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In Memoriam: Gail Elaine Adams
Healdsburg resident Gail Adams passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 83, after battling a disease called Lewy Body Dementia with “grace and resilience” for the past eight years. She was born and raised in Ellensburg, Wash., and got her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of...
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...
Olive-oil shop coming to Healdsburg Plaza
A vacant plaza spot this prime was bound to find a tenant sooner or later: It’s been just over three months since Thumbprint Cellars left its 15-year home at 102 Matheson St. on the southwest corner of the plaza, and now we know who will...
Snapshot: Hockey Trophy Celebrates ‘Team Foley’
Bill Foley firmly planted his personal flag in Healdsburg on Friday last, using the Stanley Cup as a magic talisman to enchant residents, visitors and tourists with a championship promise fulfilled.
The Stanley Cup was on display at the Plaza gazebo at noon on Aug....
Healdsburg Prune Packers Kick Off New Summer Baseball Season at Rec Park
Tonight is the big kickoff game at Rec Park for the Healdsburg Prune Packers' 2024 summer baseball season. Our town mayor will be throwing the first pitch, as is tradition. The Prune Packers are a century-old team playing in the California Collegiate League, which...
Car Crashes Into Fitch Mountain Home
There was a scary car accident Wednesday on Fitch Mountain, when someone driving a red Toyota Corolla careened off the right side of the road just before 5pm, smashing through a fence and into a house, according to the Press Democrat. Fortunately, the driver...
State Assembly Race Heats Up in Healdsburg
The race to take Healdsburg politician Jim Wood's second district seat in the California State Assembly, which covers large swaths of rural NorCal, has been seriously heating up in recent weeks. The seat will be up for grabs in November, because Wood has decided...
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...
Wildfire season is knocking at our door
If you’re anything like me, this recent surge of heat and wind has you spooked. And for good reason: Little brush fires have already started popping up in our area, like this one Sunday in the hills east of Santa Rosa. But there’s plenty we can...












