‘Peace Pole’ Monument Unveiled at Healdsburg High
A student art project of sorts was just unveiled this week at Healdsburg High. It's called a "peace pole," and it's the latest of around 250,000 similar monuments that have been erected across the country, according to the Peace Pole Project website. Here's some...
Who Won Sonoma County’s 2024 Pruning Contest
The results are in for the 25th annual countywide grapevine pruning contest, which was held last Wednesday at Ferrari-Carano Vineyards in Healdsburg — and the takeaway seems to be that Geyserville pruners just do it better. Miguel Galvan, who works for VinePro Vineyard Management...
Brewing adventure in Cloverdale
A new coffee kiosk, Rockin’ A Adventure Café, opened its drive-up windows to Cloverdale earlier this month. The adventure-themed café is located on South Cloverdale Boulevard in front of Renner Petroleum.
Watch: Healdsburg Hanukkah Dancers
The Press Democrat posted some lively footage of the Hanukkah celebration outside the shuttered Oakville Grocery store at the corner of the plaza last week. "Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky of Santa Rosa’s Sonoma County Chabad Jewish Center lit a giant menorah and danced with the crowds who came out,"...
2024 Lineup for Healdsburg ‘Tuesdays in the Plaza’
The lineup was just announced for Tuesdays in the Plaza, a warm-weather public ceremony for almost four decades now. And just like for the FFA parade, you'd better get your chairs out there early. Christian Kallen, news editor of the Healdsburg Tribune, described the...
Little Saint, restaurant and arts gathering place, finally set to open this summer in old SHED building
Little Saint, a plant-based restaurant and cafe, wine shop and arts gathering space, is set to open later this summer in the former 10,000 square foot SHED property on West North Street.
Drama Continues at Healdsburg’s Shuttered ‘Molti Amici’ Restaurant
OK, so you remember how local Italian restaurant Molti Amici suffered a fall from grace last November and was forced to close its doors just over a year after opening? The three SingleThread alumni who opened the high-fashion restaurant at 330 Healdsburg Ave. said they hoped to...
Art House Theater Planned for Healdsburg
The news that a new movie theater might be coming to Healdsburg swept through town like advance notice on a blockbuster, but it wasn’t supposed to be that way.
At a recent private after-hours gathering at Cartograph Winery, a local tasting room, displays of the...
In Memoriam: Shirley Nell-Galvin
On Feb. 22, a memorial service at St. John's will celebrate the life of Shirley Nell-Galvin, who was born in San Francisco and lived in Healdsburg and Windsor on and off for many years. She was 97 when she died last month. Shirley and...
Two New Healdsburg Tasting Rooms Open Amid Winery Shakeup
About five months after boutique Healdsburg wine brands Truett Hurst and VML went on the market, they found a buyer: the same man who founded them back in 2008.
Phil Hurst sold his beloved brands to a large, Washington-based company called Precept Wine & Spirits...











