Planning a day out on the American River to cool off as temperatures climb?
Be sure to wear a personal flotation device and familiarize yourself with the waters, or you might wind up stuck on an island or in an eddy requiring rescue — just like two individuals who were aided by crews during two separate rescue incidents along the waterway this past week.
The American River, which runs from the Sierra Nevada and converges with the Sacramento River near downtown Sacramento, was the site of two rescues on Tuesday and Wednesday, involving individuals who fell from their recreational watercraft and became stranded on small islands or logs along the river…