🌱 Patch AM: How at-risk is Capitola Wharf as El Niño bears down?

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• How at-risk is Capitola Wharf as El Niño bears down?

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: A morning sprinkle, with a high of 70 and low of 52 degrees.
• Wednesday: Low clouds breaking, temps: high: 73, low: 58.
• Thursday: Low clouds, then some sun, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• California's beaches are being eaten away. El Niño could redraw the coast as we know it (latimes.com subscription) — Capitola gets a key mention as its wharf is cited among California coastal structures already suffering millions in storm damage, with more at risk this coming El Niño winter. The piece explains how rising seas, marine heat waves, and stronger storms are rapidly eroding beaches and threatening roads, piers, and neighborhoods up and down the state's shoreline.
   

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Wednesday September 23
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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday September 2
• LO:Fall Picture Day
  Ocean Alternative Education Center Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Thursday September 3
• LO:School Site Council Meeting
  Ocean Alternative Education Center Santa Cruz, CA 95062
  6:00 pm
Friday September 4
• Oaks/Suns Field Trip - Blacks Beach
  Tierra Pacifica Charter Santa Cruz, CA 95062
• OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR →
  Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
  7:00 pm
Monday September 7
• No School for Students or Staff
  Tierra Pacifica Charter Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Wednesday September 9
• TP Board Meeting
  Tierra Pacifica Charter Santa Cruz, CA 95062
  5:30 pm
Thursday September 10
• Back to School Night
  Aptos High Aptos, CA 95003
  5:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Electives Session 1 - Class #1
  Tierra Pacifica Charter Santa Cruz, CA 95062
  11:15 am
Thursday September 17
• Alignable In-Person Power Networking for Santa Cruz County →
  David Lyng Real Estate, 1041 41st Ave, Santa Cruz
  12:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Seascape Two-Man Shamble — Palo Alto Golf Club →
  Seascape Golf Club, 610 Clubhouse Dr, Aptos
  10:00 am
Friday September 25
• 33rd Annual Golf Tournament →
  Seascape Golf Club, 610 Clubhouse Dr, Aptos
  11:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Flower on a morning walk in our Capitola CA neighborhood.
  Bird of Paradise: Background of a car and house removed and replaced with black. (Nextdoor Capitola Beach)
• More cucumbers at 402 McCormick in Capitola looking for a new home.
  It's a very large variety but sweet and juicy. Please leave the bucket. Enjoy! (Nextdoor Cliffwood Heights)

• Whole Foods posted a job opening for Sanitation Team Member (Cleaner, Housekeeping, Custodial) - Part Time Seasonal in Capitola. Apply here.
• Hope Services posted a job opening for Job Coach II in Santa Cruz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Capitola here.

🗞 Nearby News

Soquel

• Locals set for Super Girl Surf Festival in Virginia Beach (santacruzsentinel.com)
• Water Application Points to Larger Aptos Complex (tpgonlinedaily.com)
• City Council makes plans for Stockton Avenue Bridge, Capitola Trestle (santacruzsentinel.com)

Aptos

• Confidential APT Explained: How Aptos is Adding Privacy Without Hiding Wallet Addresses? (bsc.news)

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