Healdsburg News

The fire was near the intersection of Alexander Valley and West Soda Rock roads.

The Healdsburg City Council on Monday approved a temporary contract with Sonoma County to take over responsibility for animal control, prompted by the imminent closure of the independently-run Healdsburg Animal Shelter.

HR professionals listed in alphabetical order by their organization's name, drawn from the top five largest employers in Marin, Sonoma and Napa counties, as well as trade organizations and the region's staffing companies who responded to the Business Journal.

Maps are useless out here, some 2A1 2 road-hours west of Healdsburg, Calif. , the jumping-off point for Sonoma County wine pilgrims.

She delighted in surprising all the young ones with lunch out. She'd sneak them a few dollars under the table when no one was looking.

It is clear that the connection between Tea Leaf Green and the Grateful Dead family is growing.

Wine Country's a big place. You can't do it all in one day and remain standing. But a simple plan of attack can help guarantee a great day of tasting and maybe even a few new favorite bottles to bring home.

Loren Burton Turk, a Healdsburg civil engineer who pursued passions from grape growing to race car driving with gusto and optimism, died of cancer May 24 in Healdsburg with his family by his side.

Directors of the Healdsburg Animal Shelter announced Monday that after more than 50 years of operation, the facility will be closing its doors by the end of the month.

Monday morning's spectacular thunder and lightning storm over the North Bay left behind many small fires and later in the morning state firefighters were scrambling to find them all.

Police have identified the man shot and killed by two police officers after they said he charged them with a knife in the picturesque Sonoma County town of Windsor on Saturday morning.

Healdsburg 15-year-old Colby Groom sometimes starts his talks to rapt audiences of 200, 600 or 1,000 people by declaring he's happy to be there.

Summer arrived two weeks early on the North Coast Saturday, shattering records in Cloverdale and Mendocino County and sending residents and visitors into shady spots in Sonoma County, where peak temperatures mostly fell short of the scorcher predicted.

In the heart of Wine Country, where harvest time produces pungent scents of fermenting grapes, the conversation these days is about another odor - that of skunk-like budding marijuana plants.

We're all pulling for the bear that's out enjoying the smorgasbord from west county garbage cans, gardens and compost piles, and that may have killed two goats in Monte Rio.

Paramedics and fire personnel load a stabbing victim onto a stretcher for transport to Memorial Hospital, Saturday June 8, 2013.

With the survival of the Healdsburg Animal Shelter in question, city officials and directors of the organization are discussing contingency plans for animal control services.

Continued high temperatures and low winds led air quality officials to declare a second straight "Spare the Air" day throughout the Bay Area for Saturday, warning that ozone levels, popularly known as smog, are at unhealthy levels.

The first and only one-way street in Healdsburg proved to be so unpopular that the City Council has decided to change it back to two-way.

Healdsburg wants to be seen as a bicycle-friendly community, but not to the extent of approving a law that makes it easier for cyclists to sue motorists who harass or assault them.