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🌱 Patch AM: Check your pantry: could this recalled peperoncini jar be in Larkspur?
Spotted on the Larkspur calendar: Women's Heart Health

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In today's newsletter:
- Check your pantry: could this recalled peperoncini jar be in Larkspur?
Also on today's calendar: Women's Heart Health and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 84 and low of 57 degrees.
- Friday: Partly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 73, low: 56.
- Saturday: Mostly sunny, nice and cool, with a high of 71 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Mezzetta announces recall after TikToker claims to find dead mouse in peperoncini jar (eastbaytimes.com) — A major pepper and sauce producer with offices in Larkspur has voluntarily recalled one lot of 32-ounce Golden Greek Peperoncini jars after a viral TikTok video appeared to show a dead rodent inside. The company says no illnesses have been reported, but customers are urged not to eat jars from the affected lot and to contact Mezzetta for guidance while an FDA-reviewed investigation continues.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Larkspur
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★ Featured events ★
- Women's Heart Health →
The Kove Inside Northgate Mall, 5800 Northgate Dr, Suite 80, San Rafael, CA, 94903,
11:00 am
Saturday October 10
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Other local events
- The Anteros & Cecilia Trunk Show →
11:00 am - Movie Night at Marin Country Mart →
Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Cir, Larkspur
6:00 pm - Marin Country Mart Pie Baking Contest →
Larkspur - 14th Annual Pie Baking Contest →
10:00 am - Piper Park Pumpkin Patch →
250 Doherty Dr, Larkspur
10:00 am - Library Board Meeting →
Council Chambers at Larkspur City Hall, 400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur
6:00 pm - Superintendent Coffee Chat at Cove
The Cove School, 330 Golden Hind Psge, Corte Madera
8:30 am - Parent Coffee
Sir Francis Drake High School Larkspur, CA 94977
5:30 pm - Flag Football @ Miller Creek
Adaline E. Kent Middle Greenbrae, CA 94904
4:00 pm - LCMSD Board Meeting (Hall Library)
Hall Middle School Library, 200 Doherty Dr, Larkspur
6:00 pm - Fairfax Irish Festival Of Music & Dance →
, Fairfax
7:00 pm
Friday October 9
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
Friday October 16
📣 Larkspur Shout Outs!
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- Gaspare's Pizzeria Ristorante & Bar — (415) 999-8467
- The Baby Blanket Store — (415) 326-4819
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- CVS posted a job opening for Beauty Sales Consultant in Larkspur. Apply here.
- Tom Thumb Supermarket posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Mill Valley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Larkspur here.
🗞 Nearby News
Kentfield
- Girls volleyball: Branson defeats Marin Catholic to stay in title race (marinij.com)
- Dance With a Royal Ballerina (rosamondpress.com)
- Monet, Monet: 'Defying Gravity' at College of Marin (pacificsun.com)
Corte Madera
- Take a bite out of a local farmers' market in Marin. (7x7.com)
- Mill Valley bans nicotine sales with no exemptions (marinij.com)
- Political Notebook: Out candidates seek Berkeley, Daly City council seats (ebar.com)
San Rafael
- Downed Power Lines Cleared At San Rafael Intersection That Left Thousands Without Power: PG&E (patch.com)
Ok Larkspur! 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: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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