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Letter: Meat production has big role in warming
I was very impressed with Leonardo DiCaprio's powerful documentary "The 11th Hour."
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesd... |
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on Sep 11, 2007 at 3:09 pm by Jeff, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows 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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Menlo Park hires full-time 'community engagement' director
Cherise Brandell, a 19-year employee of Battle Creek, Michigan, has been hired as Menlo Park's "community engagement" director -- a new full-time position formed to make the c... |
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on Mar 28, 2008 at 2:59 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Former MP city manager ousted from manager post in Scottsdale
Jan Dolan, Menlo Park's city manager from 1990 to 2000, has been ousted from her post as city manager in Scottsdale, Arizona, according to a news reports.
The Scottsdale Ci... |
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on Mar 20, 2008 at 3:43 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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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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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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Innocence - a work of fiction
Innocence
Every Tuesday we would meet in the park. It wasn’t much of a park, but it was equidistant between our apartments, and the curved wooden bench proved a surpr... |
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on Dec 22, 2006 at 11:38 am by Anonymous, 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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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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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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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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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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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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Uncle
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The boy has little chance of becoming a man.
Tall, gangly and uncoordinated, lacking neither emotional nor physical confidence, basic human goals appear out of his... |
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on May 31, 2007 at 8:21 am by The Mentor, a resident of the Atherton: West of Alameda neighborhood |
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CHP reopens U.S. 101, traffic remains heavy
The California Highway Patrol has reopened U.S. 101 in San Mateo this morning after downed lines prompted full closures of north and southbound lanes for more than an ... |
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on Jun 15, 2010 at 7:25 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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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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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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'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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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: City needs to fix dangerous intersection
While the Menlo Park Transportation Commission wrings its hands about so-called cut-through traffic in the Willows, an actual dangerous situation at the intersection of Durham... |
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on Feb 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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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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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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Senior athletes kick off state championships Saturday
Seeking to inspire people of all ages to live more active, healthy and fulfilling lives, the 2011 Bay Area Senior Games will kick off on Saturday (March 26) at Stanford Univer... |
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on Mar 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Menlo preschool director changes plea to no contest
In a surprise move, the 55-year-old former director of Menlo Park's Belle Haven childcare center charged with harassing the teenage daughter of a co-worker changed his plea to... |
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on Oct 26, 2010 at 5:08 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Kepler's Best Sellers - Week of October 11, 2009
Hardcover Fiction
1 Bang Ditto Amber Tamblyn
2 Lost Symbol Dan Brown
3 Help Kathryn Stockett
4 Girl Who Played With Fire Stieg Larsson
5 Best American Short Stories 200... |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 2:21 pm by Pam Grange, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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