🌱 Game On! Family Game Night and 11 more events

Good day Crockett! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Pacheco's Artisan Fair at Pacheco Community Center
• 12th Annual Hog August Bites
• Game On! Family Game Night at Crockett Library

... and check out 1 more event on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 81, low: 59.
• Friday: A morning shower in places, with a high of 81 and low of 58 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Crockett

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22

• Pacheco's Artisan Fair →
  Pacheco Community Center, 5800 Pacheco Blvd, Pacheco
  9:00 am
• 12th Annual Hog August Bites →
  Rio Vista
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday August 24

• Game On! Family Game Night
  Crockett Library 991 Loring, Crockett, CA 94525
  5:30 pm

Wednesday August 26

• Toddler Stay and Play Social Hour
  Crockett Library 991 Loring, Crockett, CA 94525
  11:15 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 19

• Toddler Stay and Play Social Hour
  Crockett Library 991 Loring, Crockett, CA 94525
  11:15 am
• Family Storytime
  Rodeo Library 220 Pacific Avenue, Rodeo, CA 94572
  1:00 pm
• Time to work on Keenan training (no meeting)
  John Swett Unified Rodeo, CA 94572
  2:45 pm
• Minimun Day - All School Release
  Federal Terrace Elementary Vallejo, CA 94590
  7:30 pm

Thursday August 20

• Computer Docent Help at Martinez Library
  Martinez Library 740 Court Street, Martinez, CA 94553
  10:00 am

Friday August 21

• Native Plant Parley
  John Muir National Park Meet on the grounds of the historic orchard.
  1:00 pm
• PTG BBQ and Book Fair
  Robert Semple Elementary Benicia, CA 94510
  5:30 pm

Saturday August 22

• Martinez Library Storytime
  Martinez Library 740 Court Street, Martinez, CA 94553
  10:00 am
• 2026 Rodeo Guitar Festival →
  Four Fools Winery, 13 Pacific Ave, Rodeo
  2:00 pm
• HUNKS The Show at Empress Theatre (Vallejo, CA) 08/22/26 →
  Empress Theatre, 330 Virginia St, Vallejo
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Just because yellowjackets do incidental pollination when they forage from plant to plant does not mean they are nice.
  Ground-nesting yellowjackets take over abandoned rodent holes and voids underground and get aggressive if their nest is disturbed… biting and… (Nextdoor )
• ⚠️ Magnitude 2.61 earthquake reported
  Aug 17 at 1:18 AM PDT: 2.61 magnitude earthquake occurred near Concord, CA. More than 12 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )

• Manpower posted a job opening for Material Handler in Hercules. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Hercules

• Q2 Earnings Roundup: Custom Truck One Source (NYSE:CTOS) And The Rest Of The Specialty Equipment Distributors Segment (stockstory.org)

Martinez

• You May Soon Stroll Martinez With a Cocktail as "Entertainment Zone" Moves Ahead Bay Area Telegraph (bayareatelegraph.com)
• Martinez Girl Named Youth of the Year (martinezgazette.com)
• Serial Lafayette residential burglary suspect from Martinez arrested (contracostaherald.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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