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Menlo Park firefighters deployed to help battle Palisades Fire in LA
The Menlo Park Fire Protection District, along with other fire agencies throughout the Bay Area, are helping fight the over 11,000 acre fire.
Employees start petition to keep Menlo Park Goodwill Boutique open
Downtown Menlo Park will have another empty storefront, as the Goodwill Boutique at 711 Santa Ave. is set to close on Jan. 11.
Board of Supes welcomes Jackie Speier and Lisa Gauthier
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors swore in District 1 Supervisor Jackie Speier and District 4 Supervisor Lisa Gauthier during its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
A new San Mateo ice cream cafe is a hub for dairy-free varieties and community events
For Maggie de Vera has fond memories of her grandparents’ ice cream parlor and pharmacy, which was located in the basement of her family home in the Philippines.
Dive into works by artist Patty Chang in evening at Cantor Arts Center
The center’s “Patty Chang: On Mothers, Melons, Lakes, and Whales” event offers conversation and screenings of Chang’s works over the years. The artist is currently in residence at Stanford University.
California infernos in January? Here’s why wildfire season keeps getting longer and more devastating
As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic.
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TODAY
Community: San Mateo on Ice
Go ice skating in San Mateo’s Central Park via public skate sessions, private tents for up to 40 people or private ice sessions. Tickets must be purchased online.
Author event: Community Poetry Open Mic Series
As part of its Community Poetry Open Mic Series, the Burlingame Public Library hosts an evening of poetry with featured reader Sally Ashton. Copies of her most recent book, “Listening to Mars,” will be available to purchase.
TOMORROW
Families: Starlight Nights
Stargaze and learn more about the heavens at Hiller Aviation Museum, which offers, weather permitting, telescopic observations of the Moon and planets of our solar system, along with extended evening hours and shows at the museum’s Starlab planetarium.
Youth: 3D Print and Paint
The Portola Valley Library offers a kid-friendly tutorial on how to use the library’s 3D printer to create miniature figures and then decorate them with acrylic paint pens.
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