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First responders and law enforcement officers respond to a report of a fatal accident at a property off Skillman Lane in Petaluma Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Beth Schlanker / The Press Democrat)

Man arrested on suspicion of DUI, manslaughter after tractor hits, kills child near Petaluma

The Bobcat tractor was being operated in a field when a 3-year-old child ran into the area, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Santa Rosa California Highway Patrol Officers responded to a tree removal worker who was injured in Petaluma Thursday, April 3, 2025. (California Highway Patrol)

Tree removal worker hospitalized after live wire shock in Petaluma

Seawood Photo in San Rafael was robbed on the morning of March 31, 2025. Thieves rammed a vehicle into the store before stealing thousands of dollars of merchandise. (Courtesy of Seawood Photo)

Locally owned camera store among 2 hit this week in smash-and-grab burglaries

Villa Terra Rosa, a Mediterranean estate in west Petaluma built by Papa Murphy's Take N' Bake Pizza founder Terrence and Rose Collins, was sold on March 27, 2025 for $7 million. (Peter Lyons)

Petaluma estate of Papa Murphy’s Pizza founders sold after almost a year on the market

Four otters were found dead on the side of Old Adobe Road in Petaluma under unusual circumstances. (Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue)

‘Never seen anything like it’: Wildlife rescue seeks answers after 4 otters found dead on Petaluma road

Samantha Rose, left, and her mother, Susan Swartz, shown during a day at the beach. Rose will talk about her book “Giving Up the Ghost: A Daughter’s Memoir,” Sunday, April 6, 2025, at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol, in conversation with former Press Democrat columnist Chris Smith. (Samantha Rose)

Petaluma author to reflect on suicide, loss of mom Susan Swartz, in community talk

Elon Musk takes a chainsaw from Argentinian President Javier Milei at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, on Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo / Jose Luis Magana)

Community Matters: Presidential bedlam hits home

Petaluma police arrested a Martinez man on Saturday March 29, 2025, after he led Petaluma police officers on a brief chase. (Petaluma Police Department)

Officers arrest man on electric bike after chase

Kat McFee was hired as the new principal of Valley Vista Public Waldorf and will begin her new role in the 2025-26 school year. (Jason Sutter / Petaluma City Schools)

Newly merged Valley Vista Public Waldorf school gets new principal

PEP Housing, Acacia Lane Senior Apartments in Santa Rosa Friday March 28, 2025. (Chad Surmick / The Press Democrat)

Senior tenants say quality of services has declined after management changeover at Sonoma County housing nonprofit

PEP Housing CEO Jennifer Litwak at the Vigil Light Senior Apartments in Santa Rosa on Monday, March 17, 2025. (Christopher Chung / The Press Democrat)

‘Go or grow’: Why a Sonoma County housing nonprofit partnered in a huge LA development