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Also on today's calendar: Buick Club CCCBCA of Sacramento Meeting and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Women's Empowerment helps homeless women rebuild their lives in Sacramento (kcra.com) — A Sacramento-based nonprofit, Women's Empowerment, is helping local homeless women rebuild their lives with job training, housing navigation, and basic necessities like clothing, computers, and meals. Graduates like Patricia Wiggins now volunteer to support others, and the group is inviting community members to back its mission at an annual gala fundraiser on Sept. 25.
2. Brain-Swelling Disease Blamed For Recent Deaths In CA As Cases Surge Nationwide (patch.com) — Issued from Sacramento, state health officials are warning residents about a sharp rise in West Nile virus infections that have already killed three Californians this month. With cases and severe neuroinvasive illnesses climbing statewide and nationwide, experts urge people—especially older adults and those with health conditions—to take mosquito-avoidance steps through late summer and early fall.
3. California's San Francisco Bay-Delta water protections set for modernization (actionnewsnow.com) — From Sacramento, state water officials have unveiled a major plan to modernize protections for the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay-Delta, a key water source for millions of Californians. The proposal boosts river flows, restores tens of thousands of habitat acres, recognizes tribal cultural water uses, and opens a public comment period ahead of an October adoption hearing.
4. CDFW Invites Input on Northern Sacramento Valley Hunting Opportunities (ca.gov) — Hunters in and around the Sacramento region can weigh in on Northern Sacramento Valley hunting opportunities at an online California Department of Fish and Wildlife meeting on Aug. 25. Officials will outline habitat and water conditions and discuss state areas like Gray Lodge and Upper Butte Basin, plus the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, while taking public comments on access and management.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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