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🌱 What the new settlement means for Vine Hill’s hazardous waste site.

Coming up: Melt with You Festival on the Vine Hill Patch calendar

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What's up Vine Hill! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What the new settlement means for Vine Hill's hazardous waste site.

Also on today's calendar: Melt with You Festival and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Brisk and cool, temps: high: 76, low: 58.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 76 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• California Environmental Law & Policy Update 9.11.26 (jdsupra.com) — California has reached a new settlement to fund containment of the closed Vine Hill Complex hazardous waste landfill in Contra Costa County, where groundwater contamination has included arsenic and other toxins. The broader update also covers lawsuits over Endangered Species Act changes, a major proposed reservoir, pesticide disposal violations, and disputes over fossil fuel and kelp-farming projects statewide.
   

📸 Around Vine Hill

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Vine Hill

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Other local events
    Thursday September 17
  • Computer Docent Help at Martinez Library
    Martinez Library, 740 Court Street, Martinez
    10:00 am
    • Saturday September 19
  • Martinez Library Storytime
    Martinez Library, 740 Court Street, Martinez
    10:00 am
  • Wellness Walk
    Meet at the visitor center back patio .
    12:00 pm
  • Read to a Dog
    Martinez Library, 740 Court Street, Martinez
    12:00 pm
    • Thursday September 24
  • Computer Docent Help at Martinez Library
    Martinez Library, 740 Court Street, Martinez
    10:00 am
  • Lafayette to Host Free ALT Fair Exploring Alternatives to College →
    Don Tatzin Community Hall, 3491 Mount Diablo Blvd, Lafayette
    5:00 pm

📣 Vine Hill Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

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🗞 Nearby News

Martinez

Pleasant Hill

  • PowerSight adds remote monitoring for military power studies (militaryaerospace.com)
  • Downtown Pleasant Hill 'Forever land' Michael Jackson Tribute Summer Concert Series (funcheap.com)
  • DA seizes 12 guns, 3,700+ rounds of ammo in raid of Pleasant Hill home (mercurynews.com)

Concord

  • 2 Student Athletes Killed In Overnight East Bay Crash 1 Day After Deadly Hit-And-Runs (patch.com)

Ok Vine Hill! 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: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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