Welcome Home Shelly! + No More Masks? + Nice Bling!

Sacramento CA

30 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 Friday October 1st, 2021! First, today's weather: Plenty of sunshine. High: 89 Low: 55. Here are the top stories today in Sacramento: Shelly is back! Who's Shelly? She's a 70 pound tortoise that escaped from Sacramento Adventure Playground on Saturday. Somebody left the front gate open and Shelly raced to freedom. Once she escaped, neighbors reported seeing someone in a black and white pickup truck abscond with the reptile. They must have really wanted her to load 70 pounds of tortoise into their truck. Anyway, Shelly was found on Tuesday and is currently having a small crack in her shell examined by a vet. Welcome home, Shelly! (KCRA3)Could indoor mask mandates be on their way out in Sacramento County? Speaking to the Board of Supervisors this week, Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye said "Reaching a case rate of five per 100,000 would be a good point to end the indoor masking mandate that we have for Sacramento County." Sac County case rates are currently at 18 per 100,000. No timeline was discussed for reaching the case count goal. (FOX40) Parents of students at Sutter Middle School in Sacramento were concerned about homeless encampments making it unsafe for their children to walk or bike ride to school. Parent Amy Gardner took it upon herself to push city leaders and Caltrans to commit to cleaning up the camp. And it worked! "Caltrans identified the State right-of-way under State Route 51 (Business 80/ Capital City Freeway) at 29th Street between F and H Streets in Sacramento as a priority due to the excessive amount of trash and debris at the site that includes human waste and used needles," a statement from Caltrans said. The clean up date is October 4, further, Caltrans committed to "work with the city of Sacramento and other social services groups to offer those living at the encampment resources and services for better living situations." (KCRA3)This story is from neighboring Placer county, but it's so cool, I thought we could venture out a bit today. Granite Bay's Noreen Wredberg should be grateful that her husband was a little chilly when they visited Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas last Thursday. That's because they decided to move out of the shade and into the sun as they searched for a diamond in the rough. And there, glittering in the sunlight Noreen found a gem. She wasn't sure what it was but when they took it to the park's Diamond Discovery Center for identification they found out it was a 4.38-carat yellow diamond! She has since named it Lucy's Diamond, after her husband's kitten. At least the husband gets some reward for forgetting to bring a jacket! (FOX40) Officers are investigating a car-to-car shooting that happened on Highway 99 in South Sacramento. The victim's vehicle was hit by several bullets, but fortunately no one was injured. The shooting forced the closure of Southbound 99 at Mack Road at about 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The suspect is still at large. Anyone with information is asked to contact the CHP. (CBS Sacramento) Today's Sacramento Daily is brought to you by our friends at Verizon. They're building the fastest 5G network in the country. To learn how 5G is going to change life for you and your community — and to get access to this amazing technology — click here. And thank you Verizon for sponsoring this community resource in Sacramento! Friday's events in Sacramento: Opa! Sacramento Greek Festival returns in person in the courtyard of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church! (12:00 Noon)First Friday Open Studios at Warehouse Artist Lofts (WAL) will have 20+ artists and makers showcasing their work including open studio tours. (6:00 PM)Ultimate Terror Scream Park Sacramento's largest and most elaborate haunted house event starts today! This 30 minute walk-through has three unique themes, filled with countless scares and trained actors.(7:00 PM)Soundtrack rocks Hacienda del Rio in Folsom (9:00 PM) Sacramento Patch Notebook Sacramento Magazine's Best of Sacramento winners have been announced! Did your favorite business make the cut? Celebrate with them at the Best of Sacramento Party. It takes place Friday, Nov. 12 from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center. Tickets for the event are $50 and proceeds benefit our regional chapter of Make-A-Wish. While Orangevale, Citrus Heights and Folsom get a rash of bees, it seems the Pocket/Greenhaven area is seeing a rash of butterflies! Lucky them! But where did this delightful swarm come from? The colorful wave was a lot of displaced Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme) butterflies, according to UC Davis butterfly expert Dr. Art Shapiro, who has been contacted by more than one Pocket resident. Most likely, somebody just mowed a Yolo County field and the butterflies came to rest in Sac. According to the Climate Prediction Center at the US National Weather Service Sacramento, the long range forecast shows higher chances of above normal precipitation for October 7th-13th in the western US! (Facebook) From our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Featured businesses: Add your business here Events: Taxes in Retirement Webinar (October 6) Add your event Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you soon. If you're enjoying these newsletters, consider inviting some of your friends and neighbors to follow along. 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? Contact me at [email protected].