🌱 How Portola Valley fought to stay rural and close-knit.

Hello again Portola Valley! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Portola Valley fought to stay rural and close-knit.

Also on today's calendar: Redwood City Library Foundation's 5th Annual Upscale Pub Crawl and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 80 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 71, low: 54.
• Monday: Partly sunny and cool, with a high of 73 and low of 54 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• The Affluent Hamlet of Portola Valley (rwcpulse.com) — Portola Valley’s story unfolds from its early Rancho days and logging town roots to today’s small, rural community of about 4,500 residents with extensive open space. The piece traces how residents incorporated in 1964 to control growth, preserve the landscape, and maintain low-density housing, highlighting beloved landmarks like Searsville Lake and Rosotti’s Alpine Inn that still shape local identity.
   

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📸 Around Portola Valley

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portola Valley

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 7

• Redwood City Library Foundation's 5th Annual Upscale Pub Crawl →
  Redwood City Public Library, 1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday September 19

• Gilles Vonsattel: Beethoven Piano Sonatas →
  Spieker Center for the Arts, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton
  4:00 pm

Tuesday September 22

• Musical Storytime With Stay and Play at San Pedro Valley Park
  Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
  10:30 am
• Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue
  Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
  10:30 am
• Gem Painting at the Library!
  Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
  12:30 pm
• Color and Make a Paper Airplane
  Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
  3:30 pm
• Paws for Tales
  Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
  3:45 pm

Wednesday September 23

• Family Storytime
  Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
  10:30 am

Thursday September 24

• Portola Valley Farmer’s Market →
  Portola Valley Farmers Market, 765 Portola Rd, Portola Valley
  2:00 pm
• Reading Buddies
  Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
  3:30 pm

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📣 Portola Valley Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday September 19

• Brush and Yard Trimming Clean Up →
  Foothill College Parking Lot 1, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills
  9:00 am
• Los Altos Hills County Fire District Brush and Yard Trimmings Collection Event →
  Foothill College, Parking Lot 1, Los Altos Hills
  9:00 am
• Farm Volunteer Day →
  Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills
  9:00 am
• EcoCenter Saturday Open Hours →
  EcoCenter, 2560 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
  9:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Vi posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Palo Alto. Apply here.
• Urban Outfitters posted a job opening for Anthropologie Back of House Specialist in Stanford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portola Valley here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Woodside

• Half an hour from SF, this historic 654-acre estate and free neoclassical water temple sit just minutes apart — the perfect low-effort fall day trip for history lovers (secretsanfrancisco.com)
• Thomas Fogarty Winery Marks 45 Years with the Opening of the Redwood Room (wineindustryadvisor.com)

Palo Alto

• AI Scientist's Sudden Death Leads To Demand For Answers In Bay Area (patch.com)

Atherton

• Atherton, Menlo Park projects included in $8.1M transportation funding (almanacnews.com)
• Why fall is a good time to plant a tree in your Peninsula yard (almanacnews.com)
• What's up this week: Brandi Carlile, brave bunnies, Beethoven sonatas, a legendary guitarist and more (almanacnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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