🌱 Plea In Grocery Store Stabbing + A Cold Tunnel

Hello, neighbors! It's me again, Eric He, your host of the Redwood City-Woodside Daily.

First, today's weather:

Sunny and comfortable. High: 76 Low: 50.

Here are the top stories today in Redwood City-Woodside:

1. Man Pleads No Contest In Redwood City Grocery Store Stabbing (Redwood City-Woodside Patch)
2. Menlo Park tunnel is colder than most of the universe (The Mercury News)
3. Belmont-Redwood Shores seeks parcel tax | Local News (San Mateo Daily Journal)

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Today in Redwood City-Woodside:

• Robotics End of Year Celebration - Carlmont High (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Henry Ford Elementary PTA: "You don't have to be a demigod to help us move our big games out but we do need some muscle!! Meet on the blacktop at 6:30pm Thursday evening to help move some games out of storage before the big event." (Facebook)
• Redwood City Public Library: "Fly on over to the Redwood Shores Branch Library this Saturday, May 21 at 11am to meet the Happy Birds, like our wonderful children’s librarian Armando did last weekend! Don’t miss your second chance to catch the smartest parrots in town." (Facebook)
• County of San Mateo - Government: "It's coming together! Construction on the new County Center office building in Redwood City marches on ... Cross-laminated timber, a sustainable material that meets the new green standards for the County." (Facebook)
• Port of Redwood City: "#ThrowbackThursday In 1851, loggers discovered Redwood Creek - a waterway that offered a convenient route to transport long redwood timber logs. The centralized shipping channel through the peninsula continued to impact the greater regio..." (Facebook)
• Woodside Terrace A. M. Kiwanis and Kiwanis Foundation: "Thanks to our club foundation and County Consumer Plumbing we will be raffling off these bikes at Saturday’s Health Fair from 10am- 4pm at Courthouse Square. Join us!" (Facebook)
• Bay Area Air Quality Management District: "The Air District continues to enhance #WildfirePreparedness through our Wildfire Air Quality Response Program to improve indoor air, health and equity for those most vulnerable to smoke. Read how we're preparing for wildfires in our annu..." (Facebook)
• Bay Area Air Quality Management District: "Today, 5/19, and tomorrow, 5/20, Bay Area air quality is expected to be Good in all regions. See the forecast at baaqmd.gov/about-air-quality/current-air-quality" (Facebook)

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Events:

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You're officially in the loop for today. I'll see you around!

— Eric He

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