In alignment with the State, the Bay Area counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley will lift universal mask requirements for most indoor public settings beginning Wednesday, February 16.

Unvaccinated individuals over age 2 will continue to be required to wear masks in all indoor public settings.

Businesses, venue operators, and hosts may determine their own paths forward to protect staff and patrons and may choose to require all patrons to wear masks.

The County of San Mateo has channeled more than $218 million to local relief efforts since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The funds have put food on the table for individuals and families struggling with job losses or illness, linked students with their schools during distance learning, and kept people in their homes.

“An unprecedented crisis calls for an unprecedented response,” said Don Horsley, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. “Taken together, the relief funds from local, state, and federal sources as well as the outpouring of donations is a staggering reflection of our commitment that no one should get left behind in this pandemic.”

The scope of the relief effort is outlined in the County’s Mid-Year Budget Update, which provides a snapshot of the County’s budget outlook for the current 2021-22 fiscal year.

You are invited to join the next Downtown Business Alliance Meeting tomorrow.

When: Wednesday, February 16 at 9 AM

Where: "French Quarter" adjacent to Bistro Vida

This meeting is open to ALL Menlo Park businesses!

New express lanes on U.S. Highway 101 stretching from Whipple Avenue in Redwood City to the Santa Clara County line opened last Friday.

Vehicles will need a FasTrak pass to use the lanes. Three-person carpools, buses, and motorcycles can use the lane for free with a FasTrak tag, two-person carpools will receive a 50 percent toll discount and solo drivers will have to pay full tolls.

Tolls are determined by "dynamic pricing," and fluctuate based on traffic levels on the highway. The overhead message signs will indicate the current price.

On Friday, with moderate traffic in Redwood City, the toll was $1.70. The express lanes will operate from 5 am to 8 pm on weekdays.

In celebration of Black History Month, the San Mateo County Event Center announced its sponsorship of a mobile museum to highlight the rich history of the African American community.

The exhibit is part of the Domini Hoskins Black History Museum & Learning Center and showcases a range of cultural artifacts to educate and inform our communities, especially our youth, about the rich history that African Americans have contributed to American society.

The exhibit will be opened to the public from February 7th to February 27th at 890 Jefferson Avenue in Redwood City. The San Mateo Event Center will also highlight the exhibit during its annual County Fair from June 4th to 12th, 2022.

Bon Marché Market will run tomorrow Wednesday, February 16 from 3 to 7 pm at the 600-700 blocks of Santa Cruz Avenue, adjacent to Bistro Vida.

Artist Reception This Friday featuring Ewa Gavrielov

Ewa's approach to making art is a gradual process, with elements arising organically out of their interactions with each other, sometimes leaving traces of their previous existence even as they are transformed by later additions. Her inspiration comes from her interest in giving new meaning to every day, used or discarded materials, and making the common and overlooked, uncommon, whole, and precious again in a different context.

She experiments with different materials such as paper, wire, and fiber, in various mixed-media techniques. She likes to explore similarities and differences between these materials and experiment with borders between, or overlapping among them, trying to push the limits to open to the viewer to explore and become emotionally engaged with the art.

Peninsula Clean Energy is excited to share an updated list of opportunities for businesses and multi-family building owners, including:

Please see the attached PDFs for more information!

Marketing Research is critically important to informing business strategy, maintaining competitiveness, and reducing risk in business decision-making.

Whether just starting out or managing a young business, this workshop will give you the means to:

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