It was 1:15 in the morning when Dr. Phillips’ phone rang at his home in Petaluma. As he was Sonoma County Coroner, this was not terribly unusual; people inconveniently die at all hours. It’s the coroner’s job to investigate when there are unusual circumstances and the good doctor was certainly kept busy in late 1920 […]
It’s the most infamous event in Santa Rosa history, but there’s really not much to say about it – as long as you stick to the facts, that is. – – THERE WILL BE PRICES PAID Series on the 1920 lynchings in Santa Rosa BAD TO THE BONE THE WOLVES OF THANKSGIVING A FORESHADOW OF […]
In the beginning there was Ernest L. Finley. He bought the old Sonoma Democrat in 1897, merged it with his own newspaper, the Evening Press, becoming the owner, editor and publisher of the new Press Democrat. That’s the version of the paper’s beginnings as told on the PD’s “about” page, on Wikipedia, by the Northern […]