🌱 Patch AM: How Menlo Park’s Molly Duda is faring in national eventing rankings

What's up Menlo Park! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Menlo Park's Molly Duda is faring in national eventing rankings
• What classic Menlo Park traffic experiment still shapes how we honk today?

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

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 47 degrees.
• Tuesday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 77, low: 48.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2026 USEA/USEF CCIYH3*-S Developing Horse National Championships Crowned (usef.org) — Menlo Park rider Molly Duda is holding second in the CCI4* U25 standings and first in the CCI4* amateur category as national eventing championships unfold at Morven Park in Virginia. The update details how California and other U.S. riders, including multiple division leaders and new champions, are positioned heading into the final day, with several titles still up for grabs and livestream coverage available.
   

• Drivers Are Less Likely to Honk at Expensive Cars, While Luxury Vehicle Drivers Are More Likely to Violate Right-of-Way Rules (gilmorehealth.com) — Decades-old research conducted at traffic lights in Menlo Park and Palo Alto found drivers were far less likely to honk at a luxury car blocking them than at an older, low-status vehicle. Newer Bay Area and Las Vegas studies suggest higher-value cars are more likely to cut off others or not yield to pedestrians, though researchers caution these are associations, not proof that wealthier drivers are inherently inconsiderate.
   

📸 Around Menlo Park

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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

Tuesday October 13
• LEGO Tuesdays!
  Downtown Branch Library, 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto
  4:00 pm
• Christopher Gardner with Sally Duplantier →
  Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  7:00 pm
Wednesday October 14
• Jon Else with Scott D. Sagan →
  Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
  6:00 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
Saturday October 24
• Native Plant Sale and More! →
  Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills
  10:00 am
Saturday October 31
• Fall Festival 2026 →
  Prince of Peace Christian School, 38451 Fremont Blvd, Fremont
  3:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domestic air travel with a cat…advice requested.
  I'm planning to take my cat on a domestic flight and would appreciate advice on how to make the trip go smoothly from neighbors with more experience… (Nextdoor Allied Arts)
• Cat has not returned home for three days.
  Oliver is a mostly outdoor cat since he was born but since I adopted him he spends the nights indoors. He went out on the kitchen deck where he… (Nextdoor Sharon Heights)

• VONS posted a job opening for Retail Sales and Store Support in Menlo Park. Apply here.
• Tom Thumb Supermarket posted a job opening for Deli Clerk in Menlo Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Menlo Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Palo Alto

• The Man Behind M-A's Jazz Legacy (machronicle.com)
• Grenade Discovered in Cooley Landing Waters (machronicle.com)

Atherton

• 267 Atherton AveEl Camino to Alameda, Atherton, CA (mansionglobal.com)

Stanford

• Alumni Oral Histories at Reunion Weekend: The Epiphany Project (stanford.edu)
• Jayden Sanders' Stanford breakout validates Notre Dame's 'next man up' depth (slapthesign.com)
• Stanford says Catholicism is popular on campus (knewz.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: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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