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Coffee in hand, Yuma? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Want to join Yuma's monthly Pack Walk with your four-legged friend?
  • Why Yuma growers keep paying for outbreaks they didn't cause

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Robynne Y.!

Today's riddle: How fast is milk when you pour it? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Very warm with some sun, with a high of 109 and low of 88 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny; hot, less humid, temps: high: 112, low: 89.
  • Wednesday: Near-record heat, with a high of 114 and low of 88 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• YPG employee and her dogs bring dog lovers together for Pack Walks (yumasun.com) — A Yuma Test Center employee and her two doodles have turned social media fame into a real-world community through monthly Yuma Pack Walks. Dog owners meet on second Sundays at Lowe's in summer and downtown Main Street in winter, enjoying swag, socialization for their pets, and charity drives that support homeless pet owners through Crossroads Mission.
   

• I Keep Being Asked Why an Industry That Just Lost a Season Would Fight the Rule That Would Protect It. The Honest Answer Is That the Arithmetic Used to Work. It Stopped Working in July. (marlerblog.com) — Yuma's lettuce and leafy greens growers are being dragged into costly nationwide foodborne illness outbreaks they didn't cause because weak traceability rules spread the damage across entire regions. The writer explains how industry economics long favored delaying stronger tracking, but argues this summer's massive Cyclospora outbreak and lost harvests show it's now cheaper and fairer to quickly adopt robust traceability and sampling.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Visit del sol neighborhood.
    Found this senior Tan Huskey , partially blind . Black harness . According to the ring neighborhood app this dog has been lost and found about four… (Nextdoor Yuma Foothills)
  • Last minute notice I know.
    But I am looking for anyone who needs a ride to phx tomorrow. Preferably to the airport. Must have a drivers license. I have a rental that I need to… (Nextdoor Bel Aire One)
  • Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Yuma. Apply here.
  • Smart & Final posted a job opening for Part Time Associate (Cashier) - 497 Yuma in Yuma. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Yuma here.

🗞 Nearby News

Somerton

  • Yuma arts organizations and programs receive grants from Arizona Commission on the Arts (yumasun.com)
  • Phoenix Rising FC brings recreational soccer league to Yuma County (yumasun.com)
  • Desert Gardener: As Old as Methusaleh - 2,000-year-old seed grows a healthy date palm (yumasun.com)

San Luis

  • Canadian Actor Detained by ICE at US Border for Nearly Two Weeks, Describes 'Inhumane' Conditions (resistthemainstream.com)

Ajo

  • Nancy Guthrie Update: Retired FBI Agent Demands Search of Sonoran Desert (jubileecast.com)

Ok Yuma! 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: It's "Pasturized" before you know it! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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