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City in California, United States

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Petaluma, California
Urban center
Clockwise: St. Vincent de Paul Church; Petaluma Historic Commercial District; U.S. Post Office; Petaluma Public Library; Rancho Petaluma
Etymology: Coast Miwok village of Péta Lúuma
Location in Sonoma County and the state of California
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Coordinates: 38°14′45″Northward 122°37′53″W  /  38.24583°N 122.63139°Due west  / 38.24583; -122.63139 Coordinates: 38°fourteen′45″N 122°37′53″W  /  38.24583°N 122.63139°W  / 38.24583; -122.63139
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sonoma
Incorporated	April 12, 1858[1]
Regime
• Type	Council–manager
• Mayor	Teresa Barrett[2]
• Vice Mayor	Dennis Pocekay[three]
• City Manager	Peggy Flynn[4]
Area [5]
• Total	fourteen.52 sq mi (37.61 km2)
• State	14.41 sq mi (37.34 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.28 kmtwo)  0.74%
Top [6]	30 ft (nine one thousand)
Population (2020)[seven]
• Total	59,776
• Density	4,100/sq mi (one,600/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP Codes	94952–94954
Area code	707
FIPS code	06-56784
GNIS feature IDs	277575, 2411407
Website	cityofpetaluma.net

Petaluma (Miwok: Péta Lúuma)^{[8] [9]} is a urban center in Sonoma County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 according to the 2020 Census.^[seven]

Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village named Péta Lúuma (Declension Miwok for "backside of the hill"), that was located on the banks of the Petaluma River. The modernistic city originates in Rancho Petaluma, granted in 1834 to famed Californio statesman Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, considered to be the founder of Petaluma.^{[x] [11]} Today, Petaluma is known for its well-preserved historic center and as a local hub for the Petaluma Valley region of Sonoma Canton.^[12]

History [edit]

The Declension Miwok resided throughout Marin and southern Sonoma County. The village of Péta Lúuma was east of the Petaluma River, with a number of other Coast Miwok villages nearby: Wotoki was immediately to the south of Péta Lúuma , on the reverse side of the river; Etem, Likatiut, and Tuchayalin were near today'south downtown; and Tulme and Susuli were just due north of today'southward city limits.^[xiii]

B.F. Cox Limited Stable in Petaluma (c. 1881–1890)

The Petaluma area was part of a 66,000-acre (270 km²) 1834 Mexican land grant by Governor Jose Figueroa to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo called Rancho Petaluma. In 1836, Vallejo ordered structure of his Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a ranch business firm in Petaluma, which his family often used as a summer domicile, while he resided in the neighboring town of Sonoma. Vallejo's influence and Mexican control in the region began to decline after Vallejo's abort during the Bear Flag Defection in 1846.

Pioneers moved to Petaluma from the eastern U.s. after James Marshall found gold in the Sierra Nevada in 1848. The boondocks's position on the Petaluma River in the heart of productive farmland was critical to its growth during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Sailing scows, such as the scow schooner Alma (1892), and steamers plied the river between Petaluma and San Francisco, carrying agronomical produce and raw materials to the burgeoning metropolis of San Francisco during the California Gold Rush.

There were brothels downtown along Petaluma Boulevard,^[14] which used to be the chief thoroughfare until U.Southward. Highway 101 was synthetic in the 1950s. The Petaluma Historic Commercial District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Sonoma Canton Bank Building was the dwelling of the Bakery Creek Heirloom Seed Company and the Petaluma Seed Bank until 2019.^[15] It was congenital in 1926.^[16]

Petaluma before long became known for its grain milling and chicken processing industries, which go along to the present as a smaller fraction of its commerce. At one time, Petaluma was known as the "Egg Capital of the World," sparking such nicknames every bit "Chickaluma".^[17] Petaluma hosted the merely known poultry drugstore and is the place where the egg incubator was invented past Lyman Byce in 1879.

Ane of the largest historic chicken processing plants notwithstanding stands in the cardinal area of town; this 1930s brick building is no longer used for the chicken manufacture, simply is beingness evaluated for preservation and alter of utilise. Even though information technology is no longer known as the Egg Capital of the World, Petaluma maintains a strong agronomical base today with dairy farms, olive groves, vineyards, and drupe and vegetable farms.

