Our Junior Giants season is about to kick-off today at Los Prados Park. These kiddos are out here on this beautiful morning warming up for their games. 👦🏻 ⚾️ 👧🏽 👮🏻‍♀️👮🏻‍♂️👍🏻

We're headed back to the spectacular Half Moon Bay Golf Links ⛳🏌 for our 22nd Annual PAL Golf Tournament on Friday, October 1st ☀. This tournament includes a full day of fun, food, contests, giveaways, prizes, and all for a great cause 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧.

This charity ...tournament helps raise the funds PAL needs to support our youth development programs, safety net services, and continue our mission to "Build the Bonds between Cops & Kids." We could not do this critical work in our community without your help. We hope you can join us!

Sponsorships are now available, and if you register now, you receive early access to reserve your golf foursome/s before general registration begins on July 26th. Don't hesitate, we expect this tournament to sell out quickly!

Check out our event website for more details and to purchase your sponsorship now: fundraiser.support/PALGolfTournament2021

San Mateo PAL Golf Tournament 2021

San Mateo PAL Golf Tournament 2021

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These 👦🏻 👦🏻 young men helped 👮🏻‍♂️ identify and track down a hit-and-run suspect who was driving under the influence at 2nd & S. Norfolk Ave. this afternoon. Future crime fighters? 🤔 #copsandkids

Let this be a lesson, 🚫 🍻 🚗 or 🚓. We’ve got 👀... everywhere!

“If you see something, say something.”
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Helmets. Who has to wear them?

While it's advisable when riding anything with wheels everyone should wear a helmet, who legally has to wear them? Well, when riding a motorcycle, everyone must. When riding a bicycle, scooter, skateboard, or roller skates, only those under 18 must. ...That’s the law. 🚴🏼‍♀️🏍🛵🛹

California Vehicle Code (CVC) 27803 requires riders of motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, or motorized bicycles to wear a Department of Transportation (DOT) approved safety helmet⛑, regardless of age. CVC 21212 states that anyone under the age of 18, whether a passenger or operator of a bicycle must wear an approved helmet. What about electric scooters? CVC 21213 says that no one under the age of 16 is allowed to operate an electric scooter, and those over 16yrs must wear a helmet.

Helmets are designed to protect your head🧠. Approved helmets have met the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or the Department of Transportation (DOT). 🤕Head injuries account for the majority of serious or fatal cycle injuries and most crashes happen within 5 miles of home. In a crash, regardless of speed, the DOT says if you’re wearing an approved helmet you are three times more likely to survive a head injury vs. not wearing one.

You can’t just put on any helmet and think you’re safe. They vary from brand to brand and style to style. All helmets regardless of bike or motorcycle helmet should fit snuggly. For a motorcycle helmet, you’ll want to first measure your head and determine your head shape. This helmet should give you chipmunk cheeks, but not provide pain on your pressure points. All lining should touch the parts of your head they are meant to. You should not be able to chew gum or stick a finger easily between the lining and your head. For a bike helmet, the straps should form a “V” around the ears and rest on the chin without choking. Both helmets should rest flat leaving about a one to two finger space between the eyebrows and helmet. Your peripheral vision should not be impaired. If you can move your head easily under either style of helmet, it is not the one for you. Cracked or damaged helmets should be replaced as they have been compromised and will no longer provide adequate protection for you.

Helmet laws are enforceable on public roadways, bike paths, and trails. There are some municipalities who have made helmet wearing mandatory for all age ranges (i.e., El Cerrito and Bidwell Park in Chico). Private property is exempt. Parents of minors will be held responsible for any citations issued to their children for helmet violations, so parents stop letting your kids go out without one on.
And while we’re at it, we remind you it is illegal to ride (CVC 27400) or drive with earphones, ear buds, air pods, or whatever we’re calling them these days, in both ears. So, you’ll have to save the surround sound for the stationary bike at the gym.

