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May 16, 2026

Some Healdsburg Residents Still Conserving Water

A TV news crew from CBS stopped by our little town during the recent storm to explore a clever news angle. "One Sonoma County town remembers three years ago, when their water supply almost ran dry," the CBS anchor says in the resulting segment....

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...

Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Group Baby Shower, Kayak Love Note, Garden ‘Empowerment Plot’

Pictured above and below: Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg hosted a sweet “baby shower” last Tuesday for the largest class to graduate yet from its “Mi Bebé y Yo” prenatal workshop series. Twenty-one families just completed the program, according to Corazón spokesperson Holly Fox — and “for...

Another Healdsburg Tasting Room Opens Riverside

Some wineries launch tasting rooms with an avalanche of press releases and a big, flashy ribbon-cutting moment. Others — like Palmer Emmitt and Michael Scorsone — take a more casual *build it, they will come* approach. This local winemaker duo quietly opened their new outpost at 52...

Healdsburg Ballot May Ask for More Market-Rate Housing

KRCB public radio ran an interesting piece last week on the lack of market-rate housing options in Healdsburg right now, and how "local rules passed over two decades ago... to protect Healdsburg from overdevelopment" seem to be making our housing problems worse. So city...

Healdsburg Suspect Named in Regional ‘Scam Enterprise’

A young woman from Healdsburg has been arrested along with three Santa Rosa residents for running what police call an elaborate, $7.8 million "money laundering and international telephone scam enterprise" with victims all across the United States, many of them elderly. It took a team of...

More Local Headlines: Fundraiser for Local Carpenter, Dog Rescue, Live Music Lineup

Community members have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help well-known Healdsburg carpenter Tracy DeuFriend make ends meet as he recovers from shoulder surgery. “Let’s rally around this long-time Healdsburg friend and help him make it through healing and recovery without the stress of how he’ll support himself and his...

Petition Asks for Giant Healdsburg River Park

You know that huge chunk of wasteland along the far bank of the Russian River through town, next to Memorial Bridge? For over 75 years, it was home to a sand and gravel mine, run by a company called Syar Industries. Now, all 88...

In Memoriam: Pat McCracken

Patricia "Pat" McCracken, a lifelong Healdsburg resident and familiar face at front desks around town, died last month at age 86. "She grew up and lived in Healdsburg where she met her husband Richard," her obituary says. "They had three children: Allison Adele, Marc...

In Memoriam: Shirley Nell-Galvin

On Feb. 22, a memorial service at St. John's will celebrate the life of Shirley Nell-Galvin, who was born in San Francisco and lived in Healdsburg and Windsor on and off for many years. She was 97 when she died last month. Shirley and...

Sports

Hayden Mariani

School record-setting season for Greyhounds

Only two teams in their league, the NBL-Redwood, have gotten the better of the Greyhounds this year: first-place Analy and second-place Montgomery. The NBL playoffs come up this week, starting with Analy vs. Healdsburg on May 13...
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