🌱 Patch AM: How three huge projects could transform central Menlo Park’s skyline

Hi Menlo Park! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How three huge projects could transform central Menlo Park's skyline
• How Meta's Bay Area layoffs could ripple through Menlo Park and beyond.

Also on today's calendar: Sydell Lewis and Asia Morgenthaler and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
• Monday: Warmer, temps: high: 87, low: 58. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Citizens' group urges council to fight Russian skyscraper project (padailypost.com) — Menlo Park residents are mobilizing against a massive skyscraper proposal at the former Sunset Magazine site on Willow Road, urging City Council to resist state pressure and a developer-imposed deadline. The project would add hundreds of apartments, a hotel, offices, and a preschool, while two other large nearby developments could dramatically reshape the area between Middlefield and Laurel.
   

• Bay Area tech layoffs already top last year as more job cuts surface (fresnobee.com) — Menlo Park-based Meta Platforms has announced plans to cut 3,715 Bay Area jobs, the largest single tech layoff total in the region so far this year. Overall, Bay Area tech companies have already disclosed nearly 13,000 job cuts for 2026, surpassing all of 2025, with PayPal, Amazon, Cisco, Oracle, LinkedIn and others also trimming staff and reshaping operations.
   

📸 Around Menlo Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Menlo Park

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 16
• Silas Herman & The Tone Unit supporting The... →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday September 7
• CLOSED: Labor Day
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Tuesday September 8
• LEGO Tuesdays!
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 9
• San Francisco Opera Guild: Simon Boccanegra preview
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  2:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Family Storytime
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  10:30 am
Saturday September 12
• Sydell Lewis and Asia Morgenthaler →
  Gallery House, 826 Santa Cruz Ave, Menlo Park
  6:00 pm
Sunday September 13
• Jaeger & Reid | Indie Folk Duo →
  Dala's Nest House Concerts, 371 O' Connor St, Menlo Park
  3:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" →
  Martin Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Gilles Vonsattel: Beethoven Piano Sonatas →
  Spieker Center for the Arts, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
• Tommy Emmanuel →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  7:00 pm
Friday September 25
• Airborne Toxic Event →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  7:00 pm
Sunday September 27
• Guild Theatre supporting SAMANTHA FISH →
  The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Missing Cat!
  Her name is Nessa Rose. She is a ragdoll.. Missing this morning at the 2100 block of Camino De Los Robles West Menlo Park 650-714-8594 (Nextdoor West Menlo Park)
• We have been feeding a feral cat quite regularly, but we have not seen him or her cat for several days.
  .The cat roams near 95 La Loma Drive (650 854 8311 ) (Nextdoor Sharon Heights)

• Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Menlo Park. Apply here.
• Ensemble Investments, LLC posted a job opening for Server in Menlo Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Menlo Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Palo Alto

• East Palo Alto police investigate death following University Avenue assault (epatoday.org)
• Express: Gamel Way developer cuts down affordable units (mv-voice.com)
• East Palo Alto man arrested in string of Caltrain bike thefts (sfchronicle.com)

Atherton

• SALA 2026 To Explore South Asian Identity, Migration And Belonging In California (indicanews.com)

Stanford

• Mensah throws 5 TD passes, Toney sets record in No. 7 Miami's 45-6 win over Stanford (texarkanagazette.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because they work on so many levels ! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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