🌱 Patch AM: How much do Petaluma’s four Flock cameras really see and store?

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In today's newsletter:

• How much do Petaluma’s four Flock cameras really see and store?

Also on today's calendar: The Social Contractors Rock The Big Easy! and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 62 and low of 34 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 63, low: 38.
• Tuesday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 63 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Public safety must-have or threat to civil liberties? Debate over Flock license plate reader cameras has taken hold in North Bay (pressdemocrat.com) — Petaluma readers should know their police department currently operates four Flock license plate reader cameras, storing data for 30 days as part of a growing North Bay surveillance network. The article weighs police claims of crime-fighting benefits against civil liberties advocates’ warnings about mass data collection, data sharing with other agencies, and lawsuits challenging how these systems are used across California.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Petaluma

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Saturday January 10

• The Social Contractors Rock The Big Easy!
  128 American Alley , Petaluma
  8:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's
  2:30 pm
• Wise Girl Workshops
  McKinley School , 110 Ellis St , Petaluma
  9:57 pm

Wednesday January 14

• 10 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's
  1:30 pm

Thursday January 22

• Sonoma Family Meal Cooking Class & Meal Prep for a Healthy New Year
  1370A Redwood Way , Petaluma
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 11

• ✨ New Year FUN Hike! 🥾Jack London State Historic Park 🏞️
  Jack London State Historic Park , 2400 London Ranch Rd , Glen Ellen
  10:30 am
• Manzanitas!
  Sugarloaf Ridge State Park , 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd , Kenwood
  2:00 pm
• John McCutcheon
  Sebastiani Theatre , 476 1st St E , Sonoma
  3:00 pm
• Rancho Nicasio - Dinner & Dancing!
  Rancho Nicasio , 1 Old Rancheria Rd , Nicasio
  4:00 pm
• Iko YaYa at Rancho Nicasio!
  Rancho Nicasio , 1 Old Rancheria Rd , Nicasio
  4:00 pm
• 🎨 Zootopia Paint Party | ROUND TABLE PIZZA NOVATO
  Round Table Pizza , 1565 S Novato Blvd , Novato
  4:30 pm

Monday January 12

• Jazzercise Novato CardioSculpt HIIT Class
  Margaret Todd Senior Center , 1560 Hill Road , Novato
  9:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• UPDATE: Dog was taken to Petaluma North Bay Animal Services at 2pm and will be on a 7-10 day hold and if not claimed will be put up for adoption
  Found dog at McDowell Park! No chip and No collar. Very friendly. Dropped off at East Petaluma Animal Hospital around 11:30am on 1/9/26 (Nextdoor Casa Grande / Crinella)
• Thank you everyone who dropped off Xmas trees for our goats.
  (And other vegetables). They are loving them! This is the first tree that they devoured! (Nextdoor Rural Near West Side)

• Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for (8576) Petaluma: Assistant Manager and Shift Runners in Petaluma. Apply here.
• AeroVironment, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Control Clerk II in Petaluma. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Petaluma here.

🗞 Nearby News

Cotati

• ICE shooting prompts ‘ICE Out For Good' protests in Santa Rosa, nationwide this weekend (pressdemocrat.com)
• Rohnert Park Reassigns Sole School Resource Officer to City Patrol Amid Staffing Shortages (hoodline.com)

Rohnert Park

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I see food and I eat it.
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