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Good morning Oakland! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Oakland's Portobello Feasts landed a role in an AI mob movie

Also on today's calendar: Special Kitten Adoption Event & Celebration of FOWA's 40 Years of Service and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Humid with a shower in spots, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
  • Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 79, low: 53.
  • Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 69 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rubouts, and robots. AI meets the mob in new film shooting in NJ (northjersey.com) — Scenes for a new AI-meets-the-mob comedy, "The Don 2.0," will be filmed at Portobello Feasts in Oakland starting Sept. 22, putting the borough directly on the movie's map. Writer-director Alan Del Tufo is using several familiar North Jersey spots as he explores how mobsters might misuse AI, with production expected to wrap by early October.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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