Alice Mayn has the “animal gene,” she said. She’s been caring for dogs most of her life. “My parents didn’t know one end of a dog from the other,” she joked, “but I’d bring home strays and they were okay with it. I have a heart for animals and people in need.” To that end, [...]
Many locals, if asked to name the center of Petaluma, might answer Walnut Park. “It’s the gateway to the city,” said Petaluma Rotary Club’s Rick Gorman. To that end, Rotary and six other local service clubs are working to make the park, now almost a century and a half old, a safer, better-looking spot. The [...]
The mid- 19th-century stagecoach stop has its place in local legends, and perhaps the most memorable ceiling in Sonoma County.
For 88 years, the imposing, eye-catching Sonoma County National Bank building has graced Petaluma’s most prominent corner, Washington Street at the Boulevard. It’s still a bank, but for the past five years its currency has been seeds instead of greenbacks.
A Purple Heart Ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 23, in Walnut Park, Fourth and D streets. Stories will be shared about local men who died in combat in the Korean and Vietnam wars and city and state representatives will be on hand to recognize this designation. All are welcome to attend, particularly veterans. [...]
Petaluma's Pacific Empire Chorus, part of Sweet Adelines International, took first place in the Pacific Shores Region 12 chorus contest held in Reno in late April. Eighteen choruses competed in the annual competition, with the chorus coming in first in the mid-size chorus division. The win sets up the possibility for members to compete in [...]
Phoebe Vernier Cáceres looks fondly at her chickens, “the girls,” as she lets them out of their wisteria-draped coop to peck and scratch. “They love snails,” she says. “Snails are like potato chips to chickens.” Although her parents grew up in the country, Vernier Cáceres spent much of her life in San Francisco. After raising [...]
