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Floating above Santa Rosa, Windsor and Healdsburg’s vineyards in a hot air balloon while sipping champagne and eating croissants makes a morning magical. Even if one is not in the balloon, there is something “uplifting” about hot air balloons. Morning commutes to Santa Rosa down Hwy 101 are boring unless one happens upon a balloon piloting its way up the valley.

On top of last-minute permitting issues, it has been a wildly hectic week at Pepper’s, according to Haidar—full of scheduling staff shifts, ordering food and supplies, and getting everything ready for opening day - which could come as early as May 31.

Healdsburg's annual Turkey Trot got underway on schedule Thursday morning at 8am, as competitors raced though town for the Drew Esquivel Scholarship fund. The 2025 winners were Vincent Friesen (Castro Valley), Antony Cortes (Petaluma) and Kaeden Anderson (Healdsburg); top women's finisher was Rebecca Wheeler (8th place, San Francisco).

The new Aven theatre on North Street is nearing completion. Designed by Gale Santocono of San Francisco, the stucco and concrete block building is 73 by 130 feet, with a seating capacity of 738....

A robust four days of special wine tastings and pairing seminars, bespoke lunches and dinners, cooking  demonstrations, cocktail parties and a live outdoor concert at Rodney Strong Vineyards shines a glamorous light on Healdsburg this weekend, the second year of the Healdsburg Food &...

t goes without saying that the first Thanksgiving was nothing like the holiday dinner we celebrate today. Right? Truthfully, it wasn’t all that different. Except we've got wine.

The Healdsburg Arts Festival, an anchor summer event at the city’s Plaza for over a decade, returns after a challenging two-year hiatus for three days of visual, performing and culinary arts, Aug. 26–28. “The festival demonstrates how art and creativity can lift all voices in...

New federal legislation has opened up the possibility for small businesses to receive assistance for economic loss due to COVID-19. Details of eligibility and administration of this assistance from Small Business Administration (SBA) are still being addressed by the SBA.  

Following two retreats where members of Climate Action Healdsburg (CAH) workshopped ways to continue their commitment to environmental concerns even as the social and political landscape was changing dramatically, the group decided to join the national Sun Day movement, at thirdact.org/sun-day.

“We had to make a safety call. Without the bridge, there’s no safe way to get across the creek,” Skip Brand of the Lake Sonoma 100 said on Sunday afternoon. “The creek is 6-7 feet deep and raging right now. Plus, the wind picked up in the late afternoon and several trees came down, creating additional hazards.”