Tower Bridge Dinner + Trustees' Award Winner + Happy 100th!

Sacramento CA

13 September, 2021

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Welcome to the Sacramento Daily Patch Newsletter! This is where you will find all of the best news and events happening in Sacramento for Tuesday September 14th, 2021! Are you a local business owner or marketer in Sacramento? Our premium local sponsorships will keep you at the top of inboxes around town every morning. Contact us here for the lowdown. First, today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 97 Low: 58. Here are the top stories in Sacramento today: California State University recognized Sac State student Carla Cruz Medina, a graduate student in biology, with the highest recognition of student academic accomplishment in the CSU system, the Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement. The CSU system, each year, recognizes one student from each of the system's 23 campuses with the award, which honors scholars who overcome adversity, have financial need, demonstrate superior academic performance, and participate in community service. Scholarships range from $6,000 to $15,000. Way to go, Carla! (CSUS.edu) One man is dead and another was injured in a shooting on Fruitridge Road in South Sacramento. Police responded to a report of shots fired along the 2700 block of Fruitridge Road just after 11:20 p.m. on Sunday. The victims were transported to area hospitals where one succumbed to his wounds. Investigators are now looking into what led up to the shooting. No suspect information has been released at this point. (CBS Sacramento) Frances Buford Pullen was a World War II civilian pilot. This remarkable woman is a hero who received a special honor Sunday and a surprise parade outside her home for her 100th birthday! Her flight time included towing targets behind her plane while crews fired live ammunition at the targets. Happy birthday, Frances! And, given the dangers you put yourself in for your country, it's a milestone well deserved! (CBS Sacramento) After a year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Tower Bridge Dinner returned to Sacramento Sunday night! Nearly 850 people packed the bridge for a dinner crafted by six local lead chefs with hundreds of servers, sommeliers, bartenders and more. All funds earned for the night's dinner go towards creating the Farm to Fork Festival this coming weekend, as well as creating 17 scholarships for the children of local migrant farmworkers attending Sacramento State. (KCRA3) Firefighters with the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department are beginning to use drones to battle fires and tackle water rescues from the air. The department has about a dozen pilots and 17 aircraft. Metro Fire Captain Ryan Gifford said "[drones] have been used a lot for over-water search using thermal imaging. Looking for a heat signature of a person in a relatively cool body of water is very effective." As the technology continues to develop, Metro Fire said it plans to use the drones to help prevent wildfires by surveying vegetation growth in the spring to know what conditions crews will be working with as the fire season approaches. (FOX40) Today's Sacramento Daily is brought to you by our friends at Ring, the home security company. Ring does a lot more than doorbells: check out their full suite of smart home products at Ring.com. And thank you Ring for helping to make local news happen in Sacramento! Tuesday's events in Sacramento: Watch Northern California's top brewers compete in a mini-golf tournament at Flatstick Pub! Show up wearing your favorite brewery's t-shirt and get an upgraded pour on most drafts. I wonder if they'd give me extra credit for wearing my Pliny The Younger shirt? (6 pm)Join the Sacramento Tree Foundation and your neighbors to learn why 1,000 native trees were planted in our neighborhood at the Westshore/Fisherman's Lake Walk and Talk. (6:30 pm)Hey, hey! They're The Monkees! Monkee around with Mike Nesmith and Mickey Dolenz at Crest Theater tonight! (7:30 pm)Get your tickets today for tomorrow's B Street Theater production of Dance Nation! A multigenerational collection of actors digs deep into their pasts to portray a pre-teen dance troupe. Fierce, funny and wholly original, Dance Nation will blow you away. (6:30 pm Sept 15) Sacramento Patch Notebook It's National Eat a Hoagie Day. Try Sacramento Magazine's Best Deli of 2020, Roxie Deli and BBQ! I'll have the Roxie Supreme – a foot-long sandwich with turkey, roast beef, pastrami, salami, mortadella, ham, choice of 2 cheeses and "the works." Or, try my friend's favorite Taylor's Market where you can have an Italian Hero with mortadella, prosciutto and salami layered with roasted red peppers and provolone. I'm starving! From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Featured businesses: Add your business here Events: Sept 18 & 19th -Christmas in September Craft Fair - Fundraiser for Carmichael Emblem Club (September 18) Antique and Vintage Peddlers' Fair (September 19) Add your event Job listings: Marketing Assistant - Fast & Easy Work! (Details) Add your job listing That's it for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update! If you're liking these newsletters, consider bringing some friends and neighbors on board. You can send them this link to subscribe. — 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... Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Sacramento Daily? 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