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Healdsburg Adds Temporarily To Fewer Sonoma County Job Numbers

Amy's Kitchen accounts for 200 workers as closures and layoffs affect Sonoma and Napa counties.

HEALDSBURG, CA — In March, Amy’s Drive-Thru in Rohnert Park announced months ago that the company’s first-ever drive-thru restaurant would permanently close after its final day of service.

That was March 8. Now the numbers of jobs that were lost with the closing along with other layoffs in recent months have been tallied.

That was March 8. Now the numbers of jobs that were lost with the closing along with other layoffs in recent months have been tallied.

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Amy's closing affected 200 workers, the largest workforce impact across Sonoma and Napa counties since early September, according to data that state labor agencies publish to track employers’ notices of mass layoffs and workplace closures.

Amy's last site, at San Francisco International Airport, closed March 25, ending the chain’s restaurant operations. The parent company, Amy’s Kitchen, still operates a packaged-food business.

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The Madrona, a 24-room boutique hotel and restaurant in Healdsburg, lists a temporary closure affecting 77 workers, effective Jan. 3, 2027, according to WARN data. That is a planned pause for routine maintenance and staff break.

The eight-acre property centers on a mansion built in 1881 about a mile from Healdsburg's downtown. The Madrona Manor, part of the Mosaic Hotel Collection, received multiple Michelin Keys and, in 2023, Travel + Leisure named it one of the best hotels in the world.

Other layoffs in Sonoma County affect another 107 workers including 58 at CraftForce Services, and 49 at Queen City Staffing.

Raley’s lists permanent closing will affects 43 workers across two Sonoma County locations: 40 in Petaluma on Dec. 10 and three in Rohnert Park on Dec. 13.

Yerba Mate Co. reports two permanent layoffs, one in Petaluma and one in Santa Rosa, both dated Sept. 1.

In Napa, Renteria Vineyard Management lists a temporary layoff affecting 91 workers, dated Oct. 15.

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