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Weekly roundup of local news from February 25 to March 3, 2023

Weekly roundup of local news from February 25 to March 3, 2023
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To be informed, these are the local news from February 25 to March 3 that you must know to stay up to date.

In a blink of an eye we are already in March. As recently as late December and early January, the Bay Area was struggling to mitigate storm disasters. However, several counties have entered a state of emergency due to the adverse weather they are facing. Given this, you must be prevented and take all precautions to avoid disasters.

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Gentleness and patience are two characteristics that are needed to teach kindergarten children to read and write, an activity that Michele Mairani has carried out for more than 22 years teaching at the Clifford School in Redwood City, California.

In view of this, the Redwood City Public Library paid tribute on Friday, February 17, to the retirement of Professor Mairani, which consisted of a plaque and photograph in the place where she has most enjoyed her career, the reading area for children.

Said event was accompanied by a donation that will be used to finance the collection of books in the children's room.

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The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra presented last Friday, February 24, in a single function, the musical drama "Pan", which was written by the Brazilian composer Marcos Balter especially for Claire Chase, flutist and collaborating partner of said institution.

Over the course of an hour and a half, flutist Claire Chase, described by The New York Times as "the lodestar of her instrument's ever-expanding universe," performed her performance between the audience and two stages arranged for her clothing, which emulating the tail of the only Greek god who is half man half goat, move freely throughout space.

The staging added touches of electronic music, as well as a choir and performances from community institutions such as the Amateur Music Network, Casa Círculo Cultural, Openhouse, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Stanford University School of Music in San Francisco.

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A man was killed by a hit-and-run driver Sunday morning in East Palo Alto.

Police say they were dispatched to the 2200 block of Ralmar Avenue at 10:08 a.m. with reports that a man had been struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.

Officers found an unconscious 64-year-old man in the driveway of a residence. Three nearby vehicles were also hit and damaged.

The victim was transported to the hospital where he later died. Police did not release the man's name.

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Blackouts continue in the Bay Area as nearly 8,500 PG&E customers were without power Monday morning as storm-related outages persist across the region.

As of 9:30 a.m. Monday, the North Bay had the most people without power, with 4,944 customers affected, according to PG&E.

In the South Bay, 3,158 were without power, and the Peninsula had 226 affected. The East Bay had 76 without power and 5 customers were affected in San Francisco.

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San Mateo police have arrested the owner of a San Mateo massage parlor on suspicion of prostitution and running a brothel, police said in a news release Tuesday.

After previous incidents in which undercover officers sought massages and were offered sex for money, police issued a search warrant Friday at the business, located in the 100 block of De Anza Boulevard.

Police determined that the owner, Liping Yao, 43, of San Jose, negotiated sex acts for money and arrested her on suspicion of prostitution and running a brothel.

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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will seek a $5 million grant in state funds to help provide housing for local farmworkers.

The action was taken by a unanimous decision of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, with 5 votes in favor to authorize staff to apply for support that would finance the purchase of manufactured homes, possibly in partnership with the City of Half Moon Bay.

These houses would be located in an as yet unidentified area of the coast. Local farm workers, including families and people displaced by the January mass shooting, would be eligible to live in and buy the homes.

The state is expected to announce the grant recipients in June 2023. For now, the county is already working with the city of Half Moon Bay to identify potential sites.

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Peninsula 360 Press has launched the call to participate in the third edition of the Community Journalism Workshop which, on this occasion, will be held in a hybrid mode and will last 20 hours spread throughout the week.

The purpose of the workshop is for participants to develop writing and photographic journalistic skills which will be developed in three modules with different themes.

The themes of the 3 modules are: Stop The Hate, Environment and A Story of Personal Experience.

The result of each module will aim to make an exhibition that encompasses the work of each of the attendees.

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Since December 2022, there has been a notable trend of theft of Hyundai and KIA cars throughout the city of Berkeley, the local Police Department said.

"We believe the increase may be due in part to a social media challenge that encourages theft," authorities noted.

Through a statement, the Berkeley Police Department said that, since December, Hyundai and KIA vehicles have accounted for 38 percent of the total number of stolen cars in Berkeley. 

However, the thefts include not only new models of both brands, but also those that are not equipped with an engine immobilizer.

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Tolling began Friday morning on the new express lanes of the US 101 freeway in San Mateo County between south San Francisco and Sunnyvale.

The new lanes will operate on the 101 Freeway Monday through Friday from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. between Interstate 380 in south San Francisco and North Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale.

Solo drivers wishing to use the express lane must have a standard FasTrak or FasTrak Flex electronic toll device, while carpool and motorcycle users must have the FasTrak Flex electronic toll device in the proper position for discounted travel.

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San Mateo County Police Department (SMPD) officers arrested three men on Thursday, March 2, for criminal threats, conspiracy and knife assault in San Mateo County.

And it is that, this Thursday afternoon, at approximately 2:49 p.m., SMPD officers were sent to the block of the West Hillsdale Boulevard unit with a report of a stabbing.

Ultimately, all three suspects were transported to the San Mateo County Jail.

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