More local headlines: AmeriCorps cuts, immigrant fears, airline protests
One of Corazón Healdsburg’s AmeriCorps staffers, 18-year-old Agustin Hernandez — who was reportedly doing work to help local immigrant families “understand their rights and navigate intimidating legal systems” — saw his position terminated a few weeks ago when the Trump administration made $400 million in AmeriCorps cuts, according to...
Hispanic Vintners Celebrate Harvest at Bacchus
Since its opening two years ago, in July 2021, Bacchus Landing has become recognized as a prime place to hold larger events in Healdsburg, from the monthly “Music on the Piazza” affair on first Saturdays, to several sold-out concerts for June’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival.
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Healdsburg Senator Mike McGuire Is Having a Real Moment
Healdsburg's most ambitious local boy is all grown up and stepping into the leading role of the California State Senate, called "president pro tempore." Mike McGuire, now 44, was sworn into office Monday "with his right hand raised and his left holding his two-year-old...
Farmworker Protest Planned in Healdsburg Plaza
A farmworker protest is being planned in the plaza during the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience's pinnacle event on Saturday: the "grand tasting" downtown. The demonstration is called "Power in the Plaza," and like last year, it's being organized by the local labor group...
Rural Healdsburg Fire Caused by Driver With Busted Tire: Cal Fire
The alerts started flowing in this past Wednesday afternoon: A multi-pronged wildfire, consisting of three spot fires, was burning along Chalk Hill Road in the countryside east of Healdsburg and Windsor. Winds were high and grasses were dry. Locals held their breath while Cal Fire and various other...
SingleThread Team Throws Around Ideas for Raven Film Center
One local planning process attracting lots of community opinions right now is what the team behind Healdsburg's fanciest restaurant — SingleThread, she of three Michelin stars — and parent company Vertice Hospitality will do with the Raven film center, which they'll be leasing for the...
Healdsburg High Looking for New Principal
Healdsburg High School is replacing its principal, Francisco Manriquez, after just one year in the role. I have zero information about why Principal Manriquez is leaving. All I know is that the Healdsburg Unified School District quietly posted a job recruitment flier for his position...
Group of dedicated local knitters organizing co-op to maintain Purls of Joy store
The founder and owner of the popular knitting shop Purls of Joy is retiring at the end of this month and, in an effort to keep the shop going and the friendly store spirit alive, a group of about 50 local knitters are working to form a member-driver co-op to maintain the business.
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...
Another Big Tasting Room Opening in Rural Healdsburg
Annnd the winery roulette wheel keeps spinning. About 10 minutes south of Arista Winery, which just closed its doors, a new tasting room in rural Healdsburg for Sonoma wine brand Auteur is opening next month at 10520 Wohler Rd, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. (That’s the...











