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🌱 Small Business Saturday + First Responder Mortgage Paid

Welcome to the Sacramento Patch daily newsletter for everything happening Friday November 26th, 2021 in The River City.

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Welcome to the Thanksgiving Sacramento Daily Patch Newsletter! This is where you will find all of the best news and events happening in Sacramento for Friday November 26th, 2021!

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 63 Low: 42.

Here are the top stories in Sacramento today:

  1. More than 27,000 people converged on East Sacramento Thursday morning for the largest Thanksgiving Day fun run in the country. The Run to Feed the Hungry is the biggest fundraiser for Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services, raising over $900K this year for the organization. The Food Bank expects to provide 33 million meals in 2021. (KCRA3)
  2. This year, Small Business Saturday falls on November 27 and kicks off the holiday shopping season in Sacramento County. Holiday shoppers in our region are especially encouraged to shop small and shop local to help support struggling businesses recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. (Press Release Desk)
  3. A non-profit has paid off the home mortgage of Adam Gibson, a Sacramento County sheriff's deputy who was killed in the line of duty after a chase led to a shootout near Cal Expo in January. The organization Tunnel to Towers announced Wednesday that it paid off Gibson's family's mortgage as part of its third-annual "Season of Hope." Tunnel to Towers said in a news release it "immediately took on the mortgage" of Gibson's family's home after his death, and it was fully paid off as of November. (Good Day Sacramento)
  4. A first-of-its-kind bus stop is being built in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood. The bench along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 12th Avenue will include solar panels that will allow people to charge their phones and add air to their car or bike tires. The work is being completed by students with Northern California Construction Training (NCCT). Funding was provided by a generous donor. (CBS Sacramento)
  5. A second Southwest flight has had to turn back to the Sacramento International Airport. Last week, it was because of a collision with a bird. Then, on Wednesday, a Southwest Airlines flight that departed from Sacramento had to turn back around due to a pressurization issue, officials say. Southwest officials say the pilots noticed a warning light indicating that one of the redundant systems on the aircraft may not be working the way it should be, prompting the decision to turn back around to Sacramento. The plane landed safely and there were no injuries to anyone onboard. (CBS Sacramento)


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Friday's events in Sacramento

  • The Night Market Series and Backyard Boogie presents Hey Fam Comedy Show at Foreign Native. (7:00 PM)
  • Come out for Comedy Night at the Crest Theater with Robert Omoto. (8:00 PM)
  • Groundwave will be at Hacienda del Rio in Folsom. (9:00 PM)

Sacramento Patch Notebook

  • This wheelchair friendly merry-go-round at Southside Park was put there in loving memory of Jonnie, by a father honoring his son's memory. (KCRA Sacramento)
  • Did you miss the lighting of the tree in Old Sac? No worries! Catch it here. (CBS Sacramento)


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— Jeri Karges

About me: Jeri Karges has been living in and loving the Sacramento region for over 30 years. Her passion is finding new and unique ways to enjoy the city and surrounding areas. On weekends, you can find her pestering her friends to sample the restaurant that doesn't have silverware, or try their hand at throwing an axe. Jeri also enjoys writing about retirement planning at https://rockinretirement.subst...

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