Saturday Smiles: Cops Donate New Bike to Theft Victim; SF Giants Set Record; Recipes to Beat the Heat

By AUTUMN JOHNSON

If you are looking for a lighter news story for your weekend, Patch is here to help by sharing a few of our favorite happy stories and fun photos from this week.

• Newark Police Donate Money to Buy New Bike for Bike Theft Victim
• Oakland Names 2015 Youth Poet LaureateDeputy Fire Chief Retiring Next Week
• County Board of Education Has New President and VP
• Pooch Parade Marches Through Downtown Pleasanton
• Celebrate National Ice Cream Day this Sunday
• Kaiser Permanente Announces More Than $800,000 in Grants In Napa, Solano Counties
• To Sip For Summer: Cocktails with a Fruity Twist
• For Your Next Picnic Or Potluck: Wine Potato Salad
• Napa Valley Vintners Donate $5,000 to Napa County Library
• Yountville Studio Recycles Wine Bottles into Artistry
• ‘Trails for Taylor’ Campaign Kicks Off At Sonoma Co. Parks
• Petaluma is Plugged In Thanks To Two Petaluma Artists
• What In The Heck Is That?
• A Sonoma County Rising Star! Singer/Songwriter Em Rossi
• ‘Chicago’ Drummer In East Bay To Drum Up Support for New $2 Per Pack CA Tobacco Tax
• East Bay Mom Launches Fashion Line For And Created By Little Girls
• Teach Your Kids To ‘Give A Dam’: Upcoming Beaver Festival In East Bay
• Wine & Produce Passport Weekend
• 2015 San Diego Comic-Con Is Here!
• Do Minions Happy Meal Toys Curse?
• ‘Raising A Guide Dog Puppy Means Changing A Life’: From Solano County
• Call to Artists - Public Art Project
• Watsonville Artists Welcomed to Enhance Downtown
• Photos: Piccolo Puppet Players at Los Gatos Library
• Future MD’s training at Kaiser Permanente Silicon Valley Med Centers
• Spacecraft Soaring Past Pluto Today Is Carrying Software, Equipment From Stanford
• South American Rainforest And Critters Unveiled At The SF Zoo
• PHOTOS: Novato Police Welcome Special Olympics Flame of Hope
• SF Giants Set Records for Hosting 50M Visitors in Fewest Season
• Here’s How to Score a Free Ticket to Great America
• Breast Cancer Walk Draws 2,000-Plus, Raises $4.6 Million

Photo courtesy Newark Police Nixle Alerts from Newark Police Donate Money to Buy New Bike for Bike Theft Victim