🌱 Patch AM: How a new NASA facility could reshape activity at Moffett Field

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In today's newsletter:

• How a new NASA facility could reshape activity at Moffett Field
• Who's bringing a steamy new romance to Castro Street Tuesday night?
• Meet the Mountain View novelist headlining this weekend's arts buzz

Also on today's calendar: Grandparents Day and 7 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 77 and low of 59 degrees.
• Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 81, low: 58.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Engineering & Mission Operations Facility Ames Research Center (gsa.gov) — A major new Engineering and Mission Operations facility is planned at NASA Ames in Mountain View's Moffett Federal Airfield, with construction targeted from summer 2027 to fall 2029. The $40–$60 million, 30,000-square-foot building will replace older structures and give defense, tech, academic, and federal tenants a modern, efficient hub, reinforcing Mountain View's role in national research and space operations.
   

• What's up this week: Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, a play about pickleball, ska pioneers and more (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View readers can catch romance author Joss Richard at Books Inc. on Castro Street on Aug. 25 for a talk, reading, Q&A, and signing of her new novel "Let's Kiss and Tell." The broader roundup also highlights the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, a pickleball-themed play, live jazz, and a ska show around the Peninsula.
   

• Weekend Express: Bestselling Mountain View author publishes second novel (mv-voice.com) — A Peninsula arts roundup spotlights Mountain View's own bestselling author Parini Shroff, who follows her 2023 debut with a new family-focused novel. The email also previews regional arts happenings, from a Djerassi residency program to food and music highlights around the Bay Area.
   

📸 Around Mountain View

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mountain View

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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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Other local events

Saturday August 22
• Flag Football, Girls VR @ - Wilcox Jamboree
  Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
  8:00 am
• Flag Football, Girls JV @ - Wilcox Jamboree
  Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
  8:00 am
• Needle Crafts Circle
  Mountain View Public Library 2nd Floor Program Room
  10:00 am
Monday August 24
• GMS- Fall Picture Day
  Mountain View Whisman School District Graham Middle School, 1175 Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94040
  8:21 am
• CR Coffee w/Principal
  Mountain View Whisman School District Calendars-MVWSD Master Calendar, Calendars-MVWSD Public Calendar
  8:30 am
• Sleepy Stories
  Mountain View Public Library 1st Floor Program Room
  6:30 pm
• Monday Meditation & Mindfulness
  Woodland Library 1975 Grant Road, Los Altos, CA 94024
  7:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Oak Back to School Night
  Oak Avenue Elementary Los Altos, CA 94024
  6:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Groovin' Fairchild's at Hyatt Centric Mtn. View →
  Hyatt Centric Mountain View, 409 San Antonio Rd, Mountain View
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday August 21
• Bilingual Storytime / Hora de Cuentos Bilingüe
  East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
  10:30 am
• Learn English: Talking About the News Conversation Group
  Mitchell Park Library 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
  12:00 pm
• JV Football scrimmage @ Leigh HS
  Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
  4:00 pm
• ASB Freshmen Election paperwork due
  Mountain View High Mountain View, CA 94040
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Had an intense stare-down with this Red-tailed Hawk while hiking out on the local trails recently.
  He dropped down low into the tall grass hunting for rodents, and when I slowly crouched down to his eye level, he gave me this absolute "who, me?"… (Nextdoor Rengstorff Park)
• We found a small dog named Maui near Villa Nueva Way.
  If you are the owner please contact me. [Update: The owners were here and Maui is now home! Thanks everyone!] (Nextdoor Waverly Park)

• Chevron Stations, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service Representative in Mountain View. Apply here.
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Butcher - Full Time in Los Altos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mountain View here.

🗞 Nearby News

Los Altos

• LASD breaks ground on the 10th site (losaltosonline.com)
• Phased Strategies to Achieve Modern Campus Transformations (schoolconstructionnews.com)
• EDGAR Filing Documents for 0001293171-26-000012 (sec.gov)

Sunnyvale

• Turntide awarded money towards GBP17m project to produce axial flux motors at scale (truckandbusbuilder.com)

Redwood City

• Controversial Café Sold In Redwood City After Owner's Trump 2028 Claim: Report (patch.com)

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-- 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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