According to the Army Museum at the Presidio, San Francisco, Petaluma was relatively unharmed during the San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, due to significant stable bedrock underlying the region.^[eighteen] As one of the few communities in the region left standing subsequently the convulsion, Petaluma was the staging signal for virtually Sonoma County rescue and relief efforts.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Petaluma is today the location of many distinguished, well-preserved pre-1906 buildings and Victorian homes on the western side of the river.^[18] The downtown surface area has suffered many river floods over the years^{[ citation needed ]} and during the Low commerce declined. A lack of funds prevented the demolition of the former homes and buildings.^{[ commendation needed ]} In the 1960s there was a counter-civilisation migration out of San Francisco into Marin County and southern Sonoma County, looking for cheap housing in a less urban environment. The old Victorian, Queen Anne and Eastlake manner houses were restored. Celebrated iron-front buildings in the downtown commercial district were also rescued. Traffic and new abode development for the most part was rerouted to the e of downtown by the construction of the 101 expressway.^{[ citation needed ]} The downtown Petaluma Historic Commercial District is on the National Annals of Historic Places.

The starting time official airmail flying took place in 1911, when Fred Wiseman carried a handful of mail from Petaluma to Santa Rosa, including letters from Petaluma postmaster John E. Olmstead and the mayor of Petaluma. Wiseman's plane concluded up in the National Air and Space Museum.^[nineteen]

There was a substantial influx of Jewish residents to the area in the first three decades of the 20th century. Near of the settlers were secular Eastern European Jews; they founded today's B'nai State of israel Jewish Center equally a secular Jewish customs center with no rabbi and merely a small-scale area for prayer. The customs became active in the poultry industry, and some settlers joined the local labor movement and participated in leftist political organizing, leading to significant conflicts between integrationists who aimed to quietly integrate into Petaluma social club and socialists who hoped to change it.^[xx]

With its big stock of historic buildings, Petaluma has been used equally the filming location for numerous movies fix in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s (see list of movies below). The celebrated McNear Building is a common picture location.

Petaluma pioneered the time-controlled approach to evolution. After Highway 101 was re-aligned as a freeway in 1955, residential evolution permits tripled, from 300 in 1969 to 900 in 1971. Because of the region's soaring population in the sixties, the urban center enacted the "Petaluma Plan" in 1971. This programme limited the number of edifice permits to 500 annually for a 5-yr period commencement in 1972.^[21] At the same time Petaluma created a redbelt around the town as a boundary for urban expansion for a stated number of years. Similar to Ramapo, New York, a Residential Development Command System was created to distribute the building permits based on a point organisation conforming to the urban center's general plan to provide for low and moderate income housing and divide development somewhat equally between east and due west and unmarried family and multi-family housing.

The stated objectives of Petaluma's time controlled growth direction were to ensure orderly growth; to protect the urban center's small town character and surrounding dark-green space; to provide a variety of housing choices; and to maintain acceptable water supply and sewage treatment facilities.

The controlled development plan attracted national attention in 1975 when the metropolis was taken to court by the Structure Industry Clan. The city's brake was upheld by the ninth Excursion Courtroom in 1975 and the Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari in 1976. This court ruling nonetheless forms the foundation for most local growth direction ordinances in California.^{[ citation needed ]}

Despite this history of planned development, the Petaluma Urban center Council voted on April 13, 2009, to eliminate the unabridged planning section and lay off the whole planning staff.^[22] Planning Division responsibilities were subsequently contracted out to the consulting firm Metropolitan Planning Group, which re-hired some of the onetime planning staff and continues to operate planning services for the city.

In the late 1990s, Petaluma was likewise known as Telecom Valley due to the telecom startup companies that seemed to multiply from one another, and offer peachy riches for early stockholders and employees. Two success stories were that of Advanced Fibre Communications (AFC) (at present Tellabs), and Cerent, which was purchased by Cisco. Some Cerent employees went on to purchase the Phoenix Theater, a local entertainment venue, which was one time an opera house.

The City has identified virtually two dozen buildings and districts as Petaluma landmarks.^[23]

Geography [edit]

Petaluma has a total area of 14.5 sq mi (37.6 km²). 14.4 sq mi (37.iii kmⁱⁱ) of that is land and the remaining 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²) is water. Water is 0.74% of the total expanse.

