This Saturday, the Coastside Land Trust is celebrating the grand opening of a 1/3-mile extension of the California Coastal Trail just south of the Seymour Bridge in Half Moon Bay.
The public is invited to join San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley and representatives from the Peninsula Open Space Trust and San Mateo County Department of Parks for a presentation and refreshments. The ceremony is 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 at the south end of the Seymour Bridge. Parking is available to the north for $10 at Poplar State Beach and to the east for free at Smith Field. For more information and to make reservations visit www.coastsidelandtrust.org
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The city of South San Francisco is hosting a ribbon cutting event on 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3 at City Hall front steps, 400 Grand Ave., celebrating a new commuter shuttle option for residents. South City Shuttle is called is a free shuttle service funded by the San Mateo County Transportation Authority. It operates weekdays from 7:15 a.m. until 6:50 p.m., making 15 trips daily around key locations within the city including; City Hall, the Magnolia Senior Center, the South San Francisco Main Library, Orange Memorial Park, the Municipal Services Building and more.
Draper University just announced a partnership with Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo to bring up 24 Cal Poly students for the winter session in San Mateo. The course is part of a new universitywide program at Cal Poly called “Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs: A Study Away Immersion Program.” The winter session runs from Jan. 25 to March 13.
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Join the city of South San Francisco for its Internet shopping series that runs every Monday at 6 p.m., except for Nov. 24, until Dec. 15 at the main library, 840 W. Orange Ave. in South San Francisco. Librarians will teach helpful, safe, cost-saving shopping skills, to get through this year’s holiday season. It begins Monday, Nov. 3.
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Interested in learning about gaming culture? Come to the main South San Francisco library, at 840 W. Orange Ave., 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 to learn about the growing numbers of gamers, a shift toward recognizing video games as art with a new emphasis on storytelling, and other changes in the field.
Then come back to the library on Nov. 15 to celebrate International Games Day.
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Join the Shops at Tanforan, 1150 El Camino Real in San Bruno, for a Halloween costume parade and contest on Friday, Oct. 31 starting at 3:30 p.m.
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All San Mateo city libraries will be closed Thursday, Nov. 6 for a Staff Development Day. Neighboring libraries of the Peninsula Library System (of which San Mateo is a member library) will be open. For additional information about library hours at other PLS libraries on Oct. 31 visit www.plsinfo.org.
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