🌱 How would San Pablo’s Measure S change rent hikes and evictions?

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• How would San Pablo’s Measure S change rent hikes and evictions?

Today's riddle: What has hands but isn’t able to clap? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Cloudy with a passing shower, with a high of 70 and low of 55 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, temps: high: 68, low: 56.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 72 and low of 50 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• As Costs Rise, Voters in 3 Bay Area Cities Could Cap One of Them: Rent (kqed.org) — San Pablo voters are being asked this November to approve Measure S, a rent control proposal that would cap annual increases and add eviction protections for many tenants, including mobile home residents. The measure follows steep rent hikes at local parks like Willow and Creekside Village, and supporters say it could determine whether long-time residents on fixed incomes can afford to stay in San Pablo.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in San Pablo

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 24

• PFBC Family Day 2026 →
  3069 Research Drive, San Pablo
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday October 22

• Meditation with the Library Wellness Team
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  1:00 pm
• After School Meals
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  3:00 pm
• Read Aloud Together
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  3:30 pm

Friday October 23

• After School Meals
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  3:00 pm

Monday October 26

• After School Meals
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  3:00 pm
• Homework Help
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  4:30 pm
• Family Storytime
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  5:15 pm

Tuesday October 27

• ESL for Parents (Babies OK!)
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  11:30 am
• After School Meals
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday October 21

• Richmond Mobile Farmers' Market (Stop I) →
  Richmond Public Library – Main/Civic Center, 325 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond
  10:00 am
• Storytime for Littles
  San Pablo Library, 2300 El Portal Drive Suite D, San Pablo
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi everyone,
  Does anyone recognize this pup? He was walking on Trenton in San Pablo. He looks like he has been wandering for some time, very dirty. Now he is just… (Nextdoor Northwest San Pablo)
• The first serious rain of the season will be this Wednesday.
  Oil dripping from cars all summer has coated the roads. The rain will float that oil off the asphalt, turning it into a slick like ice. Expect lots… (Nextdoor Montalvin - Madeline)

• Savers Value Village posted a job opening for Retail Warehouse & Production Associate in San Pablo. Apply here.
• Smart and Final posted a job opening for Part-time Retail Associate - 568 San Pablo in San Pablo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near San Pablo here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Richmond

• Photos: No Kings groups host get-out-the-vote rallies in Richmond and nearby (richmondside.org)
• What happened in Richmond: Stolen cars, robberies, and a driver fleeing the wrong way (grandviewindependent.com)
• Oakland man convicted of trafficking 16-year-old girl in Richmond (contracostaherald.com)

El Cerrito

• High school football rankings Week 9, 2026: Bay Area News Group Top 25 (fresnobee.com)

Berkeley

• Crews Extinguish Brush Fire In Oakland Hills Above UC Berkeley (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has hands but isn’t able to clap?" — A clock! (Thank you Lois R. for sending it in!)
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