🌱 Want feedback on your writing? Drop into Wordside at Woodside Library
Good morning to you Woodside! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Want feedback on your writing? Drop into Wordside at Woodside Library
- Planning your spring? Don’t miss Filoli’s outdoor concert in Woodside
- How Woodside volleyball stayed unbeaten atop the PAL Ocean standings
Also on today's calendar: Cars & Cabernet Returns to AutoVino This Sunday in San Carlos and 8 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 46 degrees.
- Saturday: Pleasant with some sunshine, temps: high: 73, low: 47.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and cool, with a high of 67 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ‘Wordside' helps creatives develop, publish their stories (paloaltoonline.com) — Writers and aspiring authors gather every Friday at the Woodside Library for the Wordside group, sharing feedback, timed exercises, and encouragement. Participants from Woodside and nearby cities credit the meetings with helping them finish novels, poetry collections, and memoirs while building a supportive creative community. 
• From wildlife warnings to upgrades at landmark parks, here's what's happening outside in Silicon Valley this spring (almanacnews.com) — Woodside residents can catch an outdoor classical concert at Filoli on May 18, part of a broader wave of spring park events and upgrades across the Peninsula. The roundup also covers new playgrounds, town squares, Earth Month celebrations, and safety advisories on caterpillars and rattlesnakes in nearby parks.
• San Mateo County local sports roundup • Wednesday, April 15, 2026 (smdailyjournal.com) — Woodside High’s boys’ volleyball squad remains perfect in PAL Ocean play, topping El Camino in straight sets to move to 7-0 and lead the division. The roundup also highlights other Peninsula baseball, softball and volleyball results, plus updated league standings that local fans can track as playoffs approach.
📸 Around Woodside
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Cars & Cabernet Returns to AutoVino This Sunday in San Carlos
380 Industrial Rd, San Carlos
11:30 am -
HERS Breast Cancer Foundation to Host a Speakeasy Soirée
Sunol's Casa Bella Event Center, 11984 Main St, Sunol
6:00 pm
Sunday April 19
Saturday May 2
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Other local events
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Play Mancala!
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
1:00 pm -
Vocal Concert by Sunil Gargyan
Woodside High Performing Arts Center , 199 Churchill Ave , Woodside
4:00 pm -
Family Storytime
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
10:30 am -
Dance Along the Nile
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
3:30 pm -
Afterschool Reading Club
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
4:30 pm -
Bohème Out of the Box Woodside — Ronnie's Awesome List
Filoli Historic House & World-Class Garden , 86 Cañada Rd , Woodside
1:30 pm -
Computer Lab
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
2:30 pm -
Baby Bounce Storytime
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
10:30 am -
Open Mic
The Lariat Tavern , 1428 El Camino Real , Belmont
6:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Tuesday April 21
Wednesday April 22
Thursday April 23
Sunday April 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
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New Trails at La Honda Creek
La Honda Creek At Allen Road Permit Lot
9:00 am -
FREE Movie at the Senior Center "Eleanor The Great"
Veterans Memorial Senior Center , 1455 Madison Ave , Redwood City
1:15 pm -
Make It With Superspace
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
3:00 pm -
Woodside Noir Book Club
Woodside Library , 3140 Woodside Road , Woodside
3:00 pm
Friday April 17
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🗞 Nearby News
Atherton
- Spotted: Ribbon cutting for new solar photovoltaic system installed at Atherton Town Hall (inmenlo.com)
Portola Valley
- Short on funds, Portola Valley explores how to tackle financial crisis (almanacnews.com)
San Carlos
- SOCOM awards Beacon AI contract for AI pilot-assistance technology (militaryaerospace.com)
- Tesla redefined the American road. Where does Elon Musk go from here? (usatoday.com)
- Singaporean restaurant finds its way back to downtown Menlo Park (paloaltoonline.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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