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President Obama raises money for Democrats
President Barack Obama arrived at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday evening for a quick fundraising trip in the Bay Area.
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 8:05 am by Arthur, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parent input sought on special ed director
Two meetings are set for this week to seek comments from parents about what leadership characteristics they want to see in the Menlo Park City School District's next director ... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 5:32 pm by beta, a resident of another community |
MENLO PARK
Gang members allegedly beat preschooler
Two members of the Taliban East Palo Alto gang allegedly beat a preschooler and threatened to shoot him because his father is a rival gang member, the San Mateo County distric... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 2:39 pm by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park adds part-time budget director
Larry Lisenbee, San Jose's former budget director, has joined Menlo Park part-time, according to a memo sent to city staff.
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 1:58 pm by Disgusted, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Private school supporters plead for more time
(This is an expanded version of a previously published story.) More than 600 supporters of a private school that may be booted from its longtime home two years before i... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:56 am by Parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Tonight Show spoofs the Associated Press
Jay Leno from the Tonight Show had a little fun at the Associated Press' and the Democratic National Party's expense. He said
“And in a groundbreaking move, the Associated... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 8:05 am by Political Observer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
High rents drive demand for home-sharing
Anyone who has tried to find a rental on the Midpeninsula recently knows that rents seem higher than ever locally -- a fact confirmed by a recent study that found San Mateo C... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 7:43 pm by Concerned, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Portola Valley: Clear-cutting of 18 trees
Eighteen trees fell recently in a clear-cutting on a lightly forested hilltop at 18 Redberry Ridge in Portola Valley. While woodcutters were on the scene to hear the sounds th... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 6:23 pm by jimmae, a resident of the Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park Council to ignore Specific Plan procedures and its Planning Commission
"The April 2, 2013 City Council agenda features a memorandum from Council Members Keith and Cline requesting that the Council place the review of the 500 El Camino Real/Stanfo... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 2:56 pm by Long time resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Public employees and Social Security
How do public employees escape the inequities of the Social Security system to which most of us have been subjected? Why do taxpayers have to foot the bill for investment los... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 11:43 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park school vandalized
Vandals didn't steal anything, but they left a calling card -- explicit graffiti spray-painted across the walls of La Entrada Middle School greeted Menlo Park police respondin... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 9:59 am by so sad, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
St. Patrick's finance director accused of stealing $202,000 and Mercedes from seminary
Jennifer Margret Morris, the 57-year-old finance director for St. Patrick's Seminary and University in Menlo Park, has been charged in the theft of $202,000 and a 1982 Mercede... |
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 9:31 pm by Karen, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Opponents of Stanford project push for review of Menlo Park specific plan
Save Menlo, a grassroots group opposed to Stanford University's proposal to build an eight-acre mixed use complex in Menlo Park, is calling for the council to review the new d... |
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 7:23 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Gymnastics probe findings
won't be made public
The investigation into allegations of a hostile workplace within Menlo Park's gymnastics program will likely take at least one month, but however long it takes, the public wil... |
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 6:57 pm by parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Woodside resident to make 600th blood donation
Woodside resident Alden Tagg will make his 600th blood donation, through a process known as apheresis, at the Stanford Blood Center's new donation center in Menlo Park on Mond... |
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 5:07 pm by Atherton resident, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
CalPERS Actuary Warns of Pension Fund Shortfalls
From Daniel Borenstein's column in the Contra Costa Times:
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 2:37 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Letter: Fee for paper bags is outrageous
Some too narrowly focused and overenthusiastic "protectors of the environment" have convinced many Peninsula city councils to enact an ordinance regarding the use of plastic b... |
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 12:28 pm by Steve, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Louisville Spanks Duke Good
Louisville, totally dominated Duke in this March Madness Thriller. Duke, the school that graduated notorious political figures Richard Nixon and a former Menlo Park Mayor went... |
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on Mar 31, 2013 at 4:43 pm by March Madness, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Coast Guard rescues four from boat
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four people and a dog from a stranded boat that ran aground between the San Mateo and Dumbarton bridges Saturday afternoon.
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 6:07 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
WOODSIDE
Woodside environmentalist Ollie Mayer dies at 94
The Devil's Slide tunnel groundbreaking in 2005 was a triumph for Olive Mayer of Woodside. She wasn't there to cheer the tunnels completion at the party held March 25, 2013, h... |
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 1:43 pm by Fatima Tehranchi, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Healthcare District's website deceiving
For 2012-13FY, The Sequoia Healthcare District website states the following:
Sequoia Healthcare District 2012-13 FY
Total Community Support - $10.6 million
Property Tax... |
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 11:43 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Sequoia Healthcare District Grant Applications oversubscribed
In a press release from District PR guy, Don Shoecraft (a.k.a. MTK Communications Web Link), Grant applications total $3.355 ... |
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 9:41 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Caltrans previews Willow Road interchange redesign
The Menlo Park Transportation Commission recently got a look at how Caltrans could redesign the U.S. 101 and Willow Road interchange to improve safety and traffic flow.
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 10:11 pm by Mary, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park council OKs new Facebook campus
The Menlo Park City Council unanimously approved Tuesday night the various permits and agreements that will let Facebook build a second, "west" campus on Constitution Drive. ... |
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 8:30 pm by kevin, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
The sale (and free exchange) of locally grown food gathers steam
The idea of local people eating locally grown food continues to make headlines in Woodside. The Town Council has expressed interest in a public referendum on whether to allow ... |
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 2:28 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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