Interest Rates Climb but Sales Keep Rising
In any normal housing market when interest rates are so high, one would expect the market to be strongly in favor of buyers with properties struggling to sell, but that is not the case. For example, houses on Marian Lane, Sunnyside Dr. and Chiquita Rd. all sold this year and all got five offers. Inventory levels, still hovering around three months, also point to a sellers’ market. ...
‘Yoga on Center’ Comes Back to Town
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...
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...
Sponsored advertorial – Sonoma County’s Energy and Sustainability Division announces financing program expansion
SPONSORED ADVERTORIAL - The Sonoma County Energy and Sustainability Division is proud to announce an exciting expansion to the county’s Energy Independence Program. Originally debuting in 2009, the program has helped fund thousands of projects and has been instrumental in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and expanding county-wide job creation.
Food for Thought: Healing Illness with Food + Love
SPONSORED – If you live in Sonoma County, you’ve likely seen Food for Thought volunteers collecting food donations at local grocery stores nearly every weekend of the year. And if you’ve ever donated food, money, or time as a volunteer, everyone at Food For Thought thanks you!
Catching Up with Breathless
There’s an oasis in Healdsburg in an industrial park at the end of Moore Lane, past storage sheds and warehouses toward a dead end. Even though it’s not the kind of place people just happen upon, when they find it they’re not disappointed.
Breathless Sparkling...
Healdsburg’s Agrarian Roots Still Growing
Some 90 people filled the upstairs hall at Little Saint, the vegan culinary compound at 25 North St., to attend the “season finale” of the three-part Design Dialogues 2022 on Monday, Nov. 14. Healdsburg’s urban planning entrepreneur Jim Heid produced the series, the second...
Taking Care of Business
El Farolito, the popular Mexican restaurant at 128 Plaza St., underwent an overnight name change recently to Gallina D’Oro, or the Hen of Gold. The new name partners well with El Gallo Negro, owner Pedro Diaz’s increasingly popular restaurant in Windsor. Hours, menu and...
Group of dedicated local knitters organizing co-op to maintain Purls of Joy store
The founder and owner of the popular knitting shop Purls of Joy is retiring at the end of this month and, in an effort to keep the shop going and the friendly store spirit alive, a group of about 50 local knitters are working to form a member-driver co-op to maintain the business.
