{"id":488120,"date":"2026-10-07T14:46:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488120\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:46:24","slug":"dia-de-los-muertos-activities-in-milpitas-include-wellness-fair-5k-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488120\/","title":{"rendered":"Dia de los Muertos activities in Milpitas include wellness fair, 5k \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sugar Skull 5k<\/p>\n<p>Milpitas residents can celebrate life at a D\u00eda de Muertos Health and Wellness Fair and Sugar Skull 5K set for Saturday, Oct. 24, ,\u00a09-11 a.m., at Gill Memorial Park.<\/p>\n<p>Local organizations offering physical and mental health services, childcare and social services are invited to apply for a free booth at the wellness fair, which will also feature traditional crafts and face painting for children ages 3\u201312, along with dances, music \u00a0and food.Visitors are also invited to bring a photo of a loved one to add to the community ofrenda.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to the wellness fair is free. Race registration is $42 for adults and $32 for youth ages 17 and younger at <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4i76hrS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4i76hrS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Doing \u2018Justice\u2019 with art<\/p>\n<p>Santa Clara County high school students are invited to create an original design that will be transformed into a plush toy or other comforting item for abused children.\u00a0The toy will be given to children at the soon-to-open South County Children\u2019s Advocacy Center (CAC) in Morgan Hill and the existing San Jose CAC.<\/p>\n<p>Students are encouraged to submit original artwork reflecting the CAC\u2019s commitment to creating a safe, welcoming and supportive environment for children and families.<\/p>\n<p>The first-place winner of this year\u2019s \u201cJustice for All\u201d Awards Art and Design Contest will receive $1,500. The second-place winner gets $1,000, and the third-place prize is $500.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the cash prize, the first-place winner\u2019s artwork will be featured on the Santa Clara County district attorney\u2019s website and will be used in a campaign to raise awareness about the CACs. The top three winners will also be honored at an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>For submission details and contest rules, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4dGwafR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4dGwafR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sugar Skull 5k Milpitas residents can celebrate life at a D\u00eda de Muertos Health and Wellness Fair and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,584,585,23,191,88,90,89,198,200],"class_list":["post-488120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-events","tag-halloween","tag-local-news","tag-milpitas","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}