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A new LUV Car Wash is nearing completion at 191 Healdsburg Ave., with an opening targeted for Sept. 1 or shortly afterward. The 4,366-square-foot facility is expected to begin with a soft launch before a formal opening celebration.

The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety has received an Alcohol Policing Partnership grant from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The effort will involve Cotati police and Sonoma State University police and continue through June 2027.

Cloverdale has started shifting from citywide elections for its five-member City Council to a district-based system. The city plans five public hearings through October, with residents invited to comment on boundaries and submit proposed maps.

A multi-agency operation in Rohnert Park targeting people seeking to purchase commercial sex resulted in two arrests, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety. The men were booked into the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility on suspicion of solicitation of prostitution.

Rohnert Park public safety detectives arrested a 45-year-old resident after a months-long investigation that began with a cyber-tip referred through an internet crimes task force. The person was booked into the Sonoma County jail, and officials have not released the individual’s identity.