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And on the Menlo Park Patch calendar - Music@Menlo Presents Carnival of the Animals

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In today's newsletter:

  • What this federal ruling means for TIDE Academy’s future in Menlo Park
  • How YouTube “auditors” ended in a Menlo Park police case
  • Why Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters is at the center of a scam suit

Also on today's calendar: Music@Menlo Presents Carnival of the Animals and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a polar bear in the jungle ? 🤔 (Answer below!)


Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 50 degrees.
  • Friday: Periods of sun, temps: high: 67, low: 51.
  • Saturday: Mainly cloudy and cool, with a high of 62 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Judge sinks TIDE Rising's lawsuit against high school district (almanacnews.com) — Parents’ efforts to keep Menlo Park’s TIDE Academy open hit a major setback after a federal judge dismissed their civil rights lawsuit challenging the Sequoia Union High School District’s closure plan. The ruling clears the way for the district to move TIDE’s programs to Woodside High, leaving the future of TIDE’s $50 million Jefferson Drive campus uncertain for now.    

• Man sues YouTubers over alleged pepper-spray attack at Mountain View Costco (almanacnews.com) — Menlo Park residents should know police are investigating YouTube “First Amendment auditors” after a pepper-spray confrontation downtown and a related encounter at Draeger’s Market, both now tied to lawsuits. A Milpitas man is suing the group over an earlier Mountain View Costco incident, alleging serious eye injuries and claiming the YouTubers provoke conflicts to profit from online views.    

• Consumer watchdog group files suit alleging Meta profited on ads for scams (valawyersweekly.com) — Menlo Park comes into focus as the home base of Meta, now facing a new class-action lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America over allegedly profiting from scam ads. The case, filed in Washington, D.C., cites internal estimates that Meta earned billions from high‑risk or fraudulent advertising while publicly downplaying scam risks on Facebook and Instagram.    


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