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Two new electric trains at the San Francisco Caltrain station wait for guests of a VIP tour and first ride on Aug. 10, 2024. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney.

Residents described a panic that swept through the city about 24 hours before the start of Menlo Park City Council’s Tuesday meeting. They heard the city was canceling its Caltrain quiet zone project and quickly organized to defend the project. In a matter of hours, the city received 114 emails lambasting officials for deciding to omit the project without any public input; many spoke in support of keeping the project at the meeting before the council discussed it. 

However, the city was never planning on removing the project.

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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...