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Morning Menlo Park! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How hot is Menlo Park's housing market in the AI boom?
  • How Stanford's big growth plan could affect Menlo Park traffic and housing.

Also on today's calendar: Sydell Lewis and Asia Morgenthaler and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 90 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and not as warm, temps: high: 79, low: 57.
  • Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 73 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• New wave of buyers heads to Peninsula — some paying $10M just for 'dirt' (almanacnews.com) — Menlo Park buyers are facing fierce competition, with 37 new listings in July and many priced between $3 million and $5 million or higher as AI-fueled wealth pours into the Midpeninsula. Realtors report multiple offers, soaring price-per-square-foot, and strong demand for turnkey homes and larger lots, while higher mortgage rates squeeze non-luxury buyers and discourage longtime owners from selling.
   

• Stanford pitches ambitious new plan for campus growth (almanacnews.com) — Stanford University is proposing a massive 20‑year expansion of academic space and housing that could reshape traffic and housing pressures for nearby communities like Menlo Park. The plan adds thousands of student beds, hundreds of workforce units near El Camino, and new traffic-monitoring measures, and now heads to Santa Clara County officials for intensive public review.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday September 10
  • Bilingual Family Storytime
    College Terrace Library 2300 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306
    10:30 am
  • Baby Bounce Storytime
    Woodside Library 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside, CA 94062
    10:30 am
  • Vintage Media Lab
    Palo Alto City Library 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
    12:00 pm
  • Dignity on Wheels and Social Service Support
    East Palo Alto Library 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
    3:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

East Palo Alto

  • East Palo Alto plants seeds for a future urban forest (paloaltoonline.com)
  • Giant teacher housing project advances in East Palo Alto (paloaltoonline.com)
  • On our November ballot: Prop 45 ould speed up environmental and public project reviews (epatoday.org)

Atherton

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  • Man Dies After Assault In SMC, Suspect Faces Manslaughter Charge: Police (patch.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: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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