Here's the news you need to know to stay up to date on local news from August 15-20, 2022.
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Mandarin immersion students from the Redwood City School District (RCSD) demonstrated their fluency and confidence in the Asian language in the final round of the China Bridge Competition in the United States.
The award-winning students put what they have learned in the Mandarin Immersion Program to use by participating in the national competition organized by the Chinese Consulate of San Francisco this June, showcasing their linguistic and cultural talents. A second-grade student from Orion Elementary School took third place nationally, while two other students from the same school received honorable mentions.
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After being discontinued for years, the North Fair Oaks Festival has once again become a meeting point to celebrate a resilient community that has its sights set on the future and the vitality of a neighborhood that has become home to a large Latino community.
The meeting was at ten in the morning at 2510 Middlefield Road, in front of the North Fair Oaks Library, where the cities of Redwood City, Menlo Park and Atherton come together to accommodate a large Latino community that celebrated its space for five hours once again.
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With the support of members of the Assembly and the mayor herself, Chris Sturken is running for a seat on the Redwood City Council, after announcing his run on Tuesday to keep his hometown a safe, livable and affordable community.
Through her social media, she detailed that her priorities are maintaining a safe and vibrant downtown, ending homelessness and creating more affordable housing.
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On Wednesday, the San Mateo County Mayors’ Mental Health Initiative announced a $250,000 investment from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a fund advised by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, to support increased access to mental health resources throughout the community.
The investment will support three nonprofit organizations: Star Vista, Daly City Youth Health Center, and the ONE LIFE program through OneLife Counseling.
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San Mateo County will begin repairing cracked and rough pavement along a series of roads between Highways 1 and 35 ‒Skyline Boulevard‒ beginning Monday, August 29.
The project will improve road surfaces in San Mateo County, but will cause short-term delays and inconveniences for bicyclists. This is the 15th year of the county’s “chip seal” road maintenance program, a proven, cost-effective method that improves surfaces and causes less disruption to the traveling public than other treatments.
The project involves 50 miles of county-maintained roads. Beginning Monday, August 29, work will begin on Sunshine Valley Road, then move to Higgins Canyon Road and Purisima Creek Road.
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Parents were notified via SMS about a shooting in Hoover Park in Redwood City on the afternoon of Friday, August 19.
The official version of the authorities is that, according to a witness who was at the scene, two adult men were apparently having an argument in the center of the grass field, after which one of them took out a gun, pointed it at his opponent and fired several times, the subjects then fled the area where some children were with their parents.
Following the initial report to authorities, staff at The Boys & Girls Club called police to report that two of the windows in the vicinity were hit by bullets. Staff at the location confirmed that no one was injured by the gunfire, but that one of their employees was injured by one of the broken windows.
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The San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture wants to know what healthy community images should decorate a popular trail for a mural project in North Fair Oaks.
The city is conducting a survey that will help influence a mural located along the Fifth Avenue pedestrian walkway that runs under the Caltrain tracks. The mural will have 16 separate panels.
The survey can be completed online or in print until September 30, 2022.
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San Mateo County has moved to the “low” or “green” COVID-19 community level, meaning case rates and hospitalizations are declining.
However, Thursday's measure of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‒CDC‒ does not mean the end of the pandemic.
Overall, COVID-19 cases, driven by the Omicron variant, remain high compared to previous periods and local health officials continue to recommend caution.
In the Bay Area, San Mateo, Marin, Sonoma, San Francisco and Alameda counties are also in the low or green community tier.
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