🌱 Patch AM: What LLNL’s new top lawyer could mean for Livermore’s future.

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In today's newsletter:

• What LLNL's new top lawyer could mean for Livermore's future.

Also on today's calendar: Estate Block Party at Concannon Vineyard and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 83 and low of 54 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 76, low: 55.
• Tuesday: Breezy in the a.m.; sunshine, with a high of 75 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bart Lounsbury named LLNL general counsel (llnl.gov) — Livermore's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has appointed Bart Lounsbury as its new general counsel, a key legal leadership role for the city's largest employer. Lounsbury, who helped secure a 20-year ground lease for the UC Livermore Collaboration Center, will oversee legal strategy, compliance, and support for LLNL's national security mission, while former acting counsel Katherine Kettler becomes deputy general counsel.
   

📸 Around Livermore

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Livermore

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 5
• Estate Block Party at Concannon Vineyard →
  4590 Tesla Rd, Livermore
  11:30 am
Sunday September 6
• 160th Annual Scottish Highland Gathering & Games →
  Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton,
  8:00 am
• Forejour, The Premier FOREigner and JOURney Band, Rocks McGrails Labor Day Sunday! →
  McGrail Vineyards and Winery, 5600 Greenville Rd, Livermore
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 30
• House Concert in Livermore -- The Erik Jekabson Quartet →
  , Livermore
  2:00 pm
• Moving Van Live in Concert →
  1893 N Vasco Rd, Livermore
  4:00 pm
• Seafood and Crawdad Boil in the Vineyards with Wood Family Vineyards & Cured Fish Bar →
  7702 Cedar Mountain Rd, Livermore
  6:00 pm
Monday August 31
• The Job Club →
  Livermore Valley Chamber of Commerce Zoom (register below)
  12:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Tuesdays on the Terrace →
  McGrail Vineyards and Winery, 5600 Greenville Rd, Livermore
  9:00 am
• Barrels and Bingo Game Night at McGrail →
  McGrail Vineyards and Winery, 5600 Greenville Rd, Livermore
  6:00 pm
• Line Dancing Class at Wood Family Vineyards →
  Wood Family Vineyards, 2407 Research Dr, Livermore
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Acoustic Wednesday at Wood Family Vineyards with Jack Quigley →
  Wood Family Vineyards, 2407 Research Dr, Livermore
  4:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Music Bingo & Trivia at Wood Family Vineyards →
  Wood Family Vineyards, 2407 Research Dr, Livermore
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TVAR adoption event.
  Meet us tomorrow at PetSmart in Dublin Amador Plaza from 10 am to 1 pm. Bio's in comments. (Nextdoor Springtown)
• We've seen this scrawny coyote a few times and it looks like he has mange.
  Is there a wild animal service that can help in Livermore? These guys keep the rodent population under control from the vineyards. (Nextdoor Sevillano)

• The Wine Group posted a job opening for Accounting Assistant 2 – Pricing Coordinator in Livermore. Apply here.
• City of Pleasanton California posted a job opening for TEMP - Seasonal Senior Recreation Leader in Pleasanton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Livermore here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pleasanton

• Letters: Unreasonable plan (pleasantonweekly.com)
• Pleasanton: What were the best deals for residential properties sold the week of July 13? (mercurynews.com)
• Reading the obits (and writing one) (pleasantonweekly.com)

Dublin

• Registration Open For Dublin Trails Challenge (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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