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Petaluma

American  
[pet-l-oo-muh] / ˌpɛt lˈu mə /

noun

  1. a city in W California, N of San Francisco.


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The fish was initially weighed at Bodega Tackle in Petaluma on Aug. 10.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Highland plays Petaluma St. Vincent de Paul in the 4-AA final at 4 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024

Today, there are 157, with just two farms, Sunrise Farms and Petaluma Egg Farm, dominating the market.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024

Perdue, one of the country’s largest poultry producers, now owns Sonoma County's famous Petaluma Poultry, and Colombian agri-business Alpine Foods owns 70 percent of Clover Sonoma.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024

Rosie and all the other chickens raised at Petaluma are the same breed: Cornish Cross broilers.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan