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A walk into ... adventure, fame, love, heartbreak -- you be the guide.
This is the beginning of a story, but only the beginning. It is your role, if you choose to accept it, to add a paragraph or three (as a comment at the bottom), then let someo... |
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on Apr 6, 2010 at 3:38 pm by Joe, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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Q&A: Jane Fonda on life, longevity and activism
Actress, activist, author and fitness guru Jane Fonda answers Almanac questions about longevity and its effects, and activism for seniors. She spoke Thursday, Aug. 18, at Kepl... |
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on Aug 23, 2011 at 1:55 pm by srini, a resident of another community |
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Willows traffic plan hits dead stop in Menlo Park
The rhetoric was bloodthirsty, for a Menlo Park City Council meeting: One after another public speaker urged the council to kill it. Kill it dead. Kill it good and dead and be... |
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on Jun 15, 2011 at 11:00 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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Reactions to death of Osama bin Laden
"That he's dead is part of the healing process," said Harold Schapelhouman, chief at the Menlo Park Fire Protection District upon hearing the news that Al Qaeda leader Osa... |
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on May 8, 2011 at 1:17 pm by Homeopathy, a resident of another community |
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Letter: Gateway should watch out for rising tides
If the Menlo Gateway project is built, it will be submerged under water when global warming causes sea and Bay levels to rise. For details, check the map in Al Gore's book, A... |
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on Aug 13, 2010 at 10:05 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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HP names Meg Whitman new CEO
HP has named former eBay CEO and 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman as president and CEO effective immediately, the company announced today. Whitman replaces Le... |
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on Sep 26, 2011 at 11:24 am by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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New Hillview Middle School principal named
The principal of a San Jose middle school who was recently named California Middle Grades Principal of the Year 2012 will be Hillview Middle School's new principal, pending sc... |
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on Apr 28, 2012 at 5:40 pm by Jack, a resident of another community |
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Fire board candidates respond to flap over ads
With a contract dispute unresolved and an election looming, the union that represents 93 firefighters in the Menlo Park Fire Protection District has provoked the ire of one bo... |
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on Oct 22, 2009 at 1:20 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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More than 5,000 marijuana plants eradicated
About $1.5 million of marijuana was eradicated from five grow sites found in isolated spots in San Mateo County through an annual marijuana eradication operation, San Mate... |
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on Oct 9, 2011 at 10:04 am by R.Gordon, a resident of another community |
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The search for bigfoot goes on
A prominent researcher in the search for Bigfoot works out of Menlo Park. My immediate question: why Menlo Park?
I think it goes back, way back, to Thomas Edison in Menlo ... |
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on Aug 29, 2008 at 4:05 pm by Joe, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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Judge inclined to let Woodell's defamation lawsuit proceed
The defamation lawsuit against a Menlo Park fire board director will proceed if a San Mateo Superior Court judge stands by his tentative ruling.
Read the full story here ht... |
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on Jan 30, 2013 at 7:52 am by Menlo Sue, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Bothun charges dismissed
The probation violation charge that resulted from the search of journalist Brian Bothun's Atherton home last October was dismissed in court on Monday, Jan. 24.
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on Feb 2, 2011 at 8:15 am by John P Johns, a resident of another community |
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Wednesday: Atherton may adopt resolution opposing high-speed rail project
The Atherton City Council will consider Wednesday a resolution putting the town government on record as opposing the California high-speed rail project as currently configured... |
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on Aug 17, 2010 at 10:28 pm by JustAsking, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
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Menlo Park resident tells of his experience in Japan when the earthquake struck last week
Chuck House, who lives in the Stanford Hills area of Menlo Park, sent us this account of his teaching a seminar in Hachioji, Japan, last Friday when the earthquake struck.
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on Mar 21, 2011 at 12:34 pm by Gail Slocum, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
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Sometimes you can fight City Hall
When Menlo Park badminton fans discovered that floor plans for the new $11.5-million Arrillaga gym off Alma Street did not include permanent badminton courts, potentially cond... |
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on Sep 24, 2010 at 10:00 pm by Badminton, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Granny saved: SFPUC agrees to tunnel under tree
After months of concern over Granny's fate, the heritage oak tree will survive the construction of a new water pipeline.
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on Oct 19, 2011 at 3:53 pm by David, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
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Today: Nuclear threat forum at SLAC
"Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Abolition" is the topic of a forum hosted by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) on Monday, April 2.
Read the full story here http://w... |
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on Mar 31, 2012 at 10:11 am by Fool me once, shame on me..., a resident of another community |
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Computer heist estimated at $31,000 at Hillview
Another school-based computer theft, this time 30 laptops valued at $31,000 at Hillview Middle School in Menlo Park, occurred Friday, Nov. 25, police said.
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on Nov 29, 2011 at 6:25 pm by Hillview parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
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Free flu shots in Woodside, Menlo Park
Looking ahead to flu season, the San Mateo County Health Department is offering free vaccinations to eligible residents over coming months in Woodside and Menlo Park.
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on Oct 29, 2009 at 12:30 pm by Andrea Gemmet, Almanac staff writer |
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The story of Oscar (who was not a grouch)
Oscar padded across the field, his feet leaving tracks in the patches of dust and short grass, his ears alert to the noises of the community of small creatures that lived ther... |
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on Mar 31, 2012 at 6:15 pm by Joe, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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Former Menlo School coach pleads not guilty
Michael Taylor, a former Menlo School assistant baseball coach, has pleaded not guilty to stealing computers from the Atherton school that had employed him.
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on Feb 5, 2012 at 9:09 am by bob, a resident of another community |
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Con man Gann swaps plea for prison time
Simon Gann, who admitted sweet-talking a Menlo Park woman into a relationship and out of approximately $1,900 by pretending to be a millionaire MIT graduate named "Saleem Duta... |
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on Jan 1, 2011 at 3:51 pm by Glen Turner, a resident of another community |
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Ken Follet's Book Fall of Giants
I am only partially through the book Fall of Giants but I highly recommend reading it. One very hilarious passage occurs in Chapter 9 at the end of Part V where Lady Maude is... |
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on Oct 30, 2010 at 2:37 pm by R.Gordon, a resident of another community |
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'Where do Stars and Galaxies Come From?'
Stanford University physics professor Tom Abel will give a free talk at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, on "Where do Stars and Galaxies Come From?" The Cafe Scientifique program wil... |
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on Apr 13, 2010 at 2:43 pm by Martin Engel, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood |
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Two reports of mountain lion sightings
Two mountain lion sightings were reported in San Mateo County Wednesday afternoon -- one near Edgewood County Park and the other in Half Moon Bay, according to authorities... |
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on Jan 28, 2009 at 8:25 pm by Yomamma, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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