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🌱 Patch AM: How a Broadway crossing crash upended Burlingame’s Wednesday evening commute

Make time for Belmont Greek Festival and Take N Bake on the Burlingame Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Broadway crossing crash upended Burlingame's Wednesday evening commute

Also on today's calendar: Belmont Greek Festival and Take N Bake and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 74, low: 57.
  • Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 71 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Burlingame, CA: Caltrain Service Disrupted After Vehicle Hit by Southbound Train (theunionstar.com) — Caltrain commuters in and around Burlingame faced hour‑plus delays Wednesday evening after a southbound train hit a car at the Broadway crossing near town, snarling the Peninsula commute. No serious injuries were initially reported, but the incident renewed long‑standing concerns about safety at that at‑grade crossing and added pressure for faster grade‑separation projects along the corridor.
   

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    Friday September 4
  • C-CPG Welcome Coffee with Superintendent & Principal
    Crocker Middle Crocker Library
    8:45 am
  • Panther Pal Flex
    Burlingame High School Front Lawn
    5:17 pm
  • Saturday September 5
  • JV Girls Volleyball Hillsdale Tournament
    Capuchino High School Hillsdale High School, 3115 Del Monte St, San Mateo, CA 94403
    8:00 am
  • Sunday September 6
  • Millbrae Art & Wine Fest →
    Millbrae Chamber of Commerce, 50 Victoria Ave UNIT 103, Millbrae
    3:30 pm
  • Monday September 7
  • Labor Day Holiday - No School
    Burlingame Intermediate Burlingame, CA 94010

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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