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On January 12, 1983, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department received a call from a frantic driver who reported they'd just witnessed a shooting on the side of the side of the road in Fulton, California and the shooters had fled the scene a pickup truck. Deputies quickly located the truck and were led on a forty-five minute high-speed chase through Sonoma and Napa counties before finally being apprehended and identified as Michael and Suzan Carson.The Carsons were held on a charge of murdering the truck's original owner, Jon Charles Hellyar, but they refused to say a word to police. In time, however, Michael and Suzan Carson began to talk and eventually held a press conference during which they revealed a great deal about themselves and even went so far as to make ambiguous confessions to other recent murders in Northern California. In the months that followed their arrest, Michael and Suzan Carson reveled in their notoriety and the media attention their statements captured. In addition to the murder of Hellyar, they would also be convicted of two other murders, claiming themselves to be Muslim warriors on a mission to rid the world of witches and other practitioners of dark magic, earning them the nickname “The San Francisco Witch Killers.”Thank you to the Incredible Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research and Writing support!ReferencesAssociated Press. 1983. "Couple complains their trial didn't get enough publicity." The Californian, April 28: 29.Brewster, Rod. 1983. "Carsons claim their killings were 'will of God'." Petaluma Argus-Courier, May 4: 1.—. 1983. "Carson's preliminary hearing on murder stats." Petaluma Argus-Courier, March 4: 2.Daily Beast. 2020. "Daughter of serial 'witch kiler': if he goes free, 'someone else will be dead'." Daily Beast, May 27.—. 2015. "Witch-killers' family: Keep them in Jail." Daily Beast, December 3.Manes, George. 1983. "Probe of suspects widens." Press Democrat, January 30: 1.Napa Valley Register. 1983. "Chase probe continues." Napa Valley Register, January 18: 2.Navarro, Mireya. 1984. "'Good witch' to the rescue." San Francisco Examiner, May 30: 11.—. 1984. "Remorseless 'witch-killers' get 25 to life." San Francisco Examiner, July 2: 15.Reynolds, Richard D. 1988. Cry for War: The Story of Suzan and Michael Carson. San Francisco, CA: Squibob Press.Saludes, Bony. 1985. "Carson says trial unfair." Press Democrat, June 19: 2.San Francisco Examiner. 1984. "Carson comptent for trial." San Francisco Examiner, January 9: 14.Sharpe, Ivan. 1983. "Couple boasts to police of killing 3 'witches in holy war'." San Francisco Examiner, April 28: 24.United Press International. 1984. "Guilty verdict in 'witch' murder." Petaluma Argus-Courier, June 5: 2.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Petaluma Argus-Courier writer David Templeton recalls his chat with comedian Tom Smothers in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County back in 1999. Hear a bit of their conversation recorded at Third Street Aleworks. 

Happy New Year and welcome to special bonus episode of From Sparks to Light.  Today I'm chatting with my good friend and fellow author Frances Rivetti who has just released her second work of fiction, the novel The House on Liberty Street. A story that takes place on Christmas Eve in the northern California community of Petaluma. Frances and I have known each other since our boys were in elementary school. In my early years as a fledgling blogger and wanna be writer, it was Frances who inspired me and when I found myself at a crossroads after my mother's death from Alzheimer's disease, desperate to try to figure out how to put my thoughts to paper, it was Francis who encouraged me to call our now mutual editor and friend Elaine Silver who walked me through the steps necessary to make my dream a reality.She was born and raised in the East Anglia Fenland region of the UK. Frances trained as a newspaper reporter with the Ely Standard and Wisbech Standard newspapers in Cambridgeshire in the late 1980s, before making a move into Press & Public Relations work with the East Anglian Regional Health Authority, based in the city of Cambridge, traveling back roads with her notepad and camera in order to produce in-house newspapers for hospitals large and small throughout East Anglia. She relocated to Northern California in 1990, at first temporarily, soon launching into a decade-long career in media relations with the Living History Center, producers of the original Renaissance Pleasure Faire and Dickens Christmas Fair. During the late 1990s, as a mother of three young sons at home in Sonoma County, she returned to freelance PR and journalism, with a focus on lifestyle writing for wine country and regional publications and a five-year column in the Petaluma Argus Courier, South County Notebook. Frances has worked with local non-profits promoting their mission within the community, predominantly Petaluma Educational Foundation, handling its PR for several years and maintaining strong ties with many local groups that she writes about on her established blog site, Southern Sonoma Country Life. She later established her own publishing house, Fog Valley Press and wrote her first book, Fog Valley Crush — Love at First Bite, At Home in the California Farmstead Frontier, as a non-fiction love letter to the place she calls home, which released in 2014. Fog Valley Winter, Pioneer Heritage, Backroad Rambles & Vintage Recipes followed in 2016.Her first novel, Big Green Country, set against the controversial backdrop of Northern California's Emerald Triangle, released in 2019 and was awarded a Gold Medal for best regional fiction for the Pacific West in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The House on Liberty Street is  her second novel. She lives in West Petaluma with her husband Timo. You can learn more about Frances Rivetti  on her website.To learn more about Robert Maggio, the composer of our theme music, please check out his website.To learn more about Suzanne, visit her website. To learn more about the inspiration for this podcast, please check out Suzanne's memoir, Estrellas - Moments of Illumination Along El Camino de SantiagoFollow Suzanne on Social Media Instagram @mamasuzanne Facebook @ Suzanne Maggio author Twitter @ bottomofninth

