🌱 Patch AM: Could your East Palo Alto school qualify for this new teacher housing?

Coffee in hand, East Palo Alto? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

Before we get to what's happening, a big thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making East Palo Alto PatchAM possible. Click here to show your appreciation! 💚

• Cool Aid Air Conditioning and Refrigeration — (800) 266-5243
  Voted Best HVAC & Refrigeration Company in the Bay Area

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

In today's newsletter:

• Could your East Palo Alto school qualify for this new teacher housing?

Also on today's calendar: Beach Break Film Festival and 7 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: A morning shower, then rain, temps: high: 65, low: 53.
• Thursday: Breezy with occasional rain, with a high of 60 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Palo Alto's teacher housing project accepting applications (paloaltoonline.com) — Teachers and staff at East Palo Alto Academy and other Ravenswood-area schools can now apply for below-market apartments at The Acacia, a new 110-unit educator housing complex in Palo Alto. The project reserves 32 units for San Mateo County teachers, including those serving East Palo Alto students, with income-based rents and family-friendly amenities like courtyards, playgrounds, and on-site parking.
   

📸 Around East Palo Alto

Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!

🗓 Upcoming Events in East Palo Alto

Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!

★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 28

• Beach Break Film Festival
  1167 Main St, Half Moon Bay
  3:30 pm

Friday January 9

• 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

Want to see your event featured? Click here!

Other local events

Wednesday December 24

• Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe
  East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
  11:00 am
• Free Meals at the Library / Comida gratis en la biblioteca
  East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
  3:15 pm
• Early Closure: Christmas Eve
  Palo Alto City Library , 1213 Newell Road , Palo Alto
  5:00 pm

Friday December 26

• 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

Saturday December 27

• Meditation with Sara
  Palo Alto City Library , 1213 Newell Road , Palo Alto
  10:15 am

Sunday December 28

• Photography Meetup
  Mitchell Park Library , 3700 Middlefield Road , Palo Alto
  10:00 am

📣 East Palo Alto Shout Outs!

Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!

🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Pajama Storytime With Stay and Play: Blanket Forts!
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  10:30 am
• Open Lab: Drop In Memory Lab
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  1:00 pm
• Crafternoon: Spirograph Art
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  4:00 pm
• Drop-In Sewing
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  5:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ground stop at San Francisco International Airport, California.
  8:27PM on Dec 21: A ground stop order has been issued for San Francisco International Airport until at least 9:30pm, local time, due to wind… (Nextdoor )

🗞 Nearby News

Menlo Park

• Rotary Club of Menlo Park holds Turkey Drive along with service day focused on homelessness (inmenlo.com)
• Morning New Year's Eve family event set for December 31 (inmenlo.com)
• Express: Weekend fire guts building in North Fair Oaks (almanacnews.com)

Stanford

• Debates about genocide dominate Stanford 5 trial hearing (stanforddaily.com)
• Indian American-led engineers develop 3D chips to accelerate AI (americanbazaaronline.com)

Ok East Palo Alto! 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: I find you very attractive!
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Send it to us!

👉 Help make Patch AM better

• Help us grow by suggesting local news sources.
• Shape this newsletter with your feedback.
• List items for sale or services offered

We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what’s happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.

Share to NextDoor     Share to Facebook