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In 2024 the city of Petaluma took over the long-running Sonoma-Marin Fair. This year’s event will be the first-ever Petaluma Fair. (Crissy Pascual / Petaluma Argus-Courier)

Here’s what to expect at this year’s Petaluma Fair, opening Thursday

The first-ever fair to be run by the city of Petaluma includes a chance to dunk Sheriff Eddie Engram and City Council member Brian Barnacle.

Brigitte Bistro is Petaluma’s king of French cuisine

Holly Hunt of Cloverdale lost her son Robert to an accidental fentanyl poisoning in 2023. She has since started Locks for Loss, an awareness campaign that places locks on Pudding Creek Trestle to memorialize those who have died from fentanyl. (Holly Hunt)

12 deaths in 2 weeks prompt Sonoma County warning over possibly more toxic drugs

The Petaluma Leghorns hosted the second annual Hayden Klemenok Memorial Tournament from June 12-14 at the Petaluma City Sports Complex. (Michael Funk/For the Argus-Courier)

Photos: Petaluma Leghorns host 2nd annual Hayden Klemenok Memorial Tournament

Workers build new housing on N. McDowell Boulevard in Petaluma in September 2015. (Scott Manchester / Petaluma Argus-Courier)

Community Matters: For Petaluma housing, it’s either scarcity or abundance

Petaluma police Chief Brian Miller said his department will continue to uphold state law that prohibits immigration enforcement on behalf of the federal government. Photographed on Tuesday, June 11. 2024. (Crissy Pascual/Petaluma Argus-Courier)

Petaluma joins federal lawsuit challenging Trump on ‘sanctuary cities’

This image from Saturday, June 14, 2025, shows an encounter between a driver and participants in the "No Kings'" Day protest in Petaluma. Police are investigating a driver who drove through a busy crosswalk at Western Avenue and Petaluma Boulevard. (Released by Petaluma Police Departmen

Police: Driver involved in Petaluma ‘No Kings’ confrontation that went viral interviewed

Members of the Petaluma Holy Ghost Society carry a statue of St. Anthony during a procession from Petaluma High School to St. Vincent de Paul Church in Petaluma Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Beth Schlanker / The Press Democrat)

Petaluma parade returns, celebrating Portuguese heritage and community

Petaluma native Terran Swanson, left, with Indy 500 winner Alex Palou. Swanson is part of Palou's IndyCar pit crew. (Terran Swanson)

‘I can’t believe this is real’: Petaluma native part of Indy 500-winning pit crew

No Kings protesters jam the northbound lanes of Farmers Lane at the Highway 12 under the crossing at Hoen Avenue., Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Santa Rosa. Between 5,000 and 7,000 people participated in the march. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)

Here’s what happened during the massive North Bay ‘No Kings’ protests

Grant Elementary School in Petaluma. Photographed on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (CRISSY PASCUAL/ARGUS-COURIER STAFF)

Petaluma City Schools sued over failure to stop bullying of kindergartener