A UC Berkeley student currently in jail for taking four chickens valued at around $24 from a Petaluma-area poultry processing facility will be home for the holidays.
Zoe Rosenberg, 23, is set to be released from the Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility on Christmas Eve. During her Dec. 3 sentencing, the judge said the final 60 days of her 90-day sentence could involve jail alternatives. After cutting Rosenberg’s mandated jail time in half for good behavior, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office is having her spend the rest of her sentence on house arrest at her Berkeley apartment.
Rosenberg’s medical complications are also believed to have factored into officials’ decision. A Type 1 diabetic, she must follow a complex daily routine to manage her disease, which worsened when her stomach became partially paralyzed shortly before her October trial. She has spent the past few months outfitted with a feeding tube…