Local crews keep an eye on hotspots to keep standing homes safe
While several homes on Mill Creek Road and Wallace Creek could not be saved, some were, and Healdsburg Fire Marshal/Division Chief Linda Collister was determined Sunday afternoon to make sure the homes that fire crews worked so hard to save would not reignite from leftover hotspots or smoldering trees.Â
Inns tour nets money and food for food pantry
Keren Colsten from Haydon Street Inn dropped off hundreds of pounds of canned goods collected for the Healdsburg Shared Ministries Food Pantry at the annual Healdsburg Inns Tour.Â
Arista Winery Sells Healdsburg Tasting Room
The recent trend of local wineries reducing costs by selling off their prime Healdsburg properties — including Thumbprint, Ketcham, Truett Hurst and Comstock, off the top of my head — continues this winter with the McWilliams family’s Arista Winery and tasting room on Westside Road.
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Mill Bend property preserved along Gualala River
Mill Bend, the scenic property at the mouth of the Gualala River, has been secured by a conservation buyer in partnership with Redwood Coast Land Conservancy (RCLC) as the major step in preserving and protecting the Gualala River estuary, the gateway to the Gualala River watershed.
Housing Market Shows Sharp Divide
What makes Healdsburg’s market particularly unique is the continued dominance of non-primary residence purchases. In 2024, 61% of all purchases were for second homes or investment properties, with rural properties showing an even higher rate at 76%. This tracks with 2023 when 64% of properties were purchased as non-primary residences, writes a local realtor.
Californians waive labor law for Uber and Lyft, keep cash bail and affirmative action ban: Prop and hot race calls
California’s app-based corporate luminaries such as Uber and Lyft just waged the most expensive state ballot measure campaign in U.S. history — and it paid off big time, allowing those companies to thwart the will of all three branches of California government.Â
Will city try to prevent gun shop in Healdsburg?
City council to review ‘urgency ordinance’ in response to potential firearms dealerÂ
Two arrested in Guerneville with stolen school property
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, deputies from the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people in possession of stolen property from schools.
