My car’s ignition decided it wouldn’t turn on in the parking lot on 20 woodside plaza yesterday and all the locksmiths I have contacted won’t be available til tomorrow. I’m worried if I try to leave my car in the parking lot again tonight i might get towed. Idk what to do, the autoservices seem to suck here, helllpppppp!!!!

where is the best place to recycle CRV? Preferably close to Woodside and 101.

Thank you in advance!!

Did the school of choice for my daughter who is entering kindergarten. We got waitlist spot #11. How likely is it to get called up for the spot?

Lost my keys in downtown redwood City. Who should I be contacting? Where do people deliver lost keys to?

Edit: FOUND THEM!

Discord server

Hi everyone! I made a discord server if anyone is interested, thank you for the idea! There are already channels created so feel free to introduce yourselves or create threads of your own!

https://discord.gg/vxHE4WQT

Anyone know what's happening?

Anyone have a recommendation for a place to get my ears pierced in the area? If so, what's a typical price range for a simple piercing?

Does anyone know of a good reliable cleaning company in the Redwood City area? We only have a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom apartment but most of them are charging over $200 that I’ve seen

I need to schedule an appointment with a primary care provider to get a referral for a colonoscopy. The waitlist at Stanford is insane—they don’t have any openings until June! I also went to the VA in Palo Alto today, but they no longer accept TRICARE.

I’ve checked the TRICARE online directory, but most of the doctors listed are with Stanford. If anyone has any recommendations or knows of a doctor nearby who takes TRICARE, I’d really appreciate it!

Thanks so much!

I couldn’t find any posts on this from the time period but sometimes I recall these massive explosions that happened in late 2021 on or around woodside road. They occurred almost every night for like two weeks straight and never got less startling. Lived here pretty much my whole life and haven’t heard anything like that before or since. Im sure it was some kind of insane firecracker but it sounded so much more powerful than what I imagine a firecracker is capable of. Anyone remember this?

Hi y’all! I posted before asking if y’all would be interested in a meetup group and was blown away by the amount of people interested!

Here’s the sub r/sanmateocosocialclub

We are currently planning our first meetup for next weekend so if you’re able to come please join the sub, cast your vote, Or feel free to post or propose any meetups of your own and extend invites!

Hope to see you there!

I live in New York City now, but the overwhelming majority of my family lives in Redwood City and the surrounding area. My family is adamant that nothing will happen to them because they've had long-standing legal status, however, some of my family members haven't been naturalized in the United States. All of my family members, with the exception of my immediate cousins born after 2000, are immigrants. My family legally cannot get deported, however, at this point, I've learned to expect the unexpected. Many people I know that I grew up with are immigrants, documented and undocumented, and share the same anxiety. All I see and hear what's happening in San Francisco and the Bay Area has been from social media, and from what my (few) friends tell me that still live in the area. Being so far away makes me feel unexplainably hopeless, we have our own issues with ICE in NYC.

What can families do to protect immigrants, documented and undocumented, from ICE raids, specifically in Redwood City and the surrounding areas?

Doesn’t seem to be used for anything? Beautiful building and location.

Hi,

I am looking to sign my 6.5 and 10 yr old daughters up for a martial arts class and looking for recommendations in or near RWC.

Goals are for them to 1) have fun, 2) not get bullied by stronger kids 3) burn some energy 4) improve some coordination / discipline in that order of priority.

Thanks!

Hey folks, looking for tennis players around 4.0-4.5 to play some matches or hit some rallies in Redwood!

I am looking at getting a battery system to pair with my solar panels that are already installed. Does anyone have an installer they would recommend and approximate price you paid? My panels are SunPower which is now bankrupt so not sure if anyone ran into that issue as well because SunVault is likely no longer an option.

Curious if anybody knows what happened - I always thought the ECR bus was the perfect way to get to SFO. You could pick it up near the Safeway in RWC (or at many other stops along El Camino) and it'd drop you off right at the airport without having to change buses or anything. Super cheap too.

But the latest route shows it no longer goes to SFO. Anybody know what happened?

Hi I need a roommate in Redwood City. DM if interested or text 9497384044

Getting ready to get rid of old laptops. Anyone know a place to properly dispose the hard drive in the area? I do not have a drill or sledge hammer as some folks recommended prior.

I stopped by Joann’s tonight (Saturday) at 5pm because I have a gift card I really wanted to spend especially in light of their recent news. I found it closed though. Then I read a Yelp review posted this morning they were closed at 12pm as well so maybe they were closed all day. Nothing was posted on the door and all the lights were on. Just wondering if anyone knows if they’re still open for business with limited hours?

I know staffing has been rough for them the last year. I’ve always found that particular branch clean, with nice employees. I hope they’re open some hours.

Hi everyone! I'm posting to these groups since I live in this area and noticed a lot of us are in the same dinghy: late 20s-early 40s single/new here/ extroverted BUT having a hard time meeting new people without having to go all the way to SF or SJ to do so. Maybe thinking of starting a social club within the San Carlos/ San Mateo/ Redwood City areas where we can like casually meet each other for drinks or top golf or dinners or bars etc. of anyone would be interested? I'm open to being the planner and making shit happen(was my entire career for 10 years) OR having people throw ideas in each time and voting on them! Just upvoting the post if you'd be interested (but wanna remain anonymous)and we could maybe do like weekly or biweekly hang outs? Obviously you don't have to be single but just anyone who wants to build friendship and community without joining a running, biking or workout club (no hate on those just not my thing since I work in fitness already lol I need other outlets!) I'll make a subreddit if enough people upvote and show interest so we can regularly post there too:)

Hi all Redwood Citizens,

Curious if anyone has done the gas to heat pump conversion here in RWC for water heater and furnace with all the rebates now on offer. Do you like it? Is it cheaper? Do you notice any difference in speed of water being heated?

I've heard that heat pumps are not good for cold climates (don't know if Winter in Bay Area counts as cold) and can take longer to heat water than gas. Also that heat pumps can take up more space since they need ambient airflow.

The other downside if electricity goes out, as it seems to do a few times a year now here with climate change events, I'd still like to have hot water!

Any information from someone going through this or who has done the research Id appreciate.