Bill Soberanes, also known as Mr. Petaluma, was best known for his 49 years at the Petaluma Argus-Courier but also as the founder of the World Wrist-wrestling Contest, the Ugly Dog Contest, the Houdini Halloween Seance. A self-described peopleologist, he claimed to have collected over 45000 photos of himself with presidents, sport figures, movie stars, politicians, celebrities, gangsters and ordinary people too. He was one of the great characters in the history of Petaluma. Jim and Tom welcome Katie Watts, Chris Samson, Harlan Osborne, Chris Linnell and John Sheehy to tell Bill stories celebrate his legacy on the night of his 100th birthday.

In the first segment, she has worked for some of the most prestigious media agencies, including television, newspaper, and electronic news. Now News Editor for the Petaluma Argus-Courier, hear from Kathryn Palmer, who has a passion for both copy and humanitarian relief. Last year, this newsmaker volunteered for Anti-Trafficking H.O.P.E, assisting survivors of both labor and sex trafficking. Why? Tune in and find out. Then, meet Leonard Thompson, Fire Chief for the City of Petaluma and the Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District, who, before moving to the North Bay, spent 35-years with the Los Angeles Fire Department. He is best known for navigating through the complexities of emergency services—spending nearly 40 years fighting to keep fire stations afloat.

This week's guests are Matt Brown, editor of the Petaluma Argus-Courier, and Reut Porat, member of B'nai Israel Jewish Center.

When after sixteen years David Templeton hung up his theater critic’s hat, his stated purpose was to turn his full attention to other pursuits: artistic, journalistic, theatrical and otherwise. Since then, he continues to write, has a full-time gig as the Community Editor at the Petaluma Argus-Courier, and took a featured role in Left Edge Theatre’s pole dancing extravaganza The Naked Truth. An “otherwise” pursuit for Templeton would be directing, and he’s about to do just that with his holiday-themed one-man show Polar Bears, opening November 30 at San Rafael’s Belrose Theater. Templeton describes Polar Bears as “a heartwarming holiday tragedy.” Say Again? “I wrote it,” said Templeton, “because I've read scads of stories about Christmas and families and Santa Claus, but never have I read any story about that unique passage of childhood, and parenthood, that is the moment that kids stop believing, and the ways their parents help or hinder that rite of passage.” It’s an autobiographical tale of an average father who finds himself a bit in-over-his-head one holiday season and goes to increasingly outlandish lengths to keep his kids' belief in Santa alive. It seems his own faith in Santa was disrupted when he was four-years-old and he's hellbent on making sure that doesn't happen to his kids. Polar Bears had two successful productions in Sonoma County with Templeton under the direction of Sheri Lee Miller. For the this production, Templeton takes over the directing reins and has cast actor Chris Schloemp in the role of David Templeton. Sound strange? “I’m actually not thinking of it as Chris playing ME,” said Templeton, “he’s playing a character named David, who did some things I did, but I told him from the beginning to think of David as a fictional character. He’s constantly surprising me with new things, and I love it.” What’s it like for an actor to be directed by his ‘character’? “Being directed by the guy you’re performing and who’s also the writer is a little intimidating”, said Schloemp, “but also very rewarding in that, in any play, there are always those nagging questions you want to ask. Here I get to ask them at every rehearsal. David’s been very insistent that I am not playing him, so I have free rein.” So, in a season full of Nutcrackers and Christmas Carols, where does Polar Bears fit in? “I think anyone who loves Christmas stories but has grown tired of the same old cloying, overly sentimental holiday stories will appreciate it”, said Templeton. “That was the intention, and based on audience reactions in the past, I think we’ve succeeded.” ‘Polar Bears’ opens November 30 and runs through December 15 at the Belrose Theater in San Rafael. There are Friday and Saturday evening performances at 7:30pm. For more information, go to thebelrose.com There will be one performance in Santa Rosa at 7:00pm on December 23 at Left Edge Theatre at the Luther Burbank Center. For more information, go to leftedgetheate.com

