This Week's Rohnert Park Headlines

One of the most contentious and important story to tell in Rohnert Park is that of development — what's coming in, what's being forced out. So, when Rohnert Park Patch broke the story about  on Tuesday, it's no wonder it generated nearly 400 Facebook recommends and skyrocketed the story to the number one spot in terms of readership.

Check out the follow up story we published later in the week, after the Planning Commission gave the go-ahead for  to open up shop here, which developers estimate will be in about six months. 

More than six months after 2-year-old Calli Murray's death spurred a conversation locally about the and unsafe intersections in Rohnert Park, the city this week started striping in or or crosswalks throughout town — part of an initiative that .

Check out Rohnert Park Patch's on the new crosswalk, adjacent to Sunrise Park, where the Murrays were struck.

In related news, lawyers for Kaitlyn Dunaway, 18, who killed the 2-year-old and who has admitted to police to using her phone while driving, has for the second week in a row. Click here for the update.

, commissioners for the Rohnert Park-Cotati Regional Library this week voted to cut back on hours open, and Rohnert Park residents had a lot to say about it. .

Check out the story about the "," as the  the weekend's  winds down to an end, and stay tuned for other special coverage at Patch later this week.

 at the Thursday night Farmers Market. Interested? Market organizers are still looking for local bands to play. Click on the story for details or send an email to angela.hart@patch.com.

Rohnert Park's Friday Night Farmers Market continues to be a huge success, three weeks in a row. to view the cool video story on Friday's market. 

Saturday morning,  kicked off at Sonoma Mountain Village, where hundreds of people gathered to remember and honor people who have both died from and survived cancer. Check back at Rohnert Park Patch later early next week for a multimedia story on the relay.

Also this week, freelance reporter Kristina Uppal wrote a killer story on Sam Tawasha, owner of Sam's Taxi. .