Villa Dog Park Closed for Renovations
The dog park next to the Villa Chanticleer on Fitch Mountain will be closed for at least the next few months, while city crews carry out a "comprehensive renovation project" to fix up the park, local officials announced this week. So that local dog...
JANE opens the door to high heaven
In this "web extra," we take readers inside the JANE Dispensary. It officially opened last week right next to the Coyote Sonoma, a tasting room for Wilson wines and live music venue (aka the “Coyote Den”).
Local favorite Downtown Bakery and Creamery put up for sale
When you walk into Downtown Bakery and Creamery on Center Street, the scent of warm scones envelops you in a comforting hug and the familiar sound of the bread slicer rings out as locals line up for their morning coffee.
Summer’s Market Reopens for Business in Healdsburg
Healdsburg high schoolers and Powell Avenue people, rejoice! Summer’s Market, the little neighborhood convenience store and deli that replaced Powell Avenue Market a little over a decade ago, is up and running again. Co-owners Summer Sebastiani and Todd Fernandez officially reopened this week after months of...
Recap: Point Fire in Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Valley
It's been almost two weeks since the Point Fire broke out near Lake Sonoma on Father's Day. It was by far our biggest local wildfire since the Walbridge Fire in the same area nearly four years ago.
On June 16 and 17, forebodingly early in...
SingleThread’s Plans for the Raven, Revealed
Ever since the team behind Healdsburg’s fanciest restaurant, the three-Michelin-starred SingleThread at North and Center streets, “signed a 25-year-lease to redevelop” the old Raven Film Center building around the corner in Summer 2023, the community has been wondering what they plan to do with it.
In...
Pics of the Week: Cutest Kids in Healdsburg?
Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg shared these pics last week of the childcare program they offer for local parents taking Santa Rosa Junior College classes at the Healdsburg Community Center.
“While their parents dive into their classes, our littlest learners are exploring, playing and learning in our beautiful...
Foppiano Winery Sold to Graton’s Martin Ray
In 1926, Foppiano Wines was forced by Prohibition revenue agents to discard 140,000 gallons of red wine into a ditch next to the highway, where the current winery is located. From there, it flowed into a nearby creek and then into the Russian River—but not before locals scooped up buckets full of the illegal beverage...
Healdsburg Rain Totals, River Levels
As I'm sure you noticed, we got a real walloping of rain over the weekend — pushing the Russian River up to the 15-foot mark in the spot where they measure it in Healdsburg, just upstream of Memorial Bridge. (Twenty feet is when they start...
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...














