Briefs

Healdsburg police officers say they found a pretty serious stash of drugs, drug-selling stuff, guns and ammo inside a home on the east side of Healdsburg last Thursday morning, as “part of an ongoing drug sales investigation” here in town. They say they arrested...

There’s a new childcare option at the Healdsburg Community Center for parents looking to drop off their infants, toddlers and preschoolers on weekdays: an outpost of the Sonoma County branch of the YWCA, or Young Women’s Christian Association. (An international org that was founded on...

Hard to believe this is already happening, but indeed: Thursday was the first day of school for the Healdsburg Unified School District. “The 2024-2025 school year has officially begun!” district officials wrote on Facebook. “Mr. Lancaster upheld his tradition and serenaded our HHS Students during drop-off...

One of Healdsburg’s core family wine brands, Williamson Wines, is getting rid of one of two downtown tasting rooms: the original pink, rustic-looking one behind the former Oakville Grocery space (now Acorn Cafe) on Matheson, off the southeast corner of the plaza. The building’s landlord is looking...

Down at the The Wurst sausage and burger spot at 22 Matheson St., an ownership change is in the works. Founders and longtime owners Melissa and Kevin McDowell are currently in the process of handing off the restaurant to Healdsburg couple David and Elise Baeli, who used...

Proof we’re all living in a small-town rom-com: Newsweek just declared Healdsburg to be the No. 3 top “Christmas town” in the U.S., as “selected by our featured panelists and contributors and voted on by readers.”  The No. 1 spot went to Grapevine, Texas, for its “magical rides aboard...