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Baseball and PEDs at Ross Valley Players
Value Over Replacement is a baseball statistic measuring how much better or worse you are than a hypothetical average player who could replace you....
Harm Done: The County Seized His Bus, Now He Lives in a Tent
When the Pacific Sun last reported on Sean Derning, Marin County had seized the converted bus he lived in on Binford Road and temporarily...
Painted Bins Keeps Tons of Food Waste from Landfills
Since launching in 2022, Painted Bins has diverted nine tons of Marin food waste away from landfills, sparing the atmosphere from harmful methane emissions...
Art for a Future Ecology: ‘Ancient Wisdom’ Interweaves Trees, Time and Tech
What we now know as Muir Woods became a national monument in 1908.
But scientists believe the oldest coast redwood in Muir Woods is at...
Swap-A-Luma, Novato Cemetery Tours and Fantastical Creatures
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Swap-A-Luma
Forget “retail therapy.” Take a sustainable turn instead at Swap-A-Luma, Petaluma’s community-minded clothing swap that treats fashion less as consumption and more as circulation....
A Very Good Boy and His Human
I like to bring the readers of this column weekly optimism and uplift. But I admit, I do have my misanthropic moods. Glancing over...
The Foolest Month, Celebrating Our Humanity
Given our publication date for this edition, I’ll admit I had some dastardly April Fool’s Day plans—like printing definitive proof that Petaluma Junior High...
Roots in the Community: Dorrances Make a Difference
Proprietors of BloodRoot Wines, Kelly and Noah Dorrance have been organizing an annual music and wine festival called The Ramble, as a fundraiser benefitting GIFFORDS,...










