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In today's newsletter:
- How a Los Gatos tech worker reinvented herself as a cellar master
Also on today's calendar: Handwriting the Constitution (8/20) and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Why did the man leave his watch in the bank? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and warm, with a high of 89 and low of 56 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Wednesday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 91, low: 58.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 87 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fruits of her labor: Katie Husher learned winemaking from the ground up (mercurynews.com) — A Los Gatos resident, Katie Husher, left a well-paid software job to learn winemaking from the ground up and is now cellar master at Fogarty Winery. She's helping replant key estate vineyards while slowly building her own tiny Driftwood Cottage label, showing how a local tech worker successfully reinvented her life in wine. 
📸 Around Los Gatos
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Los Gatos
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- MU: Beginning Strings; LC: Beginning Band
Pearl Zanker Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
7:30 am - Early Out Wed (EOW)
Raymond J. Fisher Middle School Los Gatos, CA 95032
8:00 am - MU: Advanced Band; LC: Advanced Strings
Pearl Zanker Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
8:15 am - Sophomore Parent/Guardian Information Night
Los Gatos High School LGHS Theater
6:00 pm - LOCAL Networking for Women in Silicon Valley →
Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce Larkspur Landing Campbell 550 W. Hamilton Ave Campbell, CA 95008
10:00 am - Talk of the Town: The Cats Estate, Charles E.S. Wood, and Sara Bard Field →
Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce NUMU | 106 E. Main Street, Los Gatos, CA, 95030
11:00 am - Handwriting the Constitution (8/20) →
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), 106 E Main St, Los Gatos
12:15 pm - How to Begin/Build a Personal Art Collection →
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), 106 E Main St, Los Gatos
1:00 pm - Live Figure Drawing →
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), 106 E Main St, Los Gatos
12:00 pm - Girl Scouts Brownie Art and Design Badge →
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), 106 E Main St, Los Gatos
10:00 am - Monthly Craft: Paper Owls →
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), 106 E Main St, Los Gatos
10:00 am - Free First Sunday (September 2026) →
New Museum Los Gatos (NUMU), 106 E Main St, Los Gatos
10:00 am
Wednesday August 19
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Thursday August 27
Sunday August 30
Thursday September 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Sanitation Team Member (Cleaner, Housekeeping, Custodial) - Full Time in Los Gatos. Apply here.
- Vialto Partners posted a job opening for US Business Immigration Paralegal - Manager in Campbell. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Los Gatos here.
🗞 Nearby News
Campbell
- Hard-Hitting Pastor, 47, Suits Up for Local College Football Team (churchleaders.com)
- Barracuda Named Best Email Security Solution in the 2026 Tech Ascension Awards (lasvegassun.com)
Saratoga
- Epernay Champagne Bar brings a taste of France to downtown Los Gatos (mercurynews.com)
San Jose
- San Jose draws 25,000 for SWADES 2026 India Day celebration (diyatvusa.com)
- San Jose Plumber Warns Evergreen and Silver Creek About Polybutylene Pipes (fiorreports.com)
Ok Los Gatos! 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: So he could save time! (Thank you Lorraine S. for sending it in!)
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