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South Bay Today
Friday, September 4, 2026
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🌤 mostly sunny · high 75°, low 55°
Friday brings a full house of ticketed evenings in San Jose: Monster Jam at SAP Center, Bay FC hosting Kansas City Current at PayPal Park, and a Bee Gees tribute at the Montgomery Theater. Daytime leans toward small, specific things you can actually do, like a curator's own walkthrough at the Los Altos History Museum and the first day of a four-day book sale in Milpitas. Mostly sunny and 75, which is the right weather for a hike before dinner.
Tonight's pick
Monster Jam
7:00 PM · SAP Center · San Jose
Monster trucks doing stunts, jumps, and freestyle competitions inside SAP Center is the loudest, easiest yes on a Friday night, and it works for the whole family. Ticketed; the rest of the evening slate (Bay FC, the Bee Gees tribute) is solid if you would rather sit still.
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Also on the calendar
A morning tour and a book sale up north, a free lantern craft for kids in the afternoon, then an art opening, a pro soccer match, and a free Neil Diamond tribute to choose from after work. Open the full calendar →
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10:00 AM · Milpitas Library · Milpitas · Free
Browse tables of used books and media across every genre at this four-day library sale.
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11:00 AM · Los Altos History Museum · Los Altos · Free
Get a small-group tour of Spirit of '76 led personally by its curator, Amy Ellison.
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4:00 PM · Tully Library · San Jose · Free
Make a bunny lantern to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with supplies provided at Tully Library.
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5:30 PM · Pacific Art League · Palo Alto
See the Memory Lane exhibition and meet the artists at its opening reception.
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7:00 PM · PayPal Park · San Jose
Watch Bay FC battle Kansas City Current at PayPal Park.
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7:30 PM · Campbell · Free
Hear a tribute vocalist run through Neil Diamond's biggest hits in a full live show.
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On this day in Silicon Valley
Google · 1998 · Mountain View
Google was incorporated September 4, 1998 — Larry Page and Sergey Brin's Stanford research project became the world's most powerful information company.
Around town
A free Falloween night on the books for September 27, a plea to stop feeding San Jose's birds Taco Bell, and some hidden street art someone spotted around town.
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Falloween is a free Sept 27 San Jose evening event with local makers, art, and spooky fun.
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A post urges people to stop feeding San Jose's local birds Taco Bell food.
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A resident shares a spotting of hidden street art found around San Jose.
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