🌱 Patch AM: How Union City softball turned pumpkin smashing into a season-ending tradition

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• How Union City softball turned pumpkin smashing into a season-ending tradition

Also on today's calendar: A Personalized Approach To a Blood Sugar Reset with the Murali Protocol and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Sunny and toasty conditions, with a high of 92 and low of 63 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 93, low: 61.
• Wednesday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 91 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pumpkin smashing adds a festive twist to Union City Little League softball (yourerie.com) — Union City families just wrapped up the third annual Pumpkin Smash softball tournament, giving Little League players a relaxed, Halloween-themed finale to their season. Twenty-five teams competed at the American Legion fields in Union City, smashing decorated pumpkins after each loss and enjoying costumes, camaraderie, and one last weekend of fun before looking ahead to next year's season.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Union City

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Saturday October 10
• A Personalized Approach To a Blood Sugar Reset with the Murali Protocol →
  FREE online webinar,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday October 6
• JV Boys' Basketball AT CCMS/LOGAN
  Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City, CA 94587
  3:45 pm
• Girls' Soccer AT CCMS/LOGAN
  Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City, CA 94587
  3:45 pm
• Girls' Softball AT CCMS/LOGAN
  Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City, CA 94587
  3:45 pm
• Varsity Boys' Basketball AT CCMS/LOGAN
  Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City, CA 94587
  5:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Cross Country AT Creekside
  Itliong-Vera Cruz Union City, CA 94587
  4:00 pm
Friday October 16
• 2026 State of the City Address →
  33997 Alvarado-Niles Rd, Union City
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• 4th Annual Fall Festival →
  377 Paseo Grande, San Lorenzo
  9:00 am
• HUGE Fall Rummage Sale! →
  Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church, 32975 Alvarado-Niles Rd, Union City
  10:00 am
• AIA Dussehra Diwali Dhamaka - Festival of Lights 🪔🔥🎆 →
  Alameda County Fairgrounds, 2005 Valley Ave, Pleasanton
  12:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• HUGE Fall Rummage Sale! →
  Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church, 32975 Alvarado-Niles Rd, Union City
  11:00 am
Saturday October 24
• Mutt Strut 2026 →
  Masonic Homes of California, 34400 Mission Blvd, Union City
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We found this sweet guy lost in the middle of Lowry last night.
  No ID tag. Just a collar. He is safe with us but we are eager to find his owners. Anyone know who he belongs to? We will be taking him to the vet for… (Nextdoor Pioneer and Delaine)

• Cinemark posted a job opening for Full-Time Assistant Manager in Hayward. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Hayward

• 60-Year-Old Male Rider Killed in Hayward Motorcycle Crash on SR-92 (pacificattorneygroup.com)
• Flag football Recap: Bishop O'dowd Stays Hot with Another Win, This Time over Hayward (maxpreps.com)
• Plasma Protein Purification Cartridges Market To 2035: Biopharma Expansion Drives Growth (indexbox.io)

Fremont

• This '90s Toyota Truck Can Outlast A Land Cruiser (hotcars.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ?" — Footsteps (Thank you Patty G. for sending it in!)
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