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🌱 Patch AM: Sonoma City Fees Changing Sept. 1

Be sure to catch Annual Northbay Craft Bash on the Sonoma Patch calendar

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Good morning Sonoma! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Sonoma permit fees change Sept. 1; plan applications now
  • Free family movie night and market keep Sonoma's summer going
  • Why Sonoma just scrapped its planned Bike Boulevard traffic circle

Also on today's calendar: Annual Northbay Craft Bash and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 93 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Not as hot with some sun, temps: high: 82, low: 52.
  • Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 84 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Sonoma City Fees Changing Sept. 1 (patch.com) — Sonoma residents and businesses face a change in city service, permit, and application fees starting Tuesday, Sept. 1, with costs determined by the schedule in effect when applications are submitted. Anyone filing Building, Planning, or other permits is urged to review the new fees, submit before the deadline if desired, and plan around a one-day shutdown of the city's online Permit Center.
   

2. Sonoma Squeezes More Summer Into September (patch.com) — Sonoma is stretching summer into September with a free outdoor screening of "The Incredibles" on the Sonoma Plaza lawn behind City Hall, complete with free popcorn and family-friendly vibes. Residents can pair the movie night with takeout from local restaurants and keep enjoying the season at Sonoma's ongoing Tuesday night market before autumn officially arrives.
   

3. Community friction and data clash over new Sonoma 'Bike Boulevard' traffic circle (sonomanews.com) — A controversial temporary traffic circle on Third Street West in Sonoma is being removed, and the city's Traffic Safety Committee has voted to drop a permanent circle from the Bike Boulevard plan in favor of speed cushions and four-way stops. Neighbors say the test circle created unsafe interactions and truck issues, while city data showed slower speeds. Officials will now redesign the corridor before permanent construction begins this fall, using Go Sonoma grant funds that can't be shifted elsewhere.
   

4. Sonoma Valley Regional Library's featured September artist: Wendy Walter (sonomanews.com) — Sonoma Valley Regional Library will showcase Northern California painter Wendy Walter as its featured artist for September, with an artist reception on Sept. 11 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Forum Room, 755 W. Napa St. Walter's oil and acrylic works explore the mood and hidden stories in nature, and the exhibit will be open throughout the month during library hours when the room is free.
   

5. Sonoma Clean Power And CTE Foundation Launch Mobile STEM Kit Lending Library For Local Schools (ksro.com) — Sonoma Clean Power and the Career Technical Education Foundation have launched a mobile STEM Kit Lending Library for middle and high schools across Sonoma and Mendocino counties, including classrooms serving Sonoma students. The rotating clean‑energy kits, complete with seven-lesson curricula, are now reservable for fall and can be picked up at Sonoma Clean Power's customer center in downtown Santa Rosa. Organizers hope to connect local teens with growing renewable‑energy careers.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday August 27
  • Flowery Back to School Night
    Prestwood Sonoma, CA 95476
    5:00 pm
  • Back to school night
    Monte RioElementary School District Monte Rio, CA 95462
    5:00 pm
    • Saturday August 29
  • 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

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  • Dear Dolly,
    Thank you for being a National Treasure. Your talent can only be matched by your humanity and kindness. You will always be remembered and we will… (Nextdoor El Verano)
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Ok Sonoma! 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: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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