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🌱 How Truckee’s only food pantry is coping after key funding vanished

Truckee, California Patch AM: a 5 min read

What's up Truckee! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Truckee’s only food pantry is coping after key funding vanished
  • How a Coldstream Canyon project could reshape Truckee’s river corridor this fall
  • How hot will it really get in Truckee this coming week?

Also on today's calendar: Edible & Medicinal Plants & Berries of Alpine Meadows and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: A man rode into Fenton on Friday. He stayed three days and left on Friday. How did he do that? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 92 and low of 38 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 92, low: 39.
  • Sunday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 90 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How a Truckee food pantry is expanding food rescue after federal funding cuts (kunr.org) — Truckee’s only community food pantry, run by Sierra Community House, is scrambling to replace lost federal funding that once covered most of its fresh produce. Staff now rescue about 22,000 pounds of food monthly from regional grocery stores to keep hundreds of local households, including many first-time food bank users, supplied with nutritious groceries despite rising living costs.
   

• Truckee River Watershed Council on track to complete Coldstream Canyon Lower Floodplain Restoration Project this fall (sierrasun.com) — Work is underway to restore the Coldstream Canyon lower floodplain along Cold Creek near Truckee’s Legacy Trail, with construction expected to wrap up this fall. The Truckee River Watershed Council project will add new floodplain and riparian habitat, reduce erosion, and improve water quality flowing into the Truckee River, while keeping the popular trail open with occasional traffic control.
   

• Heat wave forcasted Friday into next week (tahoedailytribune.com) — Truckee is expected to see highs near the 90s starting Friday as a regional heat wave settles over the Tahoe area and nearby valleys. With triple digits forecast in surrounding cities and more visitors heading for the mountains, residents are urged to stay hydrated, seek shade or air conditioning, and check on vulnerable neighbors through next weekend.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hey guys, I’m a 15 year Tahoe local.
    I’m a carpenter and handyman. I recently made these frames for these mirrors and am posting them on here in hopes to find a buyer! Both of these… (Nextdoor Prosser Heights)
  • Tahoe Truckee Unified School District posted a job opening for High School ScienceTeacher (Temporary) - 204 in Truckee. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Kings Beach

  • Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning musical comedy comes to the Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe (sierrasun.com)
  • Action in Tahoe: Yoga Festival, Bee Gees Tribute and more! (tahoedailytribune.com)
  • Cyclospora boosts fears that worse foodborne outbreaks are ahead (fredericksburg.com)

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Ok Truckee! 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: His horse's name was Friday (Thank you Coco S. for sending it in!)
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