🌱 Patch AM: Are you watering your Menlo Park trees the right way this summer?

Good morning Menlo Park! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Are you watering your Menlo Park trees the right way this summer?
• Could tiny beetles already be attacking your Menlo Park trees?
• How could a power shift change San Francisquito Creek flood protection?

Also on today's calendar: Dementia After Dark: Why Sleep Falls Apart and Strategies to Restore Rest and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and delightful, with a high of 79 and low of 58 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 76, low: 59.
• Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Use these guidelines for tree care during the summer (inmenlo.com) — Menlo Park residents are urged to deep-water young and mature trees during hot weather to protect the city's urban canopy. The city shares specific watering and mulching tips and points neighbors to menlopark.gov for tree program details and service requests for City-maintained trees.
   

• Invasive shothole borers are here: What Peninsula homeowners need to know (almanacnews.com subscription) — Menlo Park homeowners are being urged to watch their trees for signs of invasive shothole borers, a newly established beetle threatening many common Peninsula species. The article explains what symptoms to look for, how to avoid spreading the pest through firewood or green waste, and when to call county agriculture departments or a Menlo Park–based arborist for professional evaluation and treatment options.
   

• Valley Water wants to take over flood control efforts on San Francisquito Creek (padailypost.com) — Flood control on San Francisquito Creek, which affects Menlo Park alongside Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, may shift toward Valley Water taking the lead. With Menlo Park Councilmember Drew Combs on the creek authority board, upcoming talks could reshape how future flood protections are planned and funded.
   

📸 Around Menlo Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Menlo Park

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Wednesday August 19
• Dementia After Dark: Why Sleep Falls Apart and Strategies to Restore Rest →
  500 Arbor Rd, Menlo Park
  4:00 pm
Thursday August 20
• Paly Choirs Adv. Vocals Auditions (Returning Students)
  Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
  4:10 pm
• Adv. Vocals Auditions (Returning Students)
  Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
  4:10 pm
• Theatre Auditions
  Palo Alto High School Performing Arts Center, 50 Embarcadero Rd
  4:30 pm
Monday August 24
• Back to School Night - TK and Kinder
  Walter Hays Elementary MP Room
  5:15 pm
Tuesday August 25
• LEGO Tuesdays!
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  4:00 pm
• Paly Choirs Adv. Vocals Auditions (New & Callbacks)
  Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
  4:10 pm
• Back to School Night
  Addison Elementary School, 650 Addison Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  5:15 pm
Thursday August 27
• Paly Pep Band - Home Game
  Palo Alto High Palo Alto, CA 94301
  6:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• PVI Luau →
  800 Middle Ave, Menlo Park
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 19
• Welcome Back Parent Coffee & Bites
  Woodside Elementary Library Courtyard
  8:30 am
• Custom Chatbots to Support Student Success (Virtual)
  Santa Clara University Remote via Zoom
  10:00 am
• TerminalFour: Working w/ Images & Files
  Santa Clara University Zoom Session or In-person: Learning Commons-Lab 206
  10:30 am
• Free In-Person English Class | Clase de inglés en persona gratuita
  East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Las Lomitas Elementary posted a job opening for 2025-2026 Maintenance Worker Substitute Pool in Menlo Park. Apply here.
• Rosewood Hotels posted a job opening for PT Server Assistant - Seasonal in Menlo Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Menlo Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Palo Alto

• 'You Need Thick Skin': East Palo Alto Mayor Webster Lincoln Defies Backlash for Standing With Jews in Antisemitism Fight (combatantisemitism.org)
• Journalism Meets the Classroom: Inside the Dow Jones News Foundation and NGPF Partnership (dowjones.com)
• Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley to Host 2026 Terry Fox Run in Menlo Park (travelprnews.com)

Atherton

• After almost six decades on the farm, Ken Kesey's Furthur bus leaves Oregon (lookouteugene-springfield.com)
• Rockefeller Gave Out Dimes. Tech's Oligarchs Can't Even Read the Room (digitalcxo.com)

Ok Menlo Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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