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During an overlay walking tour led by Brian Oh (left), Petaluma’s community development director, a signature gatherer with a petition to rescind the Downtown Housing and Economic Overlay solicited the group on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Crissy Pascual/Petaluma Argus-Courier)

Signature-gathering and city-led tours as Petaluma controversy rages on

The downtown overlay “isn’t forcing anything to happen,” said city staffer Brian Oh. “The one in the driver’s seat is the property owner.”


Petaluma City Manager Peggy Flynn gestures at Council member Alex DeCarli after DeCarli yelled at fellow Council member Janice Cader Thompson at the end of a meeting on Monday, Aprill 21, 2025. (Jennifer Sawhney / Petaluma Argus-Courier)

New decorum policy sets rules of engagement for Petaluma meetings

Cardinal Newman pitcher Callie Howard won the battle, 8-1, against rival Windsor Tuesday, April 29, 2025 in Santa Rosa. (John Burgess / The Press Democrat)

Cardinal Newman, St. Vincent softball squads advance to playoff title games

Lisa and Chad Lichty worked with the city of Petaluma to add pickleball courts to the Fairgrounds. Photographed on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Crissy Pascual/Petaluma Argus-Courier)

‘The natural sport for me’: Nonprofit helps bring pickleball to Petaluma Fairgrounds

Eirinie Asks: How should we respond to the tragic death of beloved local Kyle Emerson?

Ross and Margaret Parkerson. (Courtesy of Janet Gracyk)

Ross Parkerson, longtime Petaluma leader and volunteer, dies at 93

Heat warning in effect Friday. Here’s how hot it will get in Sonoma, Napa counties

The 50th annual Westside Relays took place May 19-20, 2025, at Petaluma High School. (Michael Funk/For the Argus-Courier)

Photos: Petaluma schools’ Westside Relays celebrates 50 years

Julieta Gomez (left) and Rachael Karm show off strands of lab-grown bull kelp at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay. (Credit: Abbey Dias.)

Petaluma Nature Almanac: Ocean upwelling links kelp, wind and wine

Gary Grubb at his home in east Petaluma.  Behind him, on the mantle, are some of his wood-works. Photographed on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Crissy Pascual/Petaluma Argus-Courier)

‘Always have a Plan B,’ says Petaluma’s Gary Grubb

Ramona Brain bows her head at the grave of her husband, John Brain Sr., a U.S. Coast Guard veteran of World War II, following the 67th annual Sonoma Valley Memorial Day Observance at Sonoma Veterans Memorial Park in Sonoma, Monday, May 26, 2025. (Christopher Chung / The Press Democrat)

‘This is what America is about’: Gold star families honored at Sonoma Memorial Day ceremony

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