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Good morning Belmont! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Belmont’s new $18.95 minimum wage compares to nearby cities
  • How could a bayside mega-campus reshape life near Belmont Slough?
  • What inspectors discovered at PG&E’s Belmont substation in 2025 audits

Also on today's calendar: Happy Hour Caregiver Support Group and 9 more events.

Find out what's happening in Belmontfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: What did the hammer say after getting an A on a test? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Belmontfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Wednesday: Fog in the morning, with a high of 60 and low of 47 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 59, low: 40.
  • Friday: Partly to mostly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Minimum wage going up in several cities (padailypost.com) — Belmont’s minimum wage has just increased to $18.95 an hour as part of a broader round of raises across San Mateo County cities. The story compares Belmont’s new rate with nearby communities and explains how local ordinances push wages above the state minimum to better match the Bay Area’s high cost of living.
   

• Half-million square foot biosciences campus proposed (padailypost.com) — A massive new life sciences campus is being proposed in Redwood City’s bayside area, on an 84-acre site between Belmont Slough and Marine Parkway, just across from familiar Belmont-adjacent shoreline. Alongside a separate 594,000-square-foot R&D project, officials are now scrutinizing how these developments could boost demand for housing and reshape jobs, traffic, and land use around the Belmont and Redwood Shores waterfronts.
   

• When Bay Area PG&E substations caught fire, inspectors had already raised red flags (siliconvalley.com) — Inspectors found missing bolts at a PG&E substation in Belmont, raising local concerns as part of a wider pattern of safety and maintenance problems across Bay Area facilities. Recent substation fires elsewhere and critical comments from watchdogs and lawmakers are intensifying scrutiny of how well PG&E is protecting customers and infrastructure.
   

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Other local events
    Thursday January 8
  • Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue
    San Carlos Library , 610 Elm Street , San Carlos
    10:30 am
  • Toddler Storytime With Stay and Play
    Belmont Library , 1110 Alameda , Belmont
    10:30 am
  • Mystery Book Club
    Belmont Library , 1110 Alameda , Belmont
    1:00 pm
  • In-Person English Conversation Club
    San Carlos Library , 610 Elm Street , San Carlos
    6:00 pm
    • Friday January 9
  • Baby Bounce
    San Carlos Library , 610 Elm Street , San Carlos
    10:30 am
  • Mandarin Chinese Conversation Club
    Belmont Library , 1110 Alameda , Belmont
    11:00 am
  • Intro to iOS for iPhone and iPad
    Belmont Library , 1110 Alameda , Belmont
    2:30 pm
  • Belmont Night Out with the Warriors!
    Chase Center , 1 Warriors Way , SF
    7:00 pm
    • Friday January 16
  • John Rybak + Friends @ Freewheel Brewing
    Freewheel Brewing Company , 3736 Florence St , Redwood City
    6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • 1/5/26 at 5:30pm
    Shoreway Rd near Cormorant is closed to thru traffic due to flooding. Please use alternate routes. (Nextdoor )
  • 1/5/26 @1115AM
    S/B El Camino near Anita closed due to a structure fire. Updates to follow. (Nextdoor )
  • Aramark posted a job opening for Food Service Worker Lead in Belmont. Apply here.
  • Home Depot posted a job opening for Kitchen Designer in San Carlos. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Belmont here.

🗞 Nearby News

San Carlos

  • Local Event: NFL Wild Card Weekend with Wine Tasting, Gourmet Food & Exotic Cars at AutoVino (patch.com)
  • Woman harassed on Caltrain platform, Good Samaritan assaulted (padailypost.com)

San Mateo

  • 21 Residents Among SMC Death Notices (patch.com)
  • Traffic Delays Caused By Malfunctioning Railroad Crossing Arms In San Mateo: Police (patch.com)
  • 2 San Mateo Residents Among SMC Death Notices (patch.com)

Foster City

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