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... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 4:30 pm by Poster, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
All-stars capture national title
Redwood Undisputed, an all-star basketball team of fourth-grade girls representing the Redwood chapter of the Silicon Valley Section for National Junior Basketball, captured t... |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 8:15 pm by Victor & Lorie Para, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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... |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
WOODSIDE
Preserving historic properties in Woodside
In Woodside, there is a list of 22 structures of historic significance to the town. Included are the Albert Shine house, a Victorian built near Canada Road in 1882 using mail-... |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:28 am by Susan Smith, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Guest opinion: Can Menlo Park recover what it lost in specific plan?
With the recent downtown Menlo Park project submitted by Stanford University, residents are waking up to the reality of a large development and the impacts brought about by bu... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 7:06 pm by Gern, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Tonight: MP council reviews Stanford project
With many residents expressing opposition to Stanford's development proposal for 300-500 El Camino Real, the Menlo Park City Council will meet Tuesday night, April 16, to revi... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 3:13 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Sequoia Healthcare District Volunteers at St. Anthony de Padua Dining Room
"The District has been supporting us through its wonderful Community Services program since 2009." Web Link
Note; prior to 2009, St. Anthony's only... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 12:57 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Helen Hausman to retire from community college board
Atherton resident Helen Hausman, a trustee of the San Mateo County Community College District for 23 years, plans to retire from the Board of Trustees on May 1.
Read the ful... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 12:40 pm by Virginia Chang Kiraly, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Menlo attorney fighting high-speed rail Central Valley project's launch
(An expanded version of an earlier-published story.) Peninsula cities lost a legal battle last week against the state's high-speed rail project, but another active lawsu... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 7:37 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Excelling in math, reading, and barbering
Erik Burmeister asked for it, and he got it. Hillview School eighth-grader Andrew gives his principal's head a close shave on April 5 while students Madeline, left, and Gaby w... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 5:56 pm by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Teen has advice for Republicans
Sequoia High school student Paul Kiraly of West Menlo Park and 10 other youth delegates to the Republican Convention had some excellent advice for the Republicans. Paul summ... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 4:04 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Changes in Stanford/Arrillaga project on El Camino please some, not others
While some say Stanford and developer John Arrillaga took a step in the right direction by adding housing and reducing medical office space for its proposed El Camino Real dev... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 4:01 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Pacifist, Kepler's legend Ira Sandperl dies at 90
Ira Sandperl, a well-known pacifist who worked for decades at Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park -- from the 1950s into the 1980s -- died April 13 at his home in Menlo Park. He ... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 2:40 pm by Earle Jones, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Gardeners arrested on suspicion of burglary
Two men were arrested after a woman arrived home in an unincorporated area of Menlo Park to find them inside her home stealing laptop computers, according to San Mateo Cou... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 2:10 pm by Don R, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Saturday: Speier hosts gun buyback event
U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, who held a gun buyback event in San Mateo County earlier this year, is planning another this weekend.
Read the full story... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 2:06 pm by Mark Twain Disraeli, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Atherton: $92,000 in purses missing from home
Atherton police called it grand theft in the April 5 log entry -- and it is definitely grand -- but they say they're investigating it as a residential burglary that may have u... |
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on Apr 14, 2013 at 7:55 am by Susan Smith, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
An Eagle-Eyed Investigator Catches Dr. Ayres at Trader Joe's
Dr. William Ayres, child psychiatrist for four decades to both the offspring of the rich in San Mateo County as well as the juveniles and who was arrested for child molestati... |
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on Apr 14, 2013 at 6:47 am by Lurker, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Michelle Rhees, Superman movie and DC cheating scandals
The editors removed my post and closed the topic on the Superman movie, Woodside High School and Micelle Rhees place in the movie. It would have been nice if they would have p... |
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 4:20 pm by False idols, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Letter: CalPERs increase could cost $3 million
CalPERS, (the California Public Employees' Retirement System) is on the brink of raising its required contribution rates by 50 per cent over six years beginning next year.
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 3:21 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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... |
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 2:21 pm by Keith B, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Destinations: Magical island
Our goal was to see the sun rise behind the row of 15 massive stone busts at Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island, but as we jolted along potholed dirt roads toward our destination ... |
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 1:48 pm by Kathy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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://... |
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 9:44 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
ATHERTON
Atherton Police Negotiations – Status is right here
Is this "through the looking glass" or what? A letter just received from John Mattes. Cops expect the parcel tax to INCREASE. WOW!!!
April 4, 2013
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 9:27 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park studies housing plan update
Location, location, location: Which neighborhoods -- and by extension, schools -- in Menlo Park should bear the burden of increased housing density?
Read the full story here... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 9:13 pm by Margaret Fruth, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Feature story: Shaping the West
It's a safe bet that few can now say what these four things have in common: asparagus, the sliding glass door, a wilderness vacation, and teaching teenagers to cook. According... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 1:45 pm by Debbie Mytels, a resident of another community |
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