Briefs

The Press Democrat posted some lively footage of the Hanukkah celebration outside the shuttered Oakville Grocery store at the corner of the plaza last week. "Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky of Santa Rosa’s Sonoma County Chabad Jewish Center lit a giant menorah and danced with the crowds who came out,"...

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...

It's been a long and gut-wrenching 30-plus hours in the Dry Creek Valley northwest of Healdsburg, where a wildfire called the Point Fire has now burned around 1,200 acres, according to Cal Fire. It broke out near Lake Sonoma just before 1pm on Sunday,...

Henry Wendt, who founded the Quivira winery out West Dry Creek with his wife Holly, passed away last month. Henry was known for his extensive collection of maps, many of which he displayed at his tasting room; in fact, he named winery "Quivira" because...

After years of crappy — albeit free — Wi-Fi service in the Healdsburg plaza and the surrounding area, our city leaders have decided to upgrade the plaza Wi-Fi system so that people can actually rely on the connection, for a price tag of around $100,000 in...

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...

Longtime Healdsburg resident Bob Pape, a well-loved leader in local schools who went on to become a bit of a community fitness guru, passed away earlier this month at the age of 76, according to his obituary — "after a short and intense battle with...

Well-known Healdsburg history buff and decorated U.S. Marines veteran Jack Trotter passed away last week at the age of 80. According to the Healdsburg Museum, he was a "military historian and licensed antique appraiser" who advised the museum on "collections, research and exhibitions." More...