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Top Stories
How to increase our forests’ resistance to wildfires
2024 is shaping up to be another bad year for wildfires. As we scan the headlines each morning for news of the latest blaze, it’s important to focus on what we can do to increase the resistance of our forests to catastrophic wildfires.
New real estate commission rules to roll out Aug.17: Here’s how selling and buying a home will change
Big changes are coming to how homes are bought and sold beginning Aug. 17 when new rules roll out that will revamp how Realtors get paid commission.
The changes, which are part of a $418 million court settlement that the trade group the National Association of Realtors announced in March, put an end to the decades-old practice requiring home sellers to pay 5% to 6% of a home’s purchase price to cover the commission for both the listing agent and the buyer’s agent.
Authorities arrest Redwood City man suspected of 3 cases of abuse elder
The 37-year-old Redwood City man was booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility.
Atherton suspected bomb was a mosquito monitoring device
Bay Area leaders announce withdrawal of $20B housing bond measure from November ballot
The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority has decided to withdraw a $20 billion general obligation bond measure that was aimed at supporting affordable housing from the upcoming General Election ballot.
Sequoia board candidate wants community-based response to district issues, is skeptical of detracking
Tonga Victoria, an East Palo Alto native and community organizer who hopes to represent East Palo Alto and parts of East Menlo Park on the board of the Sequoia district
Hot Picks
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Families: Movies on the Square
Redwood City’s Movies on the Square offers a mix of family movies and feature films, including double features. Aug. 8: “Trolls Band Together” shows at 6 p.m., followed by “The Color Purple” at 8:30 p.m. Go to RedwoodCity.org/Movies.
Outdoors: Filoli Summer Nights
Filoli is open Wednesday and Thursday evenings during the summer for visitors to enjoy the gardens at sunset, grab a bite from a local food truck and catch some live acoustic music. Go to filoli.org.
TOMORROW
The literature and film of femmes past inspires the art of musician mayday mae! who performs an all-ages show at Feldman’s Books. Go to eventbrite.com.Concert: Music on the Square
Michael Jackson tribute band Foreverland performs at Courthouse Square in downtown Redwood City, part of the city’s Music on the Square summer concert series. Go to redwoodcity.org/musiconthesquare.
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