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MVHS robotics team award
The Monte Vista High School Red Tie robotics team is celebrating its success at a regional competition in southern California earlier in the month.
The team earned a Rising All-Star award in this year’s Pinnacles Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in Hollister on March 1 and March 2, with this year’s challenge requiring participants to build a robot with the capacity for marine exploration and conservation efforts, according to a press release this week.
“This award celebrates a team that has demonstrated exceptional perseverance and teamwork while competing against others and collaborating to solve an engineering design problem — an experience that mirrors real-world engineering challenges,” Red Tie Robotics wrote in a March 6 press release.
The Monte Vista team made it to the semifinals in this year’s competition, but “narrowly missed being selected as a team captain.”
The team is seeking to use their recent strong performance as a foundation for future success in the Pinnacles competition and others.
Open space hikes
The City of San Ramon’s Open Space Advisory Committee is hosting two free hikes open to the community in the coming months, with the first set for this weekend.
The first of the two hikes is a 3.2-mile route along the Quail Run, Coyote Canyon Dougherty Valley trails, featuring views of Las Trampas, Mount Diablo, and other Tri-Valley landmarks.
The upcoming March 8 hike is set to start at the Amador Rancho Community Center at 9 a.m., ending at the same location at approximately 11 a.m. Registration is available here.
The second hike is scheduled to kick off from Old Ranch Park and proceed along the Summit View Trail to the Dougherty Valley Ridge Trail from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. April 12.
Children’s concert at VTAG
The Village Theatre is hosting the popular Bay Area children’s band Octopretzel for an upcoming concert, featuring “interactive and whimsical folk music” aimed specifically at children between two and six years old.
The event is scheduled for March 15 at 11 a.m. Tickets and more information are available here.
State of the Town
Danville Mayor Renee Morgan is set to lead the annual State of the Town event later this month on March 26 at the Diablo Country Club, with tickets available through March 11. More information and tickets are available here.
Daylight savings time
Don’t forget to “spring forward” by setting clocks ahead by one hour at 2 a.m. on March 9 as Daylight savings time officially kicks off for the year.
