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Polo player Emily Rubin feeding her horse Calurosa during Portola Valley’s Horse Fair in May 2024. Photo by Jennifer Yoshikoshi.

Portola Valley Horse Fair

The Portola Valley Trails and Paths Committee is hosting its annual Horse Fair on May 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Town Center, 765 Portola Road. The family-friendly event will feature carriage rides, petting zoo, pony rides and roping.

For more information, visit portolavalley.net.

— Jennifer Yoshikoshi

Atherton transportation survey

The Town of Atherton is working on an “Active Transportation Plan” to improve walking, biking and roller skating in the town. As part of creating the plan, the town is asking residents and anyone who travels through Atherton to fill out a brief survey on how they move about town.

The survey is available at bit.ly/43k3Wm6. Residents can sign up for updates on the plan on Atherton’s website.

Bike to wherever days

As part of national Bike Month, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition is setting up “energizer stations” from Thursday, May 15 to Saturday, May 17. The intitative expands on Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 15 and encurages everyone to bike to wherever they need to go.

Energizer stations will have free food and water, in addition to limited edition canvas bags for anyone who signs the pledge to ride at bikesiliconvalley.org/p2r. The pledge asks residents to agree to bike to somewhere on one day in May.

Menlo Park will have five energizer stations including two at the Caltrain station. See a full map of stations at bikesiliconvalley.org/events/btwd.

— Arden Margulis

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Jennifer Yoshikoshi joined The Almanac in 2024 as an education, Woodside and Portola Valley reporter. Jennifer started her journalism career in college radio and podcasting at UC Santa Barbara, where she...

Arden Margulis is a reporter for The Almanac, covering Menlo Park and Atherton. He first joined the newsroom in May 2024 as an intern. His reporting on the Las Lomitas School District won first place coverage...

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