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Petaluma community members pose in front of the site of the future Hotel Petaluma in the early 1920s. Current downtown business owners are asking why so many of today’s residents seem to have abandoned the city’s bold spirit of growth and evolution. (Archival image)

Commentary: Opponents of new Petaluma hotel forget city’s once-bold spirit

“A boutique hotel of architectural quality and economic promise is not a threat to our heritage – it’s an investment in it,” write downtown Petaluma business owners.


Detroit Tigers' Spencer Torkelson hits a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)

Despite a smashing season, Petaluma’s Spencer Torkelson ‘snubbed’ from All-Stars

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Petaluma accepts $3.4 million in grants for airport rehab, development plans

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Art & Garden Festival returns to downtown Petaluma

A sign in front of the B Street parking lot in downtown Santa Rosa announcing notice of a neighborhood meeting for the Mendocino District project proposed by Cornerstone Communities at B Street and Mendocino Avenue. (Press Democrat Staff)

Santa Rosa could spike downtown land deal with Petaluma-based real estate company

A former Rohnert Park officer testified in U.S District Court in San Francisco that he and a colleague posed as federal agents to stop drivers and steal cannabis and cash. (Colin Atagi / The Press Democrat)

‘He hates me’: Ex-Rohnert Park sergeant breaks silence on fake traffic stops, stolen cannabis and cash

A subadult sea lion rescued Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Petaluma Village Premium Outlets was taken to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. As of July 7 she was energetic and "eating well on sustainably caught herring," according to a center spokesperson. (The Marine Mammal Center)

Sea lion surprises shoppers at Petaluma outlet mall

Melissa Pitkin has been named as the new CEO of Point Blue Conservation Science. (Courtesy of Lishka Arata)

Point Blue Conservation Science announces new CEO

Starbread bakery is coming to Petaluma. (Courtesy of Starbread)

Vallejo-based Starbread bakery coming to Petaluma

Elece Hempel recently stepped down as executive director of Petaluma People Services Center. Photographed on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. (Crissy Pascual / Petaluma Argus-Courier)

Elece Hempel steps down from Petaluma People Services Center

Providence health care workers, with members of the North Bay Labor Council, strike outside Hospice of Petaluma in Petaluma Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Beth Schlanker / The Press Democrat)

Providence hospice workers strike as contract talks bog down amid for-profit proposal

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