Chinatown Lives, Plaque Memorializes Contributions of the First Chinese Petalumans | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

Chinatown Lives, Plaque Memorializes Contributions of the First Chinese Petalumans | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties

On a recent Saturday evening at Petaluma Boulevard and B Street, passers-by may have seen something new, or rather, the return of something once very Petaluma. Across from the Mystic Theater, red and gold paper lanterns hung high around the perimeter of the newly renamed Historic Chinatown Park, red light beaming through the rice paper, the color of good fortune in Chinese culture.  Gathered in the glow underneath were Asian-Petalumans and their…