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Prep football: Petaluma pulls away from Santa Rosa to take back War Club

In a rivalry that dates back to 1892, the Trojans turned on the jets offensively in the second half to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Petaluma ball carrier Jonah Crichton carries for a first down against the Santa Rosa Panthers, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Santa Rosa.(Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)

The front entrance to Analy Hall on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus in Santa Rosa, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)

Trans teammate poses danger, 3 SRJC volleyball players allege in Title IX complaint

Players during the Saint Vincent De Paul varsity football practice in Petaluma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Erik Castro / For The Press Democrat)

St. Vincent’s in the running to win $1 million for athletics upgrades

Petaluma City Hall, located at 11 English Street in Petaluma, California, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (Alvin Jornada / The Press Democrat)

Council to adopt downtown overlay changes, codify police oversight

Petaluma police use drone, pepper spray in DUI arrest after brief pursuit

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As part of the Great Elephant Migration Project, “Moringa” is moved along East Napa Street in Sonoma, fronting the Sonoma Community Center for permanent display, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. Moringa, is based on a living elephant in India. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)

Elephant sculptures find new home in Sonoma

Much fanfare greeted Thursday's arrival, installation and celebration of "Moringa and Marigold," the two life-size elephant sculptures created in India's Nilgiri Hills, which will now be on permanent display in the gardens outside the Sonoma Community Center.

Sports

St. Vincent receiver George Chaput makes a clutch fourth-quarter catch over American Canyon defender Miles Baylor, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)

Game of the Week: St. Vincent rallies in 4th quarter to defeat American Canyon in thriller

The Mustangs scored 20 unanswered points in the final seven minutes of the fourth quarter and sealed the game on an interception with six seconds left.

Opinion

U.S. federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement detain immigrants and asylum seekers reporting for immigration court proceedings at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building's U.S. Immigration Court in New York City, Thursday, July 24, 2025. (Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

Community Matters: Racism, fear and the road to autocracy

The recent escalation in arrests and deportation of immigrants around the country, coupled with inflammatory anti-immigrant rhetoric emanating from the White House, has left many Sonoma County Latinos, both undocumented as well as U.S. citizens, in a constant state of...