🌱 Which Woodside estates topped the Peninsula’s biggest home sales of 2025?

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In today's newsletter:

• Which Woodside estates topped the Peninsula’s biggest home sales of 2025?
• Woodside remembers Shirley Temple Black’s remarkable life and local ties

Also on today's calendar: Beach Break Film Festival and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 59 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 58, low: 43.
• Saturday: Cool with periods of sun, with a high of 56 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Viral listings, record deals and landmark estates: Peninsula homes that defined 2025 (almanacnews.com) — Several of 2025’s most talked-about real estate deals happened right in Woodside, including the $85 million sale of the historic Green Gables estate and a 162-acre ranch tied to Yerba Buena Nursery’s roots. Alongside neighboring Portola Valley and Peninsula properties, these blockbuster transactions highlight how local estates with deep history and protected open space continue to command national attention.
   

• At 22, Shirley Temple Celebrated Her Second Marriage and Made the Shocking Decision to Retire from Acting for Good (people.com) — Shirley Temple Black, the former child star who later became a diplomat, ultimately chose a second marriage and retirement from acting at just 22. The story traces her Hollywood rise, political career, and later life, culminating in her passing at age 85 at her Woodside home, a point of special note for local residents.
   

📸 Around Woodside

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Woodside

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 28

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

Saturday December 27

• Mindfulness and the Art of Looking
  Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
  2:30 pm

Sunday December 28

• Filoli Holiday Lights
  Filoli Historic House & World-Class Garden , 86 Cañada Rd , Woodside
  4:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Holidays at Filoli
  Filoli Historic House & World-Class Garden , 86 Cañada Rd , Woodside
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• Noon Year's Storytime Celebration with Cookie Mouse
  Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
  10:30 am
• Family Storytime
  Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
  10:30 am
• Bookmobile Stop
  Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• Portola Art Gallery Presents "Six by Six" -- Small Works by Gallery Artists
  Portola Art Gallery , 75 Arbor Rd # W , Menlo Park
  11:00 am
• Hotel Nia Christmas
  Hotel Nia, Autograph Collection , 200 Independence Dr , Menlo Park
  11:00 am

Friday December 26

• Winter Camp #3 (1 day)
  Menlo College , 1000 El Camino Real , Atherton
  9:00 am
• Step Into Wellness: Atherton Library's Walking Club
  Holbrook Palmer Park , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  9:45 am
• ARMORY Drop-In Basketball
  Redwood City Armory , 939 Valota Rd , Redwood City
  10:00 am
• Tech Tutors Drop-In Sessions
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone have suggestions for a dog trainer?
  I got a 4.5 year old female spayed lab last week. She has a great temperament, gets along with all animals, no behavioral issues, but she does not… (Nextdoor Woodside)
• Found and reunited!
  Hello, Our german shepherd and black newfoundland dogs have escaped our yard about an hour ago. If anyone has seen them or knows where they are,… (Nextdoor Woodside)

🗞 Nearby News

Atherton

• Atherton police announce December DUI checkpoint (almanacnews.com)
• Express: Flooding shuts down section of Hamilton Avenue (almanacnews.com)
• Santa will soon be on the way — how to track his sleigh (inmenlo.com)

Portola Valley

• Portola Valley has a new kappo-style Japanese restaurant (mercurynews.com)
• Valencia girls' basketball extends winning streak to seven games (signalscv.com)
• Remembering Apple pioneers: In memoriam 2025 (cultofmac.com)

San Mateo

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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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