Healdsburg City Leaders Approve Water, Sewer Bill Hikes
We've been hearing about big potential increases to our water and sewer bills for some months now — and it appears the time has come. The Healdsburg City Council approved a series of rate hikes at their meeting last week, amounting to an increase...
Early Competition in Race for Healdsburg’s State Senate Seat
Another candidate has joined Healdsburg resident and Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore in the race to replace State Sen. Mike McGuire, who’s also a Healdsburgian, when he’s termed out in 2026. Her name is Natalie Rogers, and she’s a rising Santa Rosa politician who currently sits...
Healdsburg-Area Reservoirs Full After Rains
Here's a quick reservoir check-in from the county's water agency, Sonoma Water. (We have our own water agency here in Healdsburg, but we pull from pretty much the same water sources, so much of their info is relevant to us.) The agency wrote in...
Help Shape Healdsburg’s New Wellness Center
The planning process will officially begin tonight for a new, "multicultural" wellness center here in Healdsburg. "We are thrilled to share the exciting news that we are beginning work with our partners for the development of a vision for a Community Wellness Center," local...
Chalkboard, Fancy Healdsburg Restaurant, Closes Abruptly
Chalkboard, one of Healdsburg's best-known fancy restaurants, closed abruptly late last month. It was on the ground floor of Hotel Les Mars, located on North Street next to Little Saint. Chalkboard's windows are now covered in brown paper. "Our final day of service was...
Despite the Name, the Elephant Is a ‘People Pub’
There’s a widespread sentiment in the wine industry: “It takes a lot of good beer to make a good bottle of wine.”
So when Paul Stokeld suggested the name, “Elephant in the Room,” to co-owner KC Mosso for their planned watering hole in Healdsburg, Mosso...
NoMAD claims ‘maker space’ north of North
From Willi’s Seafood to Solful, the place has possibilities
The businesses north of North Street in Healdsburg sometimes find themselves left out of the foot traffic from weekend visitors. “It’s a no-man’s land up here, you know,” said Jim Heid, owner of CraftWork in the...
In Memoriam: Sylvia Seventy, Artist and Teacher
Another one-of-a-kind Healdsburg resident passed away earlier this month from cancer at age 77, according to the Press Democrat: local textile artist and art teacher Sylvia Seventy. The fascinating, multimedia, Pomo-inspired “vessels” she made (pictured above and below) became quite well-known in certain circles of...
Viral video shows racist outburst on Healdsburg street
Another person in town frustrated with Future Farmers parade traffic on Thursday, May 22, apparently took it out on a pair of Black delivery truck drivers whose vehicle was blocking her car — and unfortunately for the woman in question, the whole thing was...
Healdsburg Cops Bust Creekside Encampment
Last Thursday around 8:30am, Healdsburg police officers say they came across “multiple encampments that were littered with waste and debris” along the railroad tracks between Grove Street and Healdsburg Avenue. The camps were located just south of the community center, and “well within 150...










