Signs of horse-and-buggy days remain
We’re going to explore the last local remnants of the horse-drawn era, a time of livery stables and farriers, horseshoers and ostlers. A time of hitching posts and carriage blocks.
Dezi Gallegos takes show to SF
Petaluma actor's 'God Fights the Plague' is sold out at the Marsh Theater.
Up and away in a flying trike
Michael Globensky has been flying hang-gliders and small motorized craft for 40 years
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Petaluma antique dealer scores a unique collection of taxidermied zoo animals from an Alabama collector.
Old toys bring new joys at Past Perfect
'What we love is making it play again, bringing back the noise and the fun,' said owner Don Orlandi.
The Week in Petaluma, Dec. 29-Jan. 5
The Sons of Italy’s annual New Year's Eve Dinner Dance starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 at the Petaluma Community Center, 320 N. McDowell Blvd. The evening features no-host cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a prime rib and tortellini dinner and dancing to Showcase with a continental breakfast at midnight. Cost is $60, and tickets [...]
Roadhouses: Petaluma’s Willowbrook Ale House
Sonoma County is riddled with roadhouses that provided life's necessities to road weary travelers who arrived by stage coach. They were located about a day's ride apart, and many still stand, hidden in plain sight.
Talk to Chuck
Penngrove's Chuck Lucas and a group of 80 local historians got together at Volpi's to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition.
The Week in Petaluma, Dec. 22-29
A community healing festival, Christmas candlelight service, kids' gymnastics winter camp and a last chance to catch the museum's holiday exhibit.
A-B-C-Doing what they love
Ron Bausman and Art Wagner have tried to retire three times. Luckily for Alphabet Soup, the Petaluma Educational Foundation’s thrift store, kicking back and taking it easy doesn’t seem to be on the counter. The couple, both 66, have worked more than 50 years in the field of department store display and design. Eleven years [...]