Weekly Digest for November 1, 2021    

This week's features

• City launches new beta website and updated mobile app
• Menlo Park achieved its 2020 reduction goal, but there is still work to do to reach carbon neutrality
• Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day is now celebrated statewide
• Book your booster vaccination appointment at the San Mateo County Event Center
• Registration now open for Earthquake Brace + Bolt program
• Check the field conditions hotline during the rainy season

Upcoming public meetings and events

• Monday, November 1, 6:30 p.m.
  Film Discussion Meetup: Give Me Liberty
• Monday, November 1, 6:30 p.m.
  Melanated Reads: The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
• Monday, November 1, 7 p.m.
  Planning Commission meeting 
• Tuesday, November 2, 10 a.m.
  Preschool/Toddler Tuesday: Bingo Schmingo Music
• Tuesday, November 2, 6 p.m.
  Financial Planning Fundamentals
• Wednesday, November 3, 10 a.m.
  Storytime
• Wednesday, November 3, 4 p.m.
  Online Gaming Meetup
• Wednesday, November 3, 4:30 p.m.
  Finance and Audit Committee special meeting
• Wednesday, November 3, 6:30 p.m.
  Housing Commission Meeting
• Wednesday, November 3, 7 p.m.
  Gardening Books of 2021
• Thursday, November 4, 6 p.m.
  Independent Redistricting Commission special meeting
• Thursday, November 4, 7 p.m.
  To Boldly Go… Adventures of an Indigenous Space Cadet
• Thursday, November 4, 7 p.m.
  Bayfront Canal and Atherton Channel Flood Protection community meeting
• Friday, November 5, noon
  Story Time for Adults
• Friday, November 5, 2 p.m.
  Friends of the Library Book Sale
• Friday, November 5, 4:30 p.m.
  Teen Creative Writing Club
• Saturday, November 6, 10 a.m.
  Friends of the Library Book Sale
• Saturday, November 6, 10 a.m.
  Menlo Park Community Campus groundbreaking ceremony
• Saturday, November 6, 5:30 p.m.
  Menlo Park Storytelling Festival: StoryFest
• View all events
  City calendar

City launches new beta website and updated mobile app

The City of Menlo Park is excited to launch a new website that will help us better serve residents, businesses and visitors. At the beginning, we’re launching a beta website with a testing and feedback phase before we make it our official site. For a short time, the public beta site will exist in tandem with our current website. New events and information will be posted to the beta site while the current website remains as an archive for documents. The new site, located at beta.menlopark.org, focuses on providing better…Click to continue

After meeting 2020 goal, much work remains to reach carbon neutrality

The results of Menlo Park’s first ever comprehensive climate action plan progress report are in and as of 2019, Menlo Park successfully reduced its communitywide emissions by 27.5%. The City achieved its 2020 reduction goal one year early. Though these emissions reductions are very encouraging, there is still a long way to reach carbon neutral (90% reduction) in the next eight years. Menlo Park’s Climate Action Plan scope of work for 2021 focuses on all-electric appliances in existing buildings, expanding access to electric vehicle…Click to continue

Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day is now celebrated statewide

Walk with us Nov. 17 to celebrate Ruby Bridges’ courageous legacy and to show support for social justice, equity and inclusion in our schools. Starting this fall, California will celebrate Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day statewide thanks to the tremendous efforts of students from South San Francisco. This year, Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day will be observed Nov. 17. At the national level, the Ruby Bridges Foundation declared Nov. 17, 2021, as the first National Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day with the goal of continuing the journey to end...Click to continue

Book your booster vaccination appointment at the San Mateo County Event Center 

San Mateo County is offering vaccination clinics throughout the county to anyone 12 and older. Appointments are not required, but residents can see options and sign up through MyTurn. Vaccine clinics at the San Mateo County Event Center are scheduled through Nov. 6. as follows: Tuesday: Noon–7 p.m. and Wednesday through Saturday: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. To book an appointment on MyTurn, input the actual address of the San Mateo County Event Center: 1346 Saratoga Ave., San Mateo. First and second dose Pfizer clinics are available to…Click to continue

Registration now open for Earthquake Brace + Bolt program

There are more than 1 million houses in high-hazard areas of California that are particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because of the way they were constructed. Many homeowners know their homes are at risk when an earthquake occurs but are unaware that they can help protect their homes with a seismic retrofit. Registration is now open for $3,000 grants program to secure homes in 395 high-hazard ZIP codes, including 94025. Income-eligible homeowners may also qualify for supplemental grants to pay for up to 100% of…Click to continue

Check the field conditions hotline during the rainy season

Public Works closely monitors the condition of the sports fields during the rainy season. The sports fields are closed whenever one-half inch or more of rain has fallen in the previous 24 hours. During inclement weather, the fields are temporarily closed to prevent damage and to alleviate safety concerns. The Field Condition Hotline is 650-330-2590. Users are encouraged to call the Field Condition Hotline to check the field status before heading out for practice. If field and/or weather conditions are expected to change, the fields will be…Click to continue