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, 3 hours ago
AROUND TOWN Another daytime shooting in East Palo Alto A young man walking to his car was shot Friday afternoon in East Palo Alto, according to police.
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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, 18 hours ago
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, 19 hours ago
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, 21 hours ago There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent 21 hours ago.
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 10 comments on this topic, the most recent 1 hour 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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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.
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.
Sentencing is Augu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lurker, a resident of another community, on May 16, 2013 at 1:32 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 4:13 am.
AROUND TOWN Menlo Park fire chief recovering from fall After tumbling off a ladder at his San Jose home over the weekend, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman is on the mend.
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AROUND TOWN New owner applies to remodel $117 million Woodside mansion The new owner of the mansion at 360 Mountain Home Road in Woodside has applied to the town to redesign parts of the main house and three accessory buildings on this 8.74-acre ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 8:18 am
AROUND TOWN Robert Taylor honored for pioneering work on computers, Internet Robert W. Taylor, a Woodside resident for 30 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern personal computing, including the availability of informa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 1:25 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm.
AROUND TOWN Tonight: Police contract talks on Atherton agenda A session to allow the public to comment on upcoming contract talks between the town and the police union, and potential changes in the city manager's contract, are on the age... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 14, 2013 at 10:10 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm.
AROUND TOWN M-A forum on planning for growth In a public forum at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13, in the Performing Arts Center at Menlo-Atherton High School, officials from the Sequoia Union High School District will be seeking ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 13, 2013 at 11:52 am There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2013 at 9:57 pm.
AROUND TOWN Steering kids away from drugs Programs designed to help steer kids away from drugs, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), can be only as effective as the people who work face to face with the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 13, 2013 at 8:19 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2013 at 2:02 pm.
AROUND TOWN Huddart Park fire under control, chief says Firefighters on the ground declared a small brush fire in a remote part of Huddart Park in Woodside under control on Friday afternoon (May 10) after some two hours of trying ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 10, 2013 at 9:17 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 13, 2013 at 4:00 pm.
AROUND TOWN This weekend: Filoli flower show Fans of floral designer Kiwi DeVoy of Atherton know where to look for her display at "Petal Tales, Once Upon a Time," Filoli's 25th-anniversary flower show to be held May 9 th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 10, 2013 at 5:23 pm
AROUND TOWN 'Human evolution' talk is June 11 A Cafe Scientifique talk on "'Recent Human Evolution As Revealed by Neanderthals" will be held on Tuesday, June 11, at SRI International in Menlo Park -- not on May 11, as lis... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 9, 2013 at 3:12 pm
AROUND TOWN Katherine Strehl joins Menlo Park Planning Commission Katherine Strehl, Menlo Park's newest member of the Planning Commission, barely had time to catch her breath before attending her first meeting in that official capacity.
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AROUND TOWN Portola Valley council rejects artificial grass for soccer field at Woodside Priory School The forces of a plastic modernity were politely shown the door Wednesday night in Portola Valley. After more than two hours of testimony by residents for and against an artifi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 9, 2013 at 11:37 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 13, 2013 at 9:05 am.
AROUND TOWN Photos: Woodside celebrates May Day Woodside Elementary School's eighth-grade class performs a teaser for the upcoming school operetta --"Once Upon a Mattress!" -- during the May Day parade in Woodside on May 4,... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 9, 2013 at 5:44 am
AROUND TOWN Residents: Don't 'dump' high-density housing in Belle Haven The Menlo Park City Council met in Belle Haven this week, on May 7, so council members could give an update on their quest to figure out how to improve the neighborhood. They ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 8, 2013 at 1:47 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2013 at 10:46 am.
AROUND TOWN Those were the days ... in Portola Valley In the early 1900s, growing strawberries for the San Francisco market was a big business in Portola Valley. In this undated photo, George Nahmens displays a tray of berries. H... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 6, 2013 at 8:14 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 6, 2013 at 8:14 am.
AROUND TOWN Menlo Park: Fired gymnastics instructor says she's filed complaint with state The public doesn't know the results or how much it cost, but it now knows that on April 29, Menlo Park got the final report of the investigator hired to look into allegations ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 5, 2013 at 11:05 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2013 at 9:59 pm.
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