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April 11, 2026

Head of ‘Farm to Pantry’ Nonprofit Resigns

Celebrity chef Duskie Estes, the very public face of Healdsburg food-justice nonprofit Farm to Pantry, has decided to step down as the org's executive director at the end of this month. "It is critical that devote my time to my family at this time,"...

Healdsburg Crime Reports Rising: Public Security Cams on the Table

A big theme at the last City Council meeting was local crime trends. Healdsburg police officials presented their stats from over the past year, as they do annually — then used the data to make the case that the city should set up at...

Despite the Name, the Elephant Is a ‘People Pub’

KC Mosso the elephant bar
There’s a widespread sentiment in the wine industry: “It takes a lot of good beer to make a good bottle of wine.” So when Paul Stokeld suggested the name, “Elephant in the Room,” to co-owner KC Mosso for their planned watering hole in Healdsburg, Mosso...

Local duo works to share culture through food

Camila Salazar and Osmel Gonzalez were already a powerful duo before arriving in Healdsburg. But after two and a half years, they have not only found a community within their working family at Single Thread, but have created one of their own.

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...

City of Healdsburg to Host Workshop on More Housing

Last week I shared a piece from KRCB news radio on the various options Healdsburg city leaders are considering to solve what they believe to be a shortage of market-rate housing available in town. One of the big issues, they told the station, is...

‘Yoga on Center’ Moving Back to Downtown Healdsburg

Healdsburg's only full-time yoga studio, the nearly 20-year-old Yoga on Center, is moving back to the downtown area this summer — two-and-a-half years after the owners say they got kicked out of their original location at 401 Center St. It was a light-filled space overlooking...

‘Corazón Healdsburg’ Nonprofit Finally Has Executive Director

Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg — which provides ample services to our Hispanic community, and hosts events that "amplify the local Latin-American voice" and "celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion" here in town — finally has a top dog again. This, almost two years after the org's...

Healdsburg Champagne Bar Now Open

Looks like the sisters behind Healdsburg's new downtown champagne bar couldn't help but soft-open this past week, even though their official grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony isn't til Valentine's Day (of course). Caroline Bontia, the fun-loving lady who runs the "Shop Local Healdsburg" Instagram...

St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Healdsburg: Epic as Ever

I didn’t make it out to Healdsburg’s famous annual St. Patrick’s Day parade on Monday morning, a local tradition that reportedly goes back more than three decades, and boy have I been suffering from a bad bout of FOMO (fear of missing out) while reviewing the...
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