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🌱 Patch AM: Aptos/Capitola Youth Chess Club and 10 more events
Happening soon: Wednesday Night Trivia @6:30 PM on the Capitola Patch calendar

Good morning to you Capitola! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Wednesday Night Trivia @6:30 PM at Cocoa Vino
- Aptos/Capitola Youth Chess Club at Capitola Branch Library
- Capitola Beach Festival
... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!
And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Justin B.!
Today's riddle: What do you call advice from a cow ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Monday: Partly sunny and cool, with a high of 69 and low of 56 degrees.
- Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 68, low: 56.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Capitola
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★ Featured events ★
- Wednesday Night Trivia @6:30 PM →
Cocoa Vino, 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola
6:30 pm
Wednesday September 23
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Other local events
- Aptos/Capitola Youth Chess Club →
Capitola Branch Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola
3:30 pm - Capitola Beach Festival →
Capitola CA - Capitola Beach Festival and Paddle Race →
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7:00 am - Capitola: Beach Festival →
Capitola Village, Esplanade Park, Capitola
8:00 am - Beach Festival →
Capitola Village, 203 Esplanade, Capitola
8:00 am - Week Without Driving Community Celebration →
Capitola Mall - METRO Transit Center, Capitola
4:00 pm - Week Without Driving 2026 →
Capitola Mall, 1855 41st Avenue, Capitola
4:00 pm - Zoom Honk Smash Touch A Truck →
Capitola Mall Parking Lot, 1855 41st Ave, Capitola
10:30 am - Touch a Truck →
Capitola Mall, 1855 41st Ave, Capitola
10:30 am - Open Studios Santa Cruz →
509 Riverview Drive, Capitola
11:00 am - Birthday Speaker Meeting →
Mid-County Senior Center, 829 Bay Ave., Capitola
7:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
Saturday September 26
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My child lost - or put down her most prized possession- it's a glass frog.
It was put down on the Soquel High school track and when we went back the next day it was gone. Long shot but if you see it- or found it please let… (Nextdoor Cliffwood Heights)
- Brinker International posted a job opening for Busser - Capitola Mall Chili's in Capitola. Apply here.
- New Leaf Community Markets, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk, Closing Shifts in Capitola. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Capitola here.
🗞 Nearby News
Soquel
- Soquel girls water polo comes up short in battle of national powers (santacruzsentinel.com)
- Origins of Santa Cruz County place names (santacruzsentinel.com)
- CALIFORNIA: We have rights to be here (hagadonenewsnetwork.com)
Aptos
- Andrew Goldenkranz seeks to bring experience to Pajaro Valley school board (santacruzsentinel.com)
Santa Cruz
- Changing how we understand homelessness in Santa Cruz County (santacruzsentinel.com)
- 'The Last Five Years' at Santa Cruz Shakespeare (goodtimes.sc)
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