Saturday Smiles: Cute Dogs React To Quake; Top High Schools in Nation; $42 Million Home for Sale

By AUTUMN JOHNSON (Patch Staff)

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.

• Rude Awakening! Watch These Two Cute Dogs React To East Bay Earthquake
• When Steve Martin is in Pleasanton, He Tweets
• What $42 Million Will Buy You in the East Bay Hills
• Ribbon Cutting Held for New San Leandro Brewery
• Four East Bay Schools Ranked Among Top High Schools in the Nation
• Jacob Pabley - Eagle Scout Troop 924
• SSF Library Hosts Sewing Workshops
• Newark Soccer Team Wins Gold at Stanford Summer Classic
• San Lorenzo Education Association Named Final 2015 Outstanding Teachers
• Meet New Forest Park Elementary School Principal Sarah Clark
• Livermore Firefighters Graduate from Academy
• Pleasanton North Rotary Spruces Up New “Welcome To Pleasanton” Sign
• PHOTOS: Alameda South Shore Center Hosts Summer Beats Concert
• Doggone Fun Coming Up At Spring Lake Swimming Lagoon
• Photo Of the Week: Meteor Shower In The North Bay
• Trione Family Honored for Lifetime Contribution to Sonoma Co.’s Wine Industry
• Adorable Baby Monkey At Safari West Needs A Name!
• Impressive Dessert: Grilled Pineapple With Wine Granita
• Sonoma Co. Harvest Fair Names 2015 ‘Outstanding Young Farmer’
• 94954 Listed By Realtor.com is #17 of Hottest ZIP Codes in Nation
• 8th Annual #Petaluma Music Festival Brings in a Crowd
• Petaluma Eats! at the 10th Annual Taste of #Petaluma
• Solano Community College Awarded Grant To Serve STEM Students
• Great Baseball Series for Kids By Cal Ripken, Jr.
• Celebrating ‘National Startup Day’ In Davis
• Back to School: Prescription Eyeglass Deals
• Photos: Pleasant Hill Senior Center’s Show & Tell
• Congrats, Lindsay Wildlife! Center Featured In New York Times Magazine
• Reservations Open For ‘Farm to Table’ Twilight Dinner at Filoli
• Opening Wednesday At Cantor: Final Works by Celebrated Artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi
• Grab Your Little Engineers: ‘Train Days’ Are Coming To Los Altos
• Call For Artists: Pumpkin Fest’s Annual Logo Design Contest Is Here!
• Ribbon-Cutting Planned For New Watsonville Health/Dental Facility
• Back to School: 5 Tips for Packing a Nutritious Lunch
• New Craft Beer and Whiskey Eatery To Open In Concord
• Los Altos Has One of the Top High Schools in the Nation
• Mountain View Has One of the Top High Schools in the Nation
• Cupertino Has Two Top High Schools in the Nation
• Santa Cruz Has One of the Top High Schools in the Nation

Did you see last week’s Saturday Smiles feature? It was awesome!

• Saturday Smiles: Lost Wedding Ring Found in Sewer Line; Duckling Released into Wild; Officers Promoted

Photo screenshot of Ashley Guerin’s video courtesy YouTube from Rude Awakening! Watch These Two Cute Dogs React To East Bay Earthquake