🌱 Patch AM: John Rybak + Friends @ Discretion Brewing and 12 more events

Good morning Capitola! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Santa Cruz Elks Lodge Fall Festival at Santa Cruz Elks Lodge #824
• Capitola, CA at Sand Bar Capitola
• Capitola Art & Wine Festival

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I'm a rock group with 4 members; one member was assassinated. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Not as warm but pleasant, with a high of 74 and low of 56 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 75, low: 54.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 51 degrees.

📸 Around Capitola

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Capitola

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 26
• Santa Cruz Elks Lodge Fall Festival →
  Santa Cruz Elks Lodge #824, 150 Jewell St, Santa Cruz
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 12
• Capitola, CA →
  Sand Bar Capitola, 211 Esplanade, Capitola
• Capitola Art & Wine Festival →
  Location Capitola Village Capitola Village Capitola CA 95010, Capitola Village, Capitola
  10:00 am
• Capitola Art & Wine Festival 2026 →
  Capitola Esplanade, 100 Monterey Ave., Capitola
  10:00 am
• Science Saturdays →
  Santa Cruz Childrens Museum of Discovery – MOD, 1855 41st Ave, suite C-10, Capitola
  1:00 pm
• Paint and Play Saturdays →
  Santa Cruz Childrens Museum of Discovery – MOD, 1855 41st Ave, suite C-10, Capitola
  3:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Capitola Art & Wine Festival →
  Capitola CA
  10:00 am
Friday September 18
• John Rybak + Friends @ Discretion Brewing →
  Discretion Brewing, 2703 41st Ave, Soquel
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 19
• Adaptive Skateboarding →
  McGregor Pump Track and Skateboard Park, 1560 McGregor Drive, Capitola
  12:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Wednesday Night Trivia @6:30 PM →
  Cocoa Vino, 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 11
• Valderrama, S. (CSE) - Closing Data Gaps for Cybersecurity AI Training and Evaluation →
  Engineering 2, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz
  8:00 am
• Evergreen Volunteer Days →
  Santa Cruz CA
  9:30 am
• Electives Session 1 - Class #1
  Tierra Pacifica Charter Santa Cruz, CA 95062
  11:15 am
• Preschool Storytime & Crafts Aptos →
  Aptos Library, 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos
  11:30 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Capitola PatchAM possible:

• Avalon Visions Center For Creative Spirituality — (831) 464-7245
• Illusive Comics & Games, LLC — (408) 985-7655

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Joby Aviation, Inc. posted a job opening for Senior Aviation Maintenance Technical Writer (Temporary) in Santa Cruz. Apply here.
• Santa Cruz City School District posted a job opening for Behavior Technician - SPED - 15 hrs. - Branciforte Middle School in Santa Cruz. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Capitola here.

🗞 Nearby News

Soquel

• Full overnight closures to impact Highway 1 in Aptos in September (santacruzsentinel.com)
• Flag football games postponed due to excessive heat (fresnobee.com)

Aptos

• Goodles and Barilla Strike a Deal (goodtimes.sc)
• Shaun 'Slogan' Logan Makes Santa Cruz His Canvas (goodtimes.sc)

Santa Cruz

• Santa Cruz psychologist reflects on 9/11 response and lessons learned (ksbw.com)
• Santa Cruz refutes pedestrian safety recommendations from Civil Grand Jury (santacruzsentinel.com)

Ok Capitola! 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: Mount Rushmore (Thank you J.J. W. for sending it in!)
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