It is 32 miles (51 km) north of San Francisco.^[24]

Petaluma is flanked past the unincorporated communities of Penngrove to the north and Lakeville to the south.

Petaluma is situated at the northernmost navigable end of the Petaluma River, a tidal estuary that snakes southward to San Pablo Bay. Pollution levels in the river, once considerable, take improved in recent years. A significant amount of the city is in the river's flood plain, which overflows its banks every few years, particularly in the Payran neighborhood.^[12]

Principal environmental noise sources are U.South. Route 101, Petaluma Boulevard, Washington Street and other major arteries. The number of residents that live in a zone of dissonance exposure greater than 60 CNEL is approximately iv,000.^[12]

Climate [edit]

Petaluma has a balmy Mediterranean climate. Its dry out summertime is characterized by typically warm days and cool nights with a large degree of diurnal temperature variation. Summer mornings oftentimes first out foggy and chilly, just the fog usually clears by midday or so, giving way to articulate skies and warmth for the residue of the day. August is usually the warmest calendar month, with average daily temperatures ranging from 82 °F (28 °C) to 53 °F (12 °C). December is usually the coldest month, with average daily temperatures ranging from 57 °F (14 °C) to 39 °F (four °C). Wintertime is cool and rainy, with frost occasionally occurring on clear nights.

Weather Surreptitious's reporting station in Petaluma had a tape high temperature of 111 °F (44 °C) on September vi, 2020. The record depression temperature of 16 °F (−nine °C) was recorded on November xiv, 1916, and December fourteen, 1932. The wettest year was 1998 with 45.93 inches (1,167 mm) and the driest twelvemonth was 1976 with 8.29 inches (211 mm). The wettest month was February 1998 with nineteen.59 inches (498 mm). The virtually atmospheric precipitation in 24 hours was 4.29 inches (109 mm) on December 27, 2004. Although snow is rare in Petaluma, 1.5 inches (38 mm) roughshod in January 1916, also as near 3 inches (76 mm) in January 2002.^[25]

Climate data for Petaluma, CA (1981–2010 normals)
Calendar month	Jan	February	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	October	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °F (°C)	56.9 (13.eight)	61.3 (16.3)	64.3 (17.9)	67.eight (19.9)	72.2 (22.3)	78.i (25.6)	81.8 (27.7)	81.7 (27.half dozen)	81.4 (27.4)	75.8 (24.3)	65.4 (xviii.6)	57.half dozen (14.2)	70.four (21.3)
Average low °F (°C)	37.half dozen (3.1)	40.ii (4.6)	41.5 (five.3)	43.3 (6.three)	46.iv (8.0)	49.8 (9.9)	51.three (10.seven)	51.5 (x.viii)	50.6 (10.iii)	47.0 (8.iii)	41.3 (v.2)	38.i (three.4)	44.9 (7.2)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	five.33 (135)	iv.57 (116)	3.25 (83)	1.58 (forty)	.63 (xvi)	.20 (five.1)	.02 (0.51)	.06 (one.v)	.24 (half-dozen.i)	ane.28 (33)	2.96 (75)	4.78 (121)	24.89 (632)
Source: [26]

Demographics [edit]

Historical population
Demography	Popular.		%±
1880	3,326		—
1890	3,692		11.0%
1900	3,871		iv.8%
1910	5,880		51.9%
1920	half dozen,226		5.ix%
1930	8,245		32.4%
1940	8,034		−2.six%
1950	ten,315		28.4%
1960	14,035		36.1%
1970	24,870		77.2%
1980	33,834		36.0%
1990	43,184		27.half-dozen%
2000	54,548		26.3%
2010	57,941		6.2%
2020	59,776		3.2%
U.S. Decennial Demography[27]

2010 [edit]

