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🌱 Patch AM: Walnut Creek Youth Charity Exec Took Money For 49ers Seats, 1st Class Flights: DOJ

Make time for Love Came Down--Tapestry Concert on the Walnut Creek Patch calendar

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Hi there, Walnut Creek! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Executive stole from Walnut Creek youth charity for luxury trips and tickets
  • How Heather Farm’s new $7.7 million turf fields will change your game

Also on today's calendar: Love Came Down--Tapestry Concert and 10 more events.

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Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Cool with clouds, then sun, with a high of 52 and low of 35 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 55, low: 38.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 55 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Walnut Creek Youth Charity Exec Took Money For 49ers Seats, 1st Class Flights: DOJ (patch.com) — Residents following local youth programs will note that a Pleasant Hill finance manager has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for embezzling over $1.6 million from a Walnut Creek charity serving underserved youth. Prosecutors say she used the funds for luxury travel and premium Warriors and 49ers tickets, and a judge will later decide how much restitution she must repay while she also faces three years of supervised release.
   

• Heather Farm's $7.7 Million Turf Fields Are Finally Done Bay Area Telegraph (bayareatelegraph.com) — Heather Farm’s long-awaited $7.7 million all-weather turf fields in Walnut Creek are now open after a full season of construction closures. Funded by city reserves, Measure O, ARPA, and Walnut Creek Soccer Club contributions, the rebuilt Fields 1 and 2 feature new drainage, organic infill, and fencing, celebrated at a December 1 ribbon-cutting with Mayor Cindy Darling.
   

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  • PLEASANT HILL PROJECT WINS HIGH PROFILE TRANSPORTATION AWARD
    December 9, 2025 - A recently completed transportation project in the City of Pleasant Hill has received an award from the Bay Area Chapter of the… (Nextdoor )
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    I am willing to pay someone or a farrier if you have some. Pic is similar, but I would mount them to the wood. TIA. (Nextdoor Saranap II)
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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Cockpit audio released: Pleasant Hill pilot tried to shut engines off mid-flight (ktvu.com)
  • Take a sneak peek inside the Peninsula's newest Japanese grocery store, Osaka Marketplace (paloaltoonline.com)
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