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April 16, 2026

Best of Food and Drink 2024

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Best Coastal Cuvée of Wine & Vibe For locals who just want a good glass of wine—minus tourist crowds and party vibe—Marine Layer Wines might be the spot. It won this year's Best Tasting Room category in Healdsburg, and that's saying something. This isn’t just...

‘Stay Healdsburg’ Awards $70,500 for Local Events

Bea Kanzler of Sebastopol in Healdsburg
Stay Healdsburg—the hospitality arm of the Chamber of Commerce, funded by a benefit assessment district to promote visits to Healdsburg—announced this month more than $70,000 in sponsorships to 11 local organizations.

Federal BIA Greenlights Windsor Casino

Aerial Shiloh resort and casino rener
Koi leaders asked that around 70 acres of vineyard land they own along the southeastern edge of Windsor be placed in “federal trust”—and the Bureau obliged. This means the Koi are allowed to move forward with their plan to build a giant new Wine Country casino on the plot...

Little Saint to Close its Upstairs Restaurant

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The fanciest vegan fine-dining restaurant in the Bay Area, located right here in Healdsburg, will shut down just shy of its first birthday. he restaurant is called Second Story, up the stairs from Little Saint...

Rally for Renee Good draws 200 in Healdsburg

The midday Saturday, Jan. 10 rally was active for 90 minutes, but that was enough time for about 200 people to show up at the corners of Matheson and Healdsburg Avenue, bearing signs they had made for the occasion or left over from the last No Kings march.

Hungry Hounds Feast on St. Helena, 54-25

Football player Frank Rea on the run
The last time the Hounds Varsity football team scored more than 50 points in a game was in 2016, another non-conference game against the Emery Spartans (62-0). Perhaps not since 1966 has there been such a performance by a Healdsburg quarterback as that by Nova Perrill last Friday...

Holiday Happenings: Dec. 18-27

Santa Claus and kids
Isn't this the best Santa photo ever? Last chance for “Breakfast with Santa” is Saturday Dec. 20 at Costeaux French Bakery, with its suitable holiday offerings.

Final Review for Shiloh Resort & Casino

Casino at sundown
The Koi Nation of Northern California—a tribe not usually associated with Sonoma County, and with fewer than 100 members—is moving ahead with its proposal for a large resort and casino on the southeastern edge of Windsor, on Shiloh Road at Old Redwood Highway. An open public meeting July 30 may be the last chance for the public to weigh in...

The Ruse changes course from B&B to rehab

Public meeting sign
The real heart of the Sept. 23 meeting is anticipated to be the approval, or rejection, of a conditional use permit for The Ruse, at 891 Grove St., formerly known as the Honor Mansion.  It's new application is to operate as a rehab treatment facility.

Healdsburg High’s All League players named

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The All League teams for the North Bay League (Redwood) have been announced for most fall sports. The named players in football will be revealed following the last playoff games this week, on Dec. 1
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Arts & Entertainment

‘Word Art’ in everyday life

The month culminates with a reading by former California Poet Laureate David Gioia on Friday, April 24, at The 222. Gioia, the former head of the National Endowment for the Arts and a prolific writer, authored Can Poetry Matter?
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Roots in the community