🌱 Patch AM: How bad did Christmas Eve flooding get on Menlo Park’s streets?

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• How bad did Christmas Eve flooding get on Menlo Park’s streets?

Also on today's calendar: Beach Break Film Festival and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A couple of showers, with a high of 58 and low of 44 degrees.
• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 55, low: 39.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 56 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Storm-related issues impacting Peninsula residents on Christmas Eve (cbsnews.com) — Menlo Park residents faced significant Christmas Eve flooding, with Hamilton Avenue closed and access to a local shopping center and Dashi Japanese Restaurant severely limited, costing the small business crucial customers. Locals described streets looking like swimming pools and reported property damage, while the restaurant’s owner urged the city to improve leaf clearing and drainage maintenance. Meanwhile, Half Moon Bay families coped with extended power and water outages.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Menlo Park

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday December 28

• Beach Break Film Festival
  1167 Main St, Half Moon Bay
  3:30 pm

Friday January 9

• Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in San Francisco, CA!
  The Westin San Francisco Airport, 1 Old Bayshore Hwy, Millbrae
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Family Storytime with Stay and Play!
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  10:30 am
• Maker Exploration for Families
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  11:00 am

Sunday December 28

• It's Sew Easy: Gift Bags
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  12:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Baby Bounce Storytime With Stay and Play!
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  12:00 pm
• 3D Printing for Families
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  5:30 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Noon Year’s Storytime Celebration With Curious George
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  11:00 am
• Open Lab: Drop In Memory Lab
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  1:00 pm
• Maker Exploration
  Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  5:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Project Management Techniques Training Course in East Palo Alto, CA
  Regus - Palo Alto - Embarcadero Place , 2100 Geng Rd Suit 210 , Palo Alto
  9:00 am
• Winter Camp #3 (1 day)
  Menlo College , 1000 El Camino Real , Atherton
  9:00 am
• Step Into Wellness: Atherton Library's Walking Club
  Holbrook Palmer Park , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
  9:45 am
• Adult Knitting Circle
  Foster City Library , 1000 East Hillsdale Boulevard , Foster City
  10:00 am

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Menlo Park PatchAM possible:

• The Harker School — (408) 345-9200
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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
  Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible!
• Atherton Inn Bed & Breakfast — (650) 474-2777
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• Cool Aid Air Conditioning and Refrigeration — (800) 266-5243
  Voted Best HVAC & Refrigeration Company in the Bay Area
• Amara — (650) 486-1703
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Menlo Park has resolved the flooding issue on Hamilton Ave.
  with assistance from Caltrans and West Bay. Hamilton Ave. between Carlton Ave. and Willow Road remains closed temporarily as water drains. Street… (Nextdoor )
• Menlo Park authorities warn of flooding on Hamilton and Carlton Ave to Willow Rd, with public works crews on-site addressing the situation.
  5:22AM on Dec 24: Menlo Park PD reports flooding on Hamilton and Carlton Ave to Willow Rd. (Nextdoor )

• Robinhood posted a job opening for Product Design Manager, Banking in Menlo Park. Apply here.
• Rosewood Hotels & Resorts posted a job opening for Sous Chef in Menlo Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Menlo Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Palo Alto

• Looking for ways to entertain out-of-town visitors over the holidays? Here are 11 ideas to explore (paloaltoonline.com)
• SRO Housing Proposal on Bay & University (epasun.org)
• Palo Alto faith leaders arrested in ICE protest (paloaltoonline.com)

Atherton

• Express: Flooding shuts down section of Hamilton Avenue (almanacnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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