🌱 Patch AM: Vision Check K, 2, 5 and 11 more events

What's up Albany! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Vision Check K, 2, 5 at Oxford Elementary
• Castoff's Knitting Club at Kensington Library
• Family Storytime at Kensington Library

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Periods of rain, with a high of 60 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy, a little rain; windy, temps: high: 62, low: 54.
• Saturday: Becoming windier with rain, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.

📸 Around Albany

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Albany

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Tuesday January 6

• Vision Check K, 2, 5
  Oxford Elementary Berkeley, CA 94707
  8:30 am
• Castoff's Knitting Club
  Kensington Library , 61 Arlington Avenue , Kensington
  6:30 pm
• Family Storytime
  Kensington Library , 61 Arlington Avenue , Kensington
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 1

• Oakland Tech- 9th grade girls
  Oakland Technical High School , 4351 Broadway , Oakland
  10:20 am
• Veteran Support: Insight Housing
  Oakland Public Library , 125 14th Street , Oakland
  11:30 am

Friday January 2

• StoryWalkÂŽ with Dougherty Station and San Ramon Libraries
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
• Bundle Up Seek & Find
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
• Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Alumni Showcase and Application Launch
  Temescal Branch Library , 5205 Telegraph Avenue , Oakland
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• Drop-in 3D Printing Information Booth
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  3:00 pm

Sunday January 4

• Tenants Rights Clinic
  Oakland Public Library , 125 14th Street , Oakland
  3:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Dog Man Supa-Pawty
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  12:30 pm
• Dungeons & DragonsÂŽ
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

Berkeley

• Balancing Academics and Adventure: How California's Outdoors Enhance the Haas Experience (berkeley.edu)
• Wooley scores season-high 21 points as No. 16 Louisville beats California 90-70 (fox56news.com)

Emeryville

• Pacer Advisors Inc. Grows Holdings in Dynavax Technologies Corporation $DVAX (marketbeat.com)

San Francisco

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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