There was a full house at the Petaluma City Hall chambers late into Monday night, as City Council members approved recommendations from city staff that will ultimately take property management control ...

On a Tuesday evening in 1970, my neighbor Kenny and I arrived at Petaluma’s State Theater to change the marquee. The movie house ran two feature films a week, changing them every Wednesday. While ...

The actor Beau Bridges was in town last week to shoot a movie — “A Christmas Mystery” with Petaluma filmmaker/producer Ali Afshar— but while on location he found himself inexplicably drawn to local ...

For the older Jack White fans, tickets to his suddenly announced Thursday night show at the Phoenix Theater in downtown Petaluma “sold out in 30 seconds,” according to theater manager Tom Gaffey. But ...

The news that world famous rocker Jack White would be coming to Petaluma’s humble Phoenix Theater this Thursday hit local fans like a ton of bricks. And the tickets, once available, came and went just ...

A divided Petaluma City Council voted Monday to move forward with San Francisco artist Brian Goggin’s controversial “A Fine Balance” bathtub sculpture – but only as a temporary installation that will ...

Sculptor Paul Terrell was preparing for a big show in Laguna Beach - 14 works in stone. Then the virus came along. With the show canceled and the Petaluma artist stuck in his studio every day, the ...

Copperfield’s in the heart of downtown Petaluma will be downsized and will eliminate its used books department by the end of September, the store has said. The changes also include cutting about 60% ...

Safeway is walking away from its embattled Petaluma gas station project after years of resident-led pushback, city officials and a Safeway representative have confirmed. The decision marks a victory ...

U.S. Coast Guard personnel and vehicles led the way this year as the North Bay’s largest Veterans Day celebration kicked off Monday afternoon in downtown Petaluma. Though it was not the first time ...

Combined size: 7.76 acres, 126,585 square feet, two 2-story buildings The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a step forward on a $32 million real estate deal cast as an essential part ...

That question – phrased just like that – was asked of me 23 years ago, way back in 2002, when I was 42 years old and the guy asking it was 56. That guy, by the way, was the late author-documentarian ...