It was standing room only in the Menlo Park City Council Chambers as about 250 people turned out to listen to and comment on the council’s discussion of the city’s plans to place affordable housing on downtown parking lots. bit.ly/4gYHCTu

the mycelium warned me about you

idk kinda makes me not wanna use it anymore anyway

Atherton received a letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) stating that the town still has to make a couple tweaks to its most recent housing element plans that were adopted on Oct. 16, 2024. bit.ly/40PPbXa

The city of Menlo Park released a request for proposals from environmental consultants to prepare a California Environmental Quality Act review of the controversial development proposal for the site of the former Sunset Magazine Headquarters. bit.ly/4gnwJtg

The state’s native plants have evolved to withstand periods with little to no rainfall whatsoever. bit.ly/4hGTx8x

This is not getting enough attention- please rt and share- CDC has completely purged any and all information re: HIV and STIs, including guidelines for pregnant women and children/there are many docs who have archived info and trying to put up an alternative site to provide

It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov "Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."

Students from Menlo-Atherton High School and Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, walked out of classes on Thursday morning in protest of President Trump's immigration policy. They are walking to downtown Redwood City.

A case of H5N1 — known as bird flu — was detected in a domestic stray cat in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County reported on Thursday, Feb. 6. This is the first case of bird flu reported outside of chickens in the county. bit.ly/3WUekxs

*Every single* cure for a disease ultimately flowed from basic exploratory research. Stopping basic research is like stopping the mountain rains and expecting rivers of cures to still flow. Examples: 1) studying saliva of Gila monster -> GLP1's 2) studying funghi -> first

Em dash slander!!! I’ve been overusing the em dash since 2016!!!

Are you wondering why San Mateo County is holding a special election on March 4? Do you need more information to decide how to vote? Read The Almanac's voter guide for the upcoming election on a ballot measure to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus: bit.ly/433bVEq

At its last meeting, the Atherton City Council took the next step toward resubmitting the town’s housing element to the state, adopting a resolution approving changes to the plan recommended by the California Department of Housing and Community Development bit.ly/4kaykpx

The Menlo Park city council "reluctantly" voted at its Feb. 25 meeting to pass an ordinance restricting oversized vehicles and RVs from parking overnight on all public streets in the city. The vote was 4-1, with Council member Jeff Schmidt dissenting. bit.ly/3Xno2IL

More than 85 percent of 87,865 ballots counted so far in Measure A special election are "yes" votes. almanacnews.com/san-mateo-coun…

For now, Menlo Park will stay the course on the plan to build affordable housing on city-owned parking lots downtown. The decision comes in the face of strong grassroots opposition that has built up over recent months. bit.ly/4bxduwK

In a world that was not insane, a 20% drop in butterflies would be a national new story and would provoke horror and a national movement to restore them. But not in this world of money and bullshit.

Excellent work by ☀ Eleanor 🍄: Developing East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Business District means confronting a legacy of contamination almanacnews.com/east-palo-alto… The Almanac

What a sad life it must be to think that there should be a market price on pristine wilderness and ecosystems.