Petaluma News

As a new trustee of the Sonoma County Board of Education, I had the privilege of attending a recent graduation ceremony at the Wells Fargo Center of 37 students who had been at high risk of not finishing high school.

Readers of Zymurgy , the American Homebrewer's Association's magazine, are clearly devoted enough to both order a print publication and read one solely about beer, so it's only right they be asked to rate the best beers in the country.

Cast your ballot in this contest for the ugliest little thing you've ever seen. Gather 'round: Online voting has commenced for the 25th Annual World's Ugliest Dog contest ! Of course, "online voting" doesn't mean jack.

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.

Just hours after a wind-driven grassfire destroyed several outbuildings and triggered evacuations of several rural neighborhoods near Petaluma, a request to add another day of fireworks sales next month died before the City Council.

A wind-swept fire burned about 19 acres of pastureland on the western outskirts of Petaluma on Monday, consuming several outbuildings but barely missing more than a dozen adjacent homes.

A fire that appears to have started in a barn on Thompson Lane at around 3:30 p.m. spread rapidly Monday afternoon in heavy winds that were gusting close to 30 miles per hour.

A wind-driven brush fire that has engulfed eight buildings and spread over 25 to 30 acres on rural property northwest of Petaluma has forced authorities to order evacuations in the area.

Strong winds brought down a tree on B Street between 10th and Spring streets early Monday afternoon.

When Gary "Zach" Zacharatos first returned to San Francisco after a four-year deployment during the Vietnam War in 1972, he didn't sleep well.

Two fresh-produce distributors in Marin and Sonoma counties have come together under one centralized roof in Petaluma, serendipitously providing a home for the People's Harvest occupational training business Buckelew Programs has been trying to launch for two years.

Less-than-lovely dogs will receive special recognition at this year's World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma.

June 16--Members of a Petaluma quartet get paid to play Mexican and southwestern dance music at festivals, gallery openings and restaurants across Sonoma County.

Lewis Sprague drove to the Sonoma Airport to fly his model airplane, then went to Round Table Pizza in Sonoma with his friends for lunch, police reported When he left he stated he was going to a hobby store in Rohnert Park or Petaluma to look at other model airplanes.

Petaluma City Council members will tackle a half-dozen potentially thorny issues at their meeting Monday night, including adding another day of fireworks sales in July.

"The danger of homelessness," says Mike Johnson, "is that it's so much about the loss of hope, dignity, respect and self-respect: that connection with your community, family and friends.

A Petaluma man who traveled to downtown San Jose on Wednesday believing he was going to have sex with a young girl and physically abuse her was arrested in a sting operation, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.

Editor's note: This article has changed from the print version to reflect an additional Planning Commission applicant whose information was released by city staff after the Argus-Courier went to press.

Work to convert Petaluma Boulevard South from a four-lane to a two-lane road, also known as the "road diet," reached near completion this week.

A multi-talented and award winning graphic artist, Timothy J. Sullivan may be best remembered for his antics as "Animal" during the Petaluma pothole crisis of 2002.