🌱 Dungeons & Dragons and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Beach Break Film Festival
• LIT BY THE BAY - NYE Celebration & Dance Party at Hyatt Centric Mountain View
• Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA! at The Westin San Francisco Airport

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

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

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Breezy with a few showers, with a high of 62 and low of 54 degrees.
• Wednesday: A morning shower, then rain, temps: high: 64, low: 52.
• Thursday: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 58 and low of 46 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portola Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 28

• Beach Break Film Festival
  1167 Main St, Half Moon Bay
  3:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• LIT BY THE BAY - NYE Celebration & Dance Party
  Hyatt Centric Mountain View, 409 San Antonio Rd, Mountain View
  7:30 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

• Family Storytime
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  10:30 am
• Block Printing
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  1:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Family Storytime With Stay and Play
  Pacifica Sanchez Library , 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard , Pacifica
  11:15 am
• Dungeons & Dragons
  765 Portola Rd , Portola Valley
  8:30 pm

Sunday December 28

• Noon Year's Storytime Celebration with Rainbow Fish
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  11:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• Musical Storytime With Stay and Play at San Pedro Valley Park
  San Pedro Valley Park , 600 Oddstad Boulevard , Pacifica
  10:30 am
• Baby Bounce Storytime
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  10:30 am
• Gem Painting at the Library!
  Pacifica Sanchez Library , 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard , Pacifica
  12:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 23

• Pajama Storytime With Stay and Play: Blanket Forts!
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  10:30 am
• Baby Bounce Storytime
  Portola Valley Library , 765 Portola Road , Portola Valley
  10:30 am
• Gem Painting at the Library!
  Pacifica Sanchez Library , 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard , Pacifica
  12:30 pm
• Open Lab: Drop In Memory Lab
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Ground stop at San Francisco International Airport, California.
  8:27PM on Dec 21: A ground stop order has been issued for San Francisco International Airport until at least 9:30pm, local time, due to wind… (Nextdoor )

• Chipotle posted a job opening for Crew Member in Palo Alto. Apply here.
• Lucence Health Inc posted a job opening for Billing & Revenue Cycle Associate in Palo Alto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portola Valley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Woodside

• Ultra Weekend Recap — December 21, 2025 (ultrarunning.com)
• Local restaurants have delicious ways to ring in the New Year (mercurynews.com)
• Validea's Top Industrial Stocks Based On Kenneth Fisher - 12/21/2025 (nasdaq.com)

Palo Alto

• Palo Alto's teacher housing project accepting applications (paloaltoonline.com)
• Board to Discuss Offering Multivariable Calculus on Campus (thecampanile.org)
• Official takes aim at Silicon Valley billionaires with new law targeting massive housing compounds: 'The growing discrepancy … has never been more clear' (thecooldown.com)

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