In Memoriam: Candace Rodgers ‘Candy’ Danhausen
Fifth-generation Healdsburg resident and special-ed teacher Candace Rodgers Danhausen, better known as Candy, has passed away at the age of 81. From her obituary: "Healdsburg was her home and she loved it. She grew up on a prune Ranch out Westside Road and moved...
Healdsburg Offers Public Art Grants for Second Year
Local artists will have until 5 pm. on Feb. 2 to apply for a slice of the $50,000 in public art funding that the City of Healdsburg plans to distribute in 2024. "We are looking for artists who can bring unique and thought-provoking pieces...
Tiny Healdsburg Music Venue Attracting Big Names in Music
Sonoma Magazine is calling the upstairs music venue at the Little Saint vegan restaurant on North Street "the most interesting music club in the Bay Area." The magazine writes: "As the restaurant continues to garner accolades for its plant-based cuisine, the second floor gathering...
Agave Restaurant Closed For Holidays
Agave Healdsburg, the well-loved Mexican food joint in the Safeway shopping center, will be closed through the end of this weekend for a "holiday season break." They reopen next Monday, Jan. 8. (Facebook Groups & Agave Healdsburg)
This Healdsburg Winery Is Selling Virtual Tastings
Get this: Gracianna Winery in Healdsburg is now offering virtual wine tastings. Basically, they'll mail a $75 kit to everyone in your tasting group, including four different wines and "tasting note cards" for each — then host a live, guided tasting for the group...
Kids Ballet Classes Return to Healdsburg
Local dancer and artist Greta Schoenberg is starting up her ballet and contemporary dance school again in Healdsburg this month, after taking three years off due to "pandemic disruptions and rent increases."
The old Healdsburg Ballet studio across from the Healdsburg High School pool also...
Sonoma County Airport Neighbors Fed Up With Helicopter Noise
A growing amount of helicopter noise coming from the Sonoma County Airport just south of Healdsburg is driving nearby residents crazy, according to the Press Democrat. The reason there's more chopper noise now is because a company called HeliCo Sonoma set up shop at...
Black Sports Journalist Felt Profiled at Healdsburg Boutique
Top sports journalist and personality Marc Spears says he felt racially profiled for being Black on a recent visit to the ANTHEM home boutique on the Healdsburg plaza, at the corner of Center and Matheson streets. ANTHEM is a chain with five locations across the Bay...
Memorial Bridge Lit Up for Holidays
Memorial Bridge over the river in Healdsburg is all lit up in red and green for Christmas, following a stint in blue for Hanukkah.
Watch: Healdsburg Hanukkah Dancers
The Press Democrat posted some lively footage of the Hanukkah celebration outside the shuttered Oakville Grocery store at the corner of the plaza last week. "Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky of Santa Rosa’s Sonoma County Chabad Jewish Center lit a giant menorah and danced with the crowds who came out,"...
Sports
Greyhounds Hand Vikings Back-to-Back Loses
Hopes are always high at the beginning of a baseball season, and when they are rewarded by a five-game winning streak midway through league play, hopes can soar. That’s the position the Healdsburg High varsity baseball team is in this week, having won 5 in a row and looking for more...