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🌱 Patch AM: What’s planned for Pleasant Hill’s first-ever Harvest Festival on Crescent Drive?
Also check out You're Invited! Preview Open House on the Pleasant Hill Patch calendar

Hello Pleasant Hill! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What's planned for Pleasant Hill's first-ever Harvest Festival on Crescent Drive?
Also on today's calendar: You're Invited! Preview Open House and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Riddle: David's parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what's the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 56 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 53.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Local Event: Pleasant Hill Harvest Festival (patch.com) — Pleasant Hill residents are invited to a new Harvest Festival on Crescent Drive on October 10, featuring live music, local food and drink, artisan vendors, and family activities. The day starts with the Pleasant Hill Stampede Food Drive and continues with a pumpkin patch, petting zoo, kids' activities, and an evening band lineup, all celebrating the city's agricultural heritage and community spirit.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pleasant Hill
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- You're Invited! Preview Open House →
20 Alhambra Hills Dr, Martinez
1:00 pm - Donuts & Demos! →
Greenlight Driver Training, 730 Camino Ramon, Danville
10:00 am - Pleasant Hill Harvest Festival →
Downtown Pleasant Hill, 105 Crescent Dr, Pleasant Hill
11:00 am
Saturday September 26
Saturday October 3
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- Walnut Creek Oktoberfest: Prost to a Weekend of Brews, Brats & Bavarian Fun! 🥨🍻 →
1375 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
12:00 pm - Pleasant Hill Seminar: Carnivorous Container Gardens →
Sloat Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Hill
10:30 am - Love and Service Group Weekly Speaker Meeting →
Hope Center Church, 2275 Mprello Ave., Pleasant Hill
6:00 pm - Computer Help
Contra Costa County Public Library, 1750 Oak Park Boulevard, Pleasant Hill
12:00 pm - Teen Drop-In
Contra Costa County Public Library, 1750 Oak Park Boulevard, Pleasant Hill
2:45 pm - Drop-In Shop for Adults
Contra Costa County Public Library, 1750 Oak Park Boulevard, Pleasant Hill
6:00 pm - The Great Contra Costa Crystal Fair →
Civic Park Community Center, 1375 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek
10:00 am - Finding Binkey: When Your Ancestors Choose You with Michael A. Willis →
Contra Costa Co. Genealogical Soc. via ZOOM
10:00 am - Blessing of the Animals at St. Paul's Walnut Creek →
St Paul's Episcopal Church, 1924 Trinity Ave, Walnut Creek
9:30 am
Saturday September 26
Sunday September 27
Monday September 28
Saturday October 3
Sunday October 4
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: David (Thank you Thomas F. for sending it in!)
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