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🌱 Patch AM: Santa Claus Comes Early To Alameda: Photo Of The Day

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In today's newsletter:

  • See Santa cruising past Alameda on a sparkling holiday boat
  • Which East Bay shelter pet could be your next Alameda neighbor?
  • How does Alameda’s sky change the way you see the stars?

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA! and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Cloudy, showers around; windy, with a high of 60 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Wednesday: A morning shower, then rain, temps: high: 63, low: 54.
  • Thursday: Windy with occasional rain, with a high of 58 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Santa Claus Comes Early To Alameda: Photo Of The Day (patch.com) — Holiday spirit is already lighting up Alameda, with a resident capturing a festive, Santa-topped boat glowing with Christmas lights along the Alameda side of the Oakland Estuary. Locals are also invited to submit their own high-quality photos that showcase Alameda and Northern California’s beauty, fun, and personality.
   

2. East Bay pets of the week for Dec. 26 (eastbaytimes.com) — If you’re looking to adopt locally, Spudz is waiting for you at Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter, where staff can help you meet this active, island-loving dog. The roundup also highlights other adoptable pets through East Bay SPCA, Community Concern for Cats, and the Milo Foundation, with details on how and when Alameda-area residents can visit each location.
   

3. Alameda Astrophotography: Pelican Splashdown (alamedapost.com) — From the deck of the USS Hornet in Alameda to the distant Pelican Nebula, this piece connects local waterfront moments with deep-sky astrophotography. A visiting mother’s pelican photo at Seaplane Lagoon inspires a quilt and a cosmic photo mashup, while the author explains how Alameda’s latitude subtly changes how residents see constellations overhead.
   

4. MidPen Housing Secures $132.8M in Grants for Three Central California Affordable Housing Developments (rebusinessonline.com) — Alameda is set to gain a new 80-unit affordable housing community, Stardust Gardens, after securing $44.5 million in state grants for housing and transit upgrades. The project will add homes for formerly homeless residents and fund ferry electrification, safer bike and pedestrian routes, and traffic calming, alongside similar MidPen Housing developments in San Jose and Watsonville.
   

5. Governor Newsom announces $50,000 reward payout in Solano murder, rewards for other cold cases in Alameda and San Diego counties (ca.gov) — California is offering a $50,000 reward to help solve the 2009 killing of 16-year-old Antonio Nunez in Oakland, here in Alameda County. Governor Newsom also paid out a reward in a long-unsolved Solano County murder and announced another $50,000 reward for a separate San Diego case, urging anyone with information to contact investigators.
   

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  • Hi Neighbors,
    I’m 21 year old. I can speak English little bit. I just move here 1 week. Everything or life style here is so new to me. So I'm looking for… (Nextdoor Harbor Bay Isle)
  • My husband and I saw a pittbull-looking dog that was gray, mid-size, and male roaming and collarless in the bird sanctuary/along shoreline drive on the East End in Alameda this evening.
    He was dog-friendly but very skiddish with humans and barked/growled or nashed teeth if you reached a hand out or tried to leash him. We followed him… (Nextdoor East End Zone)
  • Bowlero Corp posted a job opening for Greeter / Counter Desk Attendant in Alameda. Apply here.
  • Starbucks posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 06479, PARK & CENTRAL - ALAMEDA in Alameda. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alameda here.

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