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In today's newsletter:

• How will Milpitas Unified be represented on the county education board?

Also on today's calendar: E-Waste Recycling Days! and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Fog in the a.m.; partly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 38 degrees.
• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 61, low: 39.
• Tuesday: Brilliant sunshine, with a high of 61 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Community Briefs: Holiday tree recycling, Rose Filicetti award, county education board picks leaders (mv-voice.com) — Milpitas residents are indirectly affected as the county education board’s new president represents Trustee Area 5, which includes Milpitas Unified School District. The brief also covers Mountain View’s holiday tree recycling options and a new annual award honoring longtime Mountain View Whisman trustee Rose Filicetti for her service to local schools.
   

📸 Around Milpitas

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Milpitas

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Wednesday December 31

• Library Closes at 5:00pm for New Year's Eve
  Milpitas Community Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
• ESL Conversation Club at Milpitas Library
  Milpitas Community Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
  2:45 pm

Thursday January 1

• Milpitas Library Closed for New Year's Day
  Milpitas Community Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035

Friday January 2

• Qi Gong Meditation & Exercise Class at Milpitas Library
  Milpitas Community Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
  1:00 pm
• Knit & Crochet Circle at Milpitas Library
  Milpitas Community Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
  2:00 pm

Saturday January 3

• FAFSA Help: One on One Sessions
  Milpitas Community Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
  2:00 pm
• Teen Rubik's Cube Club
  Milpitas Community Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
  4:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• E-Waste Recycling Days!
  881 Yosemite Way , Milpitas
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 28

• Reading to Children with Vivian
  Cambrian Library 1780 Hillsdale Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124
  1:00 pm
• Wii Gaming for Tweens and Teens
  Bascom Library , 1000 South Bascom Avenue , San Jose
  2:00 pm
• Sunday Blood on the Clocktower (Sunnyvale)
  Radisson Hotel Sunnyvale - Silicon Valley , 1300 Chesapeake Terrace , Sunnyvale
  3:00 pm
• English Language Learners (ELL) Conversation Club
  Educational Park Branch Library , 1772 Educational Park Dr , San Jose
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Traffic collision on SR-17 North at Santa Cruz Ave off-ramp in San Jose involves a sedan and possibly two SUVs, blocking the slow lane, with residual delays reported on northbound CA-17 south of Santa Cruz Ave in Los Gatos.
  12:56PM on Dec 26: Traffic collision on northbound CA-17 south of S Santa Cruz Ave in Los Gatos, with the right lane closed and delays reported. (Nextdoor )
• Can someone suggest an effective method to deter cats.
  I think my neighbor pet or feeds a bunch of cats and those grownup cats poop all around my house. I have tried putting the vinegar spray and animal… (Nextdoor Milpitas Starlite)

• Onto posted a job opening for Material Handler in Milpitas. Apply here.
• The Gap, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Great Mall/Bay Area in Milpitas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Milpitas here.

🗞 Nearby News

Santa Clara

• Caleb Williams is 600 yards from being Bears' first-ever 4,000-yard passer (nbcsports.com)

Sunnyvale

• Pea-sized hail forecast with thunderstorms in Bay Area Thursday – gusts up to 40 mph (mercurynews.com)
• Western New York Leads The Way In Most Competitive Housing Markets (nationalmortgageprofessional.com)
• Redditors Join Forces to Find Shelter for Dog Abandoned Near Google's Sunnyvale Office on Christmas Eve (sfist.com)

San Jose

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-- The Patch AM Team

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