🌱 Patch AM: Walnut Creek remembers pioneering park ranger and civil rights voice Betty Soskin

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In today's newsletter:

• Walnut Creek remembers pioneering park ranger and civil rights voice Betty Soskin

Also on today's calendar: Local playwrights looking for teen actors and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Rain; breezy in the morning, with a high of 60 and low of 52 degrees.
• Tuesday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 59, low: 51.
• Wednesday: A morning shower, then rain, with a high of 57 and low of 47 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Betty Reid Soskin, Beloved Retired National Park Service Ranger, Dies at 104 (contracosta.news) — Walnut Creek readers may be touched to learn that trailblazing park ranger and civil rights advocate Betty Reid Soskin once raised her four children in a home she and her husband built here as early Black residents. Soskin, a celebrated storyteller of the WWII home front and longtime Richmond resident, has died at 104, leaving a powerful legacy across the East Bay and beyond.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Walnut Creek

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday January 6

• Local playwrights looking for teen actors
  Hillcrest Congregational Church, 404 Gregory Ln, Pleasant Hill
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday December 23

• StoryWalkÂŽ with Dougherty Station and San Ramon Libraries
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
• TecHub: Tech Exchange @ the Library
  Walnut Creek Library , 1644 N Broadway , Walnut Creek
  10:30 am
• Baby Songs & Play
  Walnut Creek Library , 1644 N Broadway , Walnut Creek
  12:00 pm
• Healthy Tuesdays at the Library - Tai Chi
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  12:15 pm

Friday December 26

• StoryWalkÂŽ with Dougherty Station and San Ramon Libraries
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon

Saturday December 27

• Drop-in 3D Printing Information Booth
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  3:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• StoryWalkÂŽ with Dougherty Station and San Ramon Libraries
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon

Thursday January 1

• "Voting Challenges Ahead" by League of Women Voters, Diablo Valley
  Diablo Valley Area
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• Gentle Yoga and Meditation
  Ygnacio Valley Library , 2661 Oak Grove Rd , Walnut Creek
  10:30 am
• Dungeons & DragonsÂŽ
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  4:00 pm
• Family Storytime
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  6:30 pm
• The Sound of Music presented by Symphonics
  San Ramon Library , 100 Montgomery St , San Ramon
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ⚠️ Magnitude 2.82 earthquake reported
  Dec 20 at 6:36 PM PST: 2.82 magnitude earthquake occurred near San Ramon, CA. 46 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )
• My dog just got out.
  10 month Parson Russell Terrier. He is chipped. Please keep an eye out, it’s so dark. He is very friendly. Too friendly and will happily go with… (Nextdoor Larkey Park)

• Gpac posted a job opening for Accounting Manager, Transportation in Walnut Creek. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

San Miguel

• Pleasant Valley Wine Trail toy drive supports local families (pasoroblesdailynews.com)

Pleasant Hill

• Dec 11-17: Pleasant Hill Police Calls (contracosta.news)
• Neon Glow Up NYE Party: Video Games + DJ (Emporium SF) (funcheap.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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