Briefs

We may get our own "community wellness center" in Healdsburg one day soon — thanks to the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Sonoma County, some other local orgs and a few hundred thousand dollars in grant money they just received from the Providence health network, which...

Now THAT was a storm. A "bomb cyclone," to be precise. It reportedly brought 4 to 6 inches of rain and "hurricane-force" winds as strong as 50-80 mph to Healdsburg and environs over the weekend. As of Monday afternoon, the PG&E power-outage map showed...

Three juniors in the stellar culinary program at Healdsburg High School — led by pastry chef Derek Corsino, who you might remember from his reality-TV stint on Food Network's "Spring Baking Championship" — are making and selling fancy Valentine's Day chocolates this year as...

The Alexander Valley Winegrowers group, which oversees all the grape-growing activity in the valley northeast of Healdsburg, is hosting their local grapevine pruning contest this Feb. 13, aka Valentine's Eve, for the 24th year. All workers at Alexander Valley vineyards are invited to enter...

Celebrity chef Duskie Estes, the very public face of Healdsburg food-justice nonprofit Farm to Pantry, has decided to step down as the org's executive director at the end of this month. "It is critical that devote my time to my family at this time,"...

It looks like the 88-acre property owned by Syar Industries along the far bank of the Russian River, where they've been mining sand and gravel for decades just east of Memorial Bridge, is up for sale. This, according to the Jones Lang LaSalle real-estate...

So we made it through the first of these two back-to-back storms coming through. Healdsburg reportedly got around 4 to 6 inches of rain over the past few days, since it started coming down early Wednesday morning — and forecasters say another big storm should...

Former Healdsburg lawyer Paul Daniel O'Connor Jr. has passed away at the age of 87. He moved back to the East Coast at the end of his life, after living here for decades. Paul "became a member of the California Bar in 1995 and...

Winter's latest big storm arrived in Healdsburg this morning. A "flood watch" went into effect in the wee hours, and will stay in effect until early Friday morning. Today alone, weather forecasters are predicting we'll get up to 4 inches of rain in the...

Avelo Airlines, known as the Sonoma County Airport's budget option, is planning to expand their wine-country empire this spring. The airline, which is based down in Burbank on the outskirts of L.A., just announced they'll be opening a large "base" at our local airport on...