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El Farolito, the popular Mexican restaurant at 128 Plaza St., underwent an overnight name change recently to Gallina D’Oro, or the Hen of Gold. The new name partners well with El Gallo Negro, owner Pedro Diaz’s increasingly popular restaurant in Windsor. Hours, menu and...

A small local housing project, Healdsburg Riverhouse, stole the show at this year’s prestigious PCBC trade show (the Pacific Coast Builders Conference) at Moscone Center in San Francisco. The theme was “The Future of Home,” and on awards night on June 22, the Riverhouse...

The hundreds of trick or treaters who paraded down Johnson Street early last week once again had to pass by the slightly ominous, unoccupied, overgrown Queen Anne sitting darkly in the shadows on the corner of Grant. It makes a fittingly creepy gateway for...

Just seven years after the West Sonoma County Vintners filed their petition, the West Sonoma Coast—where the cold marine air and heavy fog offer distinct advantages for growing wine grape varieties ranging from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to Syrah—has officially been sanctioned as a...

The roof has been razed and the walls have come down on the narrow business space at 113 Plaza St., next door to Duke’s.  Though the applicant, builder and owner won’t answer directly, the restaurant is widely presumed to become a steakhouse; the big Texas...

The news that a new movie theater might be coming to Healdsburg swept through town like advance notice on a blockbuster, but it wasn’t supposed to be that way. At a recent private after-hours gathering at Cartograph Winery, a local tasting room, displays of the...

A simple family gathering at the Dry Creek home of Fred and Lidia Loupy this past weekend marked their 75th wedding anniversary, their Diamond Jubilee. They met through their families in the years after World War II and were married in 1949, at Saints Peter...

Healdsburg Unified School District announced the selection of Francisco Manriquez as the new principal for Healdsburg High School. Manriquez has for the past two years has served as assistant principal at Healdsburg High.

A prominent Sonoma County dispensary operator who failed to earn approval from the city of Healdsburg last November to operate a cannabis business in town has filed suit against the city to start all over, contending they were unfairly excluded from receiving one of the permits.

“The Notice of Violation was prompted by multiple factors including anonymous complaints and social media posts by The Ruse promoting selling memberships for a club component for non-registered guests," said Police Chief Matt Jenkins.