Petaluma
Petaluma’s Housing Crunch – 6 pm Community Meeting Tonight at the Petaluma Library
Petaluma
Agriculture, Petaluma, Sociopolitical Movements, Sonoma County
Sonoma County Chicken Farmer Joe Rapoport on the War & Revolution That Led Him to Petaluma
This is another post in the Raucous Rooster’s series on war and revolution in the early 20th century, and how the extremely consequential events of 1914 – 1918 helped shape the world we live in today. The excerpt below is from Kenneth Kann’s oral history of the life of labor organizer and radical Sonoma County…
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Food Movement, Petaluma, Seed
The Seed Bank to Leave Sonoma County National Bank Building
After a ten-year run in the iconic Sonoma County National Bank building at the corner of Petaluma Boulevard North and Washington Street, the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed folks will soon be moving their Seed Bank retail business across the street a block away, to the Fraley building at 110 Petaluma Boulevard N. In an audacious…
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Petaluma
Rejoice: Water Board Rejects Dutra Application
Just in case you hadn’t heard the good news – the Water Board has rather emphatically denied Dutra’s Alternatives Analysis.
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Benefit, Petaluma
All Petaluma Pie Co. Proceeds on Sunday, November 5 Benefit the UndocuFund for Fire Relief
Special thanks to Lina and Angelo for supporting the UndocuFund tomorrow! All day long, your purchase at the Petaluma Pie Co. will benefit the UndocuFund. After your pie, head over to the Aces over Eights tattoo parlor and you’ll be benefiting the UndocuFund as well. For more information about the UndocuFund, visit their website. Here’s…
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Activism, Petaluma
No Dutra Asphalt Plant – Your Letters to Water Quality Control Board Needed Now
Joan Cooper and David Keller of the Friends of Shollenberger Park have just shared this urgent call to action. Please take a moment to contact the officials below with your concerns over the possible construction of a pollution-spewing asphalt plant at the gateway to Petaluma and the North Bay. The people of Petaluma don’t want…
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Food System Advocates, Petaluma, Public Event
Petaluma Bounty Hosting a Harvest Celebration – Sunday, October 22, 1 – 3 pm
The Petaluma Bounty farm has been busy busy busy functioning as a local food hub of late, with staff and a whole bunch of volunteers harvesting produce, collecting food donations from other farmers in the area and distributing it to those who can use it, on top of the farm’s many other activities. They seem…
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Media, Petaluma
What Does a Compassionate Community Approach to Crisis Recovery Look Like? Petaluma ER on KPCA
Petaluma residents Ralph Scott & Kendra Murray – both of the Petaluma Radio Players – plus PCA’s John Bertucci, Rob Tomaszewski, Dennis Murphy and a host of volunteers and producers too numerous for the disorganized likes of me to list have put together a remarkable show debuting on Petaluma’s new community radio station, KPCA, Sunday,…
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Activism, Petaluma
Petaluma on the March in Support of Its Immigrant Community
Hundreds of people from Petaluma and beyond turned out for a march and a vigil in support of its immigrant community last weekend, days after President Donald Trump announced the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. These images come from Saturday’s We Love Our Neighbors – Petaluma Support Dreamers, Support DACA…
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Food System Advocates, Media, Petaluma
Building Community Food Security and Recognizing the Value of Food – Petaluma Bounty’s Suzi Grady, Interviewed for Delicious Revolution
“Over 90% of farmworkers here in Sonoma County are food insecure. That’s a staggering statistic that demonstrates that our food system is not working, right? The people who are pouring their sweat into it are not able to maintain a healthy lifestyle.” – Suzi Grady, Program Director, Petaluma Bounty I was first inspired by Petaluma…
