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The city will seek $70 million in debt financing to replace its aging wastewater system – with a stated intention not to raise customers’ sewer rates. At its Monday night meeting, Petaluma City Council voted 6-0 to approve the issuance of these bonds to help fund “two long-planned essential
June 10, 2026
The Petaluma Police Department is a “true learning organization” that showed declines in calls for service, arrests, citations, and complaints in 2025 compared to prior years, an independent police auditor told Petaluma City Council Monday night. “The role of the [independent police auditor] here is to assess the accuracy, completeness,
June 10, 2026
Public bodies advise council on art, climate, airport, trees, and more
June 10, 2026
City staff need your help to name Petaluma’s longest path, running three and a half miles along the city’s eastern edge. This multi-use path paralleling the urban growth boundary – with suburbia and schools on one side and fields, cows, and an airport on the other – spans from
June 10, 2026
Students, parents, and educators are finding balance in Petaluma’s new Valley Vista Public Waldorf school, which formed last year from two existing schools with very different histories. With declining enrollment at the longtime Valley Vista Elementary School on North Webster Street and growth at Live Oak Charter School, a
June 05, 2026
A visiting delegation of Japanese scientists and a ginger farmer toured Petaluma’s Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility and adjacent Shollenberger Park on Monday, June 1, to learn more about the city’s wetlands and innovative water treatment system. The visit was organized by Masayuki Komatsu, a decorated Japanese researcher
June 05, 2026
Petaluma City Council will hold its next meeting on Monday, June 8. Here’s what’s on the agenda. The meeting begins with a closed session at 5 p.m. to confer on labor negotiations. After the closed session concludes, the regular meeting begins at 6 p.m. To start
June 05, 2026
The popular downtown thrift store will not reopen
June 03, 2026
Mayor Kevin McDonnell is seeking re-election in November, according to a campaign kick-off event announced on Facebook on May 30. His current term is set to end in December. “Serving Petaluma as our Mayor has been my highest honor,” McDonnell wrote in the post. “Working in every corner
June 03, 2026