Molti Amici Closes in Healdsburg, After Replacing Campo Fina Last Year
You know Molti Amici, the casual Italian restaurant that replaced shuttered community favorite Campo Fina at 330 Healdsburg Ave. in summer 2023? It just abruptly closed its doors for good. “We regret to inform everyone that Molti Amici has permanently closed,” restaurant owners wrote on Instagram yesterday. “Thank you to...
Cops Find Big Drug, Gun Stash in Healdsburg Home
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...
Used Clothing Shop ‘Favorites’ Moves South on Center Street
Three-decade-old Healdsburg consignment shop Favorites is facing some changes, as well — but fortunately for local fans and bargain-clothing shoppers, its owners haven’t given up yet. Instead, Favorites moved last month from their spot in the CVS shopping center to a smaller space not too far south on...
Sbragia Winery Up for Sale: Report
Another well-known local business just closed its doors and reportedly went up for sale: Sbragia Family Vineyards, a homegrown winery and tasting room at 9990 Dry Creek Rd., right near the mouth of Lake Sonoma.
A note posted to the winery’s website says the closure is “temporary” and...
Summer’s Market Closes in Healdsburg
The owners of Summer’s Market near the high school, who’ve been keeping after-school pitstop culture alive at 555 Powell Ave. ever since the iconic Powell Avenue Market shut down a little over a decade ago, just closed up shop late last month.
“We are closed for a few...
Farmworkers Claim Retaliation at Bill Foley Vineyard Job
Sonoma County farmworker advocacy org North Bay Jobs With Justice, known for their annual protest during the Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience tasting near the plaza, is making some headway in one of their local campaigns against a familiar name in Healdsburg winemaking: billionaire Bill Foley,...
Sky Spectacles Wow Healdsburg
We’ve been getting all sorts of gifts from the sky in recent weeks. One big one came last Thursday night as the Northern Lights returned to the North Bay and a wave of aurora borealis flashed its pretty colors much further south than usual, in an encore from spring....
Healdsburg Museum’s Latest Exhibit: Ode to Fitch Mountain
The previous double exhibit hosted by the Healdsburg Museum — a collection of vintage Barbies and miniature wooden models of historic Healdsburg street scenes — will be a tough one to top. But the museum’s latest, which just debuted last week, looks like it’s giving...
Healdsburg’s New Movie Theater Set to Open in 2025
At last, construction kicked off this month on the True West Film Center near the plaza, behind the old Bear Republic brewpub space — thanks in large part to an “anonymous donation” of $1 million to the cause, according to the Press Democrat. Healdsburg’s new, two-story movie theater...
Dance Studio Opening at Healdsburg Flower Farm
A group in town called the Healdsburg Dance Collective, founded by four ex-pro dancers early last year, is finally opening their own physical space after a year-and-a-half of working with other fitness studios in town to offer classes, rehearsals and performances.
And it sounds like a pretty idyllic...
Sports
NCS Tournaments Underway
This year locals are proud to find both boys and girls soccer teams in the NCS playoff, both in Division 4 in line with their size. And the girls basketball team is in the playoffs as well, in the tougher Division 2. (Unfortunately, all three teams lost on Wednesday night, so Healdsburg High's winter sports season is officially over.)