🌱 Patch AM: How a forgotten Los Altos science project became a $34,000 payday

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In today's newsletter:

• How a forgotten Los Altos science project became a $34,000 payday

Also on today's calendar: Zucchini Car Race at Mountain View Farmers' Market and 9 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
• Monday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 74, low: 58.
• Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 75 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Steve Jobs told his stepbrother to keep his old stuff. Good call! (boingboing.net) — A piece of Steve Jobs' childhood, kept in the family's Los Altos home, has just sold at auction for $34,375: his eighth‑grade science project explaining a silicon‑controlled rectifier. The stepbrother who inherited items from the Los Altos house has already sold several other early Apple-era artifacts, underscoring how everyday objects from that home became major collectors' prizes.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Los Altos

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday August 30
• Zucchini Car Race at Mountain View Farmers' Market →
  Mountain View Farmers' Market, 600 W Evelyn Ave, Mountain View
  9:00 am
Friday September 4
• "Endless Summer" by Kaaren Marquez →
  Viewpoints Art Gallery, 315 State St, Los Altos
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Grandparents Day →
  Animal Assisted Happiness, 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale
  9:30 am
Saturday September 19
• Vine to Wine in Santana Row with Master Somm OFFER →
  377 Santana Row, San Jose
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday August 30
• Train Day →
  Los Altos History Museum, 51 S San Antonio Rd, Los Altos
  11:00 am
Monday August 31
• Approve Timesheets
  Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
  12:00 pm
• Grading and Feedback in Camino (Virtual)
  Santa Clara University Remote via Zoom
  1:30 pm
• Flag Football, Girls JV vs Los Altos
  Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
  4:30 pm
• Flag Football, Girls VR vs Los Altos
  Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
  5:30 pm
• Monday Meditation & Mindfulness
  Woodland Library 1975 Grant Road, Los Altos, CA 94024
  7:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Session 3 - M/W, M/W/Th, & M-Th classes FINAL EXAMS
  Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
• Widow and Widowers Association Meetings; Visitors Welcome →
  460 S El Monte Ave, Los Altos
  1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• PSA: This intersection at Homestead and De Anza continues to have major issues with red light runners.
  If you view it full screen, you'll see that the turn light is red right around the time the black truck starts entering the intersection, as the… (Nextdoor North Los Altos)

• Starbucks Corporation posted a job opening for shift supervisor - Store# 05280, LOS ALTOS RANCHO in Los Altos. Apply here.
• HumanGood Senior Living Communities posted a job opening for Activity Coordinator in Los Altos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Los Altos here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mountain View

• Delivering 102 lasagnas to strangers (mv-voice.com)
• Specialty Representative/Senior Specialty Representative - Cardiovascular - San Jose, CA Jobs at Amgen in San Jose (amgen.com)
• Senior Director, Product, Model Services and Consumer Verticals, DeepMind (google.com)

Palo Alto

• What $217K gets you in Palo Alto: A condo where an 1840s adobe once stood (paloaltoonline.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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