🌱 Why Windsor fire experts are wary of betting on wildfires

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• Why Windsor fire experts are wary of betting on wildfires

Also on today's calendar: 17th Annual Greek & Middle Eastern Festival and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Very hot with periods of sun, temps: high: 101, low: 66.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 97 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Morally repugnant': Lawmakers, wildfire survivors call for regulation of wildfire betting (pressdemocrat.com) — Windsor gets a brief spotlight as Sonoma County Fire District leaders, pictured during a 2019 training burn in town, weigh in on the ethics of betting on wildfires. Local fire officials, lawmakers, and ethics experts argue that prediction markets on disasters risk encouraging arson, undermining public safety, and eroding community trust, while regulators debate how tightly to control this fast-growing industry.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Windsor

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★ Featured events ★

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

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• Windsor Chili Cook-off 2025 →
  Windsor Town Green, 701 McClelland Dr, Windsor
  12:00 pm
• Gamba's 125 Year Celebration →
  Gamba Vineyards & Winery, 2912 Woolsey Rd, Windsor
  2:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Hayward at Windsor →
  Windsor High School, 8695 Windsor Rd, Windsor
  4:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• 2026 Community Parkwide Sale →
  8109 Conde Ln, Windsor
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• Board Meeting →
  Rincon Valley Charter - Sequoia Santa Rosa, CA 95409
  6:00 pm
• Learn to Square Dance
  Sebastopol Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Wischemann Hall 465 Morris Street Sebastopol, CA 95472
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Coffee with the Counselors
  Rincon Valley Charter - Sequoia Santa Rosa, CA 95409
  11:30 am
Thursday September 10
• Back To School Night
  Morrice Schaefer Charter Santa Rosa, CA 95403
  5:00 pm
• Elementary - Back To School Night
  Santa Rosa French-American Charter School Santa Rosa, CA 95405
  5:30 pm
• WS Curriculum Night
  West Side Union Elementary West Side Campus
  5:30 pm
• Back to School Night: Spring Lake Middle School
  Rincon Valley Union School District Santa Rosa, CA 95405
  5:30 pm
• Elementary ELAC →
  HEALDSBURG UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FMC Library
  6:00 pm

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• I want to clarify something regarding my posts about rehoming Molly.
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🗞 Nearby News

Healdsburg

• Early North Coast grape harvest collides with higher costs (pressdemocrat.com)

Santa Rosa

• How Santa Rosa, Calif. turned catastrophe into a national model for wildfire survival (themunicipal.com)
• As Santa Rosa advances plans for a new City Hall, here's what the deal could mean (pressdemocrat.com)
• North Bay candidates turn out for Labor Day fundraiser/rally (pressdemocrat.com)

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