Does dairy compose 75% of your diet? Yes? Then we have a lot in common. Also, there's a good chance we might see you Sunday at the Artisan Cheese Festival in Petaluma, an annual ode to local cheese. Sure, the word "artisan" gets tossed around too much these days (each time you say "artisan donut," an angel gets slaughtered and turned into sashimi), but its rightfully neighbor is cheese. Delicious cheese. Perfect cheese. Calming cheese. more ›

You know the little two-year-old girl found wandering the streets of Petaluma? More than a mile away from home? Screaming for her papa? Well, her mother, Ana Laura Rendon, 23, was "arrested on suspicion of child endangerment at her boyfriend's home." It turns out mommy has quite the thirst for tequila -- who doesn't? but still -- which helped play a role in her daughter's disappearance. Heartbreaking. Amazing. Confounding. SF Chronicle has the grim details. more ›

A possibly drugged up mother fell asleep last night in Petaluma and lost track of her two-year-old daughter, only to have the tyke end up wandering the streets of town by herself, unable to point her way back home. more ›

Today, San Francisco's California Supreme Court made the decision to uphold the death penalty of Richard Allen Davis, the man convicted of kidnapping and killing 12-year-old Polly Klass at knife point during her slumber party. If you recall, the case made headlines across the country back in the day, including a cameo from Peteluma local Winona Ryder. (An Aside: Does Ryder still live in Pacific Heights? Where is she these days? We miss her. Word has it she's also in some sort of Star Wars Outerspace Galactica-ish movie we will never see.) Anyway, according to reports, a lengthy 112 page decision boiled down to this: Yeah, let's kill the bastard. So, congratulations to all of you eye-for-an-eye believers. more ›