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And on the Los Altos Patch calendar - Zucchini Car Race at Mountain View Farmers' Market

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Hey there, Los Altos! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • See how Los Altos stacks up among America's richest suburbs
  • Los Altos native honored for a lifetime of resilience and love
  • Steve Jobs' Los Altos-era science project just fetched five figures

Also on today's calendar: Zucchini Car Race at Mountain View Farmers' Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 77 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 76, low: 54.
  • Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 74 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Palm Beach ranks among the wealthiest suburbs in the U.S. See list (miramarflnews.com) — Los Altos ranks among the nation's wealthiest suburbs, with average household income topping $417,000 and home values around $4.8 million, according to a new MoneyLion analysis. The list, focused on affluent communities near major metros, places Los Altos alongside places like Scarsdale, Paradise Valley and Palm Beach, underscoring just how economically elite this Silicon Valley suburb has become.
   

• Honoring Grace Brett: A lifetime of love, resilience and gratitude (wintersexpress.com) — A longtime Winters resident being honored for Elder Day actually spent her formative years in Los Altos, where she grew up, met her future husband and saw him become one of the city's first police officers. Her story traces childhood memories of biking Los Altos streets and cutting apricots, through wartime moves, single parenthood, a Highway Patrol career, and a later life grounded in faith, travel, and family.
   

• Steve Jobs' Middle School Science Fair Project Sells For $34,375 (macobserver.com) — A piece of Steve Jobs' childhood—a middle school science fair project—just sold at auction for $34,375, and it once sat among his belongings at the family home in Los Altos. His stepbrother kept the project after Jobs declined to reclaim boxes from that Los Altos house, and has since turned several of those early mementos into high-priced collectibles.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Our sweet kitty Chestnut didn't come home today.
    Please let me know if you saw him. We already reported him lost with the microchip company and local shelters. Thanks in advance! (Nextdoor Santa Rita Court)
  • HumanGood Senior Living Communities posted a job opening for Activity Coordinator in Los Altos. Apply here.
  • Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Whole Body Team Member (Body Care, Makeup, Vitamins, Nutrition - Stocker, Inventory, Floor Service) - Part Time in Los Altos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Los Altos here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mountain View

  • Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Core (google.com)
  • ASIC/FPGA Design and Verification Engineer (boeing.com)
  • Delivering 102 lasagnas to strangers (mv-voice.com)

Palo Alto

  • What $217K gets you in Palo Alto: A condo where an 1840s adobe once stood (paloaltoonline.com)

Redwood City

  • Want An Inside Look At San Mateo County Government? Applications Due Soon (patch.com)

Ok Los Altos! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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