Wine Producer Settles Case, Pays $320,000 to Workers
A Healdsburg winery will pay $328,000 in lost wages to 21 agricultural workers to settle a complaint filed with the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board.
Sheriff’s Henry-1 deployed in pursuit of motorcyclist, arrest made in Graton
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office sent its helicopter Henry-1 into the air to assist patrol deputies in chasing a motorcyclist from west Santa Rosa through west county that concluded in an arrest in Graton Saturday night, May 1, according to a 10:33 p.m. post on the Sonoma Sheriff Facebook page that night.
Prune Packers Take the Ball and Run
The world of summer community baseball was hit by a screwball this week, as the Healdsburg Prune Packers—perhaps the most successful of such teams in Northern California—announced its divorce from the California Collegiate League (CCL) and the formation of a new confederation of teams,...
Lineup announced for 2021 Healdsburg Jazz Festival
On May 25, Healdsburg Jazz announced the full lineup for the 2021 Healdsburg Jazz Festival, which will run from June 17-20.
A McGovern sticker
In 1972 my wife Bonnie and I came to Healdsburg from Calistoga, where I had been the Vicar of St. Luke’s Church. Many churches now have a fairly extensive series of profiles and interviews prior to calling a priest. In 1972, the move was made based on two phone calls from the Bishop, one to me and the other to the Senior Warden of St. Paul’s. When I met the leaders of St Paul’s for the first time it was an accomplished fact that I was their new priest. Neither Bonnie nor I was yet 30 years old and we had a McGovern for President sticker on the bumper of our old Chevy sedan.
Firefighters rescue man from Fitch Mountain Cliff
Healdsburg Firefighters, with the help of the CHP H30 Helicopter crew and other emergency responders, rescued a 50-year-old man from a steep embankment off of South Fitch Mountain Road Wednesday afternoon.
Quilting artists on display at Risk Press Gallery
The Risk Press Gallery is featuring quilts by Pauline Pellini and Patti Dedrick until Aug. 28. The quilts will be on display and the artists will be on hand to answer questions at the gallery, located at 7345 Healdsburg Ave., Sebastopol.
Students flock to schools reopened in wake of firestorm
After a six-day break from school caused by a raging firestorm and its smoky aftermath, thousands of students and teachers across north and west Sonoma County returned to their classrooms this week.
Sowing seeds for the future
In under a week, Kiley Clark has raised over $75,000 to put toward starting a Black-owned, regenerative farm












