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Hayward, California Patch AM: a 4 min readCheers Hayward! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
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In today's newsletter:
- What makes Hayward’s SoHay a model for future communities?
- Where Hayward residents can adopt pets with reduced or waived fees
- Which Hayward quarterbacks made the Bay Area watch list?
Also on today's calendar: Anime Art Workshop and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a Priest that becomes an attorney? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 59.
- Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• How Architects and Developers Think About Community Design (probuilder.com) — Hayward’s SoHay development is highlighted as a model for walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods that prioritize social gathering spaces over old-school golf-course amenities. Architects describe how projects like SoHay use plazas, events, and diverse housing types to create stronger community connections and more attainable homes for modern buyers. 
• Bay Area Shelters Participating in Clear the Shelters (nbcbayarea.com) — Hayward pet lovers can find reduced or waived adoption fees for long-term and senior animals, thanks in part to support from Santacon Hayward. A broader Clear the Shelters push across the Bay Area also offers free or discounted adoptions and special events throughout August, giving Hayward residents many nearby chances to bring home a new cat, dog, or rabbit.
• Top 10 Bay Area high school quarterbacks to watch for 2026 season (sfchronicle.com) — Hayward football fans will see local quarterbacks highlighted this fall, with Moreau Catholic’s Kimoni Brown and Hayward High’s Jaydyn Irving both named among Bay Area passers to watch. The piece ranks the top 10 quarterbacks region-wide and adds 15 more emerging standouts ahead of season openers on August 28.
📸 Around Hayward
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Upcoming Events in
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Early Release - K Dismissed at 12:35 and 1st-5th 1:35
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Early Release Day
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Minimum Day Schedule K: Dismissal 12:40, 1st-5th: Dismissal 1:38
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First Day of 26/27 School Year
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First Day of School
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First Day of School 26/27
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First Day of School!
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Early Dismissal (K—5)
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Anime Art Workshop →
Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Ave, Castro Valley
3:00 pm -
Free Outdoor Movie Nights - Hoppers at Tennyson Park →
Tennyson Park, 28377 Huntwood Ave, Hayward
7:00 pm
Wednesday August 5
Saturday August 8
Friday August 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Sneak Peak for TK/K 8:30-9:00 A-L and 9:00-9:30 M-Z
Castro Valley Unified Castro Valley, CA 94546
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EML - Welcome Walk
New Haven Unified Union City, CA 94587
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First student day of school
Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City, CA 94587
Tuesday August 4
Wednesday August 5
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🪧 Patch Classifieds
- Acoustic roots & blues and classical/flamenco fingerstyle guitar lessons
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Yesterday's food hand out went good alot of new faces in the area where we give out food I pray one day these people find there way one guy said his birthday was yesterday and it was nice to receive something for his birthday even if it was just a
meal it was the 1st time seeing him we ended up running to safeway and getting a single slice of cake and bringing it back to him he was very thin… (Nextdoor Meek Park) - MISSING DOG!!!!!
last seen on seventh and D St. this afternoon around 1 PM. His name is Kyle. He is a malamute husky mix and he recently has had his haircut. He has a… (Nextdoor Walpert Hill/Upper B Street)
- Goodwill San Francisco Bay posted a job opening for RDC-Donation Attendant-Full Time in Hayward. Apply here.
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals posted a job opening for Director, Global Product Quality - Manufacturing in Hayward. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hayward here.
🗞 Nearby News
Union City
- Sargento to Acquire La Terra Fina (foodengineeringmag.com)
Pleasanton
- Foothill Swimmer Luka Mijatovic Wins U.S. National Title (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Father in law. (Thank you John B. for sending it in!)
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