Matt Villano
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 6
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- Sep 24, 2026
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From ice rinks to moving vans: Santa Rosa native's new venture (opens the original)
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Considering how many times Michael Helgren has changed addresses during his life in show business, it’s no wonder the Santa Rosa native launched a business that helps people relocate. That business, MH Relocation, assists people with managing the litany of logistical issues they need to tackle when making a big move. In addition to this back-end support, Helgren offers clients coaching services designed to elicit meaningful perspectives on where they see themselves down the road. Perhaps the onl
This Santa Rosa skater has visited 50 countries. Now he’s using those travel secrets for a new business (opens the original)
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Considering how many times Michael Helgren has changed addresses during his life in show business, it’s no wonder the Santa Rosa native launched a business that helps people relocate. That business, MH Relocation, assists people with managing the litany of logistical issues they need to tackle when making a big move. In addition to this back-end support, Helgren offers clients coaching services designed to elicit meaningful perspectives on where they see themselves down the road. Perhaps the onl
Singer raises voice against gun violence with film, concert in Healdsburg (opens the original)
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As founder and lead singer of the Americana band Old Crow Medicine Show, Ketch Secor has spent nearly three decades spinning yarns about people doing extraordinary things. His most recent project is a totally different variation on the same theme. The project, a documentary film titled “Louder than Guns,” chronicles Secor’s recent tour across Middle America to bring strangers together for difficult conversations about gun violence. A shortened version of the film is the centerpiece of an eclecti
How a Petaluma family turned heartbreak into a joyful community festival (opens the original)
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Georgia Riley Pellkofer left an impression on people she met. She was bold and charismatic, a fan of live music and the kind of person who could brighten a room simply by walking into it. So when Pellkofer’s family decided to create an event in her memory, they knew it couldn’t be somber. It had to celebrate her spirit. That is the idea behind G Fest, which returns to downtown Petaluma for its second year Saturday, Sept. 19, with live music, food, auctions and speakers focused on epilepsy awaren
Take a hike with weekly North Bay ‘Go Wild’ group excursions (opens the original)
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Even though hiking is a solitary diversion, many hikers crave companionship. Enter Go Wild Hikers, which organizes group hikes in Sonoma, Marin, Napa, and Lake counties every weekend of the year. Executive director Zoli Somogyi of Santa Rosa plots and leads all the hikes himself, sharing his love of the great outdoors with up to 35 friends on any given trip, building community with every step. “It’s one thing to experience the beauty of Sonoma and Marin counties on your own, but to experience it
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