🌱 Patch AM: What we know about Wednesday’s vegetation fire above Scotts Valley

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In today's newsletter:

• What we know about Wednesday's vegetation fire above Scotts Valley
• How a Scotts Valley farm helped launch a Michelin-starred Thai chef

Also on today's calendar: Dahlia Show and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 82 and low of 54 degrees.
• Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 82, low: 55.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 84 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• UPDATED: Scotts Valley vegetation fire under control, police investigating tip about homeless encampment (pressbanner.com) — A small vegetation fire off Green Hills Road sent smoke over Scotts Valley Wednesday afternoon, briefly closing the road and forcing a nearby kids' program to send students home. Multiple local fire agencies quickly contained the less-than-acre blaze, while Scotts Valley Police now investigate whether a nearby homeless encampment may have sparked the incident.
   

• Chef Pim Techamuanvivit shares the secrets for making authentic Thai food (eastbaytimes.com) — Scotts Valley gets a brief spotlight through Love Apple Farms, the exclusive kitchen garden that helped shape chef Pim Techamuanvivit's rise alongside Manresa. The celebrated Kin Khao owner reflects on leaving Silicon Valley tech, building Michelin-starred Thai restaurants, and now distilling her family-influenced recipes and techniques into a detailed new cookbook, "Cooking Thai," aimed at home cooks ready to tackle real curry pastes and heritage dishes.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Scotts Valley

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Saturday August 22
• Dahlia Show →
  Capitola Mall, 1855 41st Ave, Capitola
  11:00 am
Tuesday August 25
• CANCELED - SVUSD Board of Trustees Meeting
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Wednesday August 26
• SVEF Public Meeting
  Scotts Valley Unified Vine Hill Elementary School, Room 16, 151 Vine Hill Road, Scott
  7:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Community Service Fair @ Lunch
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
• ALL Bell Schedule
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
• VH Back to School Night
  Scotts Valley Unified 151 Vine Hill School Rd, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA
  5:30 pm
Friday August 28
• Respect Week Workshops (All Alternate Schedule)
  Scotts Valley Unified Scotts Valley, CA 95066
Saturday August 29
• Summer Sizzle West Cliff Outdoor Market →
  Santa Cruz Lighthouse Parking Lot 301 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• BTS Night - BCE & SLVE
  San Lorenzo Valley Unified Ben Lomond, CA 95005
  5:00 pm
• Back to School Night
  San Lorenzo Valley Elementary School Felton, CA 95018
  5:00 pm
• SVMS Back to School Night
  Scotts Valley Unified 8 Bean Creek Rd, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA
  5:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Redwood Express at Henflings →
  Henflings of Ben Lomond, 9450 CA-9, Ben Lomond
  8:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I want to thank EVERYONE who gave me suggestions for an orthopedic doctor in Santa Cruz for my strong shoulder pain after falling and breaking above my wrist.
  I only wanted a local doctor for but one with excellent ratings. I chose Dr Christofferson with Sutter Health. I can't get in until Sept 17th but I… (Nextdoor North Scotts Valley)
• Since late Monday afternoon on Whispering Pines near pine cone, there has been a smoke detector "low battery" chirp every minute.
  Not a huge deal, but hoping it will stop soon. It sounded close, so I tracked it down this morning. To my surprise, it was coming from over 100 feet… (Nextdoor Whispering Pines)

• Builders FirstSource, Inc. posted a job opening for Material Handler I Yard/Warehouse in Felton. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Soquel. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Scotts Valley here.

🗞 Nearby News

Felton

• Old Crow's Willie Watson returns to town (santacruzsentinel.com)
• Roaring Camp Railroads has night walks in the sequoias and other fall adventures (nbclosangeles.com)

Soquel

• Avalon Visions Center For Creative Spirituality - Capitola, CA Patch (patch.com)
• County's high school football teams prepare for '26 campaign with scrimmages this weekend (santacruzsentinel.com)
• An open letter to Gov. Newsom (santacruzsentinel.com)

Campbell

• Cockroaches Force Closure Of Eataly Restaurant In NorCal: Inspection Report (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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