petaluma news

• Helping hi-tech education

  By JOHN JACKSON, ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

  Friday February 3, 2012 4:46 pm

  

  Petaluma Educational Foundation grant provides Apple iPads to classroom.

• Petaluma woman faces jail time in ex-boyfriend's abduction

  By PAUL PAYNE, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Friday February 3, 2012 4:29 pm

  A 19-year-old woman faces possible jail time for trapping an ex-boyfriend in a friend’s SUV.

• Tackling safety for bikes and foot traffic

  By JAMIE HANSEN, ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

  Friday February 3, 2012 3:36 pm

  

  Police received a grant in part to address bicycle and pedestrian safety issues.

• Elderly residents bilked at mobile home park

  By COLLEEN RUSTAD, FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER

  Friday February 3, 2012 10:01 am

  

  The risks and perils of hiring an unlicensed contractor.

• Students, colleagues mourn Petaluma teacher

  By KEVIN McCALLUM, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Friday February 3, 2012 9:25 am

  

  A respected Petaluma High School teacher and tennis coach officially died Wednesday night.

• Petaluma police seek help finding wanted man

  Friday February 3, 2012 9:10 am

  

  Petaluma police are still looking for a man wanted on two outstanding, no-bail warrants.

• The obsession with thin

  By YOVANNA BIEBERICH, ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

  Friday February 3, 2012 9:59 am

  

  An unhealthy relationship between food, eating and body image can lead to eating disorders.

• Public to have input on next police chief

  By LORI A. CARTER, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Thursday February 2, 2012 5:10 pm

  

  Community will have input in the selection process of permanent chief, city manager says.

• Man rides away with $1600 bike

  By JAMIE HANSEN, ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

  Thursday February 2, 2012 5:04 pm

  

  A man posing as a customer stole a $1600 from Mike's Bikes in downtown Petaluma.

• Citizens engage in road repair issue

  By LOIS PEARLMAN, FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER

  Thursday February 2, 2012 1:55 pm

  

  Condition of county roads continues to deteriorate radically.

• State lawmakers' switch preserves school bus funding

  Thursday February 2, 2012 10:56 am

  Lawmakers have decided not to target school bus service in a midyear cut to education.

• Sonoma County Water Agency officials declare Russian River supply 'dry'

  By MARY CALLAHAN, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Thursday February 2, 2012 10:34 am

  Due to low rainfall, officials have changed the river's designation from 'normal' to 'dry.'

• Who is stealing the stone angels?

  By RAY HOLLEY, FOR THE ARGUS-COURIER

  Thursday February 2, 2012 9:37 am

  

  Beloved angel statue disappeared late last week.

• Friends, students honor ailing Petaluma teacher

  By LORI A. CARTER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Thursday February 2, 2012 6:20 pm

  

  Petaluma High School community trying to come to terms with fate of Sarah Wadsworth.

• Petaluma High teacher near death after stroke

  By KEVIN McCALLUM, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Wednesday February 1, 2012 3:00 am

  

  Teacher and coach suffered an aneurism that left her brain-dead while skiing at Squaw Valley.

• Lawson surges in fund-raising for North Coast congressional race

  By GUY KOVNER, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Wednesday February 1, 2012 3:00 am

  

  Three-term Assemblyman Jared Huffman and political newcomer Stacey Lawson are leading fund-raisers.

• Police looking for suspect in Gas Outlet theft

  Wednesday February 1, 2012 2:26 pm

  

  Surveillance cameras caught the image of a suspect wanted for gas station theft.

• Police on hunt for man with two warrants

  Wednesday February 1, 2012 11:04 am

  

  Police were hunting for a man with two no-bail warrants who fled on foot Wednesday morning.

• Sonoma County dissolves redevelopment agency

  Wednesday February 1, 2012 8:37 am

  The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday formally dissolved its redevelopment agency.

• SMART tells north Sonoma County train fans to keep the faith

  By CLARK MASON, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Wednesday February 1, 2012 8:25 am

  SMART slogan: “There is a train coming to town.”

• Tellabs closing former AFC facility in Petaluma

  By STEVE HART, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Tuesday January 31, 2012 1:39 pm

  Tellabs will close its network engineering center in Petaluma later this year.

• Exchange Bank reports $12.2 million annual profit

  By SAM SCOTT, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Tuesday January 31, 2012 12:30 pm

  Exchange Bank posted its second annual profit in a row Tuesday.

• SMART to speed up construction plans after repeal effort fails

  By BOB NORBERG, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Tuesday January 31, 2012 8:27 am

  SMART repeal effort officially fails to qualify for ballot.

• Limits on agriculture processing facilities, vacation rentals go before county supervisors

  By BRETT WILKISON, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Tuesday January 31, 2012 8:21 am

  County supervisors Tuesday are set to consider agricultural land use issues.

• Two Petaluma stores say goodbye

  Monday January 30, 2012 3:00 am

  

  Two favorite stores are submitting to the hard times and shuttering their windows.

• Petaluma man, 82, arrested in suspected DUI crash

  By RANDI ROSSMANN, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Monday January 30, 2012 3:00 am

  Driver arrested and hospitalized after a suspected drunken driving crash in east Petaluma.

• Ravitch getting good marks after first year

  By PAUL PAYNE, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Monday January 30, 2012 8:58 pm

  

  Most say D.A. has done well in her first 12 months as county's top law enforcement officer.

• Food production incubator considered for Petaluma

  JEFF QUACKENBUSH, BUSINESS JOURNAL STAFF REPORTER

  Monday January 30, 2012 2:09 pm

  

  One space that's being considered is Buckelew Programs' facility at 1297 Dynamic Way.

• SMART repeal effort officially fails to qualify for ballot

  By BOB NORBERG, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Monday January 30, 2012 12:50 pm

  RepealSMART organizers didn't gather enough signatures to force an election.

• Petaluma City Council to discuss labor contracts in closed session

  By LORI A. CARTER, THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

  Monday January 30, 2012 12:48 pm

  Petaluma City Council members will meet in closed session today to discuss labor contracts.