Petaluma
Americannoun
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Most didn’t realize that the maker of a viral web series was a high-school student in Petaluma, Calif.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
“People make that decision not from the rational brain, but from the emotional, instinctive brain,” said Deborah Price, a money coach in Petaluma, Calif.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
She won’t take fares farther than Petaluma, about 40 miles away from San Francisco, and turns down several requests for rides a day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Penry, a Petaluma native, received the nation’s highest honor for “extraordinary heroism at the risk of his own life” from President Nixon in 1971.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
Rosie and all the other chickens raised at Petaluma are the same breed: Cornish Cross broilers.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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