Santa will be in Redwood Shores to greet everyone on December 9th from 1-3PM, so come out with your family to the Redwood Shores Library and meet Santa!
Bring your cameras to capture magical moments of your children on Santa’s lap while sharing their requests. Mingle with your neighbors, hum along to the Christmas Carols played on the piano, and enjoy a crafts project with the Library staff while waiting your turn to see Santa.
Don’t be late! The line to see Santa can be long, and Santa is a very busy man this time of year! (Families will be given a number based on arrival for their place in line, and we will do our best to get everybody through to Santa but there may have to be a cut-off point where we cannot give out any more numbers to see Santa before the event closes; you are still welcome to enjoy the arts in the meantime.)
In addition to being the advocate for issues affecting Shores residents and businesses, RSCA is dedicated to helping everyone stay safe and prepared for possible disasters or emergencies.
There are some safety issues unique to the Shores and residents should be aware and plan ahead to stay safe. The November edition of The PILOT includes some helpful tips. For many years, RSCA has provided each household with a RED/GREEN Disaster Signal Card designed to help emergency responders quickly assess who needs immediate help and who is OK. Again this year, it is printed on the back cover and inside back cover of this PILOT.
Keep this card where you can locate it quickly!
Also keep tape nearby so that you can quickly put it where it can be seen clearly from the street. This may be in a front window or on your front or garage door depending on the layout of your particular neighborhood. Especially if you need assistance, this card will help you get the quickest response. The card should not be displayed year-round.
“Show Your Cards” Drill on November 17th!
On Saturday, November 17th local CERT members will gather with RCFD Emergency Preparedness Outreach Coordinator, Christy Adonis to conduct a “windshield survey” looking for the GREEN/OK cards displayed where they can be seen from the street. “Show Your Cards” on November 17th to show your awareness of Shores issues and that you are reading The PILOT, and show support for the CERT program that is in transition from Redwood City and San Carlos to San Mateo County.
With changes in city leadership and uncertainty about further public safety cut-backs, it is more important than ever for Shores residents to know how to prepare their homes and families for disaster. Suggestions and checklists are included in the November edition of The PILOT to help you prepare for a range of situations. Please take the time to read, plan and make sure that your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues are safe and prepared.
Wednesday, October 17th, from 6:00 – 7:30PM, the 17th District PTA and the Redwood Shores Community Association host a Board Candidate meeting at the Redwood Shores Library.
For more information on the upcoming elections in San Mateo County, visit smcacre.org .
Thursday, October 4th, 6:30 – 8:00pm at the Sandpiper School
Please join us on Thursday, October 4th at 6:30pm in the multi-use room at the Sandpiper School to meet the candidates for your City Council of Redwood City. Come out to talk about issues facing the City and of concern to our Redwood Shores community.
There are seven (7) candidates vying for the three (3) open city council seats. In alphabetical order, they are:
This candidate event is intended to provide time for you to meet and greet the candidates one-on-one. And don’t forget:
REGISTER, then VOTE
If you’re not already a registered voter, simply go to the
San Mateo County Assessor Clerk Recorder of Elections’ website at https://www.smcacre.org where you can register AND get information about this November’s election, candidates, ballot measures, and how to vote.
(The following notice of an upcoming public meeting potentially of interest to Redwood Shores residents is from the San Carlos Airport.)
The San Carlos Airport has scheduled a public hearing for the FAA funded Part 150 Noise Study (Study) on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Public comments will be received on the Study until October 12, 2018. The hearing is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 150 Noise Study requirement. Following the public comment period and FAA review, the Study will be presented to the County Board of Supervisors.
At the end of each August, your Redwood Shores Community Association has sponsored our Annual Levee Cleanup. To benefit the environment, the community bonds together to help beautify the nearly seven miles (yes, 7 miles!) of levee surrounding the Shores. And we need all the help we can get to cover those seven miles..
Date: Saturday, August 25 Time: 8:00 am until noon (lunch at 11:30) Place: Mariner Park, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 (click here for a MAP) Starters: Coffee, juice and bagels served at 8:00 am
Lunch: Meals for all hands at 11:30am
Crews: Qualifies as 4-hours of Community Service
The Shores Levee Cleanup is a fun community event. Residents and admirers of our beautiful Shores are all invited to join us in this very worthy annual event to help keep this neighborhood and wetland area clean. Volunteers will be assembled into teams and assigned cleanup areas. Kids and parents, adults and seniors are all welcome and encouraged to get involved. Family work groups handle their areas at their own pace; all help to keep these bountiful nature trails debris-free.
This is a great opportunity for Redwood City residents (and their friends) to enjoy a beautiful summer morning while experiencing a variety of birds and other wildlife. Volunteer and enjoy the splendor of our seven miles of shoreline, including incredible views of the bay.
We hope you will join us again this year for this worthy cause and opportunity to give back to your community. Please wear good walking shoes and consider bringing gloves; all pickup tools and trash bags will be provided. Take pride in enhancing this important Redwood City resource, and join us Saturday, August 25, starting at 8am.
Recology Systems Inc. provides the trash collection containers, and their assistance is gratefully acknowledged. Each year large amounts of trash are picked from the Redwood Shores Levee environment by our volunteers and removed by Recology Systems free of charge. Every piece of trash that is eliminated is important!
For more information about this event, please contact Nina Boire at .
To acknowledge his faithful community service and leadership, this year’s cleanup is again dedicated to Pete Hughes. Pete organized this valued community initiative from the beginning and gained the continuing support of civic, business, and community leaders who support this public effort with their time and resources.
Closing out the summer Sounds of the Shores program will be the surf rock band The RiP-TiDEs on August 19th. Catch the wave and come on out for music in the Shores!
Sundays this Summer, Marlin Park is the place to party! Join your friends and neighbors for the Redwood Shores summer concert series.
Hosted by RSCA, the Sounds of the Shores summer concert series takes place once a month throughout the summer on Sunday afternoons — 5 – 7pm for three great nights in Marlin Park.
The crowd enjoying a good time on the green at last year’s Sounds of the Shores
It was wonderful to have so many Redwood Shores residents here with the family and friends of Ray Robinson to celebrate his life!
This was a very special opportunity for so many people to gather for the dedication event, and we expect so many more will enjoy coming out to see memorial stone (near the corner of Bridge Parkway and Bowsprit Drive) and watch the new grove of trees grow grow around it. Thank you all for making this such a memorable neighborhood moment.
In July of 2017, Redwood Shores said goodbye to a local figure who brightened up the neighborhood with his presence. His friendly wave to everybody who came through the busy Bridge Parkway intersection helped keep the safety of our youngest residents in our minds while putting a good feeling in our hearts.
In tribute to the late Raymond Robinson, the “smiling crossing guard”, community members are invited to attend a memorial to Ray Robinson’s special personality and tributes to Redwood Shores.
Please meet on the corner of Bridge Parkway at 2:30pm on Saturday, April 21st, where Mr. Robinson served our community. The group will then make its way to the Redwood Shores Library to meet the Robinson family, who would really like to meet members of the community and have a little celebration of Ray’s life.
Thanks to all community members who donated for the memorial rock and plaque that will be placed on Bridge Parkway.
More information about Raymond Robinson can be found here.
Stanford and Cal Rowing teams will once again will be competing with other top colleges on our Redwood Shores lagoon. Come cheer on your local favorite (or maybe your own alma mater?) as they glide across the Redwood Shores Waterways.
Santa will be in Redwood Shores to greet everyone on December 9th from 1-3PM, so come out with your family to the Redwood Shores Library and meet Santa!
