Local town offices have scheduled the following holiday closures:
•Atherton. The town’s administrative offices and branch post office will be closed Monday, Jan. 1. Call 752-0500.
•Menlo Park. City business offices in the Civic Center and Onetta Harris Community Center will be closed from Dec. 22 through Jan. 1. For holiday hours of other city facilities, go to MenloPark.org. The City Council will not meet Dec. 26 and Jan. 2.
•Portola Valley. Town offices will close the week of Dec. 25, and reopen Tuesday, Jan. 2.
•Woodside. Town Hall will be closed the week of Dec. 25 and will reopen Jan. 2. Call 851-6790.
Relaxed parking
Menlo Park has relaxed parking restrictions for the downtown area. Through Monday, Jan. 2, police won’t ticket cars that are parked downtown beyond the one- and two-hour limits. All other parking restrictions will be enforced, police say.
Caltrain holiday schedule
Caltrain will operate on a Sunday schedule on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. On New Year’s Eve, Caltrain will offer free rides after 11 p.m. to encourage partygoers to use the train as their designated driver. It will also add three post-midnight southbound trains to its regular holiday schedule. The trains will leave San Francisco at 12:45 a.m., 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m., making all local weekend stops. For more information, go to www.caltrain.com.
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