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Morning Salt Lake City! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a fake Utah State Fair offer cost a local eatery $1,500
  • Why a Salt Lake City sinkhole topped Utah readers' concerns.
  • What the 'KPop Demon Hunters' cast revealed at Salt Lake's FanX

Also on today's calendar: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 64. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Salt Lake City restaurant owner says Fairpark impersonation scam cost her $1,500 (fox13now.com) — A Salt Lake City restaurant owner says she lost $1,500 to scammers posing as Utah State Fairpark staff, offering a fake vendor spot at the 2026 Utah State Fair. Local vendors are urged to double-check emails, avoid paying through Venmo or Zelle, and call the Fairpark directly, which stresses it never accepts vendors without a full application and vetting process.
   

2. Auto-Ped Crashes, a Salt Lake City Sinkhole, Provo Flights and Roe V. Wade Fallout Drew Heavy Utah Reader Attention This Week (parktelegraph.com) — Recent coverage that grabbed Utah readers included a sizable sinkhole in Salt Lake City, raising fresh worries about infrastructure, property damage, and repairs. The same weekly roundup also highlighted auto-pedestrian crashes, Provo flight changes, Roe v. Wade fallout, and even a Salt Lake family still recovering from a 2022 home flood.
   

3. What 'KPop Demon Hunters' stars said about the sequel (deseret.com) — FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention brought "KPop Demon Hunters" voice stars May Hong and Alan Lee to the Salt Palace, where they discussed the much-anticipated sequel and its still-flexible 2029 target date. For Salt Lake City fans, their panel mixed behind-the-scenes stories, hopes for a bigger theatrical release, and emotional reflections on Korean representation that continues to resonate long after the convention floor closed.
   

4. Task force details safety recommendations for Utah universities, year after Charlie Kirk's assassination (abc4.com) — From Salt Lake City, higher education leaders have released detailed safety recommendations for Utah's public colleges after last year's fatal shooting at Utah Valley University. The task force urges standardized threat reporting, stricter event review procedures, expanded emergency training, and regular post-incident reviews, with implementation timelines stretching into the 2027–2028 school year.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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