🌱 Patch AM: How a fatal Piedmont Tesla fire fits into a national safety probe

What's up Piedmont! 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:

• How a fatal Piedmont Tesla fire fits into a national safety probe

Also on today's calendar: CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE Mary the Prophet: She Magnifies the Lord and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A couple of showers, with a high of 61 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: A morning shower, then rain, temps: high: 64, low: 54.
• Thursday: Windy and cooler with rain, with a high of 57 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 15 People Dead in Tesla Crashes Where Doors Wouldn't Open, Bloomberg (techstartups.com) — A deadly November 2024 Tesla Cybertruck fire in Piedmont, where electronic doors reportedly wouldn’t open, is one of several crashes in a national investigation into Tesla’s door systems. Bloomberg’s review links at least 15 U.S. deaths to situations where Tesla doors failed after crashes, prompting a federal safety probe and renewed debate over how electric door designs affect escape and rescue.
   

📸 Around Piedmont

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Piedmont

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 24

• CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE Mary the Prophet: She Magnifies the Lord
  12540 Skyline Blvd, Oakland
  7:00 pm

Friday January 9

• Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA!
  The Westin San Francisco Airport, 1 Old Bayshore Hwy, Millbrae
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 24

• Baby Bounce
  Temescal Branch Library , 5205 Telegraph Avenue , Oakland
  11:45 am

Thursday December 25

• English Conversation Club
  Piedmont Avenue Branch Library , 160 - 41St Street , Oakland
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• DBFL Monthly Bag Sale this Saturday, Dec. 27 from 10am-12noon
  2501 Harrison St , Oakland
  10:00 am
• Scott Amendola
  Piedmont Piano Company , 1728 San Pablo Ave , Oakland
  5:30 pm

Monday December 29

• (Dec 29 - Jan 2) Winter Math Camp for Kids ages 6-16
  Kehilla Community Synagogue , 1300 Grand Ave , Piedmont
  9:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• English Conversation Club
  Temescal Branch Library , 5205 Telegraph Avenue , Oakland
  4:00 pm
• Beyond D&D: roleplaying game night
  Piedmont Avenue Branch Library , 160 - 41St Street , Oakland
  5:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Piedmont Noon Year's Eve — Ronnie's Awesome List
  Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building , 401 Highland Ave , Piedmont
  10:00 am
• Noon Year’s Eve
  Piedmont Veterans' Memorial Building , 401 Highland Ave , Piedmont
  11:00 am

Thursday January 1

• Veteran Support: Insight Housing
  Piedmont Avenue Branch Library , 160 - 41St Street , Oakland
  11:30 am

📣 Piedmont Shout Outs!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Is there someone that could not afford to get a tree and would like a Christmas tree one is 7.
  5 and one that is 2.5 one per family. Looking for someone struggling and has children but could not afford to buy a Christmas tree. (Nextdoor Lower Piedmont)
• Rain or shine … Join us this Saturday, December 27th from 10am-12noon for a huge outdoor sale!
  We will hold the sale inside if it’s raining. On the last Saturday of the month, Dress Best for Less (DBFL) hosts their monthly bag sale outside… (Nextdoor Upper Piedmont)

• HNTB Corporation posted a job opening for Senior Aviation Terminal Planner/PM in Oakland. Apply here.
• Catholic Schools Diocese of Oakland posted a job opening for Science & Math Teacher (6th-8th grades)-St. Felicitas, San Leandro in Oakland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Piedmont here.

🗞 Nearby News

Oakland

• Ripple Foods Gets USD 17 Million in New Funding to Expand Plant-Based Milks (coherentmarketinsights.com)
• Property owner on leafy Claremont Avenue faces nearly $1M fine for ‘most egregious' tree removal (sfchronicle.com)

Emeryville

• Richmond's Own Betty Reid Soskin, the Nation's Oldest Park Ranger, Has Died at 104 (sfist.com)
• New institute to strengthen fundamental physics research, collaboration (harvard.edu)
• The Hidden Emotional Burden of the Holidays (psychologytoday.com)

Alameda

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-- The Patch AM Team

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