Final downtown market tonight

<p>Santa Rosa's Downtown Market concludes its summer run today.</p><p>Fresh produce, food, flowers and entertainment stretch across Fourth Street and Mendocino Avenue in downtown Santa Rosa for this weekly event that begins at 5 p.m. and runs until 8:30 p.m.</p><p>Organizers of the market said they were expecting a good turnout for this evening's event, the last of the season for the street fair and farmers' market held every Wednesday from mid-May through the end of August.</p><p>"When it's this hot, people don't want to stay home and cook," said Tracey Pugh, market director.</p><p>Typically, she said, on a hot day people will wait until the temperature cools a bit before venturing to the market, which is held over four-block central downtown area with streets closed to motor vehicles.</p><p>At 4 p.m., the temperature in downtown Santa Rosa was 97 degrees, according to Weather.com, but it was expected to dip by the hour.</p><p>The forecast called for slight cooling by the hour: 93 degrees at 5 p.m;, 88 degrees by 6 p.m.; 82 degrees by 7 p.m. and 77 degrees by 8 p.m.</p>