🌱 Patch AM: Want to grow your Chico network over drinks at The Commons?

Hello Chico! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Want to grow your Chico network over drinks at The Commons?
• How CSU Chico students can network with top marketers for free
• When Shakedown Citi brings its Grateful Dead spirit to Lost on Main

Also on today's calendar: 79th Annual Corning Olive Festival CAR SHOW! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you know the moon is going broke? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 88 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Hazy sun, temps: high: 97, low: 63.
• Wednesday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 94 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• YPO Networking Happy Hour at The Commons (businessdailynetwork.com) — Young professionals in Chico can look ahead to an October 21 evening mixer at The Commons Social Emporium on Park Avenue, hosted on the lower back patio. The event, organized through YPO and the Chico Chamber of Commerce, offers a relaxed way to expand your local network, reconnect with colleagues, and explore sponsorship or hosting opportunities for future gatherings.
   

• American Marketing Association Regional Conference (csuchico.edu) — Students in Chico can attend a free, full-day American Marketing Association Regional Conference at CSU Chico on November 6, featuring a keynote from AMA CEO Bennie F. Johnson. The event focuses on networking, competitions, and a career fair to help students connect with employers and build real-world marketing skills, with breakfast and lunch included.
   

• Shakedown Citi Brings an East Coast Edge to the Grateful Dead Tradition on First California Tour (gratefulweb.com) — Chico music fans will get a taste of East Coast jam-band energy when Shakedown Citi plays Lost on Main on November 12 as part of its first California tour. The group, inspired by the Grateful Dead's improvisational spirit, is hitting nine cities statewide and closing the run at Mill Valley's Sweetwater Music Hall, with tickets and details available online.
   

📸 Around Chico

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Chico

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday September 29
• Uventi Open House →
  FNRC Chico main office, Chico
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday September 29
• PESC: Trackers (1st-3rd grade) →
  Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. 8th Street, Chico
  4:30 pm
Wednesday September 30
• 1 Million Cups Chico →
  Chico CA
• Conflict Resolution - Series →
  Location The Training Place - Butte College 2480 Notre Dame Blvd. Chico CA 95928, 2480 Notre Dame Blvd., Chico
• All-Ages Karaoke →
  Chico CA
  6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
• ARToberfest →
  Downtown Chico, Chico
• ARTober FEST →
  Chico CA
• BC Veterans Stand Down →
  Chico Elks Lodge, 1705 Manzanita Avenue, Chico
  11:00 am
• Reiki Level 1: Foundations of Reiki →
  Chico CA
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• 79th Annual Corning Olive Festival CAR SHOW! →
  1624 Houghton Ave, Corning
  8:00 am
• You Are Invited to Enter the 2026 Car Show at the 79th Annual Corning Olive Festival on Saturday, Oc →
  1624 Houghton Ave, Corning
  8:00 am
• Annual Car Show at the 79th Corning Olive Festival! →
  1624 Houghton Ave, Corning
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We ate at this restaurant yesterday.
  It is located where Hudson's used to be and is currently doing a soft opening, so it's food offerings were a bit limited but all that we had to eat… (Nextdoor Amber Grove)
• I'd like to thank everyone who attended the Chico Coffee Club venue on Saturday, at Black Bear Diner.
  Conversations were good, as well as the staff and food. 5 members joined, with one bringing her husband Robert. Thank you everyone. Our next venue… (Nextdoor West 8th Avenue / Nord)

• Amain.Com, Inc. posted a job opening for Director of Merchandising in Chico. Apply here.
• Enloe Health posted a job opening for Patient Access Rep III- Admitting (Part Time, Temporary, Nights) in Chico. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Chico here.

🗞 Nearby News

Paradise

• Spaghetti dinner held for Sergeant John Alvies in Paradise (actionnewsnow.com)
• CAL FIRE plans 43-acre prescribed burn near Magalia (actionnewsnow.com)
• Restitution, hope, and closure for Camp Fire victims, pending Newsom's signature on AB 2700 (times-standard.com)

Oroville

• From the Bay to Europe – The Luniz are still a hip hop phenomenon (sfbayview.com)
• Starbucks is closing dozens of stores across California — here's where (nypost.com)

Ok Chico! 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: It's down to its last quarter. (Thank you Linda H. for sending it in!)
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