OTHER TOPICS Tesla repays federal loan nine years early Tesla Motors has wired the U.S. Department of Energy nearly a half a billion dollars, paying off the entire loan it was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2010 with i... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, 21 hours ago There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent 9 hours ago.
OTHER TOPICS Letter: Most scientists agree about climate change A review of 12,000 papers on climate change, in the May 15 issue of the "Environmental Research Letters," found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to huma... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 22, 2013 at 9:02 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 24, 2013 at 9:14 am.
OTHER TOPICS Suicide or murder? Attorneys duel in closing arguments Did Parima Parineh commit suicide in the bedroom of her Woodside home on April 13, 2010, or was she shot and killed by her husband, Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh, who is charged... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 22, 2013 at 4:54 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 22, 2013 at 8:23 pm.
OTHER TOPICS San Mateo County announces boundary adjustment meetings County residents interested in deciding how the new supervisorial district lines are drawn have five opportunities this summer to make their voices heard at meetings with the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Susan Smith, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood, on May 21, 2013 at 10:51 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2013 at 12:28 pm.
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
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 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 22, 2013 at 10:07 am.
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.
OTHER TOPICS Saturday: Friends of Edgewood Park celebrate The Friends of Edgewood Park will celebrate their 20th anniversary from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Bill and Jean Lane Education Center at Edgewood Park, 6 Old Stage... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 10, 2013 at 1:46 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 10, 2013 at 1:46 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Saturday: Raising mental health awareness The Mental Health Awareness Project, founded by Lisa Pamphilon of Menlo Park, will hold an inaugural event on Saturday, May 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Menlo Park City C... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 10, 2013 at 12:21 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 10, 2013 at 12:21 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free This is an idiom which I probably picked up during my Navy days in the fifties. Aside from it's male chauvinist interpretation, it has applicability to many things in life. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on May 9, 2013 at 2:36 pm
OTHER TOPICS Six people injured in shooting Six people were shot and injured in East Palo Alto on Sunday afternoon near a McDonald's restaurant on University Avenue, according to a fire official.
Read the full story ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 6, 2013 at 2:03 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 6, 2013 at 10:01 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Service Tuesday for man killed by train A service for Stephen Lehane, the Menlo Park resident killed by a train last week, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church.
Read t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Apr 30, 2013 at 2:01 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 30, 2013 at 2:01 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Escaped suspect captured in Mountain View A domestic violence suspect who escaped from a patrol car in North Fair Oaks on Thursday night was captured Saturday evening in Mountain View, according to the San Mateo C... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Apr 29, 2013 at 2:07 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 30, 2013 at 11:13 am.
OTHER TOPICS 2013 San Mateo County Community Health Needs Assessment I received the following from Lee Michelson, Ceo of the Sequoia Healthcare District:
Here is a copy of the email that went out on Tuesday, just in case, I know of few of you ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on Apr 19, 2013 at 2:08 pm
OTHER TOPICS Grand jury slams county on pension fund In its second report in two years on this topic, the San Mateo County civil grand jury lambastes county officials over a pension plan for county employees that it says is und... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Apr 18, 2013 at 4:30 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 18, 2013 at 4:30 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Should Government websites be searchable? In my struggle to make the Sequoia Healthcare District more user friendly, I suggested to CEO Lee Michelson that "Searchable pdf format would be smaller and more useful."
His... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on Apr 17, 2013 at 11:10 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Grand jury dings San Mateo County for failing to rein in sooaring pension costs San Mateo County doesn't have enough money to cover promised retirement costs that could total $2 billion, not the $1 billion estimated by the agency managing employees' pensi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Susan Smith, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood, on Apr 16, 2013 at 4:31 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:47 am.
OTHER TOPICS At the top: Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Fil Jr. In a time of war but not of national sacrifice, of an official news blackout on photos of the flag-draped coffins of war dead, and of an all-volunteer military, those of us en... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Apr 13, 2013 at 2:21 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2013 at 2:21 pm.
OTHER TOPICS No drone for San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Plans are off for the purchase of a small drone aircraft that would have allowed Sheriff's Office deputies to peer down from the sky, night or day, during search-and-rescue o... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Apr 11, 2013 at 12:39 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 11, 2013 at 1:13 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Early morning runners be alert This morning, around 5:30-6:00 am, my mom was running on Ringwood between Bay and Middlefield. She always runs with a flashlight and against traffic. Someone driving a gray ca... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Angry Runner, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, on Apr 10, 2013 at 8:33 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 11, 2013 at 3:47 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Sequoia Healthcare District alters health insurance subsidies for Directors and employees There is something suspicious about the Sequoia Healthcare District's flip flop on policy regarding health insurance benefits.
At their April 3, 2013 board meeting http://... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on Apr 8, 2013 at 11:26 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2013 at 9:44 am.