🌱 Patch AM: What investigators say about the deadly Highway 101 hit-and-run

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• What investigators say about the deadly Highway 101 hit-and-run

Also on today's calendar: Diaper Drive and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 64.
• Friday: Pleasant with clouds and sun, with a high of 78 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Redwood City woman identified in US 101 motorcycle crash (rwcpulse.com) — A fatal hit-and-run on southbound Highway 101 in East Palo Alto killed 38-year-old motorcyclist Irma Elizabeth Oxlaj of Redwood City early Aug. 20, near the University Avenue on-ramp. CHP investigators say a fleeing driver was later identified and arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter, while they continue probing what caused the crash.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in East Palo Alto

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★ Featured events ★

Friday August 28
• Diaper Drive →
  SAN CARLOS ROTARY CLUB,
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• Atherton Library Yoga at Holbrook-Palmer Park
  East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
  11:30 am
• Vintage Media Lab
  Palo Alto City Library 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
  12:00 pm
• Dignity on Wheels
  East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
  3:00 pm
• Creative Corner
  East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
  3:30 pm
• Paly Pep Band - Home Game
  Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
  6:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Learn English: Beyond the Basics
  Mitchell Park Library 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
  12:00 pm
• External Event: Flamingo Chick Storytime
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  2:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Meditation with Sara
  Palo Alto City Library 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
  10:15 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 26
• Garden Weeding Party
  Santa Clara University The Forge Garden
  8:00 am
• Application Requirements Info Session
  Santa Clara University School of Education & Counseling Psychology Zoom
  5:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Session 1 - M/W/Th classes end
  Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
• Session 3 - M/T/Th, M/W/Th, M-Th, & T-Th classes end
  Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053

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🗞 Nearby News

Menlo Park

• Former home of famed mountaineer sells for $21.7M in Old Palo Alto (almanacnews.com)
• Silicon Valley Is as Sick of AI Slop as You Are (seattletimes.com)
• FDA expands TearCare indication to improve meibomian gland function (optometrytimes.com)

Stanford

• 2027 NFL Draft Tracker: Stanford Cardinal (allaccessfootball.com)

Redwood City

• 6 Redwood City Residents Among SMC Death Notices (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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