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🌱 How cold will Truckee get as early fall weather arrives?
Coming up: Sunset Kayak Tour on the Truckee Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How cold will Truckee get as early fall weather arrives?
- How dinner out helped fund Upper Truckee River restoration projects
- Truckee High alum takes his first collegiate start for Cal
Also on today's calendar: Sunset Kayak Tour and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has 2 arms and a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 60 and low of 41 degrees.
- Friday: Mainly cloudy and autumnlike, temps: high: 60, low: 35.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and cool, with a high of 68 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• An early autumn? Showers coming across NorCal — here's how much rain could fall (sacbee.com) — Expect a cool, almost autumn-like stretch in Truckee as showers move across Northern California, with local overnight lows possibly dipping into the 30s and bringing patchy frost at higher spots. Rain will be light in the Sierra, but the cooler air will keep daytime highs well below average, offering a brief break from typical early-September warmth. 
• Four iconic Lake Tahoe area restaurants raise nearly $400,000 for the Tahoe Fund (sierrasun.com) — Nearly $400,000 raised by four popular Tahoe-area restaurants is helping fund projects like wildfire-preparedness pilots, Upper Truckee River restoration, and new East Shore Trail segments that Truckee residents can enjoy. The story also reminds readers that donations from Truckee and surrounding communities keep local outlets like the Sierra Sun reporting on critical issues, including COVID-19 impacts. Your meals and small contributions are directly shaping the region's environment and information flow.
• Cal cross country begins new era at USF Invitational (dailycal.org) — A standout Truckee High School alumnus, distance runner Kiefer Wilcox, is beginning his college cross country career with Cal at this week's USF Invitational in San Francisco. Competing after years of training at 5,800 feet in Truckee, he joins a strong freshman class under new head coach Ryan Hill, giving local fans someone to follow on the state collegiate stage.
📸 Around Truckee
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Truckee
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- Sunset Kayak Tour →
7010 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe Vista
5:00 pm - Clear Kayak Tour →
7010 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe Vista
9:30 am - Labor Day - No School
Tahoe-Truckee Unified Truckee, CA 96161 - Back to School Night
North Tahoe High School Truckee, CA 96161
4:30 pm - NTHS: Back to School
Tahoe-Truckee Unified Truckee, CA 96161
5:00 pm - ELAC: NTHS and NTS
Tahoe-Truckee Unified Kings Beach Elementary School, 8125 Steelhead Ave, Kings Beach
5:30 pm - GES: Back to School (TK-2)
Tahoe-Truckee Unified Truckee, CA 96161
5:30 pm - TLE: Back to School
Tahoe-Truckee Unified Truckee, CA 96161
5:30 pm - Sunset Kayak Tour →
7010 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe Vista
5:00 pm - Clear Kayak Tour →
7010 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe Vista
9:30 am - Sunset Kayak Tour →
7010 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe Vista
4:30 pm - Clear Kayak Tour →
7010 N Lake Blvd, Tahoe Vista
9:30 am
Friday September 4
Saturday September 5
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Wednesday September 9
Friday September 11
Saturday September 12
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Has anyone in the Truckee area had one of the Moen Flo devices installed?
How much should I expect to pay for installation? Any recommendations for someone to do it? (Nextdoor Tahoe Donner)
🗞 Nearby News
Kings Beach
- Map shows where Yosemite developer wants to build private road (fresnobee.com)
South Lake Tahoe
- Bass sentencing postponed to allow time for new request (tahoedailytribune.com)
- Nevada woman says otter attacked her while swimming in Lake Tahoe (king5.com)
- Reno-Tahoe concerts and shows, now through November (rgj.com)
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