🌱 Patch AM: How Rohnert Park police are targeting buyers in trafficking investigations

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• How Rohnert Park police are targeting buyers in trafficking investigations

Also on today's calendar: Annual Northbay Craft Bash and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 50 degrees.
• Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 82, low: 51.
• Monday: Pleasantly cool with some sun, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Charges filed against two people in Rohnert Park human trafficking case (pressdemocrat.com) — Rohnert Park residents are being alerted to new felony charges in a local human trafficking investigation involving a minor, following arrests made by the city's Department of Public Safety. Investigators say they're targeting people who purchase commercial sex and emphasize that minors in such cases are treated as victims of exploitation under California law. The case is part of a broader series of recent trafficking-related arrests tied to Rohnert Park.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rohnert Park

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Saturday September 5
• Annual Northbay Craft Bash →
  1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• BLS Class (AHA Certification) - Instructor-Led - CPR for Healthcare Providers →
  5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
  9:00 am
Monday August 31
• CPR First Aid Certification Class (AHA) - In-Person, Instructor-Led →
  5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
  9:00 am
• CPR Certification Class (AHA) - In-Person, Instructor-Led →
  5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
  9:00 am
Saturday September 12
• 17th Annual Greek & Middle Eastern Festival →
  St. George Orthodox Church, 7311 College View Dr, Rohnert Park
  12:00 pm
• 2nd Annual BEE in Kenya Dinner and Art Auction →
  Dragonfly Farm and Floral, 425 Westside Rd, Healdsburg
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• The Tahoes @ Waterhawk Lake Club, Rohnert Park →
  Waterhawk Lake Club, 5000 Roberts Lake Rd, Rohnert Park
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• River to Coast Children's Services 50th Anniversary Gala
  Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center 16790 Armstrong Woods Rd Guerneville, CA
  4:00 pm
• Switcheroo! Queer Contra Dance
  North Bay Country Dance Society Wischemann Hall, 465 Morris St., Sebastopol, CA, United States
  7:00 pm
• Rival Plague →
  Phoenix Theatre, 201 Washington St, Petaluma
  8:00 pm
• Bolero at HopMonk Sebastopol →
  HopMonk Tavern Sebastopol, 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol
  8:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Sebastopol Advanced English Country Dance
  North Bay Country Dance Society Wischemann Hall, 465 Morris St., Sebastopol, CA, United States
  2:00 pm
Monday August 31
• Executive Committee Orientation
  Piner-Olivet Charter Santa Rosa, CA 95403
  5:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Cotati

• property-sells-in-cotati-for-506000 (fresnobee.com)

Penngrove

• Local Ventures: Tookey Farms' Westside Road Farm Stand (patch.com)

Santa Rosa

• Property sells for $1.64 million in Santa Rosa (pressdemocrat.com)
• Santa Rosa Academy included in 'Healthiest Schools' list (menifee247.com)
• Prep roundup: Sonoma Valley flag football wins again; Carrillo, Montgomery, Rancho among volleyball winners (pressdemocrat.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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