Looking north forth the Petaluma River from downtown wooden pedestrian bridge

The 2010 Usa Census^[28] reported that Petaluma had a population of 57,941. The population density was iii,998.9 people per square mile (1,544.0/km²). The racial makeup of Petaluma was 46,566 (80.iv%) White, 801 (one.4%) African American, 353 (0.half-dozen%) Native American, two,607 (iv.v%) Asian (i.3% Chinese, 0.ix% Filipino, 0.8% Asian Indian, 0.4% Japanese, 0.three% Vietnamese, 0.2% Korean, 0.ane% Pakistani, 0.1% Laotian, 0.one% Thai), 129 (0.2%), Pacific Islander, 5,103 (viii.8%) from other races, and 2,382 (four.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of whatever race were 12,453 persons (21.5%). The Latino ethnic groups are Mexicans (16.ii%), Salvadorans (1.two%), Guatemalans (0.half dozen%), Nicaraguans (0.three%), Peruvians (0.iii%), and Puerto Ricans (0.iii%).

The Demography reported that 57,217 people (98.8% of the population) lived in households, 361 (0.6%) lived in not-institutionalized grouping quarters, and 363 (0.vi%) were institutionalized.

In that location were 21,737 households, out of which 7,541 (34.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 11,392 (52.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,257 (10.iv%) had a female person householder with no husband present, 1,052 (4.8%) had a male householder with no married woman nowadays. There were 1,319 (6.1%) single opposite-sex partnerships, and 207 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 5,372 households (24.seven%) were fabricated upwards of individuals, and 2,366 (10.9%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63. At that place were 14,701 families (67.6% of all households); the boilerplate family size was iii.xiv.

The population was spread out, with xiii,455 people (23.two%) under the age of 18, iv,589 people (seven.9%) aged xviii to 24, fifteen,041 people (26.0%) aged 25 to 44, 17,273 people (29.eight%) aged 45 to 64, and seven,583 people (xiii.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median historic period was 40.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, in that location were 93.8 males.

In that location were 22,736 housing units at an average density of ane,569.ii per square mile (605.9/km²), of which 14,159 (65.1%) were possessor-occupied, and vii,578 (34.9%) were occupied past renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was ane.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.viii%. 37,389 people (64.5% of the population) lived in possessor-occupied housing units and xix,828 people (34.2%) lived in rental housing units.

2000 [edit]

Equally of the demography^[29] of 2000, there were 54,548 people, 19,932 households, and 14,012 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,953 people per square mile (1,526/km^two). At that place were twenty,304 housing units at an average density of 1,471/sq mi (568/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.16% White, one.xvi% African American, 0.54% Native American, 3.91% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 6.08% from other races, and 3.98% from two or more races. 14.64% of the population were Hispanic.

There were nineteen,932 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 55.three% were married couples living together, 10.vi% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were not-families. 22.half-dozen% of all households were made upwards of individuals, and 9.i% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The boilerplate household size was ii.lxx and the average family size was 3.16. The historic period distribution is: 26.2% nether the historic period of 18, vii.2% from xviii to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 24.i% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median historic period was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age eighteen and over, in that location were 91.ix males.

The median income for a household in the city was $61,679, and the median income for a family was $71,158 (these figures had risen to $68,949 and $85,513 respectively as of a 2007 estimate^[30]). Males had a median income of $l,232 versus $36,413 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,087. About 3.3% of families and 6.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including six.ii% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

Economy [edit]

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church

Amy's Kitchen, Calix, CamelBak, Clover Stornetta Farms, Fireman'south Fund Insurance Company, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Petaluma Poultry, and Athleta Inc. are based in Petaluma. Mesa/Boogie and Enphase Energy, Inc. were also founded in Petaluma.

Elevation employers [edit]

According to the City's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Fiscal Written report,^[31] the top employers in the city are:

#	Employer	# of Employees	% of Total City Employment
1	Petaluma Schoolhouse District	789	2.49%
2	Petaluma Poultry Processors	425	1.34%
3	Lagunitas Brewing Company	399	one.26%
iv	Petaluma Valley Hospital	372	1.17%
5	Metropolis of Petaluma	328	1.03%
half-dozen	Labcon, Due north America	265	0.84%
7	Former Adobe Union School District	260	0.82%
eight	Clover Stornetta Farms	181	0.57%
nine	Hansel Motorcar	162	0.51%
10	Sequoia Senior Solutions	159	0.50%

Military [edit]

U.S. Coast Guard [edit]

The U.Due south. Coast Guard operates Preparation Centre Petaluma just exterior Petaluma, near Two Rock. Information technology operates several of its class "A" and "C" schools at TRACEN Petaluma including the Electronics Technician (ET), Culinary Specialist (CS), Health Service Technician (HS), Information Systems Technician (IT), Performance Specialist (Os), Storekeeper (SK), and Yeoman (YN) schools.

