Today: 'Alice in Wonderland' at Woodside Priory
High school and middle school students at Woodside Priory will present "Alice in Wonderland on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Rothrock Performance Hall at the school, 302 Portola Road in Portola Valley. (Saturday, 12:18 AM)

Today: Ormondale Turkey Trot
Yes, it's time for the Ormondale Turkey Trot. The family fun run is set for Saturday, Nov. 21, at Ormondale School, 200 Shawnee Pass Road in Portola Valley. (Saturday, 12:28 AM)

Sunday: Portola Valley celebrates Bill Lane's birthday
Portola Valley is celebrating Sunday the 90th birthday of Bill Lane, Portola Valley's first mayor and a major force in sustaining the town's quality of life and culture of environmental conservation. Photo: Mr. Lane received a proclamation at the Nov. 11 Town Council meeting in honor of his recent 90th birthday. Mayor Ann Wengert, right, congratulates Mr. Lane's wife, Jean Lane. (Friday, 11:03 AM)

Preuss to close; Safeway buys business
Preuss Pharmacy, a fixture in downtown Menlo Park since 1947, is closing. The store at 844 Santa Cruz Ave. will shut down soon and the phone lines and prescription files transferred to the Safeway pharmacy at 525 El Camino Real in Menlo Park the morning of Friday, Nov. 20. (Friday, 2:24 PM)

Portola Valley: Spring Ridge winery would add buildings to scenic pasture
Spring Ridge winery in Portola Valley proposes to add 23,000 square feet of floor area that would include a greenhouse, an entertainment/cabana building, a guest house/art studio, a barn and an "agricultural building." The town's Architecture and Site Control Commission will hold an on-site public meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23. The review will continue later that night at the ASCC's regular meeting. (Friday, 11:42 AM)

Siegel appointed to fill vacant Las Lomitas district school board seat
Jay Siegel, who has a child at La Entrada School and has been an active volunteer on the Las Lomitas Education Foundation, has been appointed to the five-member Las Lomitas School District board.
(Friday, 10:55 AM)

Sunday: Christmas concert at Memorial Church
Peninsula Symphony will perform selections from Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" and Reicha's (a colleague of Beethoven) "Requiem" from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Stanford Memorial Church. (Saturday, 12:20 AM)

Sunday: Adriana, friends stage benefit concert at Menlo School in memory of her father
Adriana Kwicinski, a senior at Menlo School, will present — with her musical friends — a "Songs for Life" pop and jazz benefit concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in Florence Moore Auditorium at Menlo School in Atherton. The concert benefits the Larry Kwicinski Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Research Fund, which she established in honor of her father, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2006 at age 57. (Friday, 12:16 AM)

PV superintendent to run for county post
Anne Campbell, the superintendent of the Portola Valley School District, announced her plans to run for the post of San Mateo County superintendent of schools in 2010. Ms. Campbell's candidacy has been endorsed by Superintendent of Schools Jean Holbrook, who is retiring at the end of her term. (Thursday, 11:41 AM)

Caltrain offers special service for the Big Game
Few things on the Peninsula have been around as long as Caltrain, but one of the closest competitors is the Big Game. Caltrain will provide special service to the 112th game when Stanford faces California on Saturday in Stanford Stadium.
■ Caltrain changes schedule for Thanksgiving.
(Thursday, 7:48 AM)

There will be more at stake in Big Game than just the Axe
There have been stranger weeks leading up to the Big Game than this one, but it would be difficult to find. Stanford is favored by a touchdown and who would have thought that at the beginning of the season? California was the nationally-ranked team back then, with dreams of Pac-10 titles and the BCS championship series dancing in its heads. Stanford? The Cardinal would have been lucky to win six games and play in a mid-December bowl game. These days it's the Cardinal that is dreaming of a New Year's Day Bowl. (Friday, 11:10 AM)

Docent-led hikes on open space preserves
Volunteers docents lead free outdoor hikes and other activities on the preserves of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Photo: The Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, part of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. Photo by Karl Gohl. (Saturday, 12:23 AM)

Saturday: Sacred Heart Prep, Menlo School meet in boys' CCS Division II water polo final
For the past 12 years, either Menlo or Sacred Heart Prep (or both) have played in the Central Coast Section Division II boys' water polo finals. That number jumps to 13 this week now that the Knights and Gators have reached the championship match once again. (Wednesday, 11:52 AM)

• Menlo Country Club faces uphill battle (Wednesday, 8:52 AM)
• Laurel student, 6, dies in hit-and-run crash (Monday, 5:21 PM)
• Bursting at the seams (Tuesday, 11:25 AM)
• Recognize anyone here? (Sunday, 11:15 PM)
• Police calls (Thursday, 7:27 AM)
• SamTrans seeks comment on 10-year plan (Thursday, 7:30 AM)
• Palo Alto, SHP girls reach CCS volleyball finals (Thursday, 10:52 AM)
• LOCAL WEB SITES (Wednesday, 11:36 PM)
• High-speed rail planners ramp up communication spending; locals skeptical (Thursday, 10:48 AM)
• Sprinkler douses office fire in Woodside home (Thursday, 10:44 AM)
• 1940s fashion exhibit at Little House (Thursday, 10:50 AM)
• Longtime community activist moving (Thursday, 7:31 AM)
• POST to sell 4,262 acres near Montara and Moss Beach to National Park Service (Tuesday, 10:03 AM)
• Expert: Officer May shot in the head first (Tuesday, 6:55 PM)
• Armed men invade, rob Menlo Park home (Monday, 11:26 PM)
• Portola Valley Town Center wins the highest green-building rating: platinum (Wednesday, 11:49 AM)
• Bohannon office/hotel project too big? Not necessarily, Menlo Park City Council says (Wednesday, 11:05 AM)

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