What Does COVID Data Tell Us + Rain Barrels Becoming More Popular

Happy Saturday, neighbors! Let's get you all caught up on what's happening locally to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 65 Low: 41.

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

1. Silicon Valley unemployment drops, on par with rates before pandemic (KRON4)
2. Redwood City Council Meetings To Remain Remote (Redwood City-Woodside Patch)
3. Technology sector growth boosts Silicon Valley office leases (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
4. What does COVID data in San Mateo County tell us? (San Mateo Daily Journal)
5. Rain barrels becoming more popular in San Mateo County (San Mateo Daily Journal)

Today in Redwood City-Woodside:

• Encore Juniors Volleyball (10:00 AM)
• Orchid Takeover (10:00 AM)
• Peninsula Orchid Society Show and Sale (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Woodside High School: "Today Thursday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945." (Facebook)
• Bay Area Air Quality Management District: "Our weekend forecast: 1/29: Moderate in all regions. See the forecast at baaqmd.gov/about-air-quality/current-air-quality" (Facebook)
• Redwood City Public Library: "Meet mystery writer Naomi Hirahara, author of Clark and Division. This story is about a Japanese family's struggle to adjust to life after being released from a Japanese internment camp." (Facebook)
• Sandpiper School: "The elementary school science fair is coming up and we do not have a chairperson for this event. If we do not get any volunteers by next Friday, 2/4 we will have to cancel the event this year." (Facebook)
• Communications & Community Engagement Analyst Darren Aston, Redwood City: "There's only one week left to take the RWC Walk Bike Thrive Survey! - Share your thoughts about Redwood City's walking, biking and traffic safety conditions and how you would improve them!" (Nextdoor)

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— Eric He