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Greetings Milpitas! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Will new rules finally clear the landfill stench over Milpitas?
  • Milpitas police investigate deadly hit-and-run at Mill Creek Apartments
  • Milpitas family waits for word on loved one missing in Nepal floods.

Also on today's calendar: Vine to Wine in Santana Row with Master Somm OFFER and 8 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 57 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 73, low: 57.
  • Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Newby Island landfill in Milpitas ordered to reduce foul odors, pollution after years of complaints (cbsnews.com) — Milpitas residents fed up with rotten egg-like odors from the Newby Island Landfill may finally see relief, as Bay Area air regulators have ordered the facility to upgrade gas controls and add real-time air monitoring. The landfill has two years to comply with new measures, including drones and fenceline sensors, and could face fines if it fails to reduce emissions affecting nearby neighborhoods.
   

• 35-year-old woman dies after hit-and-run at South Bay apartment complex (sfchronicle.com) — A 35-year-old woman was killed Friday in a hit-and-run at the Mill Creek Apartments on Dixon Landing Road in Milpitas, where officers found her fatally injured in the parking lot. Police later located a damaged blue SUV nearby and arrested a 32-year-old Milpitas resident, while investigators continue working to determine what led up to the collision.
   

• Milpitas man among those missing after catastrophic floods in Nepal-Tibet border (nbcbayarea.com) — A Milpitas resident, 48-year-old Prabhath Sajeepa, is among more than 1,000 people missing after devastating floods and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border. His family and the Bay Area's Nepali community are anxiously awaiting news, organizing a candlelight vigil in Richmond while rescuers continue searching through debris for survivors.
   

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Other local events
    Monday August 31
  • ELPAC Testers onsite (Learning Lab)
    Joseph Weller Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
    8:00 am
    • Tuesday September 1
  • Tiger Talk with the Community
    Alexander Rose Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
    8:00 am
  • ELPAC Testers onsite (Learning Lab)
    Joseph Weller Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
    8:00 am
    • Wednesday September 2
  • MU: Beginning Strings; LC: Beginning Band
    Pearl Zanker Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
    7:30 am
  • MU: Advanced Band; LC: Advanced Strings
    Pearl Zanker Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
    8:15 am
  • Dave and Buster's Fund Raiser Night
    Rancho Milpitas Middle Milpitas, CA 95035
    5:00 pm
    • Thursday September 3
  • Mobile Dairy Clasroom Assembly
    William Burnett Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
    8:15 am
  • Digital Citizenship Family Night (Blake Brandes)
    Alexander Rose Elementary Milpitas, CA 95035
    5:00 pm
    • Saturday September 19
  • BayArea's Grand Ganesh Festival 2026 - Ganpati Bappa Morya! Join East Bay Ka Raja in San Ramon →
    San Ramon Citycenter, 2700 Camino Ramon, San Ramon
    12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday August 30
  • TK/K dismissal @ 11:51am
    Bracher Elementary Santa Clara, CA 95051
    8:30 am
  • Basic English Level 0
    Dr. Roberto Cruz - Alum Rock Branch Library 3090 Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127
    2:00 pm
  • Math Festival at West Valley Branch Library
    West Valley Library 1243 San Tomas Aquino Road, San Jose, CA 95117
    2:00 pm
  • One-on-One Computer Help with our Tech Mentor
    West Valley Library 1243 San Tomas Aquino Road, San Jose, CA 95117
    3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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