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🌱 DRC Sensory Regulation Drop In and 11 more events
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Coming up on the calendar:
- Santa Cruz Elks Lodge Fall Festival at Santa Cruz Elks Lodge #824
Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Tuesday: Turning sunny; cool, with a high of 71 and low of 53 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 79, low: 55.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 80 and low of 56 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Twin Lakes
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★ Featured events ★
- Santa Cruz Elks Lodge Fall Festival →
Santa Cruz Elks Lodge #824, 150 Jewell St, Santa Cruz
12:00 pm
Saturday September 26
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Other local events
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🗓 Events Nearby
- DRC Sensory Regulation Drop In →
Kerr Hall, Kerr Hall Kerr Road, Santa Cruz
11:00 am - Cornucopia →
Upper East Field, Santa Cruz
3:00 pm - Companions of the Sun with Farima Berenji →
Branciforte Branch – Santa Cruz Public Library, 250 Gault St., Santa Cruz
3:00 pm - Aptos/Capitola Youth Chess Club →
Capitola Branch Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola
3:30 pm - SPCA Junior Animal Care Team →
Santa Cruz SPCA, 2601 Chanticleer Avenue, Santa Cruz
4:00 pm - Lookout Santa Cruz mayoral election forum: Ryan Coonerty and Ami Chen Mills →
The 418 Project, 155 River Street South, Santa Cruz - Ranch Kid Day →
Wilder Ranch, 1401 Coast Road, Santa Cruz
11:00 am - Student Employment & Work Study Fair →
Upper East Field, Santa Cruz
1:00 pm - Free Bike Tuneup →
Downtown Farmers Market, Cedar St & Church St, Santa Cruz
1:00 pm - Farmers Market Santa Cruz (Downtown) →
Cedar & Lincoln Sts., Santa Cruz
1:00 pm - Welcome Back Open House in Special Collections and Archives →
McHenry Library, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz
1:00 pm - Community Potluck →
Santa Cruz Hostel, 321 Main Street, Santa Cruz
6:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
Wednesday September 23
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🗞 Nearby News
Capitola
- Flock camera discussion to return to Watsonville City Council (santacruzsentinel.com)
- Capitola council candidate concerned over indoctrination of children by pro-LGBTQ+ educators, governments (santacruzlocal.org)
Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz block party supports local parks with vendors and charity run (ksbw.com)
- UC Santa Cruz researchers launch real-time study on kelp resilience as a super El Niño unfolds (mavensnotebook.com)
- 'The Last Five Years' at Santa Cruz Shakespeare (goodtimes.sc)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I'll meet you at the corner! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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