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🌱 Patch AM: Palo Alto home on Guinda Street fetches $4.45 million
Happening soon: Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" on the Palo Alto Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- Palo Alto home on Guinda Street fetches $4.45 million
Also on today's calendar: Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Monday: Warmer with sunshine, with a high of 85 and low of 56 degrees.
- Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 79, low: 54.
- Wednesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 76 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Three-bedroom house in Palo Alto goes for $4.5 million (eastbaytimes.com) — A three-bedroom, single-story home on Guinda Street in Palo Alto sold in early August for $4.45 million, or about $3,200 per square foot, underscoring the city's steep housing prices. The 1924-built house sits on a 7,500-square-foot lot with a fireplace, heating system, and carport, offering a snapshot of current neighborhood real estate values.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Palo Alto
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★ Featured events ★
- Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" →
Martin Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton
7:00 pm - Gilles Vonsattel: Beethoven Piano Sonatas →
Spieker Center for the Arts, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton
4:00 pm
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
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Other local events
- Gardener's Hour (September) →
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto
5:30 pm - Morning Prayer →
Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto
8:00 am - Guided Tour →
Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley Street, Palo Alto
1:30 pm - September Tour of Elizabeth Gamble House and Garden →
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto
1:30 pm - Japanese Bookbinding Workshop →
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto
10:30 am - Ms. Sharon's Puppet Party →
Jessica Lynn Saal Town Square, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303
4:00 pm - U.S. Postal Service Job Fair →
United States Postal Service, 2085 E Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto
10:00 am - Parent & Me Yoga →
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto
9:00 am - California Native Garden Design (Part 1) →
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto
10:00 am - Free Gamble Garden Tour →
Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto
11:00 am
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Tuesday September 15
Thursday September 17
Friday September 18
Saturday September 19
Sunday September 20
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💬 Chatter
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- Update: Pet Reunited
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🗞 Nearby News
Los Altos Hills
- Tesserae Minds Expands Inclusive Swim Camps Globally (usanews.com)
- Los Altos council tables disbanding LA-LAH Joint Volunteer Awards Committee (losaltosonline.com)
- San Jose officer used Flock cameras to help relative track domestic violence victim, chief says (fresnobee.com)
Stanford
- How Victor Davis Hanson became the historian of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement (deseret.com)
- Indigenous Students from US and Abroad Forge New Paths to Economic Resilience at Hoover (hoover.org)
- Foreign media on Kazakhstan: Infrastructure investment, global education ambitions and Elena Rybakina's historic rise to No. 1 (qazinform.com)
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