🌱 Patch AM: Why Menlo Park’s revamped Flood Park playground is still fenced off

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Menlo Park's revamped Flood Park playground is still fenced off
• How baby birds briefly stalled a key creek bridge replacement

Also on today's calendar: Bay Area Connect Conference and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 69 and low of 52 degrees.
• Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 70, low: 51.
• Monday: Partly sunny, showers around, with a high of 76 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Too hot to slide: County delays Flood Park playground opening, again (almanacnews.com) — Families in Menlo Park will have to wait a bit longer for the renovated Flood Park playground to open, as the county is delaying access because a new metal slide has been reaching unsafe temperatures. Officials are testing shade options and counting on cooler fall weather, aiming for a possible November opening of the upgraded play area and its new features.
   

• The Other Side of the Creek: The Bridge That Waited for the Birds (inmenlo.com) — San Francisquito Creek, which marks Menlo Park's southern edge, is getting a modernized Newell Road bridge after demolition was briefly delayed to protect nesting black phoebe chicks. The project adds sidewalks and bike-friendly features while fitting into a broader regional flood-control effort, showing how wildlife protections and infrastructure upgrades intersect just beyond Menlo Park's border.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Menlo Park

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★ Featured events ★

Friday February 26
• Bay Area Connect Conference →
  San Mateo Elks Lodge, 229 W 20th Ave, San Mateo
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• Bharati Kshirsagar & Henrik Jorgensen Featured Artists Opening Reception →
  Gallery House, 826 Santa Cruz Ave, Menlo Park
  6:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• ADU Fair →
  Community Center, 850 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame
  10:00 am
Monday October 12
• CLOSED: Indigenous Peoples' Day
  Downtown Branch Library, 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto
• Palo Alto College Fair
  Palo Alto High School
  6:30 pm
Tuesday October 13
• LEGO Tuesdays!
  Downtown Branch Library, 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto
  4:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Online Native Plant Sale →
  9:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Online Native Plant Sale →
  1:00 am
• All-American Organ Recital →
  Christ Church, Portola Valley, 815 Portola Rd, Portola Valley, CA 94028
  3:00 pm
• Caliban | Celtic & Nordic Folk-Rock Fusion →
  Dala's Nest House Concerts, 371 O' Connor St, Menlo Park
  3:30 pm
Monday October 19
• Online Native Plant Sale →
  1:00 am
Tuesday October 20
• An Evening With CMH Heli-Skiing →
  Dutch Goose, 3567 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• We found this sweet girl in the parking lot of our apartment complex.
  She was running around hiding in the wheel wells of the parked cars. My Daughter and I were able to catch her and we are trying to find her a good… (Nextdoor Downtown Menlo Park)

• Prosegur Services Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Security Officer full time in Menlo Park. Apply here.
• Rosewood Hotels & Resorts posted a job opening for Pastry Sous Chef in Menlo Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Menlo Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Palo Alto

• East Palo Alto council rejects proclamation to honor victims of Oct. 7 attack in Israel (paloaltoonline.com)
• Carolyn Cupil died after multi-vehicle crash near University Avenue (newsline.com)
• As Newsom considers commuting California's death sentences, 42 Bay Area killers remain in prison (mercurynews.com)

Atherton

• Atherton: An H-Plan Home Shaped by Feng Shui and Californian Living by Mark English Architects (globaldesignnews.com)

Redwood City

• Día De Los Muertos Celebration Returns To Downtown Redwood City (patch.com)
• Downed Pole Closes Part Of Road In Redwood City: Police (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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