The Declension Guard also operates the Chief Petty Officer Academy at the TRACEN.^[32] Academy trains senior non-commissioned officers (Primary Petty Officers) for both the U.Due south. Coast Baby-sit and the U.South. Air Force.

California National Guard [edit]

The California National Guard operates an war machine facility in Petaluma, at 580 Vallejo Street.

Parks and recreation [edit]

Immediately to the southwest is Helen Putnam Regional Park, accessible from Chileno Valley Route. This park of 216 acres (0.9 km²) has trails for hiking, cycling and horseback riding and is one of two parks named in honour of former mayor Helen Putnam who served from 1965–1979; the other is Putnam Plaza on Petaluma Boulevard. Lying higher up the urban center of Petaluma on the northwest flank of Sonoma Mountain is the Fairfield Osborn Preserve, a nature reserve with a diversity of native plants and animals. Nearby to the southeast is Tolay Lake, the site of prehistoric seasonal settlement by Miwok and Pomo tribes.

Government [edit]

Local [edit]

The mayor of Petaluma is Teresa Barrett,^[33] who was formerly the vice mayor, and has previously served on the Petaluma Urban center Council.^[34] The other six council members are Brian Barnacle (Vice Mayor), D'Lynda Fischer, Mike Healy, Dave King, Kevin McDonnell and Dennis Pocekay.

In early March 2021, as part of the city's goal of carbon neutrality past 2030, metropolis council unanimously voted to ban the construction of new gas stations and streamline the addition of more EV charging stations and potential hydrogen filling stations.^{[35] [36] [37] [38]}

State and federal representation [edit]

In the California State Legislature, Petaluma is in the tertiary Senate District, represented by Democrat Nib Dodd, and the 10th Assembly Commune, represented by Democrat Marc Levine.^[39]

In the United States Business firm of Representatives, Petaluma is split between California's 2nd congressional commune, represented by Democrat Jared Huffman,^[twoscore] and California'due south 5th congressional district, represented by Democrat Mike Thompson.^[41]

According to the California Secretary of Land, as of Feb ten, 2019, Petaluma has 36,034 registered voters. Of those, 18,779 (52.1%) are registered Democrats, 6,124 (17%) are registered Republicans, and nine,281 (25.8%) have declined to land a political party.^[42]

Education [edit]

Public schools are managed by the Petaluma City School District. There are two comprehensive high schools in Petaluma: Petaluma Loftier School and Casa Grande High School, whose athletic teams are known as the Trojans and Gauchos respectively. Casa Grande High School has a notable Academic Decathlon squad, which has represented Sonoma Canton for the last 27 years in the land-level contest. There is an annual football game between the two schools' teams known as the "Egg Basin". The Game was suspended in 2011 for fights involving players and fans, but was brought back in 2017, with Petaluma winning the game over Casa Grande, 20–14. The ii Petaluma public center schools are Kenilworth Junior Loftier School and Petaluma Inferior High School.

St. Vincent de Paul High School, a Roman Catholic individual school, is in Petaluma, and its athletic teams are known equally the Mustangs. Santa Rosa Junior College has a second campus in Petaluma, and the campus the unaccredited art school/atelier l'Atelier aux Couleurs is located in Petaluma. Harvest Christian School is a private Christian schoolhouse in Petaluma, serving grades TK-8.^[43]

Infrastructure [edit]

Transportation [edit]

U.S. Highway 101 is the main state highway through boondocks. State Route 116 likewise runs through town equally Lakeville Highway. Other major streets include Eastward Washington Street, North and South McDowell Boulevards, and Petaluma Boulevard.

Petaluma is served by Petaluma Transit, Golden Gate Transit and by Sonoma Canton Transit bus services. The Sonoma–Marin Surface area Track Transit (SMART) runway line inaugurated service in August 2017 and serves Petaluma–Downtown station, adjacent to the celebrated Northwestern Pacific Railroad depot near Washington Street. A second station, Petaluma–North, is planned for future construction and service.

