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🌱 Patch AM: How will $1M reshape safety on Menlo Park’s Marsh Road?

Make time for Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" on the Menlo Park Patch calendar

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Greetings Menlo Park! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will $1M reshape safety on Menlo Park's Marsh Road?
  • What big changes are coming to Menlo Park's Parkline project?
  • How Menlo-Atherton staff and Menlo Park Fire handled a battery blaze

Also on today's calendar: Gilles Vonsattel: "Encountering Beethoven" and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why are crows so alert and curious? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 76 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 55.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Menlo Park, Atherton join county in $1M Marsh Road bike, pedestrian study (almanacnews.com) — Menlo Park has secured part of a $1 million grant to study long-awaited bike and pedestrian upgrades along Marsh Road, including safer crossings over U.S. 101. The study, expected to start in 2027, will explore options like a shared-use trail and highway crossing to address Menlo Park's high-collision corridor and better connect residents to jobs and the Bay Trail.
   

2. Planning Commission study session on revised Parkline project set for Sept. 14 (inmenlo.com) — Menlo Park's Planning Commission will review major revisions to the Parkline development on Ravenswood and Middlefield this Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. Proposed changes include boosting housing to 1,082 units, adding a retail village, reshaping office space, and updating below-market-rate guidelines, giving residents a key chance to weigh in on a transformative project.
   

3. School staff extinguish battery fire at Menlo-Atherton High (almanacnews.com) — A lithium-ion battery sparked a small fire Friday in Menlo-Atherton High School's Performing Arts Center, but staff quickly put it out before Menlo Park Fire crews arrived. Students had already evacuated safely, one staff member was checked at a hospital, and hazmat experts confirmed the cooled battery could be handled by the school for disposal.
   

4. Hackers Drain $320 Million From Liquid Network In Massive Crypto Heist / THE news / CUToday.info (cutoday.info) — Datelined from Menlo Park, this report details how hackers drained about $320 million from the Liquid Network blockchain, pausing transactions while maintainers fix a security flaw. The incident, along with other recent crypto breaches, highlights growing fraud risks that banks and investors must watch for, especially as more people move savings and loans into digital assets.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • UPDATE
    THIS MORNING AT 7am BY THE GRACES OF GOD MY CAT CAME RUNNING HOME CRYING AS LOUD AS IVE EVER HEARD HIM We are happy he has returned home!! … (Nextdoor Linfield Oaks)
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    No tail. Collar with bell. Sharon Park area. Looking for owner! (Nextdoor Sharon Heights)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They start each day with a cup of caw-fee. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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