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🌱 Patch AM: Could this new tax be what saves San Bruno’s BART station?

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

In today's newsletter:

  • Could this new tax be what saves San Bruno's BART station?
  • Police chase in San Bruno ends in fatal fall on I-280
  • How a new bill could keep San Bruno's archives open

Also on today's calendar: Peninsula and South Bay Green@Home Tour 2026 and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A steady afternoon breeze, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Saturday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 80, low: 60.
  • Sunday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Measure RTM Explained: The Sales Tax To Save Public Transit (inglesidelight.com) — San Bruno riders could lose their BART station and see service slashed by 70% if a new five-county transit sales tax measure fails, according to supporters. The proposal would raise nearly $1 billion a year for 14 years to stabilize BART, Muni, Caltrain and other systems, while opponents warn higher sales taxes would hit everyday purchases and vulnerable residents hardest.
   

• SF Woman Dies After Falling From Freeway Overpass While Fleeing Police In San Bruno (sfist.com) — A police pursuit from South San Francisco ended tragically in San Bruno when a 34-year-old San Francisco woman fell from the Sneath Lane overpass onto Interstate 280 and later died at a trauma center. Officers had disabled her vehicle in San Bruno and attempted negotiations and less-lethal tactics before she climbed over the guardrail; multiple agencies are now investigating the circumstances.
   

• Padilla, Schiff, Durbin, Duckworth Introduce Legislation to Protect Regional National Archives Facilities from Closure (senate.gov) — San Bruno's National Archives facility is at risk of closure, and new federal legislation would require Congress to sign off before that happens or any other regional archive shuts down. Senators highlight how San Bruno's archives safeguard irreplaceable immigration, military, tribal, and Angel Island-era records vital to families, researchers, and communities across California and the Pacific.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

South San Francisco

  • San Mateo County Harbor District Trains Pillar Point and Oyster Point Harbor Masters and Commercial Fishing Fleet on Cold Water Survival, Man Overboard, Helicopter Rescue, Life Raft Deployment (coastsidebuzz.com)
  • Woman jumps from Bay Area highway overpass during police chase (sfchronicle.com)
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Pacifica

  • La Habra girls flag football team remains in hunt for league crown with win over Foothill - (ocsportszone.com)

San Mateo

  • Snarled Traffic Thursday Morning On Bay Area Bridges And Roadways (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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