Community Corner
🌱 How Sunnyvale volunteers helped wrap joy for 1,500 Bay Area kids
Coming up: PALS Classes in Sunnyvale on the Sunnyvale Patch calendar
Cheers Sunnyvale! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Sunnyvale volunteers helped wrap joy for 1,500 Bay Area kids
Also on today's calendar: $19 Bottomless Mimosas – Sunnyvale Brunch Weekends and 3 more events.
Find out what's happening in Sunnyvalefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Sunnyvalefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Thursday: Breezy with occasional rain, with a high of 60 and low of 49 degrees.
- Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 57, low: 45.
- Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 56 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• SSE Holiday Assist 2025: A month of giving across the Bay Area (nhl.com) — Sunnyvale residents played a hands-on role in the Sharks’ Holiday Assist campaign, with volunteers gathering at the Family Giving Tree hub in town to wrap hundreds of gifts for local kids. Backed by a $30,000 Sharks Foundation grant, the effort helped provide nearly 1,500 Bay Area children with presents and a festive experience, capped by a gift distribution celebration in San Jose. 
📸 Around Sunnyvale
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sunnyvale
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★ Featured events ★
- PALS Classes in Sunnyvale
Safety Training Seminars, 830 Stewart Dr #133, Sunnyvale
9:00 am
Saturday December 27
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Other local events
- Senior Nutrition and Enrichment Programs
Alviso Branch Library , 5050 North 1st Street , Alviso
10:00 am - $19 Bottomless Mimosas – Sunnyvale Brunch Weekends
Tipsy Putt , 301 W McKinley Ave #150 , Sunnyvale
11:00 am - Fireworks Painting
Alviso Library , 5050 North 1st Street , Alviso
3:00 pm - Sunday Blood on the Clocktower (Sunnyvale)
Radisson Hotel Sunnyvale - Silicon Valley , 1300 Chesapeake Terrace , Sunnyvale
3:00 pm - STEM Sundays @ Alviso
Alviso Library , 5050 North 1st Street , Alviso
3:00 pm
Friday December 26
Saturday December 27
Sunday December 28
Sunday January 4
📣 Sunnyvale Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Storytime for Babies at Cupertino Library
Cupertino Library , 10800 Torre Avenue , Cupertino
10:30 am - Alvin Mata: Live Music @ Shashi Hotel
Shashi Hotel Mountain View Palo Alto , 1625 N Shoreline Blvd , Mountain View
5:30 pm - STARTUPS MIX & PITCH
Hacker Dojo , 855 Maude Ave , Mountain View
6:00 pm - Open Mic: 2nd, 3rd & 4th Fridays
Anya's Practice , 745 Distel Dr , Los Altos
7:30 pm - The Joy of Handmade Ceramics - Pottery Class in Bay Area | Classpop!™
Jiaren Cafe: Coffee, Boba & Events , 1171 Homestead Rd #140b , Santa Clara
7:30 pm - Medi-Cal Enrollment / Inscripción en Medi-Cal
Cupertino Library 10800 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014
10:00 am
Thursday December 25
Friday December 26
Saturday December 27
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Sunnyvale PatchAM possible:
- Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible! - Flores Electric — (408) 899-8450
Electrical Safety & Savings for Silicon Valley Homeowners - Super Brothers Plumbing, Heating and Air - San Jose — (408) 351-1994
Serving San Jose & Bay Area – HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Wind storm?
freeze some bottles! Tonight's possible heavy winds and SF's recent extensive power outages are both good reminders to be ready for power outages… (Nextdoor Sunnyvale Birdland) - Serious Nighttime Safety Hazard Caused by Reflective White Bollards at Intersections
I am writing to report a serious traffic safety concern regarding the newly installed white reflective bollards at several intersections in Sunnyvale… (Nextdoor Cumberland South)
- Aerotek posted a job opening for Janitoral Worker in Sunnyvale. Apply here.
- Government Jobs posted a job opening for Senior Water Pollution Control Operator in Sunnyvale. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sunnyvale here.
🗞 Nearby News
Mountain View
- City of Mountain View partners with school district on $3.6M fix for crumbling creek banks (mv-voice.com)
- Lieber to lead State Board of Equalization in 2026 (losaltosonline.com)
- Housing advocates fall short in bids for Sierra Club leadership (mv-voice.com)
Santa Clara
- Damon Silver Begins Work as Santa Clara County Public Defender (sanjoseinside.com)
Saratoga
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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