CUPERTINO DAILY: What You Need To Know Today (Fri, Aug 27)

Happy Friday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening in town today.

First, today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 90 Low: 62.

Here are the top stories today in Cupertino:

1. Silicon Valley Pride doesn’t want police in uniform at San Jose parade (East Bay Times)
2. Santa Clara County experiencing 4th COVID surge, health officials say (Cupertino Today)
3. Silicon Valley Organization is renaming itself the San Jose Chamber of Commerce (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
4. Santa Clara County Supes Consider No Confidence Vote On Embattled Sheriff Laurie Smith (CBS San Francisco)
5. San Jose Unified School District to keep cops on for after-school security (Cupertino Today)
6. Santa Clara County schools prepare for COVID-19 outbreaks (San José Spotlight)
7. Residents want to recall Santa Clara County supervisors (San José Spotlight)

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Today in Cupertino

• Back to School Rally - Cupertino High (12:00 AM)
• Fan Cloth Band Fundraiser - Homestead High (7:00 AM)
• Welcome Back Rally - Monta Vista High (8:30 AM)
• Welcome Back Rally! - Homestead High (10:40 AM)
• Speech and Debate - Monta Vista High (12:00 PM)
• Football Game JV: 4:30 pm V: 7:00 pm (3:00 PM)
• Football v. Del Mar High - Cupertino High (3:30 PM)

Cupertino Patch Notebook

• Cupertino Library: "Good morning from beautiful Linda Vista Park! The Go Go Biblio is making its last stop here for the month of August. Stop by today between 11 and 1 pm and check out some books or get one of our awesome dot to dot challenges." (Facebook)
• Cupertino Library: "If your student is looking for information on people, places, nature or science, check out our new database, Trueflix, available to you from home with a library card. Click here to access: https://sccld.org/resource/tru..." (Facebook)
• Cupertino Library: "Reading Rabbit had an important document to copy, but doesn't have a printer at home. No worries Reading Rabbit! The library has four printing stations available for making copies and printing." (Facebook)
• Cupertino Library: "Join in for Bilingual Storytime ( English and Spanish ) with Miss Elizabeth. Disfruten de Cuentos Bilingues con Miss Elizabeth" (Facebook)
• Cupertino Library: "Thank YOU Janet Macreery Author, for stopping by the Cupertino Library! Check out her latest historical adventure, A Little Noble, that follows thirteen year old Mercy Laroche as she navigates the Scottish Highlands." (Facebook)

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Events:

• Global Elegance - Cupertino Rotary Fundraiser (August 29)
• Rotary District 5170 Wheelchair Fundraising Effort (August 31)
• Are you ready to learn about eco-friendly water heating? (August 31)
• Free Family Mini Photo Sessions! (September 4)
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Announcements:

• Fall Coding Batches (Details)
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That's it for today! I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with your next update. If you're liking these newsletters, consider inviting some of your friends and neighbors to follow along. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— Eric He

About me: I write about communities in Silicon Valley and the Peninsula for Patch. I formerly covered Los Altos at the Los Altos Town Crier, and have had bylines at Yahoo Sports, NBC Sports, USA TODAY Sports and the Southern California News Group. I was born and raised in the Bay Area, and am a graduate of the University of Southern California and the Columbia Journalism School. News tips? Email me at eric.he@patch.com

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