🌱 Patch AM: Have you seen 15-year-old Zoe Stevens from Encinal High School?

Hello Alameda! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Have you seen 15-year-old Zoe Stevens from Encinal High School?
• Why three Harbor Bay Landing favorites suddenly closed their doors
• Why a new USPS stamp quietly spotlights Alameda's Coast Guard role.

Also on today's calendar: Nervous System Reset with Amber Abbott, CHt and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 56 degrees.
• Monday: Nice with plenty of sun, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
• Tuesday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Alameda, CA: 15 Year Old Zoe Stevens Missing, Police Issue At Risk Alert (theunionstar.com) — Alameda police are urgently asking residents to help find 15-year-old Zoe Stevens, last seen Friday afternoon near Encinal High School and later boarding a San Francisco–bound SF Bay Ferry. She's considered at-risk, may have a black Giant bicycle, and is known to frequent spots like the Encinal Boat Ramp and former base buildings. Anyone with information should call Alameda police at 510-337-8340.
   

• Eggy's on the move, Sweet Potatoes Up Beet Cafe shuts down and more restaurant closures (berkeleyside.org) — Three popular spots at Alameda's Harbor Bay Landing—La Val's Pizza, La Penca Azul, and China Villa—are temporarily closed because of plumbing problems, with a city inspection expected in early September. While other East Bay restaurants are also moving or shutting down, Alameda diners will especially feel the impact at 883 Island Drive until these local favorites can reopen.
   

• New USPS issue sets sail Sept. 12 honoring Coast Guard Academy's sesquicentennial (linns.com) — A new USPS forever stamp honoring the Coast Guard Academy's 150th anniversary features the cutter Bertholf, whose home port is Alameda, underscoring the city's role in national maritime security. The issue debuts at a Connecticut festival but spotlights Alameda's connection through the vessel's ongoing missions in national security, drug interdiction, and search and rescue.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Alameda

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday September 13
• Nervous System Reset with Amber Abbott, CHt →
  Svastha Yoga, Wellness and Community Hub, 647 Pacific Ave, Alameda
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Cupcake Decorating Workshop Faction Brewing →
  Faction Brewing, 2501 Monarch St, Alameda
  6:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday September 13
• Morning Awakening Flow →
  Svastha Yoga, Wellness and Community Hub, 647 Pacific Ave, Alameda
  9:00 am
• Sunset on the USS Hornet (Yoga, Music, Dance) →
  USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum, 707 W Hornet Ave, Alameda
  9:00 am
• Sunday Hatha Flow with Myofascial Release →
  Svastha Yoga, Wellness and Community Hub, 647 Pacific Ave, Alameda
  10:30 am
• Alan Broadbent and Harvie S →
  Piedmont Piano Company, 1728 San Pablo Ave, Oakland
  5:00 pm
• Yin Yoga with Sound Bath Sundays →
  Breathing Room Alameda, 1708 Lincoln Ave, Alameda
  6:00 pm
Monday September 14
• Pop-N-Play →
  Ruby's Tumbling, 2333 Cllement, Alameda
  9:00 am
• Wee Play: Drop-In Playtime →
  Alameda Veterans Memorial Building, 2203 Central Avenue, Alameda
  10:00 am
• Easy Morning Yoga - All Levels →
  Svastha Yoga, Wellness and Community Hub, 647 Pacific Ave, Alameda
  10:00 am
• Somatic Yoga →
  Svastha Yoga, Wellness and Community Hub, 647 Pacific Ave, Alameda
  5:30 pm
• Restorative Yoga →
  Svastha Yoga, Wellness and Community Hub, 647 Pacific Ave, Alameda
  6:45 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager I in Alameda. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Oakland

• Thousands to gather in Oakland for free STEM fair, brainchild of Stanford's Ahmed Muhammad (ktvu.com)
• Relative Gives Update on Beauty Queen Learning To Walk Again After Life-Changing Wreck (wideopencountry.com)
• Conservative group files federal civil rights complaint against East Bay school district (eastbaytimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They start each day with a cup of caw-fee. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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