🌱 Bloom Buddies and 11 more events

What's up Alum Rock! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• April 18 - Earth Day Shredding Fundraiser at San Jose Dance Theatre
• Swing and Sing in Spring! at Cubberley Theatre
• EV Financial Incentives Clinic and Expo / Incentivos y Expo para VEs at Veggielution Community Farm

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 74 and low of 45 degrees.
• Saturday: Nice with some sunshine, temps: high: 78, low: 52.
• Sunday: Nice with clouds and sun, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.

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📸 Around Alum Rock

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Alum Rock

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• April 18 - Earth Day Shredding Fundraiser
  San Jose Dance Theatre, 1756 Junction Ave, San Jose
  9:00 am

Saturday April 25

• Swing and Sing in Spring!
  Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto
  1:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• EV Financial Incentives Clinic and Expo / Incentivos y Expo para VEs
  Veggielution Community Farm, 647 S King Rd, San Jose
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday April 17

• Noche Rodeo
  Mt. Pleasant High San Jose, CA 95127
  5:30 pm
• Badminton vs Lincoln
  Mt. Pleasant High San Jose, CA 95127
  6:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Bloom Buddies
  Emma Prusch Farm Park , 647 S King Rd , San Jose
  10:00 am
• Volunteer Away Your Fines
  Dr. Roberto Cruz - Alum Rock Branch Library 3090 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127
  12:00 pm
• Saturday Fun: Arts, Crafts, and More
  Hillview Branch Library , 1600 Hopkins Dr , San Jose
  1:00 pm
• RELICS User group meeting for April 2026
  Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock Branch Library , 3090 Alum Rock Ave , San Jose
  1:00 pm
• Practice Spanish Speaking Skills for Spanish Language Learners
  Dr. Roberto Cruz - Alum Rock Branch Library 3090 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127
  3:00 pm
• Journey to Dreamland (in theme of Alice in Wonderland)
  House of Sound , 116 Gordon Ave , San Jose
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Earth Day: Storytime at Backesto Park
  Backesto Park , 551 N 13th St , San Jose
  11:00 am
• Softball @ Andrew Hill
  Mt. Pleasant High San Jose, CA 95127
  4:00 pm
• Studio C - SBMT
  Historic Hoover Theatre 1635 Park Ave, San Jose, CA 95126
  4:00 pm
• Badminton vs Lincoln
  Mt. Pleasant High San Jose, CA 95127
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

San Jose

• Viva CalleSJ puts East San Jose in the spotlight this weekend (mercurynews.com)
• MNUFC to Face San Jose Earthquakes in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 (mnufc.com)
• East San Jose school district changes how its leaders are elected (sanjosespotlight.com)

Milpitas

• Quantum photonics roadmap — how Xanadu and PsiQuantum are looking to transfer qubits through beams of light (tomshardware.com)

Fremont

• Double Rainbow All The Way: Photo Of The Day (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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