🌱 Patch AM: How a onetime Kirkland resident helped drain a $2.4M fund

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In today's newsletter:

• How a onetime Kirkland resident helped drain a $2.4M fund

Today's riddle: Playing golf is bad for your brain. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Occasional afternoon rain, with a high of 43 and low of 40 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy with a little rain, temps: high: 52, low: 46.
• Saturday: A little rain in the morning, with a high of 53 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Former Real Estate Professional Convicted in $2.4M Investor Fraud Scheme (townhall.com) — A woman who once lived in Kirkland has been convicted in federal court for helping run a Seattle-based real estate investment fraud that wiped out $2.4 million in investor funds. Prosecutors say she and her husband drained the fund for personal luxuries over several years, and she now faces substantial prison time when sentenced in March 2026.
   

📸 Around Kirkland

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kirkland

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Saturday January 3

• Reading with Rover
  Kingsgate Library 12315 NE 143rd Street, Kirkland, WA 98034
  1:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Toddler Story Time
  Kirkland Library , 308 Kirkland Avenue , Kirkland
  10:30 am
• Talk Time: English Conversation Practice
  Bothell Library , 18215 98th Avenue NE , Bothell
  1:15 pm
• Cheerleading Class ~ 6 Mondays~ 1/5 to 2/9/26 ~ 4:30 to 5:15pm
  Friendship Academy , 1206 N 185th St , Shoreline
  4:30 pm
• Winter Cooking Class ~ 7 Mondays ~ January 5 thru February 16th~ 6pm to 8pm - CLASS IS FULL
  Ronald United Methodist Church , 17839 Aurora Ave N , Shoreline
  6:00 pm
• 7 PM Twelfth Night Ball
  The Feather Ballroom , 801 1st Street , Snohomish
  7:00 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Family Story Time
  Kingsgate Library , 12315 NE 143rd Street , Kirkland
  1:00 pm

Wednesday January 7

• Middle School and Teen Craft Club
  Kingsgate Library , 12315 NE 143rd Street , Kirkland
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday January 1

• Music Bingo @ Tsillan Cellars
  Tsillan Cellars Woodinville Tasting Room , 13550 NE Village Square Dr Unit 1070 , Woodinville
  6:30 pm

Friday January 2

• Story Time at the Garden for Preschoolers
  Sharp Cabin , 12001 Main St. , Bellevue
  10:00 am
• Creative Art Oasis
  Renton Library , 100 Mill Avenue South , Renton
  4:00 pm
• Teen Dungeons & Dragons Meet-Up
  Bellevue Library , 1111 110th Avenue NE , Bellevue
  4:00 pm

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• Sodo Pizza — (425) 588-0963
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• What a great season!
  Thanks for all the love and support!! Catch you in 2026!! Happy New Year!!! (Nextdoor Juanita)

• Accenture posted a job opening for Customer Experience & Service Transformation Consultant in Kirkland. Apply here.
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions posted a job opening for Child Care Teacher in Kirkland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kirkland here.

🗞 Nearby News

Redmond

• Washington state may regulate Flock cameras, other license-plate readers in 2026 (oregonlive.com)
• Puyallup father released from ICE custody after two months (king5.com)
• 2025: KCRHA Year in Review (kcrha.org)

Bothell

• A grandfather's words, lost for 82 years, finally reach home (king5.com)

Ok Kirkland! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I just heard a golfer say he had four strokes on the first hole!
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