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šŸŒ± How Fairfaxā€™s 2005 flood helped inspire a novelā€™s living river

Fairfax, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Fairfax! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ā˜€ļø

In today's newsletter:

  • How Fairfaxā€™s 2005 flood helped inspire a novelā€™s living river

Also on today's calendar: Free Health & Wellness Talk at The Kove: Diabetic Foot Health and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why should you never iron a 4-leaf colver? šŸ¤” (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 52 degrees. šŸŒ¶ Hot!
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 82, low: 51.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 51 degrees.

šŸ“° News we're reading

ā€¢ Nina Schuyler on Personifying a River in Craft and Creative Voice (lithub.com) ā€” An interview with climate fiction author Nina Schuyler includes her vivid memories of the 2005 San Anselmo Creek flooding while she lived in Fairfax, describing water nearly reaching her doorstep and inundating nearby homes and businesses. She explains how that experience, along with broader water law and river ecology research, shaped her new novel about a river granted legal personhood.
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šŸ’¬ Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I just moved to Petaluma from Marin and I want to give a shout out to the staff and guys at Ahmeds Moving Company.
    We had 11 guys and three huge trucks and they were so delightful, so professional, so competent, so fast and they SMILED and SANG through the wholeā€¦ (Nextdoor Cascades)
  • Goodwill San Francisco Bay posted a job opening for Retail Merchandise Processor Full Time in San Rafael. Apply here.
  • Equator Coffees posted a job opening for Production Associate & Delivery Driver in San Rafael. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairfax here.

šŸ—ž Nearby News

San Anselmo

  • Preps of the week: Redwood standouts shine in five-set thriller (marinij.com)
  • Dick Spotswood: Voters in Mill Valley, Sausalito, San Rafael eye ballot proposals (marinij.com)
  • Marin officials say more data needed on e-bikes (marinij.com)

Ross

  • Ross council makes appointment to vacant seat (marinij.com)
  • Marin Voice: Ross Valley can't sandbag its way out of flood risk (marinij.com)
  • Wrong Dreams, Arthur Miller Classic at Ross Valley Players (pacificsun.com)

San Rafael

  • To Fight Zoombombing, Marin Calls On CA Lawmakers (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: You don't want to press your luck! (Thank you Tee E. for sending it in!)
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