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Hello again Los Altos! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Los Altos childhood project became a $20,000 Apple collectible

Also on today's calendar: Grandparents Day and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 78 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 57.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Steve Jobs' Eighth-Grade Science Project Heads to Auction as Apple Turns 50 (mashable.com) — Steve Jobs' childhood science project, once kept at his family's Los Altos home, is headed to auction as Apple marks its 50th anniversary. The eighth-grade display on silicon-controlled rectifiers is expected to fetch more than $20,000 among over 200 Apple-related memorabilia lots.
   

📸 Around Los Altos

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Los Altos

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★ Featured events ★

    Sunday September 13
  • Grandparents Day →
    Animal Assisted Happiness, 999 E Caribbean Dr, Sunnyvale
    9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Butcher - Full Time in Los Altos. Apply here.
  • Busy Bees North America posted a job opening for Preschool Center Director - Palo Alto in Palo Alto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Los Altos here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mountain View

  • Intuit gives $500K to Mountain View's affordable housing fund (mv-voice.com)
  • Dan + Shay embrace family and faith on the single 'Her, The Kids, and Jesus' (ktts.com)
  • With stiff competition for substitute teachers, MVLA increases its pay rates (mv-voice.com)

Palo Alto

Redwood City

  • Controversial Café Sold In Redwood City After Owner's Trump 2028 Claim: Report (patch.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: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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