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🌱 Sonora honors veterans with flags and a free dinner

Sonora, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Sonora! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Sonora honors veterans with flags and a free dinner
  • What officials know about ICE reports around Sonora
  • Groveland property faces trustee auction at Sonora courthouse

Also on today's calendar: Copperopolis Veterans Day Pancake Breakfast and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 78 and low of 48 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, temps: high: 77, low: 50.
  • Friday: Cooler; p.m. showers, breezy, with a high of 64 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Field of Honor kicks off local Veterans Day observances in Mother Lode (uniondemocrat.com) — Veterans eat free at today's Sonora Elks Lodge dinner, with doors opening at 4 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. at 100 Elk Drive. Nearby, Sonora Sunrise Rotary's free Field of Honor at Standard Park remains open noon to 4:30 p.m., with hundreds of flags honoring military members and first responders.
   

• ICE activity in Calaveras prompts Tuolumne County concerns (uniondemocrat.com) — Sonora police had received no reports of immigration enforcement in the city as of Monday, despite online claims following confirmed ICE operations in Calaveras County. Reports near the Pedro Wye remained unverified, and a Sonora hotel manager denied knowingly housing agents. Local officials said their agencies do not participate in general civil immigration enforcement.
   

• T.S. No. 151015-CA STX#962875 (uniondemocrat.com) — A trustee auction involving a Groveland property is scheduled for January 7, 2027, at 3:30 p.m. outside the county administration building at 2 South Green Street in Sonora. The notice lists $308,544.24 in debt and estimated costs, warns bidders about outstanding liens and notes the sale may be postponed.
   

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💬 Chatter

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Ok Sonora! 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: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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