🌱 Patch AM: How East Palo Alto teens gain opportunity through new friendship networks

Hello East Palo Alto! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How East Palo Alto teens gain opportunity through new friendship networks
• How an East Palo Alto mother’s ordeal sparked clergy arrests

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

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Breezy with periods of rain, with a high of 59 and low of 47 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 56, low: 42.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 56 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• It pays to have friends in high places – more than we thought, according to research (nbcbayarea.com) — East Palo Alto students are at the center of new efforts to turn cross-income friendships into real economic opportunity, including a peer mentorship program at Palo Alto High and support from a Bay Area nonprofit. Drawing on major Harvard research, educators and mentors are intentionally pairing low-income and higher-income teens to build social capital that can boost college access and future earnings.
   

• Palo Alto faith leaders arrested in ICE protest (paloaltoonline.com) — An incident involving an East Palo Alto mother detained by immigration agents during a medical emergency is driving Palo Alto faith leaders to escalate protests against federal immigration enforcement in San Francisco. More than 40 demonstrators, including several local clergy, were arrested after chaining themselves together to block entrances at the immigration court, aiming to spotlight family separations and treatment of detainees.
   

📸 Around East Palo Alto

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Palo Alto

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★ 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

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Other local events

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
• 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

Monday December 29

• Free Meals at the Library / Comida gratis en la biblioteca
  East Palo Alto Library , 2415 University Avenue , East Palo Alto
  3:15 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• Hotel Nia Christmas
  Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection , 200 Independence Dr , Menlo Park
  11:00 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

Friday December 26

• Winter Camp #3 (1 day)
  Menlo College , 1000 El Camino Real , Atherton
  9:00 am
• Step Into Wellness: Atherton Library's Walking Club
  Holbrook Palmer Park , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  9:45 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Yesterday I lost my wallet at CVS on Middlefield.
  I someone found it. Imagine my delight when I walked to my mailbox and found my wallet. I am so grateful. People were so kind and responsible (Nextdoor Pulgas Gardens)
• I walked to my mailbox and found my wallet.
  I am so grateful. People were so kind and responsible (Nextdoor Pulgas Gardens)

🗞 Nearby News

Menlo Park

• Santa will soon be on the way — how to track his sleigh (inmenlo.com)
• A new world record set in Menlo Park: LCLS approaches 100,000 pulses per second (inmenlo.com)
• What's up this week: Thievery Corporation, local astronaut and more (almanacnews.com)

Stanford

• Stanford installing more security cameras (padailypost.com)

San Mateo

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 guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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