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What's up Palo Alto! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Who now speaks for Palo Alto schools on the county board?
  • How a Palo Alto-based chip pioneer quietly reshaped your computer
  • How Steve Jobs’ Palo Alto legacy still shapes today’s military tech

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA! and 9 more events.

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

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

Weather forecast:

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  • Sunday: Fog in the a.m.; mostly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Monday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 59, low: 39.
  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 60 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Community Briefs: Holiday tree recycling, Rose Filicetti award, county education board picks leaders (mv-voice.com) — Palo Alto residents are now represented on the Santa Clara County Board of Education by Vice President Jessica Speiser, whose trustee area includes Palo Alto Unified and several neighboring districts. The brief also explains free holiday tree recycling options for Mountain View residents and highlights a new Mountain View Whisman award honoring longtime education leader Rose Filicetti.
   

• Filipino engineer and entrepreneur dies at 79 (mercurynews.com) — A pioneering Silicon Valley engineer who kept an office in Palo Alto has died at 79, leaving a legacy that helped make modern personal computers possible. Diosdado “Dado” Banatao rose from rural poverty in the Philippines to Stanford, founded multiple influential chip companies, and later backed startups from his Palo Alto base while funding STEM education for young Filipinos.
   

• Quote of the Day by Steve Jobs: ‘Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't…' (19fortyfive.com) — Palo Alto readers may appreciate that Steve Jobs spent his final years and died at his home in the city, even as his work reshaped technology far beyond Silicon Valley. This reflective piece traces his path from Bay Area kid to Apple co‑founder, exile, and returning savior, and explains how his innovations and resilience lessons continue to influence U.S. military communications and leadership today.
   

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  • Looking for nanny 30-35 hours/week.
    Please DM me if interested with rate/experience/references. Description: - Start date 1/5/2025 - our son is 6.5 months old - 30-35 hours/week … (Nextdoor Midtown)
  • 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 )
  • Palo Alto Unified School District posted a job opening for Athletic Coach - JV Softball Head Coach- Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto. Apply here.
  • The Stepping Stones Group, LLC posted a job opening for Paraprofessional / Educator in Palo Alto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Palo Alto here.

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