This Week in Ronhert Park: July 10 - 16

Did you miss a headline this week? Glad you checked on our Week in Review. Here's a brief roundup on the top stories you may have missed.

It began unfortunately with the passing of Reba Roberts, a true community leader since the chartering of Rohnert Park. This was by far the biggest story this week, as she touched many lives through her support of the Miss Sonoma County Pageant, as president of the Sonoma County Youth and Adult Development, or her lifetime of being the friend in The Friendly City.

We ran three related stories – first the announcement and reactions of friends with , then the official family obituary for . A few days the family announced  the for Aug. 7.

The younger generation took center state midweek as the news came that , making our local college among the most expensive public universities in the state.

Close to the hearth, proved popular with its useful lists of pet-friendly restaurants, hotels, dog parks and the like. So too did our daily recipes all week long for our .

One story that kept appearing in the Most Popular list was . We presume, optimistically, that it rode the popular wave of interest in  

The school week news of developments at the former Mountain Shadows Middle School as it turns in the new Education Center, as .

Come Saturday, it was time for the Cotati Kids Day Parade and Festival, an event we attended with cameras, notebooks and childlike simplicity on Saturday. We previewed it with , then showed off

The ongoing saga of the Highway 101 reconstruction took another twist this week, with a 10-day . Patch will keep you posted on developments on this project as they affect  your lives and work here in Rohnert Park.