🌱 Patch AM: Want to meet Frosty the Elf at Milpitas’ Great Mall?

Hi there, Milpitas! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Want to meet Frosty the Elf at Milpitas’ Great Mall?
• How a Milpitas logistics hub fits into booming Bay Area warehouses

Also on today's calendar: Christmas Eve Celebration and 6 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Milpitas? Post it to Milpitas photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A stray shower in the morning, with a high of 63 and low of 47 degrees.
• Thursday: Fog will lift in the morning, temps: high: 61, low: 50.
• Friday: Areas of morning fog, with a high of 62 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 6 Christmas week event ideas to get in the holiday spirit (eastbaytimes.com) — One of this week’s most festive options in Milpitas is “Jump with an Elf” on Dec. 22 at Altitude Trampoline Park at the Great Mall, where kids can meet Frosty the Elf and send letters to Santa. The broader roundup also highlights concerts, trivia, crafting, and dining events around the Bay Area to keep visiting family entertained before Christmas.
   

• 534K sf Oakland industrial park seeks buyer (therealdeal.com) — Milpitas gets a brief spotlight as home to Bridge Industrial’s only completed Bay Area facility, Bridge Point Silicon Valley, while the company now seeks a buyer for its massive new industrial park in Oakland. The article highlights strong regional demand for warehouse space and notes another large project underway in San Jose, signaling continued logistics growth around Milpitas.
   

📸 Around Milpitas

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Milpitas

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Thursday December 18

• FINALS - 3RD & 4TH
  Calaveras Hills Milpitas, CA 95035
  8:30 am
• TALENT SHOW - TBD
  Joseph Weller Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
  8:30 am
• Winter Festival
  Robert Randall Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
  4:00 pm
• Randall Winter Festival
  Curtner Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
  4:00 pm
• Teen Study Space
  Milpitas Library , 160 North Main Street , Milpitas
  4:00 pm
• Homework Help for Grades K-6
  Milpitas Library , 160 North Main Street , Milpitas
  4:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Core Values Assembly: Empathy & Collaboration - Prim
  Joseph Weller Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
  8:15 am
• 12:20pm Dismissal (No Advisory)
  Rancho Milpitas Middle Milpitas, CA 95035
  8:30 am

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Celebration
  Harbor Light Church , 4760 Thornton Ave , Fremont
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Influencer Marketing 101: Hands-On 1 Day Session in San Jose, CA
  Spaces 18 South 2nd Street , 18 S Second St , San Jose
  9:00 am
• Reading to Children
  Vineland Branch Library , 1450 Blossom Hill Road , San Jose
  10:30 am
• Baby/Toddler Storytime
  Vineland Branch Library , 1450 Blossom Hill Road , San Jose
  10:30 am
• Indoor Family Storytime
  Rosegarden Library 1580 Naglee Avenue, San Jose, CA 95126
  11:00 am

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

Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Milpitas PatchAM possible:

• Super Brothers Plumbing, Heating and Air - San Jose — (408) 351-1994
  Serving San Jose & Bay Area – HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical
• Nekter Juice Bar — (510) 270-8336
  Nékter Juice Bar Grand Opening Jan 3rd
• Flores Electric — (408) 899-8450
  Electrical Safety & Savings for Silicon Valley Homeowners
• Cool Aid Air Conditioning and Refrigeration — (800) 266-5243
  Voted Best HVAC & Refrigeration Company in the Bay Area

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• When growth feels painful before it feels right
  There came a point in my life when growth started to feel painful before it felt right. As I began outgrowing relationships, people, and familiar… (Nextdoor Montague and Mccarthy)

• Onto Innovation posted a job opening for Material Handler in Milpitas. Apply here.
• Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Milpitas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Milpitas here.

🗞 Nearby News

Santa Clara

• Santa Clara's Dog Park is Still Closed After More Than Four Months (svvoice.com)
• Tombstone memorial honors unhoused as Santa Clara County deaths fall (ktvu.com)
• Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office looks for local mail theft victims (losaltosonline.com)

Sunnyvale

• Sunnyvale – Military & Veterans Encouraged to Apply (verticalmag.com)

Ok Milpitas! 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 don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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