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🌱 RC Fam Center Toddler Bilingual Sensory Play and 11 more events
Also check out Santa Cruz Film Festival on the Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley Patch calendar

Hi Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
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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 one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and comfortable, with a high of 72 and low of 52 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 72, low: 55.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and cool, with a high of 70 and low of 56 degrees.
📸 Around Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley
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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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Other local events
📣 Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- RC Fam Center Toddler Bilingual Sensory Play →
RC Fam Center, 7 Hangar Way, Suite B, Watsonville
10:00 am - Afterschool STEAM Aptos →
Aptos Library, 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos
8:00 am - Mat Pilates →
Kathleen King Community Room, 85 Nielson St, Watsonville
9:00 am - El Mercado Farmers Market →
Watsonville Community Hospital, 75 Nielson St, Watsonville
10:00 am - Health Screening at the CHT Office →
Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley, 85 Nielson St, Watsonville
1:00 pm - Crafternoon →
Main Library, 275 Main Street, Suite #100, Watsonville
2:00 pm - Watsonville City Council candidate forum: District 5 & 7 →
Community Room Watsonville, 275 Main Street, Watsonville
6:00 pm - 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
Tuesday September 29
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Lotus Management, Inc posted a job opening for Breakfast Attendant - Holiday Inn Express, Watsonville in Watsonville. Apply here.
- Home Depot posted a job opening for Repair and Tool Technician in Watsonville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley here.
🗞 Nearby News
Aptos
- Aptos' Matthew Quinn, SF's Tamara Sanchez Ortiz earn titles at 2026 Santa Cruz Triathlon (fresnobee.com)
- Santa Cruz County Fair sees 11% increase in attendance (santacruzsentinel.com)
- Santa Cruz resident honored as part of AmeriCorps Seniors Nationwide Celebration (santacruzsentinel.com)
Watsonville
- FoodWhat holds anniversary event at UC Santa Cruz (santacruzsentinel.com)
- Driver pleads not guilty to killing bicyclist in Soquel crash (pajaronian.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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