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🌱 Patch AM: How San Carlos volunteers are turning hard-to-recycle plastics into products

And on the San Carlos Patch calendar - Friday Happy Hour: Blue House in the AutoVino Wine Garden

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Good morning San Carlos! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How San Carlos volunteers are turning hard-to-recycle plastics into products

Also on today's calendar: Friday Happy Hour: Blue House in the AutoVino Wine Garden and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What day of the year is trucker's day? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 77 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 78, low: 56.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy and cooler, with a high of 70 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Team Sequesters Plastic and Makes New Products Before it Breaks Down in Environment (goodnewsnetwork.org) — A San Carlos family is turning hard-to-recycle plastics into new products through their nonprofit Peninsula Precious Plastics, keeping waste out of landfills and oceans. Community members and students help collect and transform thermoplastics, and locals are encouraged to get involved with the project right here in the San Carlos area.
   

📸 Around San Carlos

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • TJX posted a job opening for Part-Time Merchandise Associate in San Carlos. Apply here.
  • CVS Health posted a job opening for Store Associate in San Carlos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near San Carlos here.

🗞 Nearby News

Belmont

  • IQHQ hands vacant biotech building back to lender as Bay Area life sciences slump drags on (therealdeal.com)
  • Stand-Up Comedy Show: 'Stand-Up at The Garden' (funcheap.com)

Redwood City

  • Redwood City bike project among 11 awarded transportation funding (rwcpulse.com)
  • 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)
  • Oracle is cutting hundreds more Bay Area jobs. Here's where (sfchronicle.com)

San Mateo

  • $18M In Scholarships Is Waiting For San Mateo Students (patch.com)
  • Educators Get A Housing Lifeline In San Mateo (patch.com)

Ok San Carlos! 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: 10-4, good buddy! (Thank you Jean H. for sending it in!)
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