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🌱 Patch AM: Rohnert Park Cotati Library Closed For Repairs

And on the Rohnert Park Patch calendar - Aren't Reverse Mortgages a Scam? Learn the Facts at Free Webinar

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Greetings Rohnert Park! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Rohnert Park Cotati Library closes, but a To-Go option opens
  • Quake felt in Rohnert Park sparks emergency preparedness reminder
  • How license-plate readers helped Rohnert Park police track a BB gun

Also on today's calendar: Aren't Reverse Mortgages a Scam? Learn the Facts at Free Webinar and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Saturday: Sunshine and some clouds, temps: high: 78, low: 49.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Rohnert Park Cotati Library Closed For Repairs (patch.com) — Rohnert Park readers should plan ahead as the Rohnert Park Cotati Regional Library is closing temporarily for major comfort and safety upgrades, including new HVAC, lighting, carpet, and a refreshed children's area. To keep services going, a Library To-Go location will operate at the Sonoma County Library Headquarters on State Farm Drive through January 2027.
   

2. Quake Rattles Sonoma County: USGS (patch.com) — Rohnert Park residents felt a sharp jolt from a magnitude 3.3 earthquake centered near Santa Rosa, with locals quickly sharing reactions on the Rohnert Park police Facebook page. The shaking was reported across Sonoma County, and Santa Rosa Police used the moment to remind everyone, including Rohnert Park households, to review their emergency preparedness plans.
   

3. Rohnert Park police arrest minor accused of shooting at a local business with BB gun (pressdemocrat.com) — Rohnert Park police arrested a juvenile accused of shattering a business window on Hunter Drive with a Glock-style BB gun, after tracking a photographed license plate with automated readers. Officers detained three minors on Arlen Drive, seized the BB gun, and booked one youth into Los Guilicos Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of vandalism and displaying an imitation firearm in public.
   

4. Sale closed in Rohnert Park: $998,000 for a single-family home (pressdemocrat.com) — A single-family home on San Francisco Way in Rohnert Park recently sold for just under $1 million, highlighting current neighborhood prices. The four-bedroom, two-bath house joins several nearby properties that have also changed hands, giving residents a snapshot of what similar homes in town have been fetching over the past year.
   

5. game-of-the-week-windsor-hosts-rancho-cotate-in-early-season-clash-of-familiar-foes (modbee.com) — Rancho Cotate High's football team, based in Rohnert Park, heads to Windsor tonight for a highly anticipated nonleague showdown after conference realignment separated the longtime rivals. Coaches and players describe a tight, chess-match style game, with Rancho looking to rebound from a tough opener and Windsor riding momentum from a dominant road win as both programs eye future rematches in Rohnert Park.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday September 4
  • Dolphin Assembly
    Robert L. Stevens School Center Courtyard
    8:15 am
  • Summer Sessions
    Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center 11400 Graton Rd Sebastopol, CA 95472
    4:00 pm
  • MS Dance at GV
    Monte RioElementary School District Monte Rio, CA 95462
    6:00 pm
  • Petaluma High Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
    Petaluma City Schools PHS Track & Field
    6:30 pm
    • Saturday September 5
  • Tour de Fuzz 2026
    Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Find more information at info at: tourdefuzz.org
  • Park-A-Month Volunteer Program: Olive Park and the Prince Greenway
    City of Santa Rosa Olive Park - 105 Orange Street Santa Rosa CA 95401
    9:00 am
  • Creek Cleanup on the Greenway →
    City of Santa Rosa
    10:00 am
  • Public Star Party →
    Robert Ferguson Observatory, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood
    8:00 pm

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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