MENLO PARK Teen killed, two others injured in shooting Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night.
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MENLO PARK City clerk leaving Menlo Park Menlo Park needs to break out the recruitment ads once again. City Clerk Margaret Roberts has given notice that her last day will be Friday, May 24.
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MENLO PARK Red Light Cameras ineffective in reducing violations This letter was sent to Menlo Park City Council as well as Sgt. Kaufman.
May 20, 2013
Sgt. Sharon Kaufman
Menlo Park Police Dept.
Dear Sgt. Kaufman,
When we talked la... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Roger Jones, a resident of another community, 2 hours ago
AROUND TOWN I want a girl like the girls on Fox News My liberal days are over.
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AROUND TOWN Menlo Park ... 1927 Downtown Menlo Park, including the building at right that now is known as the British Bankers Club, was photographed in 1927, the year the city incorporated. ==I Photo courtes... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, 5 hours ago
AROUND TOWN Sunday: Atherton's 'Evening in Paris' The Mid-Peninsula League of the San Francisco Symphony will celebrate "An Evening in Paris" with cocktails, floral displays, fine dining and musical entertainment on Sunday, M... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 19, 2013 at 11:52 am
AROUND TOWN Public asked to help families devastated by fire Redwood City officials are asking the public to help families who lost everything in an apartment building fire in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood May 15. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 19, 2013 at 3:51 am
OTHER TOPICS Fire marshal leaving Menlo Park Fire Protection District Geoff Aus, long-time Menlo Park Fire Protection District fire marshal, is changing employers, but not job titles he has accepted a position as fire marshal for the Lawr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 19, 2013 at 1:05 am
AROUND TOWN Friday shooting: Victim probably shot himself A 19-year-old man injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Friday afternoon probably shot himself, Police Chief Ronald Davis said.
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AROUND TOWN Monday: Screening of 'Tapestries of Hope' As part of their senior project at Woodside Priory School, Clara Johnson and Stephanie Brugger are hosting the screening on May 20 of the film, "Tapestries of Hope," a documen... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 18, 2013 at 12:14 pm
AROUND TOWN Obama to attend June fundraiser in Portola Valley President Barack Obama will attend a $32,400-a-head June 6 fundraising dinner at the Portola Valley home of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and his wife, Neeru... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 18, 2013 at 11:11 am
AROUND TOWN Interim chief named while injured chief recovers A former chief of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, Douglas Sporleder, will serve as interm chief while Chief Harold Schapelhouman recovers from injuries sustained from... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 18, 2013 at 9:10 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 18, 2013 at 9:10 am.
AROUND TOWN Supervisor Dave Pine will ask the Board to Rescind Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ayres I have just been informed that San Mateo Supervisor Dave Pine has contacted County Counsel and asked him to prepare a resolution rescinding the Lifetime Achievement Award give... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lurker, a resident of another community, on May 18, 2013 at 4:44 am There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent 5 hours ago.
MENLO PARK Stanford-Arrillaga Subcommittee Meetings On April 17th, thirty days ago, Menlo Park City Councilmembers Kirsten Keith and Catherine Carlton were appointed to a subcommittee to study the Stanford-Arrillaga project and... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Menlo Park Resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on May 17, 2013 at 7:10 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 9:53 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Obituary: Imogene Woodruff, 94,
longtime dance instructor Imogene Woodruff, who taught ballroom dance and cotillion classes to generations of Midpeninsula residents, died on March 14, one day short of her 95th birthday. She had been ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 6:05 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 6:05 pm.
OTHER TOPICS President Obama has had a tough week This week will mark the 37th time House Republicans have tried to repeal Obamacare. If Republicans really wanted to do away with Obamacare they should just endorse it as a con... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Potomac Fever, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on May 17, 2013 at 4:57 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent 3 hours ago.
ATHERTON Atherton residents address police contract issues, from outsourcing to pensions Should the town of Atherton consider outsourcing its police department? If not, how much should the town be willing to pay to keep residents safe, properties secure, and polic... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 12:27 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent 39 minutes ago.
AROUND TOWN Ormondale principal named Kevin Keegan, an elementary school principal in the Santa Clara Unified School District, has been appointed the new principal of Ormondale School in Portola Valley.
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PORTOLA VALLEY Portola Valley council vetoes artificial grass Expanded version of earlier story. The Portola Valley Town Council by a 3-2 vote overturned a Planning Commission decision allowing the Woodside Priory School to use art... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 10:48 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 5:21 pm.
AROUND TOWN Prosecutor: Ayres verdict brings relief to victims After years of legal wrangling, Dr. William Hamilton Ayres, an 81-year-old former San Mateo psychiatrist accused of molesting boys during examinations in the 1990s, has pleade... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 9:59 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 2:49 pm.
AROUND TOWN Golden Shears celebrates 50th year When Louis Arenas opened his barbershop in downtown Menlo Park, he wanted it to be an old-fashioned type of place, where customers could feel as if they were returning to anot... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 12:12 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 5:52 pm.
ATHERTON Atherton city manager gets compensation boost, sort of With one council member calling the change "outrageous," the Atherton City Council last night (May 15) approved a compensation increase, that by some calculations is a decreas... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 16, 2013 at 10:24 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2013 at 10:24 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Lawsuit filed over collision with horses on I-280 A lawsuit has been filed by Menlo Park physician Dr. Jean W. Gillon over an incident in the early morning darkness of Dec. 29, 2012, in which a Mercedes Benz she was driving c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 16, 2013 at 1:35 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2013 at 6:46 pm.
AROUND TOWN Dr. William Ayres pleads guilty to child molestation today Just in: Dr. William Ayres, the court appointed psychiatrist to hundreds of juveniles in San Mateo County, will plead guilty to child molestation today.
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MENLO PARK Editorial: Council gets earful from Belle Haven Although enveloped by Menlo Park city limits, the Belle Haven neighborhood often has a hard time identifying with neighborhoods west of the Bayshore Freeway, where property va... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 10:03 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent 7 hours ago.