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Greetings Los Altos! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How could global rate hikes affect your Los Altos utility bills?
• Los Altos remembers longtime firefighter and volunteer Stuart "Stu" Farwell

Also on today's calendar: Michelle Lambert at Concannon Vineyard's Twilight Tunes and 9 more events.

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 hot, with a high of 94 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
• Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 75 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CCTV Script 10/09/26 (cnbc.com) — Broadcasting from Los Altos during a 36-degree heatwave, a reporter describes how high energy prices and PG&E's power‑saving guidance are squeezing local households. From there, the segment widens out to explain how upcoming Federal Reserve, ECB and Bank of England decisions on interest rates could influence inflation, borrowing costs and utility bills worldwide.
   

• Stuart 'Stu' Farwell (padailypost.com) — Los Altos is mourning Stuart "Stu" Farwell, an 87-year-old former Fire Marshal and Assistant Fire Chief who devoted more than four decades to local fire safety and community service. A longtime volunteer with Christ Episcopal Church and the Los Altos Art & Wine Festival, he will be honored at a memorial service there on Sunday, September 27, at 1 p.m.
   

📸 Around Los Altos

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Los Altos

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday September 10
• Michelle Lambert at Concannon Vineyard's Twilight Tunes →
  Concannon Vineyard, 4590 Tesla Rd, Livermore
  5:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• 54th Annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival "A Festival Like No Other" →
  Downtown Mountain View, Mountain View
  11:00 am
Sunday September 13
• 54th Annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival "A Festival Like No Other" →
  Downtown Mountain View, Mountain View
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday September 10
• Balance Class | Free! →
  Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos
  10:30 am
Friday September 11
• Walk or Wheel
  Gardner Bullis Elementary Los Altos, CA 94022
  8:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Grandparents Day →
  Animal Assisted Happiness, 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale
  9:30 am
• Sing in the choir! →
  Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos
  10:00 am
• Emily Jiang sings at Foothills →
  Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos
  10:00 am
• Sunday Worship →
  Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos
  11:00 am
Monday September 14
• Meditation Class | Free! →
  Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos
  10:00 am
Wednesday September 16
• Curating America's 250th →
  Los Altos History Museum, 51 S San Antonio Rd, Los Altos
  5:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" →
  Martin Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi Neighbors,
  Our 9 year old German shepherd mix has a partial CCL tear and needs surgery. She is reactive and we are looking at best options to sedate her and do… (Nextdoor Grant Park)
• Looking for a couple of experienced guys to move a few pieces of furniture into a POD.
  We just need help with a large sofa and full size bed. Everything else we can handle. Needed September 28 or a few days earlier. (Nextdoor Loyola/Country Club-Zone 40)

• Foothill-De Anza Community College District posted a job opening for PT Studio Art Instructor in Los Altos. Apply here.
• Protingent, Inc. posted a job opening for Production Planner/Master Scheduler 3 in Mountain View. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Los Altos here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mountain View

• Mountain View pilots AI translation services at public meetings (mv-voice.com)
• Software Engineer III - Kforce Technology Staffing - Mountain View, CA, US (dice.com)
• Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, Google Labs (google.com)

Palo Alto

• East Palo Alto plants seeds for a future urban forest (paloaltoonline.com)

Ok Los Altos! 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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