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Coming up on the calendar:
McDowell Elementary Back to School Night at Petaluma City Schools
Carpe Diem High School Back School Night at Petaluma City Schools
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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Hillcrest Middle School Back to School Night Gravenstein Elementary Sebastopol, CA 95472 5:00 pm
Valley Vista Public Waldorf Back to School Night Petaluma City Schools Valley Vista Elementary School, 730 N Webster St, Petaluma, CA 6:00 pm
Friday August 21
Another Trip Around the Sun Concert Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Sebastopol Community Cultural Center 390 Morris St. Sebastopol, CA 95472 6:00 pm
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Burger King posted a job opening for Team Member in Sebastopol. Apply here.
Lucky Supermarket posted a job opening for Multi-Purpose Clerk - Grocery (Night Crew) - 605 Rohnert Park Expressway, Rohnert Park, CA 94928 - 6 in Rohnert Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Valley Ford here.
🗞 Nearby News
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Occidental's hidden gem: Cypress Gallery and Bazaar (pressdemocrat.com)
Sonoma County airport panel to consider $415,000 in new noise-reduction measures (pressdemocrat.com)
Bodega Bay
Learn the art of nature journaling with conservationist Sarah Reid (pressdemocrat.com)
Petaluma
Spice Queen Readies To Give North Bay Foodies More Flavor With 2nd Store (patch.com)
SMART Board Announces Decision On Station Expansion (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!) Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!