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March 9, 2026

Fire in ‘the Lanes’ brings out the neighbors

Firefighters on Pordon Lane
On the evening of Thursday, May 29, residents of the east Healdsburg neighborhood known as “the Lanes” were alarmed by multiple fire trucks and first responders racing up Powell Avenue to Pordon Lane, where they turned to respond to a reported structure fire in the 700 block.

Healdsburg Happenings, May 15-May 22

Grand Tasting at the Vintage Plaza, Healdsburg
The Grand Tasting, most popular event of the Healdsburg Food & Wine Experience, is held on Saturday from 12:30 to 4:30pm, as 100 vendors of food, wine and lifestyle share their wares under the big canopy erected over the West Plaza parking lot. The location is transformed into a showcase of what Healdsburg does best: eat, drink and be merry!

Veterans bring out their best

Alice Beck Darrow, 106 years old, holds aloft a silver bullet.
More than 100 people with military service during wartime and peace gathered at the Villa Chanticleer Annex for the 17th annual Veterans Day breakfast,. These were the men and women one sees around Healdsburg working in local businesses, shopping at the markets, helping out with civic events and, in general and in private, making Healdsburg a better place.

Caesars to rebrand River Rock as premiere gaming destination

New Caesars Republic casino projected for River Rock
The new Caesars Republic resort casino will completely transform River Rock and feature a new casino floor with more than 1,000 slot machines and 28 table games. The destination will also be home to a new 100-room hotel with a luxury spa, pool and fitness center.

Slidin’ Back Into Town

A little-known country song of recent years begins with the words: “I shook the hand of the man who shook hands with the King.” It’s about being close enough to greatness to touch it—at least second hand. Roy Rogers has touched the hand of so...

‘Buckle of the Prune Belt’ from above

Michael Lightfood presents a painting representing Healdsburg in 1972, as seen from the air.
Holly Hoods was taken aback when three men walked into the downstairs office space of the Healdsburg Museum and Historical Society one morning last week. One of them was unknown to the museum director, but he seemed to know a lot about Healdsburg history,...

Is This America’s Best Restaurant?

Singlethread Restaurant and Inn
As Healdsburg’s celebrity has grown, so too has SingleThread’s. Now the destination restaurant has attained a new honor: It’s been named as one of the World’s Best Restaurants, sharing the honor with one other U.S. restaurant, La Bernardin in New York City, and seven more establishments on the global shortlist.

Now more than ever, Sonoma County youth are struggling with mental health

As more and more youth experience negative mental health impacts fueled by years of natural disasters and a pandemic, local school counselors and mental health experts are seeing an uptick in requests by adolescents for social-emotional support. “We see students experiencing social-emotional effects due to...

Welcome night at the Community Pavilion

The doors were thrown open and the holiday lights turned on as the city held an Open House at the new Foley Family Community Pavilion on Monday, Dec. 15, with hot chocolate and cookies and pretzels and speeches.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s funny, intense ‘Battles’ 

Leonardo diCabrio in 'One Battle After Another'
Equal parts Dr. Strangelove, The Battle of Algiers and Paper Moon, the film follows Leonardo DiCaprio as a member a revolutionary group rescuing immigrants from a detention center in Southern California....
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Arts & Entertainment

Sally and David Hubbell

Fundraiser: Canapés for a cause

While the Paul Mahder Gallery has held fundraisers in the past, this one focused not on the well-to-do, but rather on those who do without.
Stage actors at the 222

Racial debate on The 222 stage