank announces brand refresh

Sonoma County Summit State Bank has revamped its brand logo with bright new hues and type styles.

NoMAD claims ‘maker space’ north of North

NoMAD members in Healdsburg
From Willi’s Seafood to Solful, the place has possibilities The businesses north of North Street in Healdsburg sometimes find themselves left out of the foot traffic from weekend visitors. “It’s a no-man’s land up here, you know,” said Jim Heid, owner of CraftWork in the...

Another Big Tasting Room Opening in Rural Healdsburg

Annnd the winery roulette wheel keeps spinning. About 10 minutes south of Arista Winery, which just closed its doors, a new tasting room in rural Healdsburg for Sonoma wine brand Auteur is opening next month at 10520 Wohler Rd, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. (That’s the...

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...

Healdsburg Rocked by Year’s First Big Rainstorm

From last Saturday morning through Tuesday night, the most damaging storm of the 2024-25 rainy season so far ravaged Healdsburg and the rest of the North Bay for four days straight. (And that’s saying a lot, after the other historic four-dayer we weathered in November.) This time around,...

Construction to Begin on Healdsburg’s Foley Pavilion

A big local construction project is finally getting underway after nearly a decade of debating, designing and planning: the Foley Family Community Pavilion at 3 North St., right next to the Little Saint food and event space. City officials handed the $7.5 million construction...

Bear Republic Liquidates As Former Restaurant Remodeled

Former Bear Republic brewery in Cloverdale
The news earlier this year that the Bear Republic Brewery, long associated with a popular brewpub and restaurant in downtown Healdsburg, had been sold to Drake’s Brewing Company of San Leandro surprised many fans of their signature brew, Racer 5 IPA. The sale included...

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...

Faherty Opens As Council Considers Formula Stores

Faherty store display
The new proposal was to expand the formula-free zone one block further into the Downtown Commercial district. McDowell showed a map where a red line marked the border of the proposed formula-free zone; it surrounds most of seven city blocks adjacent to the Plaza, marking a significant expansion of the prohibition zone.
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