Rohnert Park News

Sonoma State University's decision to close down a free counseling clinic has stirred concern among mental-health service providers and advocates and anger among current and former graduate counseling students.

A Rohnert Park man was arrested for driving under the influence in the early morning hours Saturday, after he crashed his mother's Saturn into a double-wide trailer in the Rancho Felize Mobile Home Park on Redwood Drive.

The deep-rooted suspicions that divide Petaluma manifested themselves in a new way this week - an attack on iPads.

Fresh Choice is the latest restaurant to bite the dust in Novato.A It closed over the weekend after its lease expired, according to an email from Vintage Oaks Shopping Center A leasing manager Kathy DeOchoa of Crosspoint Realty.

Although it's not official, it's looking more and more like the SMART stop's relocation from Rohnert Park's north end near Roberts Lake Road, to City Center near the former State Farm Insurance is a go.

The Cotati-Rohnert Park School Board will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday to vote on whether to study putting a parcel tax measure on the June ballot.

Rohnert Park may proclaim itself the Friendly City, but that doesn't mean everyone knows how to spell its name.

Three nonprofits, hand-in-hand with the city of Rohnert Park, have given emergency housing funds to thousands of families, and housed or rebuilt the homes of hundreds more over the years.

Rohnert Park residents have dished out just $16,000 during this election cycle, donating money to both Democratic and Republican national campaigns, Congressional candidates and President Obama.

The Petaluma City Council appeared likely to support restrictions on officials' use of electronic devices during meetings after a wide-ranging discussion Monday night that frustrated many members.

An opinion piece published Sunday on Petaluma360.com struck me. It summarized what I've heard hundreds of times since moving here nearly two years ago.

Speeders beware - police are beefing up patrols to enforce strict speed limits, watching for distracted drivers using their phones behind the wheel and ramping up driving under the influence checks in Rohnert Park, as part of a yearlong campaign to make the city's street safer.A Thursday alone, officers with the Department of Public SafetyA ... (more)

Posted by PD staff in Cities , Featured Articles on February 5th, 2012 tags: City Council , Elias , Kearney , open meetings , Petaluma , planning commission Petaluma City Councilman Gabe Kearney was perplexed when a city planning commissioner objected to his use of an iPad to read a lengthy environmental document during a recent meeting.

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A three-person economic development team - tasked with sparking interest and attracting new development to Rohnert Park, keeping local businesses here and largely, giving this town an identity - is scrambling now, as the largest economic driver here has been defunded: redevelopment.

There's so much to Rohnert Park Patch that people have yet to discover. Did you know that we pride ourselves on having a page for every business located in Rohnert Park? Yep, check out our Patch Places to find all sorts of shops by category, or by typing topics into our seach box.

The Department if Public Safety is launching a Citizen's Academy - a 16-week program aimed at teaching regular people about police and fire - in a few weeks, and the department is encouraging anyone who lives or works in Rohnert Park to apply.

Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28 and 29 No arrests reported. Friday, Jan. 27 3:56 a.m. Harrison Prewett, 21, of Rohnert Park, was cited at 409 Matter Cir.

Hooters opened officially Monday at 6099 Redwood Dr. in Rohnert Park. By dinnertime, lines wrapped around the front door, the bar was three-deep with people and the wait for a table was growing longer than 30 minutes.

A franchise built on sex appeal, sports and chicken wings made its debut Monday in Sonoma County when a Hooters restaurant - the Bay Area's fifth - opened in Rohnert Park.