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• Two neighboring Sonoma County towns forge different paths on affordable housing (mercurynews.com) — Rohnert Park is grappling with soaring housing costs and slow progress on affordable units, leaving many seniors and lower-income residents struggling to stay housed. City officials outline plans for projects like SOMO Village and a new walkable city center, but current projections still fall far short of state targets, especially for very low- and moderate-income households.
• Laundry room fire in Rohnert Park displaces resident, causes $20,000 in damage to home (pressdemocrat.com) — A laundry room fire in a Maria Place home left a Rohnert Park resident temporarily displaced and caused about $20,000 in damage, though firefighters contained the blaze within 10 minutes. Officials say electrical issues involving a fan are the likely cause, and the house is currently uninhabitable pending further inspection of smoke and electrical damage.
• Star treatment: Rohnert Park players celebrate a memorable summer of baseball (pressdemocrat.com) — Rohnert Park's 12-and-under Cal Ripken baseball team just wrapped a standout summer, capped by a star-style celebration at Santa Rosa's Epicenter after reaching the World Series consolation championship in Missouri. Players were interviewed on stage as friends and family cheered, honoring one of only two Sonoma County teams ever to reach the Cal Ripken World Series.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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