Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
San Mateo County Parks canceled the Oct. 11 Bicycle Sunday closure of Cañada Road due to staffing shortages, with two more holiday cancellations set for later this year.
Community
San Mateo County Parks canceled the Oct. 11 Bicycle Sunday closure of Cañada Road due to staffing shortages, with two more holiday cancellations set for later this year.
San Mateo County Parks canceled the Oct. 11 Bicycle Sunday closure of Cañada Road due to staffing shortages, with two more holiday cancellations set for later this year.
Community
Three juniors from Burlingame's Hack Club chapter organized Sunbeam SF, a 12-hour coding event for female and non-binary teens held Saturday, Aug. 29, in a San Francisco skyscraper.
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Kids & Art Foundation, a Burlingame nonprofit that sent nearly 6,800 art kits to children with cancer in 2025, will host a free Chalk2Heal sidewalk art event at San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Sept. 26 to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
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A Women's Equality Day panel at the Burlingame Community Center highlighted how San Mateo County's affordability crisis has doubled demand at Samaritan House and prompted one school district to build 122 units of employee housing through a voter-approved bond.
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Burlingame Intermediate School eighth grader Nathan Hopkins won the BCE Foundation's 2026 art contest, and his colorful illustration will appear on hundreds of lawn signs across Burlingame beginning in August as the foundation celebrates its 45th anniversary.
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The Skyline Watershed Ridge Trail opened Monday, Aug. 24, on SFPUC land near Crystal Springs Reservoir, offering hikers, bikers and equestrians a free permit-based route through 23,000 acres of protected Peninsula Watershed lands in San Mateo County.
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San Mateo County received the inaugural Government Partner Volunteer of the Year Award from Special Olympics Northern California at the 2026 Summer Games, recognizing a three-year, $750,000 Measure K commitment that funds outreach to schools and recreation programs serving Burlingame and Hillsborough families.
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A GoFundMe campaign launched Aug. 17 aims to help Craig Pulley, a handyman who lost his Oakland trailer home and two cats in an Aug. 9 fire, rebuild so he can continue commuting to Burlingame to care for his wife in a local nursing facility.
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San Mateo County is hosting a free tire recycling drop-off event at the Millbrae Library on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., open to all county residents including those in Burlingame and Hillsborough.
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Burlingame resident Allen Sinor's fully restored 1945 Ford GPW WWII combat jeep headlines a 60-vehicle lineup at the 3rd Annual Wheels Through Time Car Show on Lorton Avenue during Burlingame On The Avenue weekend, Aug. 15–16.
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San Mateo County's free Civics 101 Academy starts Sept. 2, offering Burlingame and Hillsborough residents nine Wednesday evening sessions with county department heads at the Government Center in Redwood City.
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Veteran Bay Area jazz pianist Larry Chinn brings three decades of performance experience to Max's of Burlingame on Monday, Aug. 24, adding to the bayfront restaurant's nightly live music lineup.
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The Kids Zone at Burlingame On The Avenue's 32nd annual street festival on Aug. 15–16 will feature teddy bear triage by AMR, chess with Grupology, bounce houses, face painting, a kids train and three rides between Park Road and Primrose Road.
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