🌱 How to reserve Portola’s new riverside meditation garden this fall

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• How to reserve Portola’s new riverside meditation garden this fall

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 51 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 50.
• Monday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 47 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Portola opens meditation area with online reservation system (plumassun.org) — Portola has opened its new Mindful Pause Yoga and Meditation Garden along the Riverwalk, complete with a free-use policy and an online reservation system for organized classes. Residents can enjoy accessible river views, nearby restrooms, and drinking fountains, while instructors and groups can now reserve the space digitally instead of using paper forms. City staff hope grant savings will fund further park improvements.
   

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Monday October 5

• Lifetouch school picture day
  Portola Jr./Sr. High School Portola, CA 96122
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday October 5

• Lifetouch school picture day
  Portola Jr.\/Sr. High School Portola, CA 96122
  8:00 am
• Boys Soccer v Paradise Adventist -Away
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  4:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Boys Soccer v Portola -Home
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  4:00 pm
• Girls Soccer v Pershing -Away
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  4:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball v Williams -Away
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  5:00 pm

Wednesday October 7

• Girls Volleyball v Colusa -Home
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  5:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• Boys Soccer v Core Butte -Away
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  4:00 pm
• Girls Volleyball v Hamilton -Away
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  5:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Football vs Biggs (Home)
  Quincy Jr.\/Sr. High School Quincy, CA 95971
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Feather River Food Cooperative posted a job opening for Grocery Buyer in Portola. Apply here.
• Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified posted a job opening for Downieville School- Expanded Learning Opportunity Program Aide in Loyalton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portola here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Downieville

• On the Shelf – 10/1 (themountainmessenger.org)

Quincy

• Diane Laurlee Greenspan (plumassun.org)
• 2026 Grinduro: The Party Never Ends (theradavist.com)
• The Bonnie Simmons Show – October 1, 2026 (kpfa.org)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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