Coyote At Large +Wild Pursuit Ends With Arrest+ Shell-A-Bration!

Good morning, River City!

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 June 22nd, 2021! I hope you'll enjoy this daily update and share it with all of your friends!

Today's Weather: Enjoy the Spring-like weather today! Temps: High of 85° & low of 57°

Top 5 Stories in Sacramento

1. It was a Father's Day dinner to remember for this father/son duo! They saw flames from a nearby 3-alarm fire threatening their church near their home, so they leapt from the dinner table to help. (KCRA3)
2. It was also a Father's Day to remember for the folks who live on the 7200 block of Palmer House Drive as a truck leading a high speed chase by police barreled through cars, barriers and fences to come to rest in the side of someone's garage. The driver was taken to an area hospital. (CBS Sacramento)
3. The Shell-a-bration returns to the River City! The Mermaid Convention will be calling Sacramento home again this year. The event will be July 9-11. Check out this story to see all that they have in store for us! (FOX40)
4. A deadly hit and run was followed by a chase and a shootout in the Carmichael area Monday morning. The suspect drove off after fatally hitting a pedestrian in a Safeway parking lot. He then rammed another car and pulled a gun on the victim before a bystander shot the suspect. The name of the suspect has not been released. (CBS Sacramento)
5. What some thought was a stray dog turned out to be a coyote in a Sacramento neighborhood! Animal Control said that, with people staying inside with the stay at home orders, coyotes migrated into the area. (CBS Sacramento)

Tuesday's Events

• The Downtown LIVE experience is happening at 12th and K. There are lots of good restaurants to choose from as you jam to the music. Try Mayahuel if you're craving Mexican. It's a Sacramento classic! (4 pm)
• It's paints and pints at Tilted Mash in Elk Grove! You'll create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of springtime flowers. Reserve your seats in advance on Eventbrite. $35 (6 pm)
• Cub Scout pack 107 is hosting Game Night At the Park at Madera Park in Citrus Heights! There will be tons of games to play and you are encouraged to bring a friend or two! (7 pm)
• It's Toasty Tuesday Trivia at The Cabin. Bring your thinking cap, your team and your culinary sense of adventure if you want to try one of their s'mores cocktails with a flaming marshmallow! 21 and older, please. (7 pm)
• Every Tuesday is Mambo Tuesday at Yamaya. You can take a 45-minute lesson before the dancing starts or bring your percussion instrument and jam instead of dancing! $5 gets you in the door. (8:15 pm lessons; 9:00 pm dancing)

Sacramento Notebook

• This is totally my kind of thing, so I thought I'd let you all in on it. The Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Cart is starting something they call "pop up parties." You can rent an ice cream cart for your small gathering, graduation party, birthday party or whatever. Perfect for the summer heat!

You're all caught up on the day's happenings in SacTown! Join us again tomorrow for the Sacramento Daily Patch Newsletter!

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 rockinretirement.substack.com