Thumbprint Cellars Closes Healdsburg Tasting Room
On the southwest corner of the plaza, at 102 Matheson St., the Thumbprint Cellars team just ran their final weekend of wine tastings at their 15-year home in downtown Healdsburg. Second-generation winery owner Carter Lindstrom-Dake, son of Thumbprint founders Scott and Erica, told me over...
County canceling large gatherings
In a press release from the Sonoma County Health Department, Sonoma County Interim Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase announced Friday afternoon, March 13, that mass gatherings of 250 individuals or more in the county must be canceled. Additionally, the press release states that gatherings of 10 or more people who are at higher risk for illness must be canceled as well, with the exception of family gatherings. The order is part of an increasing effort to limit the possibility of community transmission of COVID-19.
Cityscape: Drought requires 20% water conservation
It’s as dry as a bone out there. Our region has received less than one-third the normal amount of rainfall to date – 13 inches of rain compared to an average of 38 inches. As a result, on April 21, the day before Earth Day, the State of California declared a drought emergency in the Russian River watershed, which spans Sonoma and Mendocino counties.
SoCurious: Meyer lemon tree woes
Q: My young meyer lemon tree’s leaves have black sooty stuff all over them. What do I do to help?
City receives $1 million grant to create river access at Badger Park
Ag + Open Space grant will create more recreational use access
Police Log, Sept. 11-17
Monday, Sept. 11
3:06am A 37-year-old (YO) man at Harmon Guest House on Healdsburg Avenue was arrested and transported to county jail for public intoxication, providing false identification to an officer and a Napa County warrant regarding driving while intoxicated.
11:33am Vandalism to a vehicle was...
Baby Derby, Feb. 17
Babies had their chance to shine on Monday, Feb. 17 during the Baby Derby. Switching up from years past, this year’s contestants raced on a cheerleading mat set up in the middle of the fair auditorium, rather than on the large auditorium stage.
SERVER UP
The Healdsburg Kiwanis Club held its 56th annual Pancake Breakfast on Palm Sunday at the Villa Chanticleer. The group served about 800 people with their famous pancakes, eggs and sausage breakfast. The event is the club’s second largest fundraiser each year and clears about $12,000 for the day. Kiwanian Richard Bugarske estimated that 65 club members served about 2,500 pancakes Sunday. “We were so blessed, it was a beautiful, sunny day,” he said.
Arts & Entertainment
Stage face-off: Revenge vs. rivalry
Local audiences seeking a solid presentation of an American theatrical classic have two very diverse options right now. The Raven Performing Arts Theater hosts Stephen Sondheim’s massive macabre musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," while The 222 offers Sam Shepard’s more intimate fraternal drama, "True West." Both run in Healdsburg through Nov. 8.
