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April 19, 2026

In Memoriam: Joyce Alger

Lifelong Healdsburg and Windsor resident Joyce Alger passed away last month at age 78. Her husband of nearly 50 years, Joe Alger, died back in 2011 — and one of their two sons, David Alger, was killed by cancer in 2019. Here's a glimpse into...

Another Big Tasting Room Opening in Rural Healdsburg

Annnd the winery roulette wheel keeps spinning. About 10 minutes south of Arista Winery, which just closed its doors, a new tasting room in rural Healdsburg for Sonoma wine brand Auteur is opening next month at 10520 Wohler Rd, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. (That’s the...

James Gore Running for State Senate

Supervisor James Gore
Looks like California’s second senatorial district, which stretches along the entire North Coast, could belong to a Healdsburg politician for many more years to come! Hometown kid Mike McGuire has been holding onto the State Senate District 2 seat for more than a decade, but he’s about...

Winter Shelter Shakeup for Healdsburg

The county's official list of "warming centers" for the homeless this season does not include St. Paul's Church on Matheson Street, which has historically served as Healdsburg's local shelter. Instead, the go-to will now be L&M Village — our new motel-turned-shelter at the south end of...

Record Shop Opening Inside Healdsburg Tasting Room

A new record shop is also opening today in Healdsburg — inside a tasting room, of course. It will be called "Vino & Vinyls." The winery responsible is Montagne Russe, whose tasting room opened a couple of summers ago inside the big Bacchus Landing...

Outlander Clothing Shop Closing on Healdsburg Plaza

A men’s clothing boutique that has lived at 103 Plaza St. along the north side of the Healdsburg plaza for over a quarter-century will lock up for the final time at 7pm this Saturday, Feb. 1. The owner of Outlander, Bill Bryant, writes in a farewell message on...

Montagne Russe Tasting Room Moving From Healdsburg to Petaluma

The Bacchus Landing wine-tasting collective on Westside Road, next to the animal shelter, has been adding new wineries right and left lately — but one of its original and most beloved tenants, the Montagne Russe tasting room and record shop, has decided to pack...

‘Abandoned Pipeline’ Needs Monitoring at Old Healdsburg Sewer Site, City Says

Healdsburg city officials are looking for a local firm to "provide biological monitoring services" at the stream running alongside the city's big sewer station on Magnolia Drive, at the southwest edge of town. They want the firm to report back on the "health of...

Hotel Healdsburg’s Longtime Manager Retires

If you live or work in Healdsburg, you’ve probably seen Aziz Zhari around. He’s been the general manager of Hotel Healdsburg since it first opened on the plaza more than two decades ago, in 2001, and has also held other manager jobs within Piazza Hospitality’s...

Avelo Airlines Cuts Half Its Sonoma County Flights — and Pivots to Deportation

This is a rough one. Not even one year after Avelo Airlines announced it would start calling our local Santa Rosa airport one of its home bases, to much fanfare, airline bosses have decided to vacate their new hub and cut all the new flights they...
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