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Readers React: Few happy with new hotel design. Click the image for more info.
Readers React: Few happy with new hotel design
“Be careful what you wish for,” one council member opined.
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January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Readers React: Few happy with new hotel design. Click the image for more info.
‘American Idol’ alum David Luning to play Petaluma benefit concert. Click the image for more info.
‘American Idol’ alum David Luning to play Petaluma benefit concert
The local singer-songwriter will perform a solo acoustic set that will benefit the music program at Petaluma High School.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
‘American Idol’ alum David Luning to play Petaluma benefit concert. Click the image for more info.
Police: ‘Large quantity of cocaine’ found during arrest at Petaluma Livestock Auction Yard. Click the image for more info.
Police: ‘Large quantity of cocaine’ found during arrest at Petaluma Livestock Auction Yard
The amount of cocaine recovered could point to “large-scale drug trafficking,” police said.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Police: ‘Large quantity of cocaine’ found during arrest at Petaluma Livestock Auction Yard. Click the image for more info.
Trump administration escalates investigations into transgender athlete participation in California. Click the image for more info.
Trump administration escalates investigations into transgender athlete participation in California
The investigations — which target 18 school districts and colleges nationwide — widen the Trump administration’s drive to end the participation of transgender athletes in women’s and gi…
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January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Trump administration escalates investigations into transgender athlete participation in California. Click the image for more info.
Renovated rooms at Napa hotel, new cottages in Healdsburg, and Visit California’s CEO to retire. Click the image for more info.
Renovated rooms at Napa hotel, new cottages in Healdsburg, and Visit California’s CEO to retire
Hotel Yountville completes room renovations, Little Saint opens four cottages in Healdsburg, and Caroline Beteta to leave her post at Visit California.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Renovated rooms at Napa hotel, new cottages in Healdsburg, and Visit California’s CEO to retire. Click the image for more info.
Football: All-Star game at Casa Grande’s renovated stadium serves as seniors’ finale. Click the image for more info.
Football: All-Star game at Casa Grande’s renovated stadium serves as seniors’ finale
This weekend’s edition of the annual showcase gave some of the region’s best players a final chance to shine following their fall football campaigns.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Football: All-Star game at Casa Grande’s renovated stadium serves as seniors’ finale. Click the image for more info.
Can compostable bags go in the green bin? Here’s what North Bay waste haulers say. Click the image for more info.
Can compostable bags go in the green bin? Here’s what North Bay waste haulers say
A Sebastopol resident was surprised by a recent note left on his bin by the trash company.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Can compostable bags go in the green bin? Here’s what North Bay waste haulers say. Click the image for more info.
Basketball: Montgomery boys survive triple-overtime thriller against Santa Rosa. Click the image for more info.
Basketball: Montgomery boys survive triple-overtime thriller against Santa Rosa
Plus: More results in hoops from around the region.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Basketball: Montgomery boys survive triple-overtime thriller against Santa Rosa. Click the image for more info.
New hotel openings in 2025 climb in California, but limited in the North Bay. Click the image for more info.
New hotel openings in 2025 climb in California, but limited in the North Bay
Most of the hotel openings were in Southern California, rising 128% year over year, compared to 43% in Northern California, according to real estate brokerage Atlas Hospitality Group.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
New hotel openings in 2025 climb in California, but limited in the North Bay. Click the image for more info.
Contract negotiations at Wilmar school district head into mediation. Click the image for more info.
Contract negotiations at Wilmar school district head into mediation
“An agreement is possible,” says the superintendent of the small Petaluma-based district, which operates Wilson School on Bodega Avenue.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Contract negotiations at Wilmar school district head into mediation. Click the image for more info.
North Bay athletes of the week: Top performers in winter sports. Click the image for more info.
North Bay athletes of the week: Top performers in winter sports
Did you catch these standout performances?
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January 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
North Bay athletes of the week: Top performers in winter sports. Click the image for more info.
Two e-bike crashes by juveniles prompt warning from Petaluma police. Click the image for more info.
Two e-bike crashes by juveniles prompt warning from Petaluma police
“Parents are strongly urged to reconsider purchasing these vehicles for their children or to allow them to be ridden in public spaces,” police said.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Two e-bike crashes by juveniles prompt warning from Petaluma police. Click the image for more info.
Driver pleads no contest in Lakeville Highway collision that killed Sonoma woman. Click the image for more info.
