🌱 $1 Billion For Stanford + $500K For Homeless Housing

Hey, neighbors! It's me again, Michael Wittner, your host of the Redwood City-Woodside Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cooler. High: 69 Low: 55.

Here are the top stories in Redwood City-Woodside today:

1. San Mateo County Receives $500K For Redwood City Homeless Center (Patch)
2. Stanford gets $1B for climate change school from John Doerr546 (KION)
3. Atherton residents demand town fight state housing mandate (The Almanac Online)
4. Heres What $1.5M Can Buy In Redwood City (Patch)
5. Report: Netflix to take pay-setting power away from managers - Silicon Valley Business Journal (The Business Journals)
6. Crews respond to structure fire in Mountain View (KRON4)
7. 24-Year-Old Sunnyvale Man Arrested on Suspicion of Being Prolific Thief (NBC Bay Area)
8. After less than a year, much-anticipated Indonesian restaurant Warung Siska closes (San Francisco Chronicle)
9. Palo Alto prepares to revamp parklet program (Palo Alto Online)

Today in Redwood City-Woodside:

• College & Career Signing Day! - Sequoia Union High School District (8:00 AM)
• Family Storytime - Woodside Library (10:30 AM)
• Virtual Concert with South African Guitarist Derek Gripper (11:00 AM)
• AP Statistics - Woodside High Performing Arts Center (12:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Kings Mountain: "Hi Kings Mountain community, - A friend of mine is looking for a new place to live. She is a respectful and responsible equine professional in Woodside with no pets. Budget is as close to $2000/month as possible. She is looking coastside..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Woodside: "#Mountain biking - Hi neighbors, My husband is looking for beginner/intermediate guys to ride with. If anyone is looking for a new partner, please PM me! Usually, he is available on Saturdays/Sundays." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Woodside: "Help! - I’m in need of a recommendation for repairs to my HVAC ducting. If possible could you let me know what you liked about your contractor 💕 Thanks in advance" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Woodside Plaza: "Last update (I think) Baby is feeling a little better today. - Thank you everyone for your concern, tips, and offers for your milk. Love this community!!! 💛💛💛 Help. My baby’s sick and his appetite is poor. He is only willing to drink..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, West Roosevelt: "Hi Neighbors. - I’m looking to remodel my home. Has anyone gone through the process of a Historic Review of Residential Structure with the City of Redwood City? If yes, could I contact you about your experience? Thank you for your help!" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, West Farm Hill: "Looking for someone to do exterior stucco, paint and wood stain work near Farmhill and McGarvey in Redwood City. - I have some materials but would prefer someone experienced who could source the right stain and paint as necessary given c..." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Stambaugh-Heller: "Gunshots? - Fireworks? Did anyone else just hear multiple small explosions?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, North Palm Park: "Sounding like a war zone in the first few blocks of Roosevelt off of El Camino. - Anybody else hearing this?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, South Palm Park: "Does anyone know where we can get a RT-PCR COVID 19 test taken 48 hours before an international travel that doesn’t cost $ 130 and up? - Kaiser unfortunately has 72 hour result time. TIA!" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Selby Lane: "The last recycling drive at Woodside High School for the school year is TOMORROW! - Bring your aluminum cans and plastic bottles to the PAC between 7:45 and 9:15am to support the Environmental Science scholarship fund! So far we’ve rais..." (Nextdoor)

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Events:

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• Sequoia Drama Presents THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (May 6)
• Hire A Pro To Tackle Mom's To-Do List (May 8)
• Sustainable San Mateo County's 23rd Annual Awards Celebration (May 11)
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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— Michael Wittner

About me: I am excited to be returning to Patch as a Roving Editor, a job that will allow me to find out what's going on in communities all over the country. I worked as a Patch Field Editor from April 2020 to June 2021, covering Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Malibu, and Northridge-Chatsworth. Before then I was the Associate Editor of the Jewish Journal, a biweekly paper covering the Jewish community north of Boston. I grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, a small, seaside town north of Boston, and graduated from Bard College in New York, and then got my masters in teaching from New York University. Feel free to send any story ideas to michael.wittner@patch.com.

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