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🌱 Patch AM: Want to see Vanessa Williams live in downtown Walnut Creek?

And on the Walnut Creek Patch calendar - BayArea's Grand Ganesh Festival 2026 - Ganpati Bappa Morya! Join East Bay Ka Raja in San Ramon

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Hi there, Walnut Creek! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Want to see Vanessa Williams live in downtown Walnut Creek?

Also on today's calendar: BayArea's Grand Ganesh Festival 2026 - Ganpati Bappa Morya! Join East Bay Ka Raja in San Ramon and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Some clouds, then sunshine, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 84, low: 56.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Seth Rudetsky And Vanessa Williams to Perform at the Lesher Center (broadwayworld.com) — Vanessa Williams and Seth Rudetsky are bringing an intimate concert of stories and songs to Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts on Thursday, January 28, 2027. The downtown venue, a major regional arts hub, will host this one-night event as part of its Headliners Series, while also inviting locals to nominate favorite productions and performers before the October 31, 2026 deadline.
   

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  • Kaiser Permanente Northern California health plans among the best in the nation —Elissa H Read on Patch
  • Is anyone interested in adopting a recently weaned kitten???
    I am picking up four tomorrow to foster. Please let me know if you are interested! I volunteer for community concern for cats so the adoptions will… (Nextdoor Candelero)
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    I have 8 oaks and this year one of the oaks is dropping these huge ones, we have to wear hard hats just to go outside, and at night it's like someone… (Nextdoor Saranap II)
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🗞 Nearby News

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Lafayette

  • Lafayette May Have Big Plans for The Vacant Boswell's Building Bay Area Telegraph (bayareatelegraph.com)
  • Candidates Night Brings Local Contra Costa Election Races Together (patch.com)

Concord

  • Wells Fargo Celebrates Concord Re-Opening With $100K Donation to Monument Impact (contracosta.news)
  • Contra Costa shifts $325m across multiple HFs (alternativeswatch.com)
  • Man sentenced for running over and killing man in Concord during family dispute (eastbaytimes.com)

Ok Walnut Creek! 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: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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