It’s Ballast Point time in the bar this week courtesy of our friend Spencer Kilgore! Spencer reveals his beer origins, talks about the latest offerings from the brewery, and shares a couple of treats: White Wine Barrel-Aged Sour Wench and High West Barrel-Aged Victory at Sea! Newstime begins with some sadness from the Petaluma Argus Courier in that Lagunitas Brewing is planning to cut 12 percent of its workforce. Next up Bloomberg is reporting that with the rise of Helles lagers, craft brewers are embracing subtlety. Then we have The Chicago Tribune demonstrating why the intersection of coffee and beer has become a dominant force in craft brewing, followed by The LA Times’ piece revealing that France has (finally) discovered craft beer. We close with the news that we won an honorable mention from the North American Guild of Beer Writers in their podcast award category at the GABF! We love your answers to last week’s #caskquiz “what’s your take on the Gaffigan story? Humorous or no?” Given the time of year, this week we want to know “what’s your fall/Oktoberfest beer for 2018?” We so love hearing from you! Please send in feedback and beer suggestions by calling us at (919) 502-0280, Tweeting us, following our Instagram or friending us on Untappd, posting on and liking our Facebook page, or emailing us! And please rate & review us in iTunes or Stitcher if you haven’t done so!

This week Rabbi Feldman welcomed Petaluma’s Chief of Police, Ken Savano, and Emily Charrier, the new publisher of the Petaluma Argus Courier.

The Handoff… DAVID: The art of theater and the inevitability of change - they’ve gone together from the beginning of, well, of theater. And I’m not talking about the pocket change that most theater artists earn for their work, or the mundane kinds of change - like ‘scenery changes’ and ‘quick changes in the dressing room. The art form itself has changed over the centuries, from a single bard standing in the square reciting an epic poem, to Greek choruses expounding exposition, to men playing women, to women playing men, to men writing plays in which people drop F-bombs, to women writing plays in which women talk to each other about something other than men. The audience changes too, mostly by turning gray, but sometimes by turning the tables on the theater establishment and demanding something new. And, inevitably, those of us who give our opinions on the art of theater, we change too. And that’s good, because new voices and new ideas always serve to keep things interesting and fresh. Which is a long, theatrical way of saying that after nearly ten years of contributing my thoughts - and my voice - to this weekly ‘Second Row Center’ radio segment, it’s time for me to make a change, and as such, this will be my last time appearing on the radio in this particular format. Why the change? Main reason – I’ve taken a position as the Community Editor with the Petaluma Argus Courier, and the new gig will be taking up a great deal of my time. I will continue as the theater reviewer of the North Bay Bohemian, however, so I will stay in the role of North Bay theater critic, in print, if not on KRCB. Which brings me to Harry Duke, who will be taking over this segment, beginning . . . well, beginning right now. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Harry Duke. HARRY: Thank you, David. We’ll now take a short pause while the listeners say “Who?” Well, I am Harry Duke. I’m a twenty-five-year resident of Sonoma County, a graduate of Sonoma State University’s Theatre Arts program, an actor, a director, an educator, one of the founders of the Marquee Theatre Journalists Awards, the Chief Information Officer of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle and a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. I’ve been performing on North Bay stages since the last century and reviewing theatre as far back as my days on my New Jersey high school newspaper. I love theatre. Whether onstage or in the audience, theatre has always been the place I have been most content. We are fortunate to have an abundance of it in this area. With so many choices and limited time or resources, how does one go about deciding what to see? That’s where a critic can be of assistance. I’ll share my thoughts and opinions with you about productions in the North Bay and beyond. The foundation of those thoughts will be my education, my experience, and my love of the art of theatre. I’d rather give you a reason to go see something than to not go see something but, like a baseball umpire, I just call ‘em like I see ‘em. Thanks to my colleague David Templeton and to the folks at KRCB for allowing me to add my voice to the Radio 91 airwaves. So, until next week, I’m Harry Duke… DAVID: And I WAS David Templeton, Second Row Center . . . HARRY: … for KRCB.