VIDEO: Luckily Petaluma Ca family safe after hover board explosion & fire

According to the ABC Channel 7 report a Petaluma Ca family said a hoverboard charging inside their home exploded, burst into flames, and sent embers across the room. But luckily nobody was hurt.  Here is the video of the recently aired segment.  This feature also includes Petaluma Fire Department


VIDEO: 2nd Annual Sonoma County Home Brewers Competition Kickoff Party at Taps

Sonoma County’s Second Annual Home Brewers Competition Launch Party at Taps in Petaluma California. The competition will be held on May 28th at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds.

Congratulations to 2015 Home Brewers, Joe Monostori and Jeremiah Konen for their winning brew “Mojo Chocolate Milk Stout”. Brewed and kegged, this beer will be available at local watering holes, including Taps Petaluma (54 E. Washington St.).

Also see our previous posts:

5 Tips For Homebrewers Entering The Sonoma County Home Brewer’s Competition

VIDEO: Sonoma County Home Brewers Competition


The Thrive Band Release Music Video Filmed on Petaluma Ca Riverfront

I thought this music video would be a good one to share.  The footage was captured in our Petaluma river basin and mill waterfront.  I also liked the messaging these artists are sharing in their song “One” with chorus:

“One people one love one life one time
Time to make up your mind
We are one
One religion one vision one decision one mission here under the sun
We are one”

On The Thrive Band YouTube page gives the following: We are one! Thank you to everyone that made this video possible. It was such a blast having so many of our family and friends join us on this cold winter afternoon in beautiful Petaluma. This town will always hold a special place in our hearts, as it was Scott Schipper’s home town. We know he was there in spirit with us all!

Former Petaluman Scott Schipper and Sax player for the Thrive passed in 2013 after losing a two year battle to cancer.

You can download their music and this song on Amazon:

The Block Petaluma Food Truck & Beer Garden Creates Kickstarter Video

One Year Donor Club members in The Block Petaluma kickstarter campaign will get free beer for one year!

The Block PetalumaBoasting to add a communal food truck Marketplace that will attract top local chefs, The Block Petaluma – – hoping to open sometime in the spring – – has a location in Feed Mill District that provides a landscape of our historic industrial area (close to downtown shopping and ample parking).  Also within walking distance of the new Brewster’s Beer Garden, the Block will add to the nice redevelopment of the northern end of Water Street.

While we don’t see the kickstarter campaign on  The Block Petaluma’s website or Kickstarter page, you will want to keep posted on it as the video hails free beer for one year.  We will update this post when their pages are updated.

 

VIDEO: Actor Gary Sinise Thanks Two Petaluma Ca Companies

Gary Sinise Thanks Elan Entertainment and Core Brands For Their Work To Help Our Wounded Military

Gary Sinise Foundation Action New YorkPETALUMA, Calif., Dec. 7, 2015 — Core Brands, a Nortek, Inc. company (Nasdaq: NTK) and a leader in home entertainment and control technology solutions, today announced the extension of its current collaboration with Gary Sinise Foundation and its R.I.S.E. program. The program builds specially adapted custom Smart Homes, anchored by ELAN control and automation systems, for American military personnel who have made extreme sacrifices for their country. The extended agreement provides the R.I.S.E. program with control, audio and power management solutions for additional Smart Homes to be built through 2016, many of which include solutions from other Nortek companies.

“The team at Core Brands is honored to be supporting the Sinise Foundation’s R.I.S.E. program,” Core Brands President Joe Roberts said today. “We are particularly grateful to the elite team of Core Brands integrators, who are outfitting these homes with ELAN control systems supported by our power and audio brands. These homes make a significant addition to the independence and mobility of these brave Americans who have sacrificed so much, and we look forward to working on many more homes with Gary Sinise Foundation.”

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Gary Sinise Foundation Program Rise, From Gary Sinise Foundation Website

An ELAN entertainment and control system is at the heart of each Smart Home, integrating and controlling climate, security, audio / video and other subsystems to provide maximum comfort and convenience to the veterans and their families. The homes include audio solutions from SpeakerCraft, Niles or Sunfire, plus power protection and conditioning by Panamax and Furman — all from Core Brands. Additional products and solutions have been donated to these Smart Homes by Core Brands’ Nortek sister companies OmniMount and Nortek Security & Control.

R.I.S.E. was established to provide wounded heroes and their families with the necessary resources to overcome their new life challenges. Whether providing home modifications, adapted vehicles, wheelchairs / trackchairs or constructing new specially adapted custom Smart Homes, the Gary Sinise Foundation is committed to helping wounded veterans increase their mobility and reclaim their self-reliance.

“Home is more than a house. It’s literally where we take comfort from the world,” explained Gary Sinise Foundation Executive Director Judith Otter. “The contribution being made by Core Brands will help to put 21st century Smart Home technology at the fingertips of some of the bravest Americans to have ever answered the nation’s call to serve.”

In this video, Gary Sinise thanks the ELAN integrators who install the technology in these Smart Homes.

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USMC CPL Litynski Home Dedication, Photo From Gary Sinise Foundation Website

About Gary Sinise Foundation
Gary Sinise Foundation honors America’s defenders, veterans, first responders, their families and those in need. Through its R.I.S.E. (Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment) program, specially adapted Smart Homes are being constructed for severely wounded veterans nationwide. Each one-of-a-kind home is customized to ease the everyday burdens of a wounded hero, their family and caregivers. Other programs include Relief & Resiliency Outreach, Invincible Spirit Festivals, the Lt. Dan Band, Arts & Entertainment Outreach, Serving Heroes, and First Responders Outreach. Its latest program, Soaring Valor, is sending WWII veterans to The National WWII Museum and documenting their first-hand accounts of the war. For more information, please visit GarySiniseFoundation.org.

About Core Brands
Core Brands combines the technology, product and marketing strengths of iconic and award-winning audio, power management and control brands including ELAN®, SpeakerCraft®, Gefen®, Niles®, Panamax®, Proficient®, Furman®, Sunfire®, BlueBolt® and Xantech® to deliver a portfolio of connected home solutions to its channel partners and end users. For further information, visit www.corebrands.com.

About Nortek, Inc.
Core Brands is a subsidiary of Nortek, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTK), a global, diversified company whose many market-leading brands deliver broad capabilities and a wide array of innovative, technology-driven products and solutions for lifestyle improvement at home and at work. Please visit www.nortek.com for more information.

Press Contact:

Joe Roberts
President, Core Brands, 707-283-5900

SOURCE Nortek, Inc.

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PHOTOS: Petaluma, California Chickens

Our site would not be complete if we didn’t have Petaluma chicken photos.  I have been photo’ing our chickens over the years.  It was brought to my attention that I had chicken photos, when I learned the featured photo above has over 5000 views on flickr.  Most of these were taken at Tolay Lake Regional Park.  So I thought I would take the time to create a gallery and slideshow featuring our feathered friends.

I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that the Positively Petaluma flickr group has grown to over 130 members with now over 1000 Petaluma photos added to the group! Do you have some Petaluma chicken photos to share? Please do so on the Positively Petaluma flickr group.

Enjoy!