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🌱 Patch AM: What might replace the stalled biotech plans near Belmont’s Oracle campus?
And check out Friday Happy Hour: Blue House in the AutoVino Wine Garden on the Belmont Patch calendar

Hello Belmont! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What might replace the stalled biotech plans near Belmont's Oracle campus?
Also on today's calendar: Friday Happy Hour: Blue House in the AutoVino Wine Garden and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 76 and low of 57 degrees.
- Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 77, low: 57.
- Sunday: Mostly cloudy and cool, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• IQHQ hands vacant biotech building back to lender as Bay Area life sciences slump drags on (therealdeal.com) — A major former Oracle campus spanning Redwood City and Belmont has shifted from a planned life-sciences hub to a potential 400-home development after its owner handed it back to the lender. That change is part of a broader Bay Area biotech real estate slump, with high vacancies and falling rents reshaping how large properties like this may be used.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Belmont
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★ Featured events ★
- Friday Happy Hour: Blue House in the AutoVino Wine Garden →
380 Industrial Rd, San Carlos
4:30 pm - The Little Mermaid Sing Along Movie Night →
Burton Park - East Field, 900 Chestnut St, San Carlos,
6:00 pm - Cars & Cabernet at AutoVino Returns to San Carlos This Sunday →
380 Industrial Rd, San Carlos
11:30 am
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
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Other local events
- Beginning Nature Journaling →
Twin Pines Park, 1 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont - Sound Healing to Embody Inner Peace →
Belmont Public Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont - September Community Happy Hour →
501 Old County Road, Belmont - Paint (& Sip) & Pastry - Hawaiian Sunset →
The Local Spot, 196 Old County Road, Belmont - Restorative Yoga & Sound Healing at the Library →
Belmont Public Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont
6:00 pm - Belmont Water Dog Run 2026 →
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7:00 am - Belmont Water Dog Run →
Twin Pines Park, 1 Twin Pines Ln, Belmont
7:15 am - Walk for Mental Health with NAMIWalks 2026 San Mateo County →
Coyote Point Recreation Area, 1701 Coyote Point Dr, San Mateo
9:00 am - Up and Away Botb Annual Fundraiser →
Domenico Winery, 1697 Industrial Rd, San Carlos
6:30 pm
Saturday September 19
Wednesday September 23
Thursday September 24
Saturday September 26
Saturday October 3
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🗞 Nearby News
San Carlos
- GRID Alternatives returns to its 1st solar project 20 years later (solarpowerworldonline.com)
- Team Sequesters Plastic and Makes New Products Before it Breaks Down in Environment (goodnewsnetwork.org)
- No. 1 Men's Water Polo Readies for First Taste of Tournament Play (uclabruins.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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