Wine & Food Affair Is Heading Our Way
One of the events that has pinned Healdsburg at the epicenter of California’s Wine Country, and which year after year increases its visibility, is the Wine & Food Affair.
It takes place this weekend for the 24th season, one of three signature events from the...
Healdsburg Fire Hydrant Turns Into Urban Geyser, Thanks to Hit-and-Run Driver
In a much chiller-than-usual kind of emergency for local firefighters, “a sheared fire hydrant created a water hazard on Clear Ridge Drive, in the Parkland Farms subdivision in Healdsburg” on Thursday, according to the Press Democrat. “City fire and water crews took about 15 minutes...
Sbragia Winery Up for Sale: Report
Another well-known local business just closed its doors and reportedly went up for sale: Sbragia Family Vineyards, a homegrown winery and tasting room at 9990 Dry Creek Rd., right near the mouth of Lake Sonoma.
A note posted to the winery’s website says the closure is “temporary” and...
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.
On...
County’s hospitality industry hit hardest in COVID outbreak
The welcome mat for Sonoma County’s wine country was rolled up several weeks ago in the midst of the COVID-19 shelter-in-place, and there is no prediction of when it might be rolled out again. Only a little over one quarter (27.8%) of the county’s 7,000 lodging rooms were occupied at the beginning of this month, down from an average occupancy rate of 78% from a year ago.
Healdsburg Pic of the Day: Holiday Window Art
Healdsburg resident Barbara Wollner just took this pic of some uplifting new window art at the Digital XPress print shop at 401 Center St., right next to the old Raven film center. She says it was painted by Santa Rosa artist Terrence Howell.
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 Cancels Fireworks for Fourth of July 2024
The City of Healdsburg has canceled its fireworks show this Fourth of July, thanks to this especially fire-friendly heat wave passing through.
The show was going to be staged at Healdsburg High School, per usual. City officials promised it would be “bigger and better than...
Healdsburg’s Endangered Water Source May Have a Future Yet
For years, the possibility of PG&E officials tearing out the infrastructure they own that currently diverts water from the Eel River to the Russian River — which in turn fills the Lake Mendocino reservoir, Healdsburg’s main water source — has been looming over our community, along...
Healdsburg’s Historic River Belle Inn Might Close Soon
The Press Democrat is reporting that Vertice Hospitality Group, the company that oversees Michelin darling SingleThread, is closing the River Belle Inn along Healdsburg’s western riverbank — just two years after buying and reopening it, to much fanfare. Here’s what the PD learned:
A Healdsburg mansion built in 1895...












