Sydney Feldman
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- Sep 15, 2026
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After decades of serving the poor, longtime St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room manager preps for retirement (opens the original)
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When he was a young employee, Maximiliano Torres didn’t like to take breaks. Then he got some advice from the former postal manager for San Francisco International Airport. “He said, ‘Listen, the program will continue with you or without you. You are not indispensable,’” Torres said. Now Torres is ready to put that advice to the test. After 36 years as the operations manager at St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room, which serves free meals to those in need, Torres plans to retire in October. Joe Kraus
Woodside 9-year-old’s handmade workbook might reach wider audience (opens the original)
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When Eva went to stay with family friends for a week, she watched her friends’ younger brother playing educational games on his iPad. After seeing how much he enjoyed learning from these games, the Woodside Heights resident said she wanted her younger brother Eli to have the same experience. But her mother was skeptical of exposing the 4-year-old to that much screen time. So Eva, then 8 years old, decided to make Eli some games herself. In the age of the “iPad kid,” she wanted to create somethin
County to wage weekly battle on ground squirrel population at Flood Park (opens the original)
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Visitors hoping for a midweek nature respite in Menlo Park will have to wait. Flood Park and all of its facilities — including the bike pump track, multi-use field, sports courts and walking paths — will be closed every Wednesday starting Sept. 9 through the end of October. The reason? Too many ground squirrels, county officials said. The rapidly growing ground squirrel population has caused damage to walkways and trees, according to San Mateo County’s Parks and Recreation Department. The depart
County to wage weekly battle on ground squirrel population at Flood Park (opens the original)
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Visitors hoping for a midweek nature respite in Menlo Park will have to wait. Flood Park and all of its facilities — including the bike pump track, multi-use field, sports courts and walking paths — will be closed every Wednesday starting Sept. 9 through the end of October. The reason? Too many ground squirrels, county officials said. The rapidly growing ground squirrel population has caused damage to walkways and trees, according to San Mateo County’s Parks and Recreation Department. The depart
Is this Menlo Park’s friendliest neighborhood? (opens the original)
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Someone walking down Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park on a recent Sunday may have heard clanging cutlery interspersed with joyful chatter emanating from Rosefield and Hermosa ways. Since 1976, residents of the horseshoe-shaped block have gathered annually to share food, outdoor activities and each other’s company. They also like to bang pots and pans. While the block party began 50 years ago, a community was already in the making. The group of “30-somethings” who had moved to the neighborhood bet
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