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What's up East Palo Alto! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How East Palo Alto's new tree plan could cool your block
• East Palo Alto man charged after University Avenue assault turns fatal
• How Stanford's new growth plan could ripple into East Palo Alto

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 87 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 79, low: 60.
• Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 74 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• East Palo Alto plants seeds for a future urban forest (paloaltoonline.com) — East Palo Alto's long-running push to grow its urban forest is ramping up, with a master plan aiming to boost tree canopy and new plantings at schools, parks, and along Highway 101. Local leaders, nonprofits, and residents are collaborating on hundreds of new trees each year, hoping to cool neighborhoods, cut pollution, and reverse decades of underinvestment in the city's green spaces.
   

• Man Dies After Assault In SMC, Suspect Faces Manslaughter Charge: Police (patch.com) — East Palo Alto police say a 53-year-old city resident has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after a man he allegedly assaulted on University Avenue later died at Stanford Hospital. The victim, a Menlo Park resident, was found with severe facial injuries, and investigators are still piecing together what led to the incident while the family seeks community support online.
   

• Stanford seeks permit to move forward with new developments – including affordable housing for students and staff (eastbaytimes.com) — Stanford University is seeking a new 20-year development permit that includes major academic expansion and hundreds of affordable housing units, and has been gathering feedback from East Palo Alto residents through its StanfordNext outreach. The proposal follows years of tension with local governments over traffic, school impacts, and housing, and now heads into a lengthy Santa Clara County review process that could shape growth across neighboring cities.
   

📸 Around East Palo Alto

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Friday September 11
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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 10
• Bilingual Family Storytime
  College Terrace Library 2300 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
  10:30 am
Friday September 11
• Community Zoom
  Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle Palo Alto, CA 94306
  8:45 am
• Family Storytime
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  10:30 am
• LEGO Fridays!
  College Terrace Library 2300 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
• Silas Herman & The Tone Unit supporting The... →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Tommy Emmanuel →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  7:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Airborne Toxic Event →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Guild Theatre supporting SAMANTHA FISH →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  7:00 pm
Monday September 28
• An Intimate Evening With Molly Tuttle →
  Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford
  7:30 pm
Tuesday September 29
• Stanford Live- Bing Concert Hall →
  Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford
  7:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot *Sounds of California* →
  Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford
  2:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Menlo Park

• May Pang is bringing John Lennon to Menlo Park — through her own photographs and firsthand memories (inmenlo.com)
• Michael Burry Calls Snowflake Stock Overvalued After a Big Post-Earnings Rally (barchart.com)
• 10 ways to celebrate Oktoberfest along the Peninsula (almanacnews.com)

Stanford

• Stanford chemists turned ordinary rocks into carbon-trapping materials that work thousands of times faster than nature by borrowing a trick from centuries-old cement-making and the results could reshape how humanity fights climate change (energiesmedia.com)

Fremont

• 60-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed In Fremont Crash: Police (patch.com)
• E-Bike Rider Dies Days After Solo Crash In Fremont: Police (patch.com)

Ok East Palo Alto! 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: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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