🌱 How Christmas and New Year’s will delay trash pickup in Empire

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In today's newsletter:

• How Christmas and New Year’s will delay trash pickup in Empire

Also on today's calendar: LOS BELICOS DE CULIACAN EN MODESTO.

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: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 59 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy with showers around, temps: high: 60, low: 43.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 55 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Is there trash pickup on Christmas? New Year's? What to know in Stanislaus County (modbee.com) — Empire residents using Turlock Scavenger should expect their trash pickup to run a day late during Christmas 2025 and New Year’s 2026, since both holidays fall on Thursday. Stanislaus County’s franchised haulers observe those days off, so all service that week shifts one day; residents are urged to confirm their regular pickup day online or with their hauler.
   

📸 Around Empire

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Empire

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• Venture Academy Boys Freshman Basketball @ Johansen
  Peter Johansen High School, 641 Norseman Dr, Modesto
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 26

• LOS BELICOS DE CULIACAN EN MODESTO
  Palladium Nightclub , 950 10th St , Modesto
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• CPR and First-Aid Classes in Modesto
  Modesto Chamber of Commerce , 1114 J St , Modesto
  9:00 am
• Mystery Project Workshop
  Board & Brush Creative Studio - Modesto , 3020 Floyd Ave suite 309 , Modesto
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 27

• Tap in & Tune out- Breath Work & Sound Bath
  Ego Beauty & Wellness Defined , 1300 Mable Ave Suite C , Modesto
  9:00 am
• Jack Sollecito @ Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel
  Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel , 9620 Airport Blvd , Los Angeles
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Edward Scissorhands
  The State Theatre , 1307 J Street , Modesto
  2:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• PALS Classes in Modesto
  Modesto Chamber of Commerce , 1114 J St , Modesto
  9:00 am
• Hughson Huskies vs Johansen Vikings
  Hughson High School , 7419 E Whitmore Ave , Hughson
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• New Years Holiday
  City Hall - Ceres CA 95307

Thursday January 29

• Hughson Huskies vs Ripon Christian Knights
  Hughson High School , 7419 E Whitmore Ave , Hughson
  4:00 pm

Friday March 20

• Los Angeles Alien Event Cosmic Command - 3 Day Pass
  Sonesta Los Angeles Airport LAX , 5985 W Century Blvd , Los Angeles
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• A fire at a chicken house at a commercial egg facility in Denair, Stanislaus County, prompted responses from two fire agencies, with causes still under investigation.
  10:59AM on Dec 23: Fire investigators are on the scene of a commercial structure fire at a chicken house in a Denair egg facility. (Nextdoor )
• Winter storms are expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds and mountain snow during this holiday week, PG&E crews are readying to respond to expected power outages.
  PG&E has prepositioned resources and it will be an all-hands-on-deck response from PG&E to safely restore power safely and as quickly as possible… (Nextdoor )

• Ross Stores posted a job opening for Retail Associate in Ceres. Apply here.
• Nestlé S.A posted a job opening for Milk Receiver- Relief Operator in Modesto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Empire here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hughson

• Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Modesto metro area (santafenewmexican.com)

Ceres

• Ceres Lions Club helps out needy seniors (cerescourier.com)
• Cannabis dealers who don't comply may face city revocation (cerescourier.com)
• Historic bridge faces demolition (cerescourier.com)

Modesto

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-- 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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