🌱 Patch AM: How San Mateo County’s new budget keeps Redwood City services intact.

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In today's newsletter:

• How San Mateo County's new budget keeps Redwood City services intact.

Also on today's calendar: Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven".

Today's riddle: What happened to the pregnant cat that ate yarn? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 90 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Very hot, temps: high: 97, low: 67.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 90 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• County Proposes Final 2026-27 Budget Revisions Without Program or Service Cuts (smcgov.org) — San Mateo County leaders in Redwood City are moving ahead with final 2026-27 budget revisions that avoid any cuts to programs or services, assuming the state makes good on overdue vehicle license fee payments. The $6.2 billion plan leans on reserves, boosts Measure K funding for housing and homelessness, and will go to the Board of Supervisors for adoption on September 29.
   

📸 Around Redwood City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Redwood City

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Thursday September 10
• Baby Bounce Storytime
  Woodside Library 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside, CA 94062
  10:30 am
Friday September 18
• Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" →
  Martin Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Rancho Day Fiesta-Free Event →
  Sánchez Adobe Park, 1000 Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 8
• Family Storytime
  Woodside Library 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside, CA 94062
  10:30 am
• JV/Varsity Girls Tennis vs MA
  Carlmont Performing Arts Center 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002
  4:00 pm
• Paws for Tales
  Woodside Library 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside, CA 94062
  4:00 pm
• Frosh Girls Volleyball @ Notre Dame, Belmont
  Carlmont Performing Arts Center 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002
  4:00 pm
• LEGO Tuesdays!
  Downtown Branch Library 270 Forest Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
  4:00 pm
• JV Girls Volleyball @ Notre Dame, Belmont
  Carlmont Performing Arts Center 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002
  5:00 pm
• San Carlos Stitchers
  San Carlos Library 610 Elm Street, San Carlos, CA 94070
  6:00 pm
• Varsity Girls Volleyball @ Notre Dame, Belmont
  Carlmont Performing Arts Center 1400 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002
  6:15 pm
Wednesday September 9
• Tech Tutor Drop-In
  San Carlos Library 610 Elm Street, San Carlos, CA 94070
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello neighbors!
  My mother has been moved to a memory care facility in San Jose and we're selling the home I've been in for 23 years...I cannot for the life of me,… (Nextdoor Red Morton)

• Global Guardian posted a job opening for Part-Time Residential Security Agent in San Carlos. Apply here.
• i9 Sports posted a job opening for Senior Sport Coordinator Baseball in Menlo Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Redwood City here.

🗞 Nearby News

San Carlos

• Author Talk with Vanessa Hua (sfstation.com)
• Fire at Nevados de Chillán Accelerates Across Infrastructure, Forcing Resort Closure (snowbrains.com)
• MacLean Power Systems To Acquire Delta Star To Expand Power Transformer And Substation Portfolio (pulse2.com)

Atherton

• BOTR Distance Freestyler Michael Powell Sends Verbal to UVA for Fall 2027 (swimswam.com)
• Menlo College Art & Wine Festival Archives (inmenlo.com)

Menlo Park

• NeeDoh Fuzz Balls Archives (inmenlo.com)

Ok Redwood City! 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: She had mittens! (Thank you April M. for sending it in!)
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