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In today's newsletter:

• How did facial recognition land a Clayton man in jail?

Also on today's calendar: Sababa Jewish Arts & Cultural Festival and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 58. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Warm with some sun, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Lawsuit claims facial recognition program led to wrongful arrest (fox2now.com) — A Clayton man who spent 17 months jailed after a MetroLink assault misidentification is suing St. Louis County police and Amazon Web Services, alleging faulty facial-recognition technology led to his wrongful arrest. The federal lawsuit questions how AI tools like Amazon's Rekognition were promoted and monitored, and whether officers relied too heavily on the software instead of traditional investigative work.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Clayton

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday October 13
• City Council →
  City Hall - Council Chamber, 10 N. Bemiston, Clayton
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday October 13
• Traffic Commission →
  Heman Park Community Center, 975 Pennsylvania Ave, University City
Friday October 16
• City Council Strategic Planning Session →
  City Hall - Council Chamber, 10 N. Bemiston, Clayton
  3:00 pm
• Party in the Patch →
  Shaw Park, 27 S. Brentwood Blvd., Clayton
  6:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Class of 2006 - 20 Year Reunion →
  Flight Club St. Louis, 7710 Forsyth Boulevard, Clayton
  6:00 pm
Sunday October 18
• Sababa Jewish Arts & Cultural Festival →
  S. Central Ave and Forsyth Blvd; Carondelet Ave and S. Bemiston Ave
• Clayton Community 5K Run Walk →
  Shaw Park, Forsyth and Brentwood Blvds, Clayton
  8:00 am
Monday October 19
• Foreign Market Insights & Export Opportunities with MO ITI - St. Louis →
  World Trade Center St. Louis, 120 South Central Avenue, Clayton
  10:00 am
Tuesday October 20
• Sustainability Advisory Committee - CANCELED for 10/20 →
  City Hall, 10 N. Bemiston Ave, Clayton
  4:30 pm
• Sustainability Advisory Committee →
  City Hall, 10 N. Bemiston Ave, Clayton
  4:30 pm
Wednesday October 21
• St. Louis Regional Meet and Greet →
  Clayton MO
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday October 8
• Business Development Commission →
  City of Webster Groves Calendar, City Hall - Gordon Room 4 E Lockwood, Webster Groves
  8:00 am
• Acclaimed Artist Sky Hopinka Exhibition →
  8300 Big Bend Boulevard, Webster Groves
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

University City

• Wednesday marks last day to register to vote in Missouri (fox2now.com)
• More early childhood programs are providing free housing to teaching staff (baltimoresun.com)

Ladue

• St. Louis Teen Book Festival returns with 22 authors (laduenews.com)
• Mo. officer who says she meant to use TASER agrees to license probation 7 years after shooting (police1.com)
• Reinhardt/Wilson Complete $36M Eagle Bluffs Elementary School (ccr-mag.com)

Webster Groves

• Killeen council set to vote on Peoples as city manager; Her contract is signed with 720 sick hours accrued on Day 1 (kdhnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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