Peter Pender News Today

The summer I moved to the Bay Area, I unwittingly joined a century-old tradition: I piled into a car with friends, inner tubes, and packs of beer and headed up to Guerneville for a lazy day of floating down the Russian River.It’s a summer ritual for San Franciscans that dates back to the early 1900s...

Here's how Guerneville evolved into the queerest part of Northern California wine country.

The midterm election is nearly here. Never in my lifetime have I seen such an important election to save our Madisonian democracy. As a U.S. government teacher, Im scared that we as citizens are shirking on our duties of being informed and engaged. So Im offering this primer. I hope it reminds you that you have a part in this government. You have a duty to perform.