🌱 Traffic Light Backup + RB Indigenous People + Youth Commission

Get on up, Rancho Bernardo-4s Ranch! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on today in Rancho Bernardo-4s Ranch.

First, today's weather: High: 66, Low: 55.

Here are the top stories today in Rancho Bernardo-4s Ranch:

1. Can a new traffic light backup battery make RB and 4S Ranch residents safer? A new project, paid for by the vendor, will test to see if a traffic light backup battery could make residents safer in emergencies and during power shutoffs. The plan would install a nickel-zinc battery which would replace the existing lead, acid-based backup battery currently in use. Learn more: click into parenthesis, then click the link. (Patch Press Release Desk)
2. The Kumeyaay — the original RB inhabitants. You may have heard that President Joe Biden issued a proclamation last Friday making Oct. 11 Indigenous People's Day. What do you know about our RB indigenous people, the Kumeyaay, the people who lived where you live now? The Kumeyaay had been on the local scene for approximately 2,700 years prior to the arrival of the first Europeans in 1769. Learn more: click into parenthesis, then click the link. (RB History Museum).
3. Mayor Todd Gloria names RB resident Kenan Pala to the reactivated Youth Commission. Pala, who attends Francis Parker School, founded Kids4Community, a nonprofit that works to involve children 5 or younger in charitable efforts. The Youth Commission will identify and report to the Mayor and the City Council on issues affecting young people locally. Learn more: click into parenthesis, then click the link. (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Today in Rancho Bernardo-4s Ranch:

RBCEC — Did Biblical Prophets Predict the Future? (10 a.m.)

Painting With A Twist — It's The Great Pumpkin (21+). (7:30 p.m.)

Rancho Bernardo-4s Ranch Patch Notebook

• How to Divorce Better — Carlsbad, California Hub ~ No–Cost Webinar. (Oct. 12)
• RB Neighborhood Watch — Virtual Meeting. - Fraud & Scam Information. (Oct. 13)
• RBCC — Safety Committee Meeting. (Oct. 14)
• Poway USD Board Meeting. (Oct. 14)
• RB Library - Creative Writing Group - Emerging Adults (18-25), Adults. (Oct. 15)
• Service Academy Nomination Application Deadline. (Oct. 29)

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— Bettyann Pernice

About me: I have lived in Rancho Bernardo since 2006 and I am very happy to live in this wonderful town. I have been active in the Rancho Bernardo Community Council as well as the Planning Board. I am also a member of the Maintenance Assessment District (the MAD) which works with the City of San Diego to create our beautiful new medians. I am also vice president of HOA 2 in Seven Oaks. I am a regular contributor to Patch, Nextdoor, and Facebook. I am very pleased to be writing the Patch RB Newsletter as well.

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