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October 14, 2025

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...

Police Log, April 7- 13

Healdsburg Police on East Street
Early Monday morning, at 1:37am, The RP said he was scammed via the internet. The suspect told the RP to pay to avoid the suspect posting information to the public via Telegram. The RP sent the suspect $300 through PayPal. The RP was advised to contact his bank about the scam and also to delete and block the suspect. The RP was provided with the websites www.ic3.gov and www.ftc.gov.

Simone’s Healdsburg Event Log: March 20-26, With Early Spring Fun

Thursday, March 20 🌷 Farm to Pantry hosts volunteer tree-pruning workday at Vinecrest Senior Housing in Windsor (9:30am-noon)AARP hosts tax help session at the mini Healdsburg Library inside the Community Center (weekly through Apr 10, 10am-3pm)Floral labyrinth party and spring celebration at The 222: Create a vernal labyrinth together (1-4pm)“Artful play” workshop...

Avelo Airlines Cuts Half Its Sonoma County Flights — and Pivots to Deportation

This is a rough one. Not even one year after Avelo Airlines announced it would start calling our local Santa Rosa airport one of its home bases, to much fanfare, airline bosses have decided to vacate their new hub and cut all the new flights they...

Costeaux Bakery Chef Working With Kids at Juvie

Jorge Flores is one of Healdsburg’s most celebrated chefs — a local success story for the ages. He immigrated from Mexico to the U.S. at 14 years old; quickly learned English; graduated from Healdsburg High School while working nights and weekends to support his...

Graduation: Guerneville School

PROCEEDINGS — The message from the Guerneville School District’s

Pics of the Week: Cutest Kids in Healdsburg?

Local nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg shared these pics last week of the childcare program they offer for local parents taking Santa Rosa Junior College classes at the Healdsburg Community Center. “While their parents dive into their classes, our littlest learners are exploring, playing and learning in our beautiful...

Photos: Healdsburg Library opening draws a crowd

Ben Peery in the new Healdsburg Library
The modernization of Healdsburg’s library includes new carpet, paint, lighting, windows and of course room for books. Fanciful tree shapes and innovative reading cubbyholes surround the expanded Children’s Area. Adults can investigate extensive new shelving, and the Sonoma County Wine Library has expanded storage.

‘Art After Dark’ closes season Friday

The Healdsburg Center for the Arts, in partnership with Healdsburg Community Services and Corazón Healdsburg, will present its fourth and final Art After Dark event of the 2018 season, live on Plaza Street between Center and East Street on Friday, Sept. 28 from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

Healdsburg on the hunt for an official plant (or two)

douglas iris
While all the nominated plants are found in the area, Healdsburg Garden Club did limit its list to native plants, though some are widely found outside Healdsburg’s city limits. The proposal included four flowers: the Douglas iris, the yellow mariposa lily, scarlet fritillary and blue-eyed grass, the once ubiquitous California native grape, and the familiar oak trees of the region.
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