Farmworker Rights on Parade
Separate from and kindred to North Bay Jobs With Justice, its partner, Corazón Healdsburg, exists to protect the basic rights of farm workers and uplift their families with wraparound work, housing, food, health, legal and education services. We spoke recently with Marcy Flores, director of Corazon Healdsburg...
Outstanding Teachers Honored by Rotary
Each year the Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise works with the Healdsburg Unified School District and Westside School District principals to choose an outstanding teacher. The club awards each with a $500 check, a memorial plaque and recognition at an awards dinner.
This year, that dinner...
Healdsburg’s Historic Simi Winery Might Get New Owners Soon
The San Francisco Chronicle made a bold prediction early last month: “This will be the year of California winery closures.” Here in Healdsburg, from where I’m sitting, the 2025 wine-industry shakeup has looked more like a Great Reshuffling — aka, wine bosses selling off certain properties or reshaping their...
Sonoma County Fire District and Santa Rosa Fire Department conducting live fire training near River Road
Training runs from June 30-July 2, smoke may be visible in the area
Sebastopol City Council discussing switch to in-person or hybrid meetings in the future
The future of Sebastopol city council meetings, the makeup of its planning commission and more will continue to unfold at the city council meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21 over Zoom. The full agenda and Zoom link is available here.
Newspapers becoming nonprofit
To keep local journalism alive, the owners of this newspaper and three other community newspapers in Sonoma County are transferring their ownership to a new nonprofit created to help the papers compete in a 21st century news market defined by online competition and a flood of information that is often free.
Hopkins announces run for fifth district supervisorial seat
Some Healdsburg voters live in predominantly west county district
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.
