🌱 Patch AM: Ready to grab your spot at Pasadena’s Strawberry Festival events?

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In today's newsletter:

• Ready to grab your spot at Pasadena’s Strawberry Festival events?
• How Pasadena’s Tejano legends are reinventing themselves for 2026

Today's riddle: I think I’ll wear only one boot today. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 68 and low of 46 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 75, low: 63.
• Friday: Breezy; warmer in the p.m., with a high of 85 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Get pumped because the time coming to register for the legendary Strawberry Festival events. (pasadenian.com) — Pasadena residents can start signing up on January 5 for all the big events at the Pasadena Strawberry Festival, from the beauty pageant and mud volleyball to cook-off teams and vendor spots. This long-running hometown tradition fills quickly each year, so locals are urged to mark their calendars and get ready to claim their place in the festivities.
   

• La Fiebre Looks to the New Year With Special Guest Horn Section, New Members, and Renewed Momentum (tejanonation.net) — Pasadena’s own La Fiebre is ringing in 2026 with a New Year’s Night show at TriCity Beer Garden in Pasadena, featuring a special guest horn section and returning original singer Pete Espinoza. Despite recent lineup changes and internal disputes, the long-running Tejano favorites are adding new veteran members and leaning into fresh momentum after celebrating their 40th anniversary.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 31

• FREE Wine Wednesday ~ Cosmic Love
  Painting with a Twist , 407 W Baker Rd Ste L , Baytown
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Gourd'gous Glass Pumpkin Patch
  Glassblowing Houston , 17442 FM 2920 Rd , Tomball
• New Year's Day Office Closure
  Webster City Offices - Webster TX 77598
  7:00 am

Saturday January 3

• Tomball Farmers Market Weekly All local farmers market
  Greater Tomball Chamber of Commerce , 205 W. Main Street , Tomball
  9:00 am

Tuesday January 6

• Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting
  City of Seabrook -
  5:30 pm
• City Council Meeting
  City of Seabrook -
  6:00 pm

Thursday January 8

• Parks and Trails Committee
  City of Seabrook -
  5:00 pm
• Seabrook Economic Development Corporation Workshop Session & Regular Meeting
  City of Seabrook -
  5:00 pm

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• Hi everyone.
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🗞 Nearby News

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• Mitchell 'Mitch' Scott Green (bluebonnetnews.com)

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• Funeral set for Houston firefighter Brandy Allinience after service-related cancer death (houstonchronicle.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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