Art House Theater Planned for Healdsburg
The news that a new movie theater might be coming to Healdsburg swept through town like advance notice on a blockbuster, but it wasn’t supposed to be that way.
At a recent private after-hours gathering at Cartograph Winery, a local tasting room, displays of the...
Healdsburg’s Water Supply at Risk After PG&E Pivot
Maybe you've heard mention, over the past few years, of a big bureaucratic haggle going on up in Mendocino County over the fate of an aging piece of waterway infrastructure called the "Potter Valley power plant." It's owned by PG&E right now, but they've...
Grab your forks – Sonoma County Restaurant Week is right around the corner
March is about to be branded ‘the tastiest time of the year’ with Restaurant Week lasting for a full 10 days this year, for the first time since its debut.
Public life goes dark
One month ago, all of Sonoma County’s “public life” was put off limits. No schools, locked parks, barricaded beaches, no dining out or casual shopping trips. Gathering places where conversations and friendships get shared are taboo. Libraries, coffee shops, brewpubs, art galleries and any space smaller than six feet square, are now officially declared uninhabitable.
Hand-Blown Glass Company Opens Healdsburg Showroom
This local business opening happened back in fall of last year, but I missed it at the time, so here you go. A company called SkLO, which makes hand-blown Czech glass lighting and objects, has quietly opened a private "trade showroom and headquarters" in...
Healdsburg Senior Home Accused of Elder Abuse
This story is over a month old, but it’s a biggie.
OK, so remember a couple of years ago, when federal regulators shut down the “skilled nursing unit” at the Healdsburg Senior Living facility at 725 Grove St.? The facility was taken over by a San Diego company...
Quail & Condor Bakery Maxed After National Press
Speaking of the press effect! There’s always been a crowd at Healdsburg’s newest and fanciest bakery, Quail & Condor, since it opened in 2020 — and if you stop by on a given afternoon, there’s usually not very much good stuff left. But Sonoma Magazine reports...
Healdsburg’s Historic Building Preservation Award Winners
Each year, the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society hands out a batch of "historic preservation awards" to people in town who've done an especially good job sprucing up any iconic old buildings they own, in a way that both honors the original look and...
JANE Dispensary, Healdsburg’s Second Weed Shop, Now Open for Business
The Mill Street shopping center just got a little more lit. The JANE Dispensary has officially opened at 44D Mill St., right next to the Coyote Sonoma tasting room and live music venue (aka, the “Coyote Den,” run by Wilson Artisan Wines). If you...
In Memoriam: Sergio De La O Jr.
Lifelong Healdsburg resident and local childcare leader Sergio De La O Jr. has passed away at the age of 59. He went to state college in Chico, where he studied child development, psychology and family relations, his obituary says. "He enjoyed working with children and...












