Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 75 and low of 59 degrees.
Saturday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 79, low: 57.
Sunday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 77 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Jury selection begins in Meta youth harms trial in California federal court (wtrf.com) — Menlo Park-based Meta is heading into jury selection in a major Oakland federal trial over whether Facebook and Instagram harm youth mental health and illegally track children. Twenty-nine states want big penalties and safety changes, while Meta insists it's already invested heavily in protections and is appealing a separate multimillion-dollar New Mexico judgment.
• Mark Zuckerberg encouraged growth over child safety, ex-Meta executive testifies at trial (valawyersweekly.com) — Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent of Facebook and Instagram, is on trial in Oakland over claims from 29 states that it put growth ahead of children's safety and misused kids' data. A former engineering director testified that major safety changes only happened when ordered by Mark Zuckerberg, as states seek penalties and platform changes affecting young users nationwide.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
I stopped at the J&A gas station at 975 Woodside rd to buy gas this afternoon. The announced price was $5.26 pet gallon. I knew it was the cash price and using the card would cost additional 10 cents. This is what I was "trained… (Nextdoor Sharon Heights)
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🗞 Nearby News
East Palo Alto
Seven candidates vie for two seats on East Palo Alto council (paloaltoonline.com)
CHP investigation in Sunnyvale follows fatal motorcycle hit-and-run crash in East Palo Alto on Highway 101 (cbsnews.com)
Black-owned farms in Oregon are advancing food sovereignty and making it fun (streetroots.org)
Atherton
Atherton cancels November election, appoints four to City Council (almanacnews.com)
Uncontested races, open seats mark Midpeninsula special district elections (almanacnews.com)
Redwood City
Controversial Café Sold In Redwood City After Owner's Trump 2028 Claim: Report (patch.com)
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