#Petaluma's Rancho Obi-Wan’s 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala September 20, 2014

It’s a party as only Rancho Obi-Wan can throw one, in the midst of the world’s largest collection ofStar Wars memorabilia and hosted by master-collector Steve Sansweet. There will be dinner, drinks and dessert all night, a trading-card bounty hunt and other games, door prizes, a special gala T-shirt and a super swag bag filled with exclusive goodies. Get ready for surprises galore, VIPs to mix and mingle with, Rancho’s incredible live and silent auctions, entertainment, special exhibits…and much, much more.

Click Here is a video that KTVU anchor Ken Wayne did in a recent past, PETALUMA: Largest private Star Wars Collection

#Petaluma’s Grammy Nominated Hollis Wong-Wear Slams Her Way Into Mainstream Music

Hollis Wong-Wear

She made her way from Petaluma to Seattle on an academic scholarship. There she has become part of the local poetry slam scene as a performer-to-watch and youth poet mentor through YouthSpeaks Seattle.

She has worked as a tour manager in the hip-hop scene and appeared in videos like "White Walls"  that has had over a million views and appeared in national morning and late night talk shows.  She is now tour the U.S. with The Flavr Blue.

Click here for the entire article and the video of the NBC televised interview.

North Bay Innovation Week 2014: Come Join Us!

September 18 Work #Petaluma will have speaker from the Buck Institute

#Petaluma's Frances Rivetti Announces Her Soon To Be Released Book “Fog Valley Crush”

One of Positively Petaluma’s favorite blogs is Frances Rivetti‘s Southern Sonoma Country Life. She always has good news to share not only for #Petaluma but also our great Sonoma County. Yesterday she announced on her blog that she will be soon releasing her book “Fog Valley Crush”.

In her blog she states that her book is her “love-letter to this micro-region of farmers, food innovators, artists and dreamers in which I live and work.” She also indicates that her book will be a celebration and a sharing of Petaluma and surrounding countryside, an extraordinary place that is the last secret-corner of wine country. She credits her design team of Petalumans Elaine Silver (Petaluma Readers Theater), Nicky Ovitt and Lorna Johnson‘s as awesome, amazing and meticulous talents.

Click here is her teaser video for the book that was shot by camera man Gilles O’Kane and produced by her son, Rocco Rivetti (Red 14 Films).

VIDEO: #Petaluma High School 1 of 33 Schools Nationwide Selected To Send Science Project Into Space

Help Petaluma High School Students take their experiment into space.  They need to raise $8,500 by Monday next week to be included in this program.

CLICK HERE for more details on this exciting opportunity for our local kids.

Lonestar - Im already there (Live - Petaluma CA)

Interview with #Petaluma's Gary Pihl Guitarist For Legendary Band Boston

Gary Pihl a native of Petaluma is a guitarist for the legendary band Boston and formerly played with Sammy Hagar and Night Ranger. Recently he completed an interview with Rustyn Rose of Axs Entertainment in Examiner article “ Boston brings Life, Love and Hope to Boise: Guitarist Gary Pihl sounds off”.

In this article Gary vividly recalls the first time he heard Boston’s music, and hails that 1976 debut album as life-changing.

Click here to listen to the interview, and see trailer videos of their recently released studio album Live, Love and Hope as well as a live video performance of one of the tracks from their new album.