Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Veteran fitness and dance pro Jan Blalock hired as Healdsburg health club's group exercise and fitness director.
After a wide search, Parkpoint Health Club in Healdsburg has hired a popular Santa Rosa fitness and Zumba instructor as its new full-time group exercise and fitness director. Jan Blalock, who teaches Zumba two nights per week at the Santa Rosa Parkpoint Health Club, and Zumba, toning and strength classes at the private Montecito Heights Health Club in Santa Rosa on weekday mornings, started in the Healdsburg job April 3. She is continuing to teach 12 classes per week, while also working full time to strengthen the group fitness program at Parkpoint Healdsburg. Zumba is a choreographed dance fitness class that focuses on Latin rhythms and songs. "If you're in the fitness world, you always tend to work one and a half jobs," says Blalock, …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Game runs from Friday to Saturday due to lighting malfunction at Recreation Park.
Parade is Thursday, May 24.
Healdsburg Police issued an alert Tuesday to what they called "challenges associated with the annual Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair and Parade." "This community celebration occurs over the Memorial Day weekend," said Healdsburg Police Lt. Kevin Young in a statement. "Festivities start with a parade through the downtown area on Thursday May 24 starting at 6 p.m. "The associated street closures begin at 5:30 p.m.," he added. "Vehicle access into the downtown area will be restricted for a minimum of two hours." Young encouraged drivers to select alternate routes to avoid the parade activity. After the parade, the Healdsburg Future Farmers Country Fair continues through Sunday at Recreation Park. This year's theme is "Cowboy Boots …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Second stage starts in San Francisco.
Cyclist Peter Sagan is in the lead as the Amgen Tour of California moves to San Francisco today for its second stage. The Slovakian-born Sagan, riding for the team Liquigas-Cannondale, finished first in the annual race's first stage in Sonoma County on Sunday with a time of 4 hours, 42 minutes and 25 seconds. The 119.6-mile stage began and ended in Santa Rosa and traveled through the hills of western Sonoma County. The 117.1-mile second stage will begin at San Francisco's Marina Green at 11 a.m. and travel south on state Highway 1 through San Mateo County and ending in Aptos in Santa Cruz County, according to race organizers. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said the race would serve as a showcase for the city's hills and waterfront. "San …
More than 400 racers, 700 total attendees at Great Russian River Race.
An amazing 407 canoe, kayak and stand-up paddleboard racers took to the river Saturday for the Second Annual Great Russian River Race. "That's about 70 percent more than last year, when we had 251 racers," said Russian Riverkeeper Don McEnhill, one of the organizers. "We had 35 sign up first thing this morning." McEnhill said a buzz spread in the paddling community after the inaugural event last year. "What this race is really about is building community around the Russian River," said race director Tony Hansen. "This is a world-class river; it's one of the best to paddle in the world." Hansen said he was thrilled with the day's success. "Beautiful river, beautiful day -- and rave reviews from our sponsors," Hansen said. At least 70 …
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Tens of thousands cheer cyclists in Sonoma County.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Readers Choices for staycations, places to take visitors.
Healdsburg-area parks, trails and public places like Healdsburg Plaza won out in this week's Readers Choice contest for "Best Healdsburg Destination Spots." There were so many great comments and ideas in our story that it was impossible to pick just one suggestion. In addition to Healdsburg Plaza, readers recommended Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach (with special trail access directions), Armstrong Woods, Foothill Regional Park, Healdsburg Ridge and Riverfront Regional Park. Of course there were suggestions for food and dining, as well as a number of votes for the Healdsburg Farmers' Market. Click here to see the original story with all the suggestions and votes. We're getting out our hiking shoes and hitting the trails with this great…
Enjoy your Mother's Day weekend at the river, the park or Healdsburg eateries...
There are so many things going on this weekend in Healdsburg, we probably need a separate website just to list them. Here are a few ideas. Many more are included at our Healdsburg Patch Calendar of Events. SATURDAY H-Town Youth Theater presents "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" at 7 p.m. at the Raven Performing Arts Theater. Great Russian River Race, Healdsburg Veterans Memorial Beach, racing starts at about 10:30 a.m. ($70 to register) followed by a free race after party with three bands and awards. Second Saturdays Artwalk, Healdsburg Galleries Group, art, food and wine at 22 galleries downtown. Stroll around and enjoy! Surf and Turf and Silent Auction, Healdsburg Firefighters Association fundraiser at Healdsburg Fire Department Station…
Major cycling event starts in Santa Rosa.
Cities and residents across five Bay Area counties -- including Sonoma County -- are gearing up for one of the largest cycling races in America to make its way through their hometowns. Professional cyclists from across the world will kick off this year's Amgen Tour of California in the Bay Area, starting in Santa Rosa on May 13 and heading through San Francisco, the Peninsula, Santa Cruz County, San Jose, Danville and Walnut Creek before crossing the Stage 3 finish line in Livermore on May 15. Of the nearly hundred cities statewide that applied to host a portion of the eight-stage race this year, Bay Area cites were chosen as the backdrop for more than a third of the event, according to race organizers. Although this year's Tour-de-…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
For this week's Readers' Choice contest, we ask for your favorite locations you'd either show off to out-of-town visitors or check out on your own during a staycation.
Switch to make-believe mode here for a minute and picture yourself in Healdsburg as a visitor from a far-off land ... like, say, Nebraska. If you knew nothing about this place and relied on a Internet searches or travel brochures, which places would be worth seeing while on a visit here? If you were hosting someone from out of town, which places in Healdsburg would you show to those visitors? If you were saving cash and doing a staycation, what places would you check out — possibly for the first time ever? Here are the nominees for this week's Reader's Choice Award for visitor destinations. As always, if we've missed something, please tell us in the comments and we'll add it ASAP. Voting ends at 9 a.m. Friday. Healdsburg Museum & …
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