Ride Safe, Ride Smart! #GetHomeSafe
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Get ready to mark your calendar 📅, because San Mateo PAL is headed back to the spectacular Half Moon Bay Golf Links for our 22nd Annual PAL Golf Tournament ⛳ on October 1, 2021. Golf will take place on the beautiful Ocean and Old Courses with tee times between 9 am and 12 pm. This tournament ...includes a day of fun, food, contests, giveaways, prizes, and all for a great cause.

This year, our PAL tournament is held in memory of our longstanding Board Member and golf aficionado Carol Conroy ❤. All proceeds from this tournament will benefit our PAL youth, families, and community.

We hope you can join us for the fun 🏌️‍♂️☀️😄!!!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month!

Even though May is coming to a close, you can help us continue to spread awareness about the importance of mental health and wellness throughout the year. Register to receive your free shirt; we still have both kids and adult sizes. Sign up now!
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Wear your shirt during your run 🏃, walk 👣, hike 🌳, bike 🚵, or anything active 💃⛹️‍♀️🏌️‍♂️🚣‍♂️🧘, and post it to our page #smpalsfarunwalk. Encouraging a Healthy Mind, Body & Community!

🤗📰 ¡Buenas noticias! ¡Más escuelas locales albergarán clínicas de vacunación COVID-19 a partir de la próxima semana!

Todas las personas mayores de 12 años ahora son elegibles para recibir una vacuna gratis en el condado de San Mateo. Todos son bienvenidos, sin importar su ...estado migratorio o seguro. Se alientan las citas, pero las visitas sin cita previa también son bienvenidas.

En la ciudad de San Mateo, las próximas citas en las escuelas locales son en San Mateo High School el sábado 29 de mayo y Hillsdale High School el viernes 4 de junio.

Obtenga más información y regístrese en https://myturn.ca.gov/
El condado también mantiene un calendario de las próximas clínicas de vacunas en: https://www.smchealth.org/vaccine-clinic-calendar

🤗📰 Good news! More local schools will be hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics starting next week!

Everyone 12 years and older is now eligible to receive a vaccine for free in San Mateo County. Everyone is welcome, regardless of immigration status or insurance. Appointments are encouraged, but walk ups are also welcome.

In the City of San Mateo, upcoming appointments at local schools are at San Mateo High School on Saturday, May 29 and Hillsdale High School on Friday, June 4.

Learn more and register at https://myturn.ca.gov/
The County is also keeping a calendar of upcoming vaccine clinics at: https://www.smchealth.org/vaccine-clinic-calendar

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Good news! More local schools will be hosting COVID-19 vaccine clinics starting next week!

Everyone 12 years and older is now eligible to receive a vaccine for free in San Mateo County. Everyone is welcome, regardless of immigration status or insurance. Appointments are encouraged, but ...walk ups are also welcome.

In the City of San Mateo, upcoming appointments at local schools are at San Mateo High School on Saturday, May 29 and Hillsdale High School on Friday, June 4.

Learn more and register at https://myturn.ca.gov/

The County is also keeping a calendar of upcoming vaccine clinics at: https://www.smchealth.org/vaccine-clinic-calendar


¡Buenas noticias! ¡Más escuelas locales albergarán clínicas de vacunación COVID-19 a partir de la próxima semana!

Todas las personas mayores de 12 años ahora son elegibles para recibir una vacuna gratis en el condado de San Mateo. Todos son bienvenidos, sin importar su estado migratorio o seguro. Se alientan las citas, pero las visitas sin cita previa también son bienvenidas.

En la ciudad de San Mateo, las próximas citas en las escuelas locales son en San Mateo High School el sábado 29 de mayo y Hillsdale High School el viernes 4 de junio.

Obtenga más información y regístrese en https://myturn.ca.gov/

El condado también mantiene un calendario de las próximas clínicas de vacunas en: https://www.smchealth.org/vaccine-clinic-calendar

Vaccine Clinic Times & Locations - San Mateo County Health

The clinics below are operated or supported by San Mateo County Health. All are open to residents who live or work in San ...

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