Kerry Benefield
Columnist, Benefield at The Press Democrat
Columnist for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Press Democrat. I cover...well, that depends. Have an awesome idea? Reach out. Views = mine. She/her
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5 days ago |
pressdemocrat.com | Kerry Benefield
By next month, Sonoma County’s largest school district will have four shuttered campuses within the Santa Rosa city limits. In June 2026, two more schools will join the list. The closures, made in the face of historic budget woes, give Santa Rosa City Schools a massive, potentially lucrative real estate portfolio at a time when the district is desperate for money.
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1 week ago |
pressdemocrat.com | Kerry Benefield
Hiram Aguirre, 95Lorenzo Ayala-Hernandez, 55Katheryn Boland, 70Diana Brand, 77Brian K. Burris, 61Janis Cavas, 77Robert Clark, 66John Coleman, 62Craig Delanty, 72Joseph Emmons, 63Sedigheh Fakhr, 83Mark Fell, 59Richard Fletcher, 76Ricardo Guzman, 70Jaqueline Hancock, 82Edward F.
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1 week ago |
petaluma360.com | Kerry Benefield
Hiram Aguirre, 95Lorenzo Ayala-Hernandez, 55Katheryn Boland, 70Diana Brand, 77Brian K. Burris, 61Janis Cavas, 77Robert Clark, 66John Coleman, 62Craig Delanty, 72Joseph Emmons, 63Sedigheh Fakhr, 83Mark Fell, 59Richard Fletcher, 76Ricardo Guzman, 70Jaqueline Hancock, 82Edward F.
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1 week ago |
petaluma360.com | Kerry Benefield
Hiram Aguirre, 95Lorenzo Ayala-Hernandez, 55Katheryn Boland, 70Diana Brand, 77Brian K. Burris, 61Janis Cavas, 77Robert Clark, 66John Coleman, 62Craig Delanty, 72Joseph Emmons, 63Sedigheh Fakhr, 83Mark Fell, 59Richard Fletcher, 76Ricardo Guzman, 70Jaqueline Hancock, 82Edward F.
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1 week ago |
petaluma360.com | Kerry Benefield
But for Mortensson, it is almost cathartic. She and her husband, Mike, held a sign reading, “Democracy Needs Your Courage.”“It means what everyone here is doing,” she said. “We did everything we could for the elections, we wrote postcards until our hands cramped,” she said. “We have been out to all of the rallies, all of the protests, we have made phone calls.
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