The nearest major airports are San Francisco International Aerodrome and Oakland International Airdrome, Sonoma County Airport Express buses connect Petaluma with the aforementioned airports.^[44] General aviation is served past the Petaluma Municipal Airport, too as the Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport located north of Santa Rosa.

Notable people [edit]

Actors [edit]

• Winona Ryder (1971-nowadays), thespian; graduated from Petaluma High School in 1989
• Myron Healey (1923-2005), thespian^[45]
• Lloyd Bridges (1913-1998), actor; graduated from Petaluma High School in 1930

Businesspeople [edit]

• Kevin Tsujihara (born 1964), former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros.

Video game designers [edit]

• Jake Rodkin, video game designer, graphic designer, podcaster
• Beak Tiller (born 1967), calculator game designer, writer, and artist, known for his piece of work at LucasArts.

Historical figures [edit]

• Richard A. Penry (1948-1994), soldier and Medal of Award recipient^[46]

Musicians and bands [edit]

• Em Rossi (born 1998), singer and songwriter^[47]

Sports figures [edit]

• Bruce Bochte (born 1950), baseball game player
• Steven Cozza (born 1985), professional route bicycle racer
• Joe Enochs (born 1971), soccer player for VfL Osnabrück
• Jonny Gomes (born 1980), baseball actor
• Duke Iversen (1920-2011), football player
• Spencer Torkelson (born 1999) baseball player
• Elijah Qualls (born 1995), football game thespian

Writers [edit]

• Shirley Neilsen Blum (born 1932), American art historian, author, gallerist, curator, and professor; born in Petaluma.^[48]
• Tobias Capwell (born c.   1973), American curator, armed services historian and jouster; born in Petaluma
• Pauline Kael (1919-2001), picture show critic
• Karen Kilgariff (built-in 1970), comedian, podcaster and writer
• Bill Pronzini (built-in 1943), mystery writer
• Silver Tree, pic writer and producer^[49]

Other [edit]

• Nicole Aunapu Isle of mann (born 1977), USMC fighter pilot and NASA astronaut.^[50]

In popular culture [edit]

• The song "Petaluma Afternoons" appeared on the 1998 album Time Betwixt Trains past folk vocaliser Susan Werner.
• In the computer game Sim Metropolis 2000, "Petaluma" is frequently a neighboring community to the city that the player builds.
• The 2007 Michael Ondaatje novel Divisadero is partly prepare on a subcontract situated well-nigh Petaluma.
• A musical piece called And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell in Petaluma, inspired past a garden in Petaluma, was created by Harry Partch in 1963.
• Petaluma is briefly mentioned by a suitor in the 1971 comedy film Harold and Maude.
• In the episode of the television show M*A*S*H 'The Topper', character B.J. Hunnicutt mentions a "Petaluma lumberjack festival."
• In Nickelodeon's The Mighty B! a state highway overpass has a Petaluma sign on it.
• In the Peanuts comics series, Snoopy the beagle trains for an arm wrestling consequence in Petaluma (but is butterfingers because he has no thumb).
• In an episode of the 1970s television receiver serial Emergency!, fireman Chet Kelley mentions trying out for the Arm Wrestling Championship in Petaluma, but loses to another applicant earlier making the trip.
• In their song The Days of the Phoenix from their September 2000 anthology titled The Art of Drowning, the punk rock ring AFI makes reference to the Phoenix Theater on Washington Street in downtown Petaluma, a venue the ring used to play on a regular basis.
• In the film I Mode Passage (1932) starring William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, and Warren Hymer playing a police detective, Hymer tries to woo actress Aline MacMahon by telling her he wants to quit law work and retire to his fully paid for craven ranch in Petaluma.
• California's Gold Episode 2009^[51]

Filming locations [edit]

Petaluma Boulevard, from Washington Street

Clock tower at the corner of Petaluma Boulevard and Western Artery

Petaluma has served equally a location for many major films and television commercials, including:

