🌱 How You Can Honor Local Veterans + Zoo Gets Spunky New Animal

Good morning, people of Phoenix! It's me again, Caitlin Sievers, your host of the Phoenix Daily.

First, today's weather:

Sunshine and patchy clouds. High: 83 Low: 56.

Here are the top stories in Phoenix today:

1. Phoenix's big Veterans Day parade is back in person this year after last year's event went virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The parade will feature 15 marching units and 2,500 marchers. Around 45,000 viewers are expected. Banks and city offices will be closed Thursday and there are plenty of restaurants that are offering freebies and discounts to veterans. (Phoenix Patch)
2. The Phoenix Zoo has a new resident. He's a one-horned rhino named Chutti who is "rambunctious, agile and spunky." He came to Phoenix from the Fresno Chafee Zoo in Fresno, California. (ABC15 Arizona)
3. Phoenix's new Office of Heat Response & Mitigation is the first publicly-funded municipal office of its kind. And it was formed for good reason: Phoenix is one of the fastest-warming cities in the country and heat is the No. 1 weather-related killer in the United States. One of the new office's jobs will be to try to curtail heat-related deaths here. (Cronkite News)

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Today in Phoenix:

• Libertas Real Estate Hosts Mindset Shift Workshop. (10 a.m.)
• Your November Free Marketing Interactive Webinars. (2 p.m.)
• Goodyear Concealed Carry Classes. (5 p.m.)
• From “Chief” to Code Talker: Four Profiles of the Navajo Code Talkers with Dr. Laura Tohe. (6 p.m.)
• Our River Stories: The Gila and the Salt with Zarco Guerrero. (6:30 p.m.)
• Match Market & Bar Hosts Guide to Wine Class Featuring Northern Spain. (7 p.m.)

Phoenix Patch Notebook

• City of Phoenix: "Grow Your Own Food at Home! The city of #PHX Office of Environmental Programs is accepting applications for its new FREE Backyard Garden Pilot Program. Those picked will get one year of materials, labor and training - at no cost!" (Facebook)
• Downtown Phoenix: "When he's not launching popular downtown festivals David Tyda is making his next big idea come to life. Coming soon, a tequila and agave spirit bar located in a historic Downtown Phoenix building." (Facebook)
• Phoenix Public Library: "Phoenix Public Library's Anna recommends "Somebody’s Daughter" by Ashley Ford 📚 "Ford personifies grace as she writes about the complicated relationships she has with her mother and father." (Facebook)

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— Caitlin Sievers

About me: I'm a passionate writer and photographer who worked as a reporter and editor for various publications in the Midwest before landing in Phoenix. I have seven roommates. Four of them are cats. Contact me at caitlin.sievers@patch.com with story ideas and feedback.

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