New Flights, Jobs Coming to Sonoma County Airport
Avelo Airlines, known as the Sonoma County Airport's budget option, is planning to expand their wine-country empire this spring. The airline, which is based down in Burbank on the outskirts of L.A., just announced they'll be opening a large "base" at our local airport on...
Healdsburg Election Results
Ballots from the primary election on Tuesday are still being counted, so the results aren't set in stone yet — especially in the tight races. Here's what I'm seeing as of Thursday morning, though. For the statewide U.S. Senate seat left empty when Dianne Feinstein...
Head of ‘Farm to Pantry’ Nonprofit Resigns
Celebrity chef Duskie Estes, the very public face of Healdsburg food-justice nonprofit Farm to Pantry, has decided to step down as the org's executive director at the end of this month. "It is critical that devote my time to my family at this time,"...
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...
City of Healdsburg Is Good at Building Housing, State Says
In the eyes of our state governor, Healdsburg city leaders have been doing a great job planning and approving the construction of more housing here in town. Gov. Newson blessed our city with his official "Prohousing" designation last week, along with Petaluma and Eureka...
‘Bomb Cyclone’ Wreaks Havoc on Healdsburg Area
Now THAT was a storm. A "bomb cyclone," to be precise. It reportedly brought 4 to 6 inches of rain and "hurricane-force" winds as strong as 50-80 mph to Healdsburg and environs over the weekend. As of Monday afternoon, the PG&E power-outage map showed...
In Memoriam: Margaret Jackson
At 11 a.m. on Saturday, St. John's will host funeral services for Margaret Jackson, a local elementary school teacher who died late last year in her mid-70s. Margaret was a third-generation Healdsburg native who "returned to her hometown to begin her lifelong teaching career"...
AVFilm Changing Name to ‘True West Film Center’
The local nonprofit that plans to open a movie theater in downtown Healdsburg sometime in the next year is changing its name from AVFilm to True West Film Center, according to the Press Democrat. The new name, which will take effect in a few...
Gaza War Protesters Target Healdsburg Weapons Facility
You may have seen or heard the dozens of Gaza war protesters demonstrating in Healdsburg this morning, one day after major anti-war protests swept the nation. Down in the Bay Area, protesters halted traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge and the 880 for hours...
Winery impact study delayed by COVID-19
A county study on the impacts of congestion, noise, safety and related issues linked to winery and rural tasting room and other special events, has taken so long that the original conditions and concerns that prompted the study in 2016 may now all be changing thanks to the potential post-pandemic business changes anticipated in the local wine industry.








