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🌱 Patch AM: Animal Rights Activist Zoe Rosenberg Released From Jail: Watch

And check out Russian River Railbikes last event of the year: Pedal to the North Pole! on the Petaluma Patch calendar

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Good morning Petaluma! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Activist in Petaluma Poultry case leaves jail for house arrest
  • How Petaluma’s Spanish Mass celebrates Nochebuena and new life
  • Why a Petaluma columnist refuses to let AI write his work

Also on today's calendar: Russian River Railbikes last event of the year: Pedal to the North Pole! and 4 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Breezy with showers around, with a high of 56 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 61, low: 35.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Animal Rights Activist Zoe Rosenberg Released From Jail: Watch (patch.com) — Petaluma readers will recognize the case at the center of this story, as activist Zoe Rosenberg’s conviction stems from taking chickens from the Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse. After serving two weeks in solitary at Sonoma County jail, she’s been released early on good-behavior credits and will finish her sentence on tightly restricted house arrest, with limited weekly time allowed for groceries.
   

• Religion and culture combine in lead-up to Christmas (pressdemocrat.com) — Spanish-language Advent Masses at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Petaluma are giving local parishioners comfort and connection in the final days before Christmas. A recent service included a special blessing for newborn Leticia Flores, highlighting how Hispanic traditions like Nochebuena and midnight Mass are being celebrated locally alongside services in nearby Santa Rosa.
   

• How not to use AI (axios.com) — A Petaluma Argus-Courier columnist explains he’ll never use AI to write his column, journal, or craft jokes, insisting he won’t sign his name to work he didn’t create. He’s part of a broader group of professionals and creatives who happily lean on AI for grunt work but deliberately avoid it for core skills, intimate conversations, and tasks where accuracy or personal meaning really matter.
   

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