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🌱 Patch AM: Which 2025 Menlo Park crime cases are still unresolved?
Happening soon: Beach Break Film Festival on the Menlo Park Patch calendar
Good morning Menlo Park! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Which 2025 Menlo Park crime cases are still unresolved?
- Do you remember the Menlo Park crosswalk prank from 2025?
- How SRI International helps put Menlo Park on the robotics map
Also on today's calendar: Beach Break Film Festival and 8 more events.
Find out what's happening in Menlo Park-Athertonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Menlo Park-Athertonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Sunday: Fog in the a.m.; mostly sunny, with a high of 57 and low of 38 degrees.
- Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 59, low: 40.
- Tuesday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 58 and low of 41 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Following up on the crimes that made headlines in 2025 (almanacnews.com) — Several major 2025 criminal cases in and around Menlo Park saw key developments, from a prison sentence in a gun incident at the Menlo Park 7‑Eleven to ongoing investigations into local scams targeting seniors. The article also updates readers on burglary, attempted copper theft near SLAC, a controversial West Menlo Park “gift store,” and unresolved cases where suspects remain at large or face mental competency reviews. 
• How good is your memory? Take the quiz (padailypost.com) — A lighthearted 2025 local news quiz tests how well you remember quirky stories from around the Midpeninsula, including a playful crosswalk audio prank in Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Redwood City. It also revisits controversies involving local officials, unusual arrests, and big-ticket developments that shaped the year’s headlines.
• Startup world: Incubators, accelerators and university spin-offs fueling robotics innovation (roboticsandautomationnews.com) — Menlo Park appears in this global look at how universities, incubators, and accelerators fuel robotics startups, with SRI International cited as a key local player. The piece explains why hardware-focused programs matter more in robotics than in software and ranks top U.S. institutions, including nearby Stanford and Berkeley, that help turn lab research into real-world automation companies.
📸 Around Menlo Park
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Menlo Park
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★ Featured events ★
- Beach Break Film Festival
1167 Main St, Half Moon Bay
3:30 pm - 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
Sunday December 28
Friday January 9
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Other local events
- 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 - 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 - Drop-In Sewing
Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
5:30 pm - Tech Tutors Drop-In Sessions
Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
10:30 am - Family Storytime With Stay and Play!
Atherton Library , 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane , Atherton
10:30 am - Lunch and Learn Series - Eat Healthy and Care for the Earth
Local Restaurants
11:30 am
Monday December 29
Tuesday December 30
Wednesday December 31
Saturday January 3
Friday January 9
📣 Menlo Park Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Tai Chi with Nelson Ng
Palo Alto City Library , 1213 Newell Road , Palo Alto
10:00 am - Open Sewing
Foster City Library , 1000 East Hillsdale Boulevard , Foster City
10:00 am - Photography Meetup
Mitchell Park Library , 3700 Middlefield Road , Palo Alto
10:00 am - Open Digital Media Lab
Foster City Library , 1000 East Hillsdale Boulevard , Foster City
10:30 am
Sunday December 28
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Menlo Park PatchAM possible:
- Amara — (650) 486-1703
A California cuisine restaurant with mediterranean leaning. - Samaritan House — (650) 347-3648
Fighting Poverty. Lifting Lives - Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
Teach your kids they can achieve the impossible! - Cool Aid Air Conditioning and Refrigeration — (800) 266-5243
Voted Best HVAC & Refrigeration Company in the Bay Area - Atherton Inn Bed & Breakfast — (650) 474-2777
Luxury five room boutique hotel w/FULL breakfast - The Harker School — (408) 345-9200
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Have you seen this cat?
All black, shorthair -- not sure if it's female or male -- around the 300 block of Waverley Street in MP. It's a stray that I've been feeding in my… (Nextdoor Linfield Oaks) - All clear after suspicious package prompts disruption at San Francisco International Airport, California.
10:50AM on Dec 26: Airport authorities confirm Terminal 1 has fully reopened. As a result, no further updates will be provided. 10:32AM on Dec 26:… (Nextdoor )
- SBM Management posted a job opening for Custodian in Menlo Park. Apply here.
- Peet's Coffee & Tea posted a job opening for Shift Lead - Menlo Park in Menlo Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Menlo Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
East Palo Alto
- CAASPP Testing Results for East Palo Alto's Schools. (epasun.org)
- Measure JJ: The Hidden Tax Hitting East Palo Alto Renters' Wallets (epasun.org)
- The heroes, villains and biggest stories of 2025 (paloaltoonline.com)
Atherton
- Education in 2025: New beginnings and administrative tensions (almanacnews.com)
Stanford
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-- The Patch AM Team
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