A fair to remember
75th anniversary will be celebrated with an exhibit of souvenirs, mementoes, photos, paintings and items from past fairs.
Grant for Cypress School
Petaluma’s Cypress School, which offers curriculum and learning for children with autism, special education and behavioral needs, received a grant from Petaluma Elks Lodge No. 901. Grant money was used to purchase a prefabricated garden utility structure for the school’s vegetable garden. Petaluma Elks members built the utility shed from foundation to paint job. [...]
Lily’s Legacy
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, [...]
Local Find: B Street Mercantile
Owners Jenny Paisley and Patti Looper reaching out to other local artists for unusual P-town souvenirs.
Walnut Park
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 [...]
Roadhouses: Washoe House covered in layers of history
The mid- 19th-century stagecoach stop has its place in local legends, and perhaps the most memorable ceiling in Sonoma County.
Iconic Spots: Petaluma Seed Bank
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.