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In today's newsletter:

  • Planning your weekend at Pleasanton's three-day Harvest Festival yet?
  • High school runners post fast times at Pleasanton's Shadow Cliffs invitational.
  • How will Kaiser's Pleasanton layoffs affect local workers this fall?

Also on today's calendar: House of Cards: Building Stability and Hope in Housing and 17 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 94 and low of 54 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Wednesday: Hot with sunshine, temps: high: 96, low: 55.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and hot, with a high of 94 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pleasanton Harvest Festival (contracosta.news) — Pleasanton residents can look forward to the Harvest Festival returning October 23–25, offering three days of shopping from local makers, live music, and kids' Halloween activities. With free admission for the first 100 Friday ticket buyers and daily cash-prize drawings, the event at the Pleasanton venue promises a busy weekend of crafts, food, and family fun.
   

• cross-country-maria-carrillo-windsor-perform-well-at-nike-portland-meet (fresnobee.com) — Pleasanton's Shadow Cliffs Regional Park hosted the Scott Bauhs Invitational on Saturday, where Cardinal Newman's Ashlin Mallon ran 18:35.2 for seventh in the varsity girls race. Piner's boys and girls teams also competed, with senior Gustavo Vargas leading his squad to 13th by placing eighth overall in a field of more than 100 runners.
   

• Kaiser lays off 147 employees across California, including in Oakland and Pleasanton (sfchronicle.com) — Pleasanton residents employed by Kaiser should know that 22 local administrative positions are being eliminated as part of 147 layoffs statewide effective Nov. 20, though patient care roles are not affected. Kaiser says it's restructuring business functions and offering some severance and career support, while maintaining that medical services and access for members will continue unchanged.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Dublin

  • Police eye motive in NYT tech exec slaying after mugshot released (nypost.com)
  • Parents-in-law arrested after New York Times Games engineering director found fatally shot (commstrader.com)

Livermore

  • Other states are rolling out free childcare for all families. Why not California? (livermorevine.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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