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🌱 Patch AM: Couch to 5K and 13 more events
Happening soon: Diaper Drive on the Menlo Park Patch calendar
Hi there, Menlo Park! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Diaper Drive at SAN CARLOS ROTARY CLUB
- Speech & Debate - Virtual Info Session at Palo Alto High
- Back to School Night - TK and Kinder at Walter Hays Elementary
... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What is the longest word in the dictionary? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.
- Sunday: Low clouds breaking, temps: high: 79, low: 58.
- Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 76 and low of 58 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Menlo Park
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★ Featured events ★
- Diaper Drive →
SAN CARLOS ROTARY CLUB,
9:00 am
Friday August 28
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Other local events
- Speech & Debate - Virtual Info Session
Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
7:00 pm - Back to School Night - TK and Kinder
Walter Hays Elementary MP Room
5:15 pm - LEGO Tuesdays!
Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
4:00 pm - Paly Choirs Adv. Vocals Auditions (New & Callbacks)
Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
4:10 pm - Back to School Night
Addison Elementary School, 650 Addison Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
5:15 pm - Couch to 5K →
800 Middle Ave, Menlo Park
8:30 am - Paly Pep Band - Home Game
Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
6:00 pm - External Event: Flamingo Chick Storytime
Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
2:00 pm - STC @ Menlo Tavern →
Menlo Tavern, 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
11:00 am - PVI Luau →
800 Middle Ave, Menlo Park
4:00 pm
Sunday August 23
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
Thursday August 27
Friday August 28
Sunday August 30
Wednesday September 2
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Meditation with Sara
Palo Alto City Library 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
10:15 am - Digital Help Hub |Centro de Ayuda Digital
East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
11:00 am - Chill Out with Mindfulness Meditation
Mitchell Park Library 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
11:00 am - U.S. Citizenship Test Class
East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
11:00 am
Saturday August 22
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💬 Chatter
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- I had breakfast today at Jason's El Camino Menlo Park, The food was excellent, served hot by Lily, a great waitress.
Please patronize our local restaurants and tip well, The cooks, busboys and waitresses have to pay high rents to live anywhere near these restaurants… (Nextdoor Allied Arts) - My sisters room in our apartment seems to have gotten bed bugs.
We contacted our landlord about it and she's blaming us for the bed bugs despite there being no evidence we brought them. She's blaming our cats and… (Nextdoor Central Menlo)
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🗞 Nearby News
East Palo Alto
- Seven candidates vie for two seats on East Palo Alto council (paloaltoonline.com)
- 'Poised for growth': A brief history of Woodland Park (paloaltoonline.com)
- California appellate court overturns pimping, trafficking conviction of East Palo Alto man (mercurynews.com)
Atherton
- Atherton Police to conduct driver's license & DUI checkpoint on August 22 (inmenlo.com)
Redwood City
- Teen Arrested In Fatal Highway Hit-And-Run In SMC: CHP (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Smiles, because it has a mile between "s". (Thank you Sharon M. for sending it in!)
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