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Hello again Fremont! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Fremont students: ready to turn your community story into scholarship money?
  • How is Tesla’s Fremont factory quietly reinventing quality control with AI?
  • Where are Fremont’s most magical holiday lights shining this week?

Also on today's calendar: New Year's Eve with Matt Axton & Badmoon and 6 more events.

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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:

Find out what's happening in Fremontfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Thursday: Breezy with periods of rain, with a high of 58 and low of 49 degrees.
  • Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 56, low: 43.
  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 56 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Calling all Tri-City students (tricityvoice.com) — Fremont teens have a chance to earn cash prizes and a potential $2,500 scholarship by entering the Newark Optimist Club’s annual essay contest about community and service. Students from Fremont, Newark, and Union City under 19 can apply online and must email their essays by January 18, 2026, with winners honored at a February breakfast meeting.
   

• Smart Factories Powered by Agentic AI: A New Era in Manufacturing (ien.com) — For Fremont residents, the standout detail is Tesla’s use of AI-powered vision systems at its local plant to spot weld and paint defects far faster than human inspectors, boosting quality and efficiency. The piece then zooms out to explain how “agentic AI” is transforming factories worldwide, from BMW to Amazon, with smarter scheduling, predictive maintenance, and increasingly autonomous production lines.
   

• Holiday lights 2025: The stunning displays in the Bay Area (marinij.com) — Fremont residents can soak up serious holiday cheer at Crippsmas Place in north Fremont and the Emmanuels Christmas Village on Arkwood Street, both glowing nightly through late December. These long-running neighborhood displays feature cartoon cutouts, international nativity scenes, Disney characters, and charity fundraising, alongside dozens of other standout light shows across the wider Bay Area.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Update: Pet Reunited
    Snowy, a dog who went missing in Fremont, CA, has been safely reunited with their family after 10 hours, 49 minutes. Message from Owner: "… (Nextdoor Hampton Place)
  • If a neighbor leaves their car parked in front of your house for a week, would you call the police?
    I suspect they are away and left their car there... very inconsiderate as there is parking in front of their own house. (Nextdoor Lakes)
  • Unitek Learning, Inc. posted a job opening for Campus Dean - BSN Nursing Program- On Ground- Fremont, CA in Fremont. Apply here.
  • Sanmina Corporation posted a job opening for Manufacturing Welding Supervisor in Fremont. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fremont here.

🗞 Nearby News

Newark

  • Bright orange, crunchy empanadas are sweeping the internet. Here's where to try them in the Bay Area (sfchronicle.com)

Union City

  • Cheapest gas stations in San Francisco (wvnews.com)

Hayward

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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