🌱 Casa Grande police tapped Flock cameras in a recent homicide search

Good day Casa Grande! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Casa Grande police tapped Flock cameras in a recent homicide search
• See Casa Grande’s bat-shaped pool and mitt-shaped parking lot

Today's riddle: Where do bad rainbows go? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 104 and low of 82 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 107, low: 82.
• Monday: Hot, with a high of 111 and low of 84 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ‘Rife for abuse': Several Arizona agencies halt Flock cameras amid misuse cases (kold.com) — Casa Grande police recently used Flock license plate cameras to help locate a homicide suspect’s vehicle after another department asked for assistance, highlighting how the technology is being used across Arizona. The report also details several Valley agencies pausing or reviewing Flock systems amid alleged misuse, and civil-liberties advocates pushing for stronger safeguards and state-level rules.
   

• See what parking was like in Arizona 80 years ago (azcentral.com) — Casa Grande makes a cameo in this nostalgic photo tour of Arizona parking lots, highlighting the Francisco Grande resort and its quirky baseball bat-shaped pool and catcher’s mitt parking layout from Giants spring training days. The rest of the gallery showcases how parking and car culture have evolved across Phoenix and other Arizona cities over the past 80 years.
   

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📸 Around Casa Grande

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Casa Grande

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Monday August 17

• CMS Volleyball vs Stanfield (Away)
  Casa Grande Elementary School District (Casa Grande) CASA GRANDE, AZ 85122
  4:30 pm
• CMS Boys Soccer vs Stanfield (Away)
  Casa Grande Elementary School District (Casa Grande) Stanfield Elementary School, 515 S Stanfield Rd, Stanfield, AZ
  4:30 pm
• City Council Regular Meeting →
  Casa Grande, AZ Calendar, 510 E Florence Blvd Council Chambers, Casa Grande
  7:00 pm

Wednesday August 19

• CMS Boys Soccer vs Villago ( Home)
  Casa Grande Elementary School District (Casa Grande) Cactus Middle School, 1220 E Kortsen Rd, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\
  4:30 pm
• CMS Volleyball vs Villago (Home)
  Casa Grande Elementary School District (Casa Grande) Cactus Middle School, 1220 E Kortsen Rd, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\
  4:30 pm

Thursday August 20

• DW - Bingo for Books
  Casa Grande Elementary School District (Casa Grande) Desert Willow Elementary School, 2172 N Arizola Rd, Casa Grande\
  5:00 pm

Monday August 24

• CMS Volleyball vs Sacaton (Home)
  Casa Grande Elementary School District (Casa Grande) CASA GRANDE, AZ 85122
  4:30 pm
• CMS Boys Soccer vs CGMS (Home)
  Casa Grande Elementary School District (Casa Grande) Cactus Middle School, 1220 E Kortsen Rd, Casa Grande, AZ 85122\
  4:30 pm

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📣 Casa Grande Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 15

• Ruth Fisher Mobile Food Pantry
  Saddle Mountain Unified District SACATON, AZ 85147
  9:30 am
• Mobile Food Pantry Distribution
  Saddle Mountain Unified District Tonopah Valley High School, 38201 W Indian School Rd, Tonopah
  9:30 am
• The Windmill Winery - Yoga by the Koi Pond
  Coolidge Chamber of Commerce The Windmill Winery
  10:00 am
• Superior Farm-to-Fantastic Farmer's Market →
  Pinal County, AZ Calendar
  10:00 am

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• AUTO BOSS RV — (480) 986-1049
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Today is my off day.
  Been a single parent is not easy, but you can do it. As tired as I was, I wanted to cancel my Kids doctors appointments getting up at 5 o’clock,… (Nextdoor Ghost Hollow Estates)
• I currently have a completely feral cat at my house whom I've fed for a few years now however they still don't let me get close to them.
  Now they are injured and i could really use some help or advice trapping him see im afraid if I do he will get around it somehow then move to a… (Nextdoor Desert Carmel)

• Hexcel Corporation posted a job opening for Shipping Operator CG4 in Casa Grande. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Distribution Center Team Member (Casa Grande, AZ) in Casa Grande. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Casa Grande here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Eloy

• Pinal County again tries prosecuting a person who's suing the cops (phoenixnewtimes.com)

Maricopa

• The heat will crank up after average temperatures through the weekend (azcentral.com)
• Arizona Supreme Court orders GOP to rewrite ‘argumentative' voucher measure summary (tucsonsentinel.com)
• When they didn't find fraud while testing a voting machine for the Trump admin, this cyber firm faced a wave of backlash (cnn.com)

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Ok Casa Grande! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Prism (Thank you Mark J. for sending it in!)
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