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Hi San Francisco! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Bay Area authors should be on your fall reading list?
  • See the award‑winning owl photo now showing at Cal Academy.

Also on today's calendar: A Tribute to Fred Astaire and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the fish say when she hit a wall? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 67, low: 59.
  • Wednesday: Low clouds, then sunshine, with a high of 66 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fall Books Preview: Leaf through these 10 transcendent tomes (48hills.org) — Bay Area book lovers get a locally flavored fall reading list, including a new novel by San Francisco–born Chloe Benjamin and a tribute volume from San Francisco-based Chronicle Books. The roundup spans memoir, fiction, kids' titles, and cookbooks, many tied to Bay Area writers, and is timed to help you gear up for October's Litquake festival and other local literary events.
   

• This bird's fearsome, wide-open beak looks like it's picking a fight – but actually it's just a chick asking for food (toptech.news) — A striking owl photograph that just won a major category in the California Academy of Sciences' BigPicture competition is now on display at the museum in San Francisco. The image, shot in Italy, showcases two young Eurasian eagle owls and highlights the photographer's extreme patience, technical choices, and long-term observation of one nesting site.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hi neighbors!
    Please meet my gorgeous girl, Mi Mi. She turned 15 in July! I adopted her from the SFSPCA when she was barely three months old. She is my Angel! I… (Nextdoor Cow Hollow Central)
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🗞 Nearby News

Daly City

  • Smart beds cost up to $10,000 and promise better sleep. Do they actually work? (sfchronicle.com)
  • Major BART delays due to fire, power outage near Coliseum station (cbsnews.com)
  • State agrees to work with San Mateo County to return millions in vehicle license fees (mercurynews.com)

Sausalito

  • Dick Spotswood: Uncontested Marin races a sign of good governing (marinij.com)
  • Sausalito Marin City School District hires interim superintendent (pressdemocrat.com)
  • Wreckless Strangers Announce Northern California Fall Shows Including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (gratefulweb.com)

Ok San Francisco! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Dam! (Thank you George G. for sending it in!)
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