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April 8, 2026

Preview: Healdsburg Climate Fest 2024

Today is Earth Day Eve, aka the greenest day of the year here in Healdsburg: Climate Fest 2024! Our homegrown environmental festival — also known as Festival del Clima, now in its second year — drew around 2,000 people to the plaza last April, according...

Healdsburg Kids Selling Valentine’s Staples

Three juniors in the stellar culinary program at Healdsburg High School — led by pastry chef Derek Corsino, who you might remember from his reality-TV stint on Food Network's "Spring Baking Championship" — are making and selling fancy Valentine's Day chocolates this year as...

Fourth of July in Healdsburg: Fireworks, Kids Parade, Duck Dash

Here’s the plan for the Fourth of July fireworks show in town next Thursday, courtesy of Healdsburg City Manager Jeff Kay: “This year's display promises to be bigger and brighter than ever before! To ensure everyone's safety, viewing at the High School sports fields will be unavailable....

Pics of the Week: Cutest Kids in Healdsburg?

Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg shared these pics last week of the childcare program they offer for local parents taking Santa Rosa Junior College classes at the Healdsburg Community Center. “While their parents dive into their classes, our littlest learners are exploring, playing and learning in our beautiful...

Retardant Dropped on ‘Point Fire’ Destroys Vineyard: Report

One more thing to add to the Point Fire damage report I gave you over the weekend: A plot of wine grapes called Lago di Merlo Vineyards near Lake Sonoma may have been destroyed by some of the hot-pink fire retardant dropped by Cal...

Timeshare Company Advertising More Healdsburg Homes

Have you heard of Pacaso? It’s an insanely successful real-estate startup from San Francisco that lets buyers co-own luxury homes on the timeshare model, then use the Pacaso app to take care of all the scheduling and maintenance stuff. Ever since Pacaso set foot in Healdsburg's Dry Creek Valley...

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...

‘Amy’s Wicked Slush’ Stand Burns in Healdsburg

This is a tough one. Late Tuesday night, a fire reportedly burned out the old Amy's Wicked Slush building next to Memorial Bridge — once a hotspot for frozen desserts and other Boston favorites. Sonoma County photographer Tenaya Fleckenstein, who was at the scene...

Farmworkers celebrate ‘huge victory’ for labor rights in Healdsburg plaza

One of the North Bay’s largest vineyard management companies, Geyserville-based Redwood Empire, has been forced to shell out $33,548 in lost wages to seven farmworkers after state ag regulators found evidence that Redwood bosses “manipulated internal hiring procedures to exclude workers who participated” in a giant rally and...

Ketcham Winery Selling Lavish Healdsburg Estate House

The private Ketcham Estate winery out Eastside Road, located just past the railroad bridge overpass at the intersection of Eastside and Old Redwood Highway, may soon lose its “estate” aspect, as the Ketcham family is now looking for a buyer for their $3.5 million property....

Sports

Softball batter Lily Farrer

Greyhounds swing into Redwood league season

The softball team turned up for Tuesday’s game against Piner about the same time the rains began to fall, so the meeting of the NCS Redwood teams was postponed to a later date. The Greyhounds were hoping for an upset to reverse their four-game losing streak—the last time they won a game was against Willits, 13-3, on March 9.
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