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🌱 Family Storytime With Stay and Play and 11 more events
Also, don't miss Bay Area Connect Conference on the Portola Valley Patch calendar
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Bay Area Connect Conference at San Mateo Elks Lodge
- Family Storytime With Stay and Play at Pacifica Sanchez Library
- Dungeons & Dragons at Portola Valley Library
... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 87 and low of 56 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Not as warm, temps: high: 77, low: 56.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, brisk and cool, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Portola Valley
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★ Featured events ★
- Bay Area Connect Conference →
San Mateo Elks Lodge, 229 W 20th Ave, San Mateo
9:00 am
Friday February 26
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Other local events
- Family Storytime With Stay and Play
Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
11:15 am - Dungeons & Dragons
Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
12:30 pm - VolunTEEN Hour
Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
2:00 pm - Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue
Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
10:30 am - Musical Storytime With Stay and Play at San Pedro Valley Park
Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
10:30 am - Gem Painting at the Library!
Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
12:30 pm - Traditional Copal Wood Alebrije Painting for Día de los Muertos
Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
3:30 pm - Dancheong Sun-Catcher Workshop
Pacifica Sanchez Library, 1111 Terra Nova Boulevard, Pacifica
3:30 pm - Stories of Light: Celebrating Diwali
Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
10:30 am - 3D Print and Paint
Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
2:00 pm
Saturday October 10
Tuesday October 13
Wednesday October 14
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Qi Gong Class →
Independence Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, Woodside
9:00 am - Baby Bounce Storytime
Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley
10:30 am
Thursday October 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- We are missing our sweet cat Sunset.
She is a long haired grey cat with green eyes.She looks like a ragdoll or main coon. Sunset is a super friendly. We last saw her Thursday morning,… (Nextdoor Portola Valley)
- Pizza My Heart posted a job opening for Counter in Palo Alto. Apply here.
- IntelliPro Group posted a job opening for Accounts Payable Specialist ( Mandarin ) in Palo Alto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Portola Valley here.
🗞 Nearby News
Woodside
- Woodside Town Council District 2: Lyle Weaver (almanacnews.com)
- Woodside whistleblower report continues to stir up controversy (almanacnews.com)
- A 1963 Corvette Grand Sport, one of only five ever built, sold for $18,705,000 to become the world's most valuable Corvette (newsbreak.com)
Atherton
- Sequoia Union High School District, Area D: Michael Dekshenieks (almanacnews.com)
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