• American Graffiti ^[52] (1973) - Sonoma shooting was at Old Adobe Road, Frates Road, Petaluma Blvd., Gilardi's Baitshop on Bodega Artery for the liquor store scene, Petaluma High School, and the downtown parking lot for the police car scene (also San Rafael and Tamalpais High Schoolhouse in Marin Canton).
• Heroes (1977) - Locations include Petaluma, California Petaluma Raceway.
• The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978) - Filmed in a business firm at 121 Rancho Bonito Circle.
• Cujo (1983) - Locations include Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Mendocino.
• Morning in America (1984) Presidential Campaign ad for Ronald Reagan by Hal Riney
• Explorers (1985) - Locations include Petaluma.
• Howard the Duck (1986)
• Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) - Locations at Santa Rosa High School and Petaluma.
• Basic Instinct (1992) - Iii-twenty-four hour period shoot in Petaluma and Rohnert Park, with other scenes in Carmel and San Francisco.
• Merlin's Store of Mystical Wonders (1996) - Exterior of the titular shop is on Kentucky Street. This motion picture is mostly known for being featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000.
• Phenomenon (1996)
• Scream (1996) - Locations include Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
• Max, 13 (1997) - Four-twenty-four hours shoot in Petaluma and 10-day shoot in Tomales.
• Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
• Flubber (1997) - Church scene filmed partially at Open Door Christian church building in Petaluma.
• Lolita (1997)
• Videoplasty (1998) - Concert footage of the funk metallic outfit Primus, shot at the Phoenix Theatre.
• Pleasantville (1998) - Filmed at intersection of Petaluma Boulevard and Western Avenue.
• Mumford (1999)
• The Human being Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
• The Hamiltons (2005)
• Molotov Alva (2007)
• Beautiful Male child (2018)

Notable events [edit]

• Petaluma held the earth wrist wrestling championships from 1952 to 2003, which Hub "20 Pounds of Chicken a Day" Richmond won nineteen times. Hub is besides known for his appearances at gyms for bending confined and also setting world lifting records on any given twenty-four hours. (The championships were moved to Reno, Nevada, in 2004 due to a lack of sponsorship; the 2007 finals were held in Bulgaria.) In the comic strip Peanuts, Snoopy aspired to be a champion arm-wrestler (or "wrist-wrestler," as they were then called) and was shown in a series of 1968 comic strips headed for Petaluma, (Snoopy was disqualified, as he had no thumb.)^[53]
• Petaluma received national attention when 12-year-quondam Polly Klaas was kidnapped from her dwelling at knifepoint on October 1, 1993, and later raped and murdered by Richard Allen Davis. The customs pulled chop-chop together to publicize the disappearance and to form the Polly Klaas Foundation for missing and exploited children.
• The Phoenix Theatre was the site of the punk/alt-stone band Sublime's final concert, the dark before Brad Nowell's May 25, 1996 heroin overdose.^[54]
• For the last 25 years Petaluma has played host to the World's Ugliest Domestic dog Competition. Photos and results of the contest are typically reported worldwide. This annual event is held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair every Summer.^[55]
• Petaluma hosts a "Butter and Egg Days Parade" every April, jubilant its heritage equally the "Egg Handbasket to the World" and dairy production.^[56]
• In the 2012 Petty League Globe Series, the Petaluma National All-Stars became the first Northern California team in the Piffling League World Series since Aptos in 2002.^[57] The squad finished in 3rd place.
• In 2013, the Petaluma Leghorns American Legion baseball team finished second out of more than than 4,500 US American Legion teams at the American Legion World Serial played in Shelbyville, North Carolina.
• Nib Soberanes: "Argus Courier columnist and Peopleologist. Petaluma's number 1 booster and founder of the World Wrist Wrestling Championship and numerous other events. Trade Marker - He'south been photographed with more famous, infamous, usual and unusual people than anyone in the world. He's the World's Number Ane People Meeter." - From a tribute statue and plaque in downtown Petaluma.^[58]

See also [edit]

• KAFP (defunct)
• List of cities and towns in California
• List of cities and towns in the San Francisco Bay Surface area
• Petaluma Gap
• Petaluma Reservoir
• Petaluma Wildlife Museum
• United States Postal service Office (Petaluma, California)

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External links [edit]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Petaluma .

• Official website
• Petaluma Downtown
• Petaluma 2004/05 Full general Plan
• Historical and breathtaking photos of Petaluma by Michael Maggid
• Bicycling map

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petaluma,_California

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