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🌱 Patch AM: Could you qualify for this new below-market housing for local teachers?
Coming up: Beach Break Film Festival on the East Palo Alto Patch calendar

Hello East Palo Alto! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Could you qualify for this new below-market housing for local teachers?
Also on today's calendar: Beach Break Film Festival and 7 more events.
Find out what's happening in East Palo Altofor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in East Palo Altofor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, a few showers, with a high of 62 and low of 50 degrees.
- Thursday: Breezy with occasional rain, temps: high: 58, low: 45.
- Friday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 56 and low of 42 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Palo Alto's teacher housing project accepting applications (paloaltoonline.com) — East Palo Alto educators now have access to below-market apartments at The Acacia, Palo Alto’s new 110‑unit teacher housing complex that reserves units for Ravenswood schools and East Palo Alto Academy staff. Eligible school employees earning 60%–140% of area median income can apply for studios, one‑bedrooms, or two‑bedrooms, with rents from about $1,800 to $3,100 and on-site courtyards, parking, and shared amenities.
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📸 Around East Palo Alto
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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Palo Alto
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★ Featured events ★
- Beach Break Film Festival
1167 Main St, Half Moon Bay
3:30 pm - Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA!
The Westin San Francisco Airport, 1 Old Bayshore Hwy, Millbrae
7:00 pm
Sunday December 28
Friday January 9
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Other local events
- Project Management Techniques Training Course in East Palo Alto, CA
Regus - Palo Alto - Embarcadero Place , 2100 Geng Rd Suit 210 , Palo Alto
9:00 am - Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe
East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
10:30 am - Free Meals at the Library / Comida gratis en la biblioteca
East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
3:15 pm - Meditation with Sara
Palo Alto City Library , 1213 Newell Road , Palo Alto
10:15 am - Photography Meetup
Mitchell Park Library , 3700 Middlefield Road , Palo Alto
10:00 am - Tai Chi with Nelson Ng
Palo Alto City Library , 1213 Newell Road , Palo Alto
10:00 am - EPA YMCA - Free Weekends at the EPA YMCA!
Lewis and Joan Platt East Palo Alto Family YMCA , 550 Bell St , East Palo Alto
12:00 pm - Free Meals at the Library / Comida gratis en la biblioteca
East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
3:15 pm
Friday December 26
Saturday December 27
Sunday December 28
Monday December 29
📣 East Palo Alto Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Winter Camp #2 (1 day)
Menlo College , 1000 El Camino Real , Atherton
9:00 am - Tech Tutors Drop-In Sessions
Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
10:30 am - Portola Art Gallery Presents "Six by Six" -- Small Works by Gallery Artists
Portola Art Gallery , 75 Arbor Rd # W , Menlo Park
11:00 am - Brain Power Hour: Age-Friendly Brain Games
2 Dinkelspiel Station Ln , Atherton
11:30 am
Wednesday December 24
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- I’m still looking for my missing dog Dior!
If anyone has any updates or information on where she could be please contact me immediately and help me bring my baby/first love home. (650) 333•4947 (Nextdoor Pulgas Gardens) - An atmospheric river has resulted in severe flooding, mudslides, and one death in Northern California, with significant snowfall of up to 6 feet in mountainous areas.
10:30AM on Dec 22: Storms flood parts of Northern California with heavy rain, and alerts expand to the entire Bay Area. 6:43AM on Dec 22: Flood… (Nextdoor )
🗞 Nearby News
Menlo Park
- Rotary Club of Menlo Park holds Turkey Drive along with service day focused on homelessness (inmenlo.com)
- A new world record set in Menlo Park: LCLS approaches 100,000 pulses per second (inmenlo.com)
- Express: Weekend fire guts building in North Fair Oaks (almanacnews.com)
Stanford
- Stanford installing more security cameras (padailypost.com)
- Researchers Develop Accurate Womb-Lining Replication System (lifetechnology.com)
Fremont
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