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Big restaurant on North Street: Not even three months after shutting down the decade-old Chalkboard restaurant on the ground floor of Hotel Les Mars, billionaire Bill Foley is opening a new Mexican restaurant called Arandas in the space on June 17. Foley's local holdings...

Social media erupted like popcorn early Saturday morning with posts about gunfire—“sure sounded like semi-automatic gunfire to me” and “Gunshots. I thought possibly as many as 13.”  The next day, the Healdsburg Police Department made their own post, on Facebook, that began, “Did you hear...

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...

The City of Healdsburg, Sonoma County Supervisorial District 4 and Reach for Home will  hold a community meeting about the L&M Village project on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 5:30pm.  The meeting’s purpose is to provide an update on the project at 70 Healdsburg Ave., which...

Healdsburg residents learned late last week that they will pay more for water delivery and wastewater services over the next three years and beyond, with increases of 18% expected in Fiscal Year 2024-25 alone, beginning with the July utility bill.

Petaluma Gap wines are said to have a bit more balance and refinement because the wind hardens and thickens the grape skins, producing more tannins, which render the feeling of texture in your mouth. The microclimate produces wine with a combination of freshness, refinement...

That big clock is finally ticking for the train’s arrival in Healdsburg—it’s no longer only a memory or a pipe dream. Last week brought the news that the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) District had been awarded an $81 million grant from the state to extend the rail service from its current terminus, at the Sonoma County Airport, though Windsor to Healdsburg’s northern city limit by 2028—including construction of a new or remodeled rail bridge over the Russian River.

The City of Healdsburg joined other local jurisdictions this week in excluding public comment through Zoom, the online meeting platform, in an effort to avoid the airing of racist and profane comments that have plagued government meetings in recent weeks. “This change is due to...

For some reason, Healdsburg has become known for its St. Patrick’s Day parade. If it’s not the best, then certainly it’s the earliest. Starting at 6am, give or take—that’s pretty early.  For the past 29 years or so, early risers (or possibly those who stay...

Vandalism to vehicles, faulty memory, public intoxication and murder by nanotechnology, just some of the stories in this week's Police Log.