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🌱 How Rancho Santa Fe relatives helped one family rebuild after a devastating fire

Rancho Santa Fe, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Rancho Santa Fe! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Rancho Santa Fe relatives helped one family rebuild after a devastating fire
  • How Lake Hodges’ crisis could flood or financially squeeze Rancho Santa Fe

Also on today's calendar: May 9& 10, Single story, 2 + optional 3rd bedroom, at the top of a 55+ Oaks North Villas community. and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Where did the two roofs meet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 73 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 76, low: 54.
  • Monday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• What I Learned About Starting Over After Losing My Home in a Fire (realsimple.com) — A Los Angeles family displaced by the Palisades Fire briefly found refuge with relatives in Rancho Santa Fe, highlighting how local connections can soften even life‑upending disasters. The writer describes evacuating, losing nearly everything, and slowly rebuilding with help from friends, charities, and her meditation practice, discovering that living with less—and leaning on community—made recovery possible.
   

• Flood or fire? A disaster at Lake Hodges is looming, residents warn (kpbs.org) — Rancho Santa Fe is directly in the potential flood path if the aging Lake Hodges dam were to fail, yet residents downstream also worry that low reservoir levels are worsening wildfire risk and driving up water costs. Local water districts serving Rancho Santa Fe are suing San Diego over massive releases of stored water, while officials juggle seismic safety mandates, fire danger, and soaring replacement costs with no clear long-term fix yet in place.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Aimbridge Hospitality posted a job opening for The Inn At Rancho Santa Fe - Night Auditor in Rancho Santa Fe. Apply here.
  • Easterseals Southern California posted a job opening for Infant and Toddler Teacher - Bilingual Spanish Required in Encinitas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Rancho Santa Fe here.

🗞 Nearby News

Solana Beach

  • Autonomous systems and unmanned platforms to be displayed at SOF Week by AEVEX (militaryembedded.com)
  • How Naturopathic Medicine Is Changing The Way San Diego Residents Approach Weight Loss And Longevity (canyon-news.com)

Encinitas

  • FedEx Truck Armed Robberies; Police Pursuit; Sexual Assault Arrest: Encinitas, San Diego County Crime Log (patch.com)
  • Encinitas groups launch free art walking tour during Cyclovia event (thecoastnews.com)
  • Hogarth is Your Rancho Coastal Humane Society Pet This Week (patch.com)

San Diego

  • Police Investigate 'Suspicious' Death Of Woman In San Diego Apartment (patch.com)
  • 10 Can't-Miss Events In Southern California In May, Including The Flower Fields (patch.com)

Ok Rancho Santa Fe! 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: At a shingles bar! (Thank you Yann P. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Rancho Santa Fe

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Rancho Santa Fe

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.