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One of the events that has pinned Healdsburg at the epicenter of California’s Wine Country, and which year after year increases its visibility, is the Wine & Food Affair.  It takes place this weekend for the 24th season, one of three signature events from the...

Halloween is a night that many look forward toward with glee, and some with dread. Gangs of small strange creatures in bizarre costumes roam the streets as darkness falls, and then the doorbell rings… What’s not to like? Aside from the nutritional disaster that a...

Election Day is just under two weeks away, and while there’s no faceoff between the Godzilla of the GOP and the Mothra of the Dems, there are important races up and down the ballot, from the governorship to the local city council. Who and What There...

Even as a 41-unit affordable housing apartment building takes shape at the city’s south entrance at Exchange Street, another even larger complex is moving toward construction on the north side, at Dry Creek Road near Grove Street. The Dry Creek Commons, as Burbank Housing is...

After hearing from both developer and city staff, as well as an hour of public comment and their own internal discussion, the Planning Commission voted 6-0 to support Community Development Director Scott Duiven’s denial of a permit for the expansively and expensively remodeled Honor...

Acting with unusual alacrity, City of Healdsburg staff whipped together a new city policy governing the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in movie theaters in the downtown area—preemptively approving a proposal from AVFilms, which has yet to come to terms on their downtown...

A signature piece of Healdsburg history became a record-setting piece of real estate when the River Belle Inn on Front Street sold to luxury hospitality developer Vertice for $7.25 million, effective last month. The price is reported as $659,091 “per key,” according to the San...

Did you ever find yourself falling in love with a donkey? Wait. Wait! Don’t answer that!  My closest neighbor is a donkey. Arturo is not a mean donkey, but he’s not sweet either. The other day, he got into it with the llama. It was...

AVFilm of Cloverdale will be presenting their inaugural Impact Award to “celebrate the future of film” to Erica Milsom, a San Francisco animator whose career with Pixar produced several award-winning films.  Among them is the computer-animated short, Loop, the story of two kids adrift on...