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🌱 Patch AM: What Rohnert Park’s housing shortfall means for renters and seniors now
Coming up: The Tahoes @ Waterhawk Lake Club, Rohnert Park on the Rohnert Park Patch calendar
Hello Rohnert Park! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What Rohnert Park's housing shortfall means for renters and seniors now
- Rohnert Park laundry-room fire displaces resident and causes $20,000 damage
- How Rohnert Park's 12U squad earned a big-league style celebration
Also on today's calendar: CPR Certification Class (AHA) - In-Person, Instructor-Led and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 50 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 90, low: 54. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 92 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 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.
📸 Around Rohnert Park
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Rohnert Park
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★ Featured events ★
- The Tahoes @ Waterhawk Lake Club, Rohnert Park →
Waterhawk Lake Club, 5000 Roberts Lake Rd, Rohnert Park
12:00 pm
Sunday September 13
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Other local events
- Back To School Night
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District Rohnert Park, CA 94928
5:00 pm - CPR Certification Class (AHA) - In-Person, Instructor-Led →
5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
9:00 am - CPR First Aid Certification Class (AHA) - In-Person, Instructor-Led →
5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
9:00 am - Back to school night
Monte RioElementary School District Monte Rio, CA 95462
5:00 pm - BLS Class (AHA Certification) - Instructor-Led - CPR for Healthcare Providers →
5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
9:00 am - CPR Certification Class (AHA) - In-Person, Instructor-Led →
5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
9:00 am - CPR First Aid Certification Class (AHA) - In-Person, Instructor-Led →
5350 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park
9:00 am - Annual Northbay Craft Bash →
1351 Maple Ave, Santa Rosa
10:00 am - 2nd Annual BEE in Kenya Dinner and Art Auction →
Dragonfly Farm and Floral, 425 Westside Rd, Healdsburg
6:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
Saturday August 29
Monday August 31
Saturday September 5
Saturday September 12
📣 Rohnert Park Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Girls Basketball Tryouts
Piner-Olivet Charter Santa Rosa, CA 95403
3:30 pm - Roseland Teen Manga Club →
Roseland Regional Library, 470 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa
6:00 pm - Fire Evacuation Drill
Cesar Chavez Language Academy Santa Rosa, CA 95407
8:50 am - Coffee with the Counselors
Rincon Valley Charter - Sequoia Santa Rosa, CA 95409
11:30 am
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
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- Cheryl Teach Music — (707) 326-8797
- Apple Orchard Preschool — (707) 861-2361
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Please share & repost to help reunite this lost bird!
Mango/perla was LOST on August 23, 2026 in Rohnert Park, CA 94928 near Golf Course Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to contact… (Nextdoor E Section) - CHARLI.
,..one of our favorite photos when you weighed 1.4 lbs and so small next to Max….but you are all grown up now (Nextdoor The Historic A Section)
- Chevron Stations, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative in Rohnert Park. Apply here.
- National Mentor Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Caregiver for Community Outings and Activities in Rohnert Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rohnert Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Penngrove
- Big Ten football: How this single-bye season offers unique challenges (and benefits) for the sprawling conference (pressdemocrat.com)
Santa Rosa
- From Rescue Pup to Royalty: Jinny Lu Crowned World's Ugliest Dog (stevegruber.com)
- Vehicle Sheers Power Pole In Half, Prompts Road Closure In North Bay (patch.com)
- Teamsters settle strike at 15 CalPortland ready-mix concrete plants in Northern California (pressdemocrat.com)
Petaluma
- Missing Petaluma Man Found Safe Traveling Over 150 Miles, Thanks To Flock Camera Network (patch.com)
Ok Rohnert Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
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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