🎤 Lily Tomlin, Resort-O-Rama and Delta's first Santa Rosa flight

Happy Monday, Sonoma County. The heat holds through Tuesday before things start to cool off midweek.

In this week's Signal:

Delta's first Santa Rosa flight. I love STS. More airlines is a great thing. Delta Air Lines starts service at Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport on Tuesday, October 6, with a ribbon-cutting on The Flying Ace patio at 9 a.m. (Snoopy, wine and cupcakes). The inaugural direct flight from Salt Lake City lands at 10:41 a.m. KSRO

Guy Fieri's "Tournament of Champions" in Windsor. You can sit in the live audience for free when season 8 tapes on Conde Lane, October 8 through 23. There are morning and afternoon sessions, tickets go through On-Camera Audiences, and you have to be 18 or older. Press Democrat

North Coast kelp. Many of our kelp forests off our coast have been devastated. I so appreciated the volunteers working to bring them back. About 95% of the kelp is gone along the Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino shoreline. Learn more on the restoration effort in this article. Bohemian

New this year: Sax's Joint at Pronzini Pumpkin Patch — This looks like a fun way to take the kids to get pumpkins. The Petaluma patch on Adobe Road now has Sax's Joint serving food, beer and wine Friday through Sunday on the café deck over the lake, with live music under the big tent Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Admission covers the corn pit, hay tower, petting zoo, bounce houses and tomahawk throw; a punch card adds the haunted trail, the train to the Western Village and the Goliath slide. Pumpkins run $2 to $50, and leashed dogs are welcome. (Visit Petaluma)

Fall drinks: pumpkin spice lattes and treats — Sonoma Magazine rounded up the county's pumpkin drinks and bakes, plus the season's most photogenic drinks at cafes and pop-ups. (Sonoma Magazine)

Moving in: Ataria Coffee Collective — Coffee & Moore in Sebastopol has closed, and it looks like Ataria Coffee Collective is moving into the space. (Ataria Coffee Collective)

🎨 Día de Muertos exhibit at the Museum of Sonoma County
Runs through November 29. The museum is open Wednesday through Sunday.
Wednesday and Thursday, 11 am–5 pm
Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa
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🎨 Dia de Muertos: Ofrendas for the London Legacy
Tuesday, 10 am–5 pm
Jack London State Park, Glen Ellen, CA
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🧺 East Side Farmers Market
Tuesday, 9:30 am–1:30 pm
Lucchessi Park, Petaluma
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🖼️ Mend & Befriend
Tuesday, 4:30–6:30 pm
Sebastopol Grange, Sebastopol
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Potluck Produce and Seed Swap
Tuesday, 5:30–8 pm
Hessel Grange, Sebastopol
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🚴 Taco Tuesday Bike Ride
Tuesday, 5:30 pm
SRJC parking lot, Santa Rosa
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🖼️ Circus of Bubbles LIVE! at the Mystic Theatre
Wednesday, 7 pm
Mystic Theatre & Music Hall, Petaluma
Cost: $33.50 · See more →

🎭 Emilia presented by SRJC Theatre Arts
Runs through Sunday.
Wednesday and Thursday, 7:30–10:30 pm
Santa Rosa Junior College – Frank Chong Studio Theater, Santa Rosa
Cost: $3 – $30 · See more →

🎶 SRJC Bands: STARS, LEGENDS & FANTASY w/SRHS Band v5
Wednesday, 7:30–10 pm
Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa
Cost: $10 – $15 · See more →

🎶 Summer Nights: Live Music and Outdoor Market
Thursday, 5–8 pm
Santa Rosa Vintners Square, Santa Rosa
Free · See more →

🎤 The Lily Tomlin Tour 2026 ★
Thursday, 7:30–9 pm
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa
Cost: $81.42 – $105.02 · See more →

🎪 Resort-O-Rama
A mid-century design weekend: a free vintage and mid-century marketplace, a free art show, a pooch parade, Devo's Gerald Casale on how mid-century style shaped the band, and Charles Phoenix's retro slideshow.
Thursday 6 pm through Sunday 4 pm
Flamingo Resort, Santa Rosa
Cost: $24.28 – $573.56 · See more →

📚 OBI KAUFMANN
Thursday, 7–8 pm
Copperfield’s Books, Santa Rosa
Cost: $0 – $28 · See more →

📚 The Power of Gentle Presence: A Path Toward Inner Peace and Deeper Connection with Others
Thursday, 7–8:30 pm
Many Rivers Books & Tea, Sebastopol
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🎤 Don’t Tell Santa Rosa at Vintage Space
Thursday, 8 pm
Vintage Space at The Flamingo Resort, Santa Rosa
Cost: $27 · See more →

The full weekend rundown lands Thursday.

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— Ben, writing from Santa Rosa