Healdsburg Pics of the Week: Horses at Dry Creek Bar
Just another night in the life of a Dry Creek barfly!
A group of three young local legends rode their horses to the bar at the Dry Creek General Store just north of town earlier this month, on Friday, Nov. 8, and snapped these pics while their...
‘Heads in Beds’ Drives Chamber’s Latest Awards
The latest round of grants from the Healdsburg Tourism Improvement District (HTID) was announced earlier this month, the most recent installment in a program begun in 2020 and approved to last for 10 years. The latest distribution, of over $100,000, went to 11 organizations for their ability to put “heads in beds,” per the requirements of the HTID. But not everyone was pleased...
Christmas Makes Early Appearance Downtown
As dozens of random midafternoon onlookers gaped in amazement, surprise and a kind of quiet thrill, the annual Christmas tree arrived and “planted” at Healdsburg Plaza on Monday, Nov. 14.
City staff, including community services director Mark Themig and parks & open space superintendent Jaime...
Rejected Weed Shop Sues City of Healdsburg
The owners of Mercy Wellness, one of eight cannabis companies that went through a months-long application process in Healdsburg last year — in hopes of becoming one of two shops now allowed to sell weed in town — have not moved on from the...
In Memoriam: Sergio De La O Jr.
Lifelong Healdsburg resident and local childcare leader Sergio De La O Jr. has passed away at the age of 59. He went to state college in Chico, where he studied child development, psychology and family relations, his obituary says. "He enjoyed working with children and...
The Dream is Over for The Clover
The only movie theater between Santa Rosa and Ukiah, located in a classic cinema dating from 1950, has gone dark. The Clover Theater, located on East First Street in downtown Cloverdale, ceased showing films in mid-October, as owner Ryan Hecht announced in an email...
Healdsburg Ballot May Ask for More Market-Rate Housing
KRCB public radio ran an interesting piece last week on the lack of market-rate housing options in Healdsburg right now, and how "local rules passed over two decades ago... to protect Healdsburg from overdevelopment" seem to be making our housing problems worse. So city...
‘The Row’: The other Mill district
It’s with an eye toward making the most of that most valuable of assets—parking in Healdsburg—that Mat Humphrey is filling up the available leases on the property at 44 Mills St. one by one, and staggering their prime hours so the lot is productively filled as much as possible. The highest and best use, one might say, to echo the realtor’s mantra.
Reach For Home to go forward minus founding executive
Colleen Carmichael to seek new calling in trauma teachings and therapy
New Men’s Clothing Shop Replacing Outlander on Healdsburg Plaza
In case you didn’t hear, Healdsburg menswear staple Outlander closed last weekend after over a quarter-century at 103 Plaza St. Married-couple owners Bill and Chris Bryant, who still plan to keep running the One-o-One women’s boutique next door, recently hinted to the Press Democrat that Outlander would be replaced...













