These are the local news from May 6 to 12 that you need to know to stay up to date.
Millions of children and young people are a little less than two weeks away from going on vacation and beginning to enjoy days of fun, meeting, but also learning. Summer courses are already resonating everywhere, ranging from art to sports, as well as in STEM? Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, for its acronym in English?.
Cooking, helping the environment, or getting involved in community projects, are among many, some of those that parents look for to entertain their children this summer.
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The space dedicated to collaborative creation in technology, arts and crafts, Makerspace celebrates its first anniversary at the Redwood City Public Library.
The Makerspace was dedicated in early March 2022, after years of effort by the Redwood City Library Foundation? and is open every day of the week.
This collaborative space allows individuals and groups of all ages to come together to create, experiment, and learn about technology, computers, art, science, electronics, and sewing, as well as offering a photography class in Spanish.
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Parts of Huddart Park in Woodside will be closed this week due to an annual multi-agency wildfire training.
From May 8-13, the Redwood City, Woodside and Menlo Park fire departments will use the county park to prepare for this summer's wildfire season.
Park residents and users can expect to see fire trucks and hear equipment in some areas of the park. Helicopters will fly in the area and practice taking off and landing on the spot, park officials said.
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This Sunday, May 7, around 4:30 a.m. a shooting occurred in Redwood City, in the 400 block of Redwood Avenue, where five men were injured, the city Police Department reported.
Authorities said in a statement that an unidentified male suspect approached a group of men who were drinking on the sidewalk, then opened fire on them with a 9mm pistol, wounding four adult men and a 16-year-old boy.
All of the injured were taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation ?SVCF? recognized and celebrated the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Castellano Family at an event on May 4 at the De Anza Hotel in downtown San José, a non-profit organization that was born out of luck and love for the roots , and that provided opportunities and support for the Latino community in Santa Clara County for two decades.
At the tribute to the Castellano family, it was announced that their foundation is ending its work and a $1 million fund was allocated to SVCF to support Latinx leadership and Latinx-serving nonprofits in San Diego counties. Matthew and Santa Clara.
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Property taxes collected in San Mateo County totaled $3.3 billion for the 2021-22 fiscal year, an increase of $129 million, or 4 percent, over the prior year for 11 consecutive years. property tax growth.
This was reported by the San Mateo County Executive Office, which highlighted in a statement that the 1 percent General Tax throughout the county is vital for public services, for a total of 2.7 billion dollars, which receive local government agencies.
About 51 percent of the general taxes collected are distributed to school districts, 26 percent to the county, 15 percent to cities/towns, 7 percent to special districts, and 1 percent to successor agencies. former development agencies.
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As the 5 de Mayo celebrations came to a close, many events were peaceful and most community members and visitors rightfully enjoyed the cultural celebration that has been a tradition in San José for decades, the Department reported. of San José Police? SJPD, for its acronym in English?.
He specified that, as in previous years, the Department took preventive measures to ensure that the community could celebrate safely. In doing so, SJPD also employed zero tolerance for criminal behavior.
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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday allocated $1 million to an expansion effort to build affordable housing for local farmworkers.
The funds, from Measure K's half-cent sales tax, the council said in a statement, will help cover necessary costs for planning, project management and other work.
They also noted that it is seeking $5 million in state funds from the Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program as part of the overall effort to improve living conditions for coastal farmworkers.
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On Tuesday, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to increase penalties for businesses that sell cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors.
Proposed by County Health, the increased penalties are intended to discourage retailers from taking the risk of selling tobacco products to minors and help prevent youth from becoming hooked on nicotine.
In California, 67 percent of current and former smokers report that they started smoking at age 18.
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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors declared this Tuesday in May as CalFresh Awareness Month to highlight the need for eligible residents to sign up for monthly food assistance.
CalFresh is California's version of the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP. The program provides monthly food assistance to qualified San Mateo County residents at risk of hunger.
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A house located in Redwood City is being investigated by the Belmont Police Department in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation ?FBI, for its acronym in English?, after it is allegedly related to the disappearance of a woman in the county of San Matthew almost 27 years ago.
Since this Wednesday morning, residents of Redwood City have been able to witness a large police movement at 3789 Farm Hill Blvd, where agents have surrounded the house to search for evidence related to the unsolved case of the sudden disappearance of Ylva Hagner, 42 years old, last seen on October 14, 1996.
The case of the disappearance of the then software executive remained frozen for 27 years, until this Wednesday, when everything seems to be reopened due to new evidence.
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On the steps of City Hall, top black leaders and city officials came together Wednesday to clarify how the city's fentanyl crisis disproportionately affects black San Franciscans.
On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Phelicia Jones, founder of Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community, took the podium to say she is tired as the city's deadly fentanyl epidemic follows a pattern that all too familiar, such as homelessness and job insecurity, with San Francisco's black population bearing the brunt.
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