Boys & Girls Club heads for overdue renovation
Both Wendy Cline, the facilities director, and chief executive officer Jennifer Weiss were excited by the prospect of the remodel. “Our amazing team is working quickly to bring this new incredible state-of-the-art clubhouse to our deserving kids and community,” Cline said. “This marks a significant step toward making our long-held dream a reality, creating a space where kids can thrive.”
New Grants for Artists to ‘Spark Long-Term Change’
Local individuals and organizations are eyeing a “transformative grant program” launched by The Arts and Culture Collective of Northern Sonoma County, in partnership with Corazón Healdsburg, to let their creative dreams take flight and give voice to the underrepresented voices of the area.
Applications for...
Healthcare Foundation Honors Hernandez, Espinoza
Herman J. Hernandez, the founder and former director of Los Cien, and activist, poet and attorney Bernice Espinoza are the latest recipients of Wetzel Awards, named for longtime generous friends of healthcare Maggie and Harry Wetzel.
“The memory of the Wetzels lives on through award...
Fairy Doors Open into Imaginary Spaces
Walk through the town of Healdsburg on any given day and one will often find a family or a group of children running around trying to find as many doors as possible. The doors spark imaginations—who doesn’t want to know where the fairies reside when they are not working?
Healdsburg Happenings Sept. 25-Oct. 3
Malian musicians Awa Sangho (The Golden Voice of Mali) and kora master Yacouba Sissoko will take the audience on a musical journey to West Africa on Saturday Sept. 27 on The 222 stage, 222 Healdsburg Ave.
‘Formula Retail’ Limits Return for Council’s Approval
Briefly put, a formula retail store sells a branded line of products with standardized services, menus, decor, uniforms, architecture, signs or other similar features, as if the store is following a formula. If that’s not clear enough, visit the new Faherty’s menswear shop at 326 Healdsburg Ave., half a block off the Plaza.
Local Run for World Renown
“It was really beautiful!” enthused Drew Holmen, a 30-year-old runner from Boulder, CO, and winner of this year’s 2023 Lake Sonoma 50.
A few seconds later, he amended the remark: “It was so brutal!”
Holmen finished the route, billed at 50.8 miles but according to many...
Lady Hounds fight for position in league standings
It’s been a strong showing under first-year coach Cassidy Jourdan, who herself was a Healdsburg High star athlete—not only in basketball but volleyball and softball as well during her four years at HHS, from 2008–2012. “I loved sports,” she said. “I loved them all. I even went to college for sports management. It really was my entire life.”
Healdsburg Braces for New Year’s Storm
Last week, the National Weather Service issued a “coastal flood warning” for the entire Sonoma County coastal area—including Healdsburg. But a quieter-than-expected rain event over the weekend averted the dire warnings that the higher-than-normal tides would bring to coastal cities.
This week, however, the weather...
Performers in Plaza Now Need a Permit
Occasional visitors to the Healdsburg Plaza may have been entertained during recent summer months by a casually dressed late-middle-aged man with a 12-string guitar, singing loudly from a swiveling office chair with a tip bowl in front of him.
He is, by classic definition, a...
Arts & Entertainment
Making the scene with Almost Famous
Photo gallery of the 'Almost Famous' screening at Healdsburg's True West Film Center on April 17, by Rick Tang.






