Driver pleads no contest in Lakeville Highway collision that killed Sonoma woman
Samir Bhumbla was charged in a collision that killed Beverly Klevin on Feb. 1, 2024. Her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit months later and reached a $650,000 settlement with Petaluma this past…
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January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Driver pleads no contest in Lakeville Highway collision that killed Sonoma woman. Click the image for more info.
‘Woody Guthrie’s American Song’ chronicles struggles of everyday people. Click the image for more info.
‘Woody Guthrie’s American Song’ chronicles struggles of everyday people
Petaluma’s Mercury Theater brings music of social justice to the region’s vibrant theater scene.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
‘Woody Guthrie’s American Song’ chronicles struggles of everyday people. Click the image for more info.
Petaluma schools chief reveals planned budget cuts totaling $6 million. Click the image for more info.
Petaluma schools chief reveals planned budget cuts totaling $6 million
“These reductions are not optional, nor are they a result of poor local planning,” said Superintendent Matthew Harris.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Petaluma schools chief reveals planned budget cuts totaling $6 million. Click the image for more info.
GameStop to exit Santa Rosa Plaza. Click the image for more info.
GameStop to exit Santa Rosa Plaza
The store’s Jan. 15 exit comes as the company downsizes its brick-and-mortar footprint. GameStop is also shuttering its North Bay stores in Rohnert Park and Petaluma.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
GameStop to exit Santa Rosa Plaza. Click the image for more info.
Petaluma schools chief reveals planned budget cuts totaling $6 million. Click the image for more info.
Petaluma schools chief reveals planned budget cuts totaling $6 million
“These reductions are not optional, nor are they a result of poor local planning,” said Superintendent Matthew Harris.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Petaluma schools chief reveals planned budget cuts totaling $6 million. Click the image for more info.
Letters to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, Jan. 16, 2026. Click the image for more info.
Letters to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, Jan. 16, 2026
“Now we see the plans for a four-story version of the hotel that Petaluma Historical Advocates claim they are happy with — an ugly, modernist, almost prison-like structure that will ‘we…
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January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Letters to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, Jan. 16, 2026. Click the image for more info.
Wine's downturn ripples through to suppliers. Click the image for more info.
Wine's downturn ripples through to suppliers
As a structural correction in the wine industry enters its third year, the effects on North Coast equipment makers and other businesses that serve wineries and vineyards are accumulating.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Wine's downturn ripples through to suppliers. Click the image for more info.
Boys basketball: Justin-Siena shuts down Casa Grande in league showdown for early statement win. Click the image for more info.
Boys basketball: Justin-Siena shuts down Casa Grande in league showdown for early statement win
The Braves took down defending the league champions behind a stellar defensive effort.
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January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Boys basketball: Justin-Siena shuts down Casa Grande in league showdown for early statement win. Click the image for more info.
Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales wins national award for ‘above and beyond’ stewardship of the land. Click the image for more info.
Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales wins national award for ‘above and beyond’ stewardship of the land
Two decades after their bold leap into organic farming, Lisa and Loren Poncia win the “Super Bowl of regenerative agriculture.”
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January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales wins national award for ‘above and beyond’ stewardship of the land. Click the image for more info.
Boys soccer preview: Competition abounds in local leagues. Click the image for more info.
Boys soccer preview: Competition abounds in local leagues
Last winter, 15 teams from the region made the North Coast Section playoffs.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Boys soccer preview: Competition abounds in local leagues. Click the image for more info.
Turn crepe paper into faux eucalyptus branches at Petaluma farmstand. Click the image for more info.
Turn crepe paper into faux eucalyptus branches at Petaluma farmstand
Local farm offers full schedule of painting and crafting classes at historic Petaluma farmstead.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Turn crepe paper into faux eucalyptus branches at Petaluma farmstand. Click the image for more info.
Petaluma writers group issues call for submissions to new poetry book. Click the image for more info.
Petaluma writers group issues call for submissions to new poetry book
Upcoming poetry anthology to be titled “Ode to Petaluma.”
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January 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Petaluma writers group issues call for submissions to new poetry book. Click the image for more info.
ICE shooting prompts ‘ICE Out For Good’ protests in Santa Rosa, nationwide this weekend. Click the image for more info.
ICE shooting prompts ‘ICE Out For Good’ protests in Santa Rosa, nationwide this weekend
“ICE Out For Good” protests are planned nationwide over the weekend, including locally, in response to the fatal shooting by immigration officers of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
ICE shooting prompts ‘ICE Out For Good’ protests in Santa Rosa, nationwide this weekend. Click the image for more info.