Briefs

A young woman whose dead body was found on the rural outskirts of Healdsburg more than three decades ago, but was always just a Jane Doe, has finally been identified as Vallejo resident Robin Fay Hendrick. This, thanks to a Sebastopol-based nonprofit called DNA...

Bill Domenichelli, a prominent member of Healdsburg's local Domenichelli clan — and the Engelke clan, by marriage — has died of a "sudden illness" at age 71, according to his obituary. Bill grew up with seven siblings on a prune ranch in Healdsburg, and met...

The Healdsburg Prune Packers, our baseball team in the California Collegiate League (CCL), just announced they're ditching their old league and moving to a new one called the Pacific Empire League (PEL). And five other NorCal-based teams are reportedly coming with them: the Humboldt Crabs, the Lincoln Potters, the Medford...

A group of five teens who police say were hanging out and drinking alcohol on Grant Street late Monday night, near those warehouses by the fire station, were busted after someone called and said they were "pointing lasers and congregating in the parking lot"...

A very powerful military man named Thomas C. Reed, who lived in Healdsburg for many years with his wife Kay, passed away last month at age 89. He was reportedly the first U.S. Air Force veteran to become secretary of the whole force, which...

Something really awful happened on the freeway just south of Healdsburg a couple of nights ago. A man was killed in the wee hours while walking along the northbound 101 between the Airport and Shiloh exits, according to the California Highway Patrol. Here's the...

Well-known local businessman Barry Steele reportedly passed away last month. The former owner of the Fairview Inn & Suites at the south end of town "died unexpectedly" at age 81 "on the land he loved in Geyserville," his obituary says. More from the obit: "Barry 'Like...