🌱 How Auburn neighbors hit a wildfire-safety milestone that could cut insurance

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• How Auburn neighbors hit a wildfire-safety milestone that could cut insurance

Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 69 and low of 54 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny and cool, temps: high: 71, low: 55.
• Saturday: Cool with plenty of sun, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Placer County Celebrates 150th Firewise USA Community, a Milestone in Wildfire Reduction Efforts (placersentinel.com) — From Auburn, Placer County is celebrating its 150th Firewise USA community, underscoring major progress in neighborhood wildfire preparedness that directly affects local residents. The county's wildfire strategy combines home hardening, defensible space, large-scale fuel reduction, and new shaded fuel breaks along I‑80, which may also help homeowners qualify for insurance discounts while strengthening evacuation routes and community safety.
   

📸 Around Auburn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Auburn

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Friday September 4
• Preschool Storytime
  Placer County Library Granite Bay Library > Granite Bay Library Meeting Room - 6475 Doug
  9:30 am
• Toddler Time
  Placer County Library Rocklin Library > Rocklin Library Meeting Room - 4890 Granite Dri
  9:30 am
• Baby Lapsit
  Placer County Library Tahoe City Library - 740 N Lake Boulevard Tahoe City CA 96145
  10:30 am
Saturday September 5
• Read to a Dog
  Placer County Library Granite Bay Library - 6475 Douglas Boulevard Granite Bay CA 95746
  10:30 am
Sunday September 6
• After Hours Trivia
  Placer County Library Rocklin Library > Rocklin Library Meeting Room - 4890 Granite Dri
  5:30 pm
Monday September 7
• Campus Closed
  Ackerman Charter Auburn, CA 95603
• All Library Locations closed for Labor Day →
  Placer County Library -
  12:01 am
Tuesday September 8
• Baby Lapsit
  Placer County Library Auburn Library @Larry Oddo Finance and Administration Building
  9:30 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3
• Preschool Storytime
  Placer County Library Foresthill Library - 24580 Main Street Foresthill CA 95631
  10:30 am
• Toddler Time
  Placer County Library Colfax Library - 10 W Church Street Colfax CA 95713
  10:30 am
• Baby Lapsit
  Placer County Library Rocklin Library > Rocklin Library Meeting Room - 4890 Granite Dri
  10:30 am
Saturday September 5
• Read to a Dog
  Placer County Library Granite Bay Library - 6475 Douglas Boulevard Granite Bay CA 95746
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Just joined.
  I have Desert Tortoises. Love them as much as I do my dogs. (Nextdoor North Auburn East of Hwy 49)
• SPRINKLER RECOMMENDATIONS - anyone in the Auburn area have a good recommendation for a simple pvc pipe sprinkler repair?
  Have repaired it twice and keeps popping at the repair. I need someone who knows what they are doing! Thanks! (Nextdoor Hidden Falls)

• Big 5 Sporting Goods posted a job opening for Retail Cashier Associate - Part Time in Auburn. Apply here.
• Target posted a job opening for Specialty Sales (Style, Tech, Beauty) (T1097) in Auburn. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Auburn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Granite Bay

• Bovee sisters have Powell roots since early homestead days (powelltribune.com)
• Placer County Celebrates 150th Firewise USA Community, a Milestone in Wildfire Reduction Efforts (granitebaymirror.com)
• How Lefty Pitching Prospects Boston Bateman, Caden Hunter Have Emerged For Orioles (pressboxonline.com)

Rocklin

• Fiery crash on Interstate 80 in Placer County blocks traffic in Rocklin, Loomis (cbsnews.com)
• MACK – Let's Revisit - C (blogspot.com)
• Association of Golf Merchandisers Announces 2026 College Scholarship Recipients (thegolfwire.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A shirt (Thank you Dianna H. for sending it in!)
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