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🌱 How a pre-dawn train derailment just outside Colfax affected travel
Coming up on the Colfax Patch calendar: Bluegrass Jam Night at Uncle Sonny's Bar
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- How a pre-dawn train derailment just outside Colfax affected travel
Also on today's calendar: Colfax Green Machine (EH) 3PM - 10PM and 1 more event.
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- Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high of 59 and low of 48 degrees.
- Wednesday: Cloudy with a touch of rain, temps: high: 57, low: 48.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 46 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Union Pacific Train Derails Near Colfax No Injuries or Hazards Reported (sierradailynews.com) — A Union Pacific freight train derailed early Saturday morning just north of Colfax near Highway 174 and Narrow Gauge Road, just outside city limits, but no injuries or hazardous material releases were reported. Crews cleared the tracks by noon and rail traffic resumed, though Amtrak’s California Zephyr is still using a bus bridge between Sacramento and Emeryville while the cause is investigated. 
📸 Around Colfax
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Colfax
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★ Featured events ★
- Bluegrass Jam Night at Uncle Sonny’s Bar
Uncle Sonny's, Buy13475, Colfax Hwy, Grass Valley
6:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
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Other local events
- Colfax Green Machine (EH) 3PM - 10PM
Colfax Memorial Building , 22 Sunset Ave , Colfax
3:00 pm - 🌙✨ Winter Solstice Celebration ✨🌙
Snapdragon Provisions , 38 N Main St , Colfax
6:00 pm - Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2003 (ALR) 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Colfax Memorial Building , 22 Sunset Ave , Colfax
5:00 pm
Saturday December 20
Friday December 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Alcohol Recovery Group – Grass Valley
Chapa-De Indian Health , 1350 E Main St , Grass Valley
2:00 pm - Knit and Crochet Group
El Dorado County Library | Georgetown Branch , 6680 Orleans St , Georgetown
3:00 pm - Paint Nite: Polar Bear Love
El Tapatio Méxican Restaurant , 2100 Grass Valley Hwy , Auburn
5:45 pm - Fridays for Future
Auburn City Hall , 1225 Lincoln Way , Auburn
12:00 pm - BREATH + SOUNDBATH
Moon Healing Studio , 101 Orange St Suite C , Auburn
6:30 pm - Open - Campfire & Beverages
McBurney Tree Farm , 11197 Cedar Ridge Dr , Grass Valley
9:00 am - Highwater & The Kin: Debut at GV Brew
Grass Valley Brewing Company , 141 E Main St , Grass Valley
5:00 pm - American Legion Post 587 (K) 1pm - 6pm
24601 Harrison St , Foresthill
9:00 pm
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
Sunday December 21
Monday December 22
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Genuine Parts posted a job opening for Store Counter Sales in Colfax. Apply here.
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Colfax. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Colfax here.
🗞 Nearby News
Grass Valley
- More than 200 Animals Rescued Following Animal Welfare Check (crimevoice.com)
- NID receives $615,000 CAL FIRE grant to protect critical water infrastructure from wildfire (yubanet.com)
- Wildfire Evacuation Route Project For Hwy 49 (knco.com)
Auburn
- Auburn police find jars of marijuana near high school Christmas tree sale (kcra.com)
- Investigators arrest Roseville man as arson suspect in Placer County wildfires (sacbee.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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