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Petaluma man's collection will be purchased for Santa Rosa museum.

Who says competition is a bad thing? Rivalry inspired some, well, inspired artwork. Beginning Oct. 24 on the Petaluma campus of Santa Rosa Junior College, cultural historian Bruce Elliott blends education with entertainment as he stages a weekly series of confrontations between history’s greatest painters, contrasting personal temperaments and artistic techniques -- think  Raphael vs. [...]

“I love zombies,” said Vicki DeArmon, marketing and events coordinator for Copperfield’s Books. To that end, for the past three years, she’s masterminded a Zombie Walk. It began in Sebastopol, but has grown to include Petaluma and Montgomery Village. On Oct. 26, all Petaluma zombies are invited to gather at 2 p.m. at Copperfield’s Books, [...]

Lindsey Ladd is sitting in the office of Yotaluma, the realization of husband Ryan’s long-held dream – to operate his own auto repair shop. “We lived on Edith Street,” she said, gesturing west, just a block away from the northwest corner of Wilson and East D streets where Yotaluma is located. “We walked and rode [...]

Here's a peek at what made news in Petaluma a century ago.

Upcoming this week: ghost stories with Petaluma Readers Theatre, a Toastmasters meeting, a musical benefit for Lily's Legacy, a late-night showing of The Rocky Horro9r Picture Show, Cinnabar opens La Cage aux Folles. And upcoming, a narrated cruise of the Petaluma River and the annual Historic Cemetery Tour.

The original roof on the 89-year-old Craftsman bungalow on Keller Street was tar and gravel and had been overlaid many times since 1924.

Touch the wall and honor those killed in the war between Oct. 9 and Oct. 13.

Here's a peek at what made news in Petaluma a century ago.

Coming in Petaluma this week: a Wonderbread 5-fueled YWCA fundraiser, a book discussion on "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," the Tolay Fall Festival, Petaluma's fifth international film festival, and a tribute to Edith Piaf.