LeAnn Thornton was named as the USO Volunteer of the Year for the Continental U.S. Region. She was selected out of 29,000 other nominated volunteers from all over the U.S. for her dedicated support of veterans and their families who pass through the San Francisco International Airport. More...
The County held its first ever ¡Si se Puede! conference where information and resources on domestic violence were provided to survivors, family members and friends. The safety network of agencies attending the conference included the Sheriff's Office, the Probation Chief John Keene and his department...
San Mateo County established California’s first LGBTQ Commission on September 9, 2014. I was proud to cast my vote in favor of the commission; our entire Board was. I made it a point to attend the swearing-in ceremony when the first commission was seated and took their Oath of Office on September 26th...
On September 19th, the North Fair Oaks Forward outreach team and Landscape Solutions put together the first ever PARK(ing) Day event on Middlefield Road. It's an annual international event where businesses voluntarily convert the parking space in front of their business into a park for the day!...
With a vision of the future, hours of community input and a $12.5 million pledge by San Mateo County, the length of the main North Fair Oaks thoroughfare between Pacific and Fifth avenues is on the path to put its wires away, too. Undergrounding the utilities is just one key piece of the makeover meant to make the commercial corridor more walkable, more safe and more alluring to those who may not yet have explored the unincorporated neighborhood... “It’s about
by Brendan P. Bartholomew San Francisco Examiner Neighborhoods, infrastructure and endangered-species habitats adjacent to the San Francisco International Airport are threatened by flooding connected to sea-level rise, and not enough planning has been done to protect them.
Congrats to Coach Rafael Avendano and the 50 youth, parents and community leaders who participated in a fitness class held at Siena Youth Center and Red Morton Park on Monday Nights for the past two months. On March 29, the 4th Stand Up 8 5k Fitness Event was held at Flood Park!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2014 Contact: Supervisor Warren Slocum, 4th District, San Mateo County V: 650.363.4570 F: 650.366.6720 E: wslocum@smcgov.org Alternate: Marci Dragun, Legislative Aide V: 650.599.1021 C: 650.576-7658 E: mdragun@smcgov.org
Special thanks to Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, for their generous donation of $5 M to help build the new Ravenswood Family Health Center in East Palo Alto! The Center recently was awarded a $7.3 M federal grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) in a competitive process – 3,000 applications were received and Ravenswood was one of 26 successful applicants. These two gifts will help leverage the funds needed to complete this amazing project.
Shutterfly is generously funding the redesign and rebuild of Friendship Park, one of the only parks in the North Fair Oaks Community. It is a very exciting project that will add needed greenspace and a recreational area for kids and adults. Shutterfly was honored for their commitment to this project at Design Day on January 15th.Kaboom, a nonprofit organization that helps develop parks in under-represented urban areas, helped facilitate the development of this park and introduced Shutterfly to the group and this project.
By Bonnie Eslinger Daily News As the new president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, Dave Pine said this week that he intends to guide the county down a fiscally prudent path. For full article, visit New board of supervisors' president Dave Pine sets tone as San Mateo County's fiscal watchdog
Amy Buckmaster is first woman in over 100 years to lead the Redwood City – San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce as its President.