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🌱 Patch AM: How a new NASA facility could reshape activity at Moffett Field
And on the Mountain View Patch calendar - Grandparents Day
Hello again Mountain View! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new NASA facility could reshape activity at Moffett Field
- Who's bringing a steamy new romance to Castro Street Tuesday night?
- Meet the Mountain View novelist headlining this weekend's arts buzz
Also on today's calendar: Grandparents Day and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 77 and low of 59 degrees.
- Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Engineering & Mission Operations Facility Ames Research Center (gsa.gov) — A major new Engineering and Mission Operations facility is planned at NASA Ames in Mountain View's Moffett Federal Airfield, with construction targeted from summer 2027 to fall 2029. The $40–$60 million, 30,000-square-foot building will replace older structures and give defense, tech, academic, and federal tenants a modern, efficient hub, reinforcing Mountain View's role in national research and space operations. 
• What's up this week: Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, a play about pickleball, ska pioneers and more (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View readers can catch romance author Joss Richard at Books Inc. on Castro Street on Aug. 25 for a talk, reading, Q&A, and signing of her new novel "Let's Kiss and Tell." The broader roundup also highlights the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, a pickleball-themed play, live jazz, and a ska show around the Peninsula.
• Weekend Express: Bestselling Mountain View author publishes second novel (mv-voice.com) — A Peninsula arts roundup spotlights Mountain View's own bestselling author Parini Shroff, who follows her 2023 debut with a new family-focused novel. The email also previews regional arts happenings, from a Djerassi residency program to food and music highlights around the Bay Area.
📸 Around Mountain View
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mountain View
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★ Featured events ★
- Grandparents Day →
Animal Assisted Happiness, 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale
9:30 am
Sunday September 13
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Other local events
- Flag Football, Girls VR @ - Wilcox Jamboree
Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
8:00 am - Flag Football, Girls JV @ - Wilcox Jamboree
Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
8:00 am - Needle Crafts Circle
Mountain View Public Library 2nd Floor Program Room
10:00 am - GMS- Fall Picture Day
Mountain View Whisman School District Graham Middle School, 1175 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94040
8:21 am - CR Coffee w/Principal
Mountain View Whisman School District Calendars-MVWSD Master Calendar, Calendars-MVWSD Public Calendar
8:30 am - Sleepy Stories
Mountain View Public Library 1st Floor Program Room
6:30 pm - Monday Meditation & Mindfulness
Woodland Library 1975 Grant Road, Los Altos, CA 94024
7:00 pm - Oak Back to School Night
Oak Avenue Elementary Los Altos, CA 94024
6:00 pm - Groovin' Fairchild's at Hyatt Centric Mtn. View →
Hyatt Centric Mountain View, 409 San Antonio Rd, Mountain View
6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
Thursday August 27
📣 Mountain View Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe
East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
10:30 am - Learn English: Talking About the News Conversation Group
Mitchell Park Library 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
12:00 pm - JV Football scrimmage @ Leigh HS
Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
4:00 pm - ASB Freshmen Election paperwork due
Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
4:00 pm
Friday August 21
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Had an intense stare-down with this Red-tailed Hawk while hiking out on the local trails recently.
He dropped down low into the tall grass hunting for rodents, and when I slowly crouched down to his eye level, he gave me this absolute "who, me?"… (Nextdoor Rengstorff Park) - We found a small dog named Maui near Villa Nueva Way.
If you are the owner please contact me. [Update: The owners were here and Maui is now home! Thanks everyone!] (Nextdoor Waverly Park)
- Chevron Stations, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative in Mountain View. Apply here.
- Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Butcher - Full Time in Los Altos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mountain View here.
🗞 Nearby News
Los Altos
- LASD breaks ground on the 10th site (losaltosonline.com)
- Phased Strategies to Achieve Modern Campus Transformations (schoolconstructionnews.com)
- EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001293171-26-000012 (sec.gov)
Sunnyvale
- Turntide awarded money towards GBP17m project to produce axial flux motors at scale (truckandbusbuilder.com)
Redwood City
- Controversial Café Sold In Redwood City After Owner's Trump 2028 Claim: Report (patch.com)
Ok Mountain View! 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 sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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