Restaurant gives life to historic building
El Milagro incorporates family recipes, fresh food
Recent Windsor High Grad Dies in Fiery Car Crash Near Healdsburg
The 19-year-old driver who was killed in a single-vehicle crash along the northbound 101 near our Dry Creek exit on Sunday, Jan. 19, has been identified as Windsor resident Dax Enemark. California Highway Patrol officials tell the Press Democrat that he died at the scene “after the...
New CEO selected at Healdsburg District Hospital
James Schuessler replacing the retiring Joe Harrington
Regional Pizza Group Mombo’s Brings East Coast Pizza to Healdsburg
It would be unfair to several Healdsburg restaurants to say “At last, there’s pizza!” just because Mombo’s finally opened up in the Vineyard Plaza, where several previous pizzerias rose and fell over the years. After all, we have Pizzando, La Pizza, Vera, Campo Fino...
Pics of the Week: Cutest Kids in Healdsburg?
Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg shared these pics last week of the childcare program they offer for local parents taking Santa Rosa Junior College classes at the Healdsburg Community Center.
“While their parents dive into their classes, our littlest learners are exploring, playing and learning in our beautiful...
In Memoriam: Nancy Buckley
A San Francisco lady who put down roots in Healdsburg and became a mainstay in the pews at St. John's Church died last month: Nancy Aileen Buckley. She lived to see her 100th birthday. From her obituary: "Nancy was a devout Catholic, and her...
Levin & Company Bookstore Owner Is ‘Gravely Ill’
If you’ve ever been inside Levin & Company, Healdsburg’s wonderfully creaky bookstore next to the bakery on the Center Street side of the plaza — basically the opposite of formula retail! — you’ve likely run into Aaron Rosewater, who co-owns the store with his mom, Adele...
Healdsburg Bookshop Owner Passes Away — But Levin & Company Lives On
The harrowing medical journey of Aaron Rosewater, beloved co-owner of the Levin & Company bookstore on the Healdsburg plaza, came to a heartbreaking end last week. Aaron died in the hospital Friday, according to loved ones. His wife Gwen, who shared updates throughout the ordeal...
Shuttered businesses facing unmet challenges
The coronavirus pandemic is taking a devastating economic toll on Sonoma County’s economy: tourism, once a mainstay, is non-existent; 16,000 local workers have filed for unemployment; more than a thousand small businesses have applied for the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) Payroll Protection Plan (PPP). Meanwhile local governments continue to provide essential public health and welfare services, while their normal revenue sources trickle to near-zero.
Assembly District 2 Race Winners Emerge
We finally have an answer in the last remaining unsettled race from the primary election ballot we filled out earlier this month: the contest for Healdsburg politician Jim Wood's second-district seat in the California State Assembly, representing the state's entire North Coast. Although election...












