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🌱 Patch AM: How Menlo Park’s Flock crackdown could affect South San Francisco police data
Be sure to catch 2nd Annual Waves & Watts EcoFest on the South San Francisco Patch calendar
Cheers South San Francisco! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Menlo Park's Flock crackdown could affect South San Francisco police data
- Why a former Genentech leader is publicly challenging fraud allegations now
Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual Waves & Watts EcoFest.
Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 68 and low of 58 degrees.
- Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 68, low: 57.
- Monday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 67 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Menlo Park Joins Growing List of Bay Area Cities Reining in Flock Cameras (kqed.org) — South San Francisco police are currently receiving license plate reader data from Menlo Park's Flock camera network, even as Menlo Park tightens sharing rules after hundreds of improper searches by a regional intelligence group. The shake-up follows broader Bay Area concerns over Flock's data practices, with some cities canceling contracts and others adding audits and stricter agreements to limit outside access. 
• Former Stanford president releases emails to rebut fraud and cover-up allegations in new book (statnews.com subscription) — A high-profile neuroscience figure once based at Genentech in South San Francisco is pushing back against allegations of research fraud tied to a 2009 neurodegeneration paper. He's posted a lengthy rebuttal and supporting emails on his Stanford lab website, responding to claims in a new book that critiques Silicon Valley's scientific culture.
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Pacifica Chamber of Commerce Jean E. Brink Pool 401 Paloma Ave. Pacifica, CA 94044
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Brisbane Library 250 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane, CA 94005
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Pacifica Chamber of Commerce Jean E Brink Pool 401 Paloma Ave Pacifica, CA 94044
12:40 pm - YMCA Community Resource Center at the Library
Brisbane Library 250 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane, CA 94005
1:00 pm - Maker Monday: LED Popsicle Flashlights
Brisbane Library 250 Visitacion Avenue, Brisbane, CA 94005
3:30 pm - Volleyball vs Aptos
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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