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ORANGE GLOW - Sunset over Los Gatos on Sunday. (Dinah Cotton / Los Gatan)

“March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.”

No predictions here, as March may come in like a lamb and leave like a lion.

After all, it is spring, and weather can change in a “New York minute.”

On the 9th, our clocks spring forward—some automatically and some manually.

The first day of spring is March 20. And I hope you have a gentle day.

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Bee getting busy. (Dinah Cotton / Los Gatan)

OUT & ABOUT

ADDISON-PENZAK DANCE PARTY  JCC March 9, 9am, 14855 Oka Rd. 2.5 hours of dancing, Zumba, and U-Jam with motivational music. Dance your worries away.

PAUL MCCARTNEY’S PHOTOGRAPHY  at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. March 1–July 6.

HIKE WITH MIDPEN  meets at Sierra Azul Preserve, March 10, 10am-1:30pm. “Following in Ohlone Footsteps at Mount Umunhum.” Docent guided. To register: sccl.bibliocommons.com/events/679d5eca1973a5f24dd06139

CINEQUEST ‘LUMINATE’  Silicon Valley film and creativity festival, March 11-23. Voted the best film festival by USA Today readers, it’s a celebration of creativity and innovation with over 300,000 participants. Opening night: “The Luckiest Man in America.” Cinequest.org

THE BUTTER PADDLE  a nonprofit gift store at 33 N. Santa Cruz Ave. presents “Shop for a Cause” with Romantiques and French Lessons, March 14, 12-5pm. Support local at-risk children served by Pacific Clinics.

CAFÉ AT LOS GATOS ISLAMIC CENTER  March 19, 10-11:15am. 16769 Farley Rd. Drop by for a coffee.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SOCIAL AT NESTLEDOWN  For Chamber members. March 21, 1-4pm. $70 for lunch, $30 for shuttle. losgatoschamber.com

CAMPO DI BOCCE  St. Patrick’s Day Celebration March 17, sold out.

KIWANIS LOS GATOS OPEN HOUSE  Neverland Clubhouse behind Los Gatos High School, 1 New York Ave., 5-7:30pm.

WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOPS  Presented by the Santa Clara County Fire Department. Learn how to reduce wildfire risk and better prepare your: self, home, family and your neighborhood. A two-hour presentation will be offered free-of charge.

Redwood Estates Pavilion Los Gatos April 22, 6-8pm. April22WildfirePreparedness.eventbrite.com

Saratoga Senior Center May 3, 10am-12pm. May3WildfirePreparedness.eventbrite.com

The Los Gatan’s calendar will be migrating to a new format, assisted by the CitySpark digital platform. It has been great covering the movers and shakers of Los Gatos in my log over the past year.

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Drew Penner is an award-winning Canadian journalist whose reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Good Times Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times, Scotts Valley Press Banner, San Diego Union-Tribune, KCRW and the Vancouver Sun. Please send your Los Gatos and Santa Cruz County news tips to [email protected].

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