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Developer of disputed downtown Petaluma hotel is bowing out, raising questions over what's next (opens the original)
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After more than four years of effort by a developer and city leaders to usher in a new luxury hotel on an empty lot in downtown Petaluma, city officials say the developer has now walked away from the deal. Orange County-based EKN Development informed the city earlier this month it would not go forward with its approved plans for a four-story hotel in the long-empty lot at the corner of B Street and Petaluma Boulevard South. That proposal was downsized from an original, more controversial bluepri
‘No Kings’ rally returns to downtown Petaluma (opens the original)
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The previous three No Kings rallies in Petaluma have been lively but peaceful events, with thousands of locals waving signs, chanting and marching in protest of the current president and the actions of his administration. Now organizers are hoping to replicate that again, with a fourth protest slated for mid-October. “We will be marching again in Petaluma at noon on Saturday, Oct. 17 from Walnut Park as we have before,” said an organizer with Petaluma Indivisible, the local chapter of the nation
Petaluma's Día de los Muertos celebration brings beloved Mesoamerican tradition to 'people from around the whole world' (opens the original)
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Día de los Muertos has roots that stretch back millennia in what is now Mexico and Central America, incorporating Indigenous traditions and post-colonial religious rites that are carried forward today by millions of people across the Spanish-speaking world. Locally, the poignant and joyous celebration has honored those origins while spilling out of the church and into the streets, with no greater gathering in the North Bay than downtown Petaluma. “People from around the world,” of all faiths and
Police: Stabbing suspect arrested after standoff with Petaluma SWAT team (opens the original)
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A Penngrove man wanted in connection with a July assault in Petaluma was arrested at his home following a several-hour standoff with SWAT team officers, the Petaluma Police Department announced this week. The standoff and arrest, which happened Sept. 7, was the culmination of a weeks-long investigation following a stabbing in Petaluma that occurred a little before noon on Friday, July 24. That’s when authorities received a 911 call “regarding a fight in progress on the 100 block of Eastside Circ
Brief outage for 20,000 Petaluma customers expected Wednesday evening as PG&E switches power sources (opens the original)
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A power outage Wednesday morning affecting several thousand Petaluma residents was mostly resolved by that afternoon, although a brief outage for about 20,000 customers was still planned for Wednesday evening, a PG&E spokesperson said. The outage, caused by “an equipment issue on a PG&E transmission line,” first occurred at around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 and affected about 3,500 Petaluma customers, according to PG&E’s Megan McFarland. “PG&E troubleworkers immediately reported to the scene”
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