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Superintendent: No ban on homework
Contrary to some television, newspaper and Web site reports, "neither the district nor Oak Knoll School has banned homework," said Superintendent Ken Ranella of the Menlo Par...
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Superintendent: No ban on homework
Contrary to some television, newspaper and Web site reports, "neither the district nor Oak Knoll School has banned homework," said Superintendent Ken Ranella of the Menlo Par...
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Superintendent: No ban on homework
Contrary to some television, newspaper and Web site reports, "neither the district nor Oak Knoll School has banned homework," said Superintendent Ken Ranella of the Menlo Par...
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Sustainable living sage talks in Portola Valley
Amory Lovins, MacArthur Fellow and noted spokesman on tackling global warming by living more efficiently, spoke about sustainable living to an overflow crowd at Portola Valley...
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Rally opposing Prop 8
Several community leaders in San Mateo County, including Supervisor Rich Gordon, will speak at a rally to oppose Proposition 8 at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, at the Redwood Cit...
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Another electric car company may come to MP
Tesla Motors' days as the only electric car dealership in Menlo Park may be numbered. ZAP!, a Santa Rosa-based electric vehicle company, is in talks with the city to open a de...
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Car visits Flegel's via front window
The top of a $10,000 inlaid Italian table was showered with broken glass at Flegel's Home Furnishings at 870 Santa Cruz Ave. in Menlo Park after a Jaguar drove into a plate gl...
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From Linfield Oaks to Saudi Arabia
Charles "Chuck" Everson holds California Landscape Architect's License #158, dated June 1, 1954.
Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=6847 ...
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Hearings set on EIR for Clos de la Tech Winery
Clos de la Tech, the vineyard west of Skyline Boulevard where T.J. Rodgers, CEO of Cypress Semiconductor, wants to build a winery to produce pinot noir, is entering a new phas...
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LOST PARAKEET?
A beautiful light-greenish yellow parakeet has been at my feeder since Sun., Aug. 17. It feeds several times a day, usually early AM. mid-morning, then again late afternoon. ...
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Editorial: Can cities stop a juggernaut?
It was a no-brainer for the Menlo Park and Atherton city councils to join a cost-free lawsuit challenging the route chosen for the high-speed rail project that will be on this...
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Letter: Where was bike in commuter story?
In the July 16 edition, Rory Brown, Almanac staff writer, wrote an expose of sorts about Menlo Park's public transportation system. At the end of the article, he announced pro...
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BART vs. Dumbarton Rail debate gets testy
The dust has settled, and round one in a fight for scarce Bay Area transit dollars goes to Dumbarton Rail supporters.
Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/...
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Eshoo holds telephone town hall meetings
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, is taking advantage of a service that blends two communication technologies, the robo-call and the teleconference, to conduct interactive live t...
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OBITUARIES
The Almanac runs obituaries in its news section on people who lived in, or played a prominent role in, Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Woodside. These obituaries ...
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Missed connections
With concerns about gas prices, dependence on foreign oil and climate change rising rapidly, how easy it to get around on public transit? Rory Brown, a staff writer for The Al...
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Robert Wallace killed in tractor accident
Robert Wallace, 58, of La Honda died Sunday after a tractor he was driving near Alpine Road south of Portola Valley overturned and crushed him, according to the California Hig...
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