The Petaluma Fairgrounds Advisory Panel is a citizens’ assembly of everyday people, chosen by lottery, formed to help decide the future of the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds.
I went to Petaluma to learn what might become of the world’s ugliest dogs. Sonoma County’s second-largest city also showed me the future of California democracy.
Diné musician and activist Jeneda Benally wanted something special for her birthday last year, so she went to the local animal shelter and asked for the “oldest and most unadoptable dog.”
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Over the weekend, the Chinese Crested Chihuahua mix from Flagstaff was named the 2022 Worlds Ugliest Dog at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California.