COVID-19

Face masks required indoors at San Mateo County facilities

Visitors to all indoor County of San Mateo facilities will be required to wear a face covering as of Monday, July 26, due to a

by Contributed Content
on July 25, 2021

Board of Supervisors announces new $2.8 million COVID-19 relief package

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has provided a lifeline to struggling local small businesses as part of a $2.8 million COVID-19 relief package.

by Contributed Content
on July 21, 2021

Mask up indoors is latest recommendation by Bay Area counties

With cases of COVID-19 rising locally and increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San

by Contributed Content
on July 16, 2021

Facebook’s new mobile truck brings vaccines to local neighborhoods

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg  announced new efforts to drive vaccine equity, including replacing the mass vaccination clinic at its Menlo Park headquarters with a mobile vaccine

by Linda Hubbard
on July 1, 2021

Reflecting about time in the pool on the occasion of Burgess Pool reopening

The first pool I went to was a bus ride away from my house. I was six but I still know the smell of it—and

by Donia Bijan
on June 27, 2021

What you need to know about Stanford re-opening its campus to visitors

California’s color-coded tier system for reopening during the pandemic ended on June 15, and now Stanford University is ending its temporary campus zones program and

by Linda Hubbard
on June 16, 2021

What you need to know about the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions on June 15

  As California lifts most COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday, June 15, County of San Mateo leaders today encouraged all eligible individuals to take advantage of

by Contributed Content
on June 14, 2021

Updates on activities related to COVID-19 in San Mateo County

The County of San Mateo’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains open to coordinate countywide response and communications in response to COVID-19. Here is the latest

by Contributed Content
on June 11, 2021

Shuttered local restaurants are re-opening

While most of Menlo Park's downtown restaurants—along with those located on the Alameda— have been open at least for take out since last summer and

by Linda Hubbard
on May 26, 2021

City of Menlo Park announces timetable for re-opening city services

Editor's note: Yesterday (May 21, 2021) the state of California announced that the state is reopening on June 15. While very limited measures will remain,

by Linda Hubbard
on May 22, 2021