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🌱 MC-CHOICE Unit and 11 more events
Be sure to catch Santa Cruz Film Festival on the Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- Santa Cruz Film Festival at Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mostly sunny and cool, with a high of 66 and low of 54 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 55.
- Saturday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 77 and low of 59 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
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★ Featured events ★
- Santa Cruz Film Festival →
Santa Cruz, CA, 95060,
6:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
- MC-CHOICE Unit →
La Manzana Community Resource Center, 521 Main St Suite Y, Watsonville
9:00 am - Free Tutoring at California Coffee →
California Coffee, 9105 Soquel Dr., Aptos
4:00 pm - Zumba →
Pinto Lake City Park, 451 Green Valley Road, Watsonville
9:00 am - Farmers Market Watsonville →
Downtown Watsonville, Downtown Plaza, Watsonville
2:00 pm - Farmers Market Aptos →
Cabrillo College Aptos Campus, Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Ave., Aptos
8:00 am - Early Bird Tour at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve →
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville
8:30 am - Elkhorn Slough: Free Tour of the Preserve →
Elkhorn Slough Reserve, 1700 Elkhorn Road, Watsonville
10:00 am - Gourmet Grazing on the Green 2026 →
Aptos Village County Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos
12:00 pm - 5th Watsonville Filipino American History Month (FAHM) Fest →
Romo Park, 335 Main Street, Watsonville
12:00 pm - Fifth Annual Filipino American History Month Festival →
Romo Park, 335 Main St, Watsonville
12:00 pm - Grazing on the Green →
Aptos Village, 161 Aptos Village Way, Aptos
12:00 pm - Gourmet Grazing on the Green →
Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Rd., Aptos
12:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- CROSSMARK posted a job opening for retail merchandising HIRES IMMEDIATELY in Freedom. Apply here.
- Target posted a job opening for Seasonal: 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T1143) in Watsonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley here.
🗞 Nearby News
Aptos
- Harbor girls volleyball tops SC, finishes first half of SCCAL unbeaten (santacruzsentinel.com)
- Aptos Neighborhood Newsletter for Wednesday, Sept. 30 (lookout.co)
- Los Gallos Taqueria opens new location in Santa Cruz (santacruzsentinel.com)
Watsonville
- Pinto Lake skate park construction is right on track (santacruzsentinel.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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