ATHERTON
Buckheit offers Atherton council deal to resolve lawsuit
Saying he's "willing to be reasonable if you are," Atherton resident Jon Buckheit told the Atherton City Council on Dec. 15 that his $10 million lawsuit against the town could... |
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on Jan 20, 2011 at 6:04 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Nurses plan protest at Whitman's Atherton home
Members of the California Nurses Association say that about 1,000 of them will be coming to the Atherton home of Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman on Thursday, Ju... |
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on Jul 16, 2010 at 7:26 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Letter: Council should keep hands out of Bohannon's pockets
The Menlo Park City Council thinks that the Menlo Gateway project by David Bohannon should be put up for vote.
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on Jun 15, 2010 at 8:08 am by what if, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Parents push for Mandarin immersion program
With China on a path to becoming the largest economy in the world, the interest in teaching children in the United States the Mandarin language is also growing apace. And give... |
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 10:38 pm by Willows Parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Stanford-Arrillaga plan: Boon or doom?
What's worse than a string of empty car lots? Eight acres of mixed-use office space, retail and apartments, according to the many public speakers and some Menlo Park officials... |
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on Feb 4, 2013 at 6:34 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Campaign signs go missing, and so does cell phone
Who will be elected to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District (MPFPD) Board of Directors is not a question keeping most people awake at night, but some are taking it very, v... |
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on Oct 23, 2011 at 11:40 pm by App Idea, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Mayor Cline - don't bother me with facts or public input
Menlo Park Mayor Cline has just held another secret meeting - with himself. Such a meeting is perfectly legal but unwise. He has decided that Menlo Park will not even consider... |
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on Jul 23, 2010 at 8:49 am by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
THE LOCAL DISH
Menlo bans smoking in public places
Menlo Park's City Council at its March 2 meeting approved an ordinance banning smoking in some public places, including ATM lines and parking lots. The ordinance declares seco... |
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on Mar 10, 2010 at 10:55 am by e. grimley, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
WOODSIDE
Driver: Bicyclists attacked my truck in Woodside
The driver of a pickup truck says a group of some 50 bicyclists attacked his truck on Canada Road in Woodside on Saturday, Jan. 26.
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on Feb 5, 2013 at 4:10 pm by John, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Update: Two local men arrested in child porn sweep
Detectives from a regional Internet-crimes task force have arrested nine men, including Portola Valley resident Stephen Wolf, 64, and Menlo Park resident Charles Vela Reyes J... |
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on Apr 4, 2012 at 7:44 pm by Portola Valley - Stephen Wolf Concerns, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
ATHERTON
Atherton police chief is retiring
The town of Atherton announced at 4 p.m. today (July 7) that Police Chief Mike Guerra is retiring.
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on Jul 11, 2011 at 3:22 pm by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community |
MENLO PARK
Menlo plans to renew Team Sheeper pool contract
Team Sheeper will continue to operate the Burgess pool, and add the Belle Haven pool to its roster, under a revised contract that may head to the Menlo Park council for approv... |
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on Jan 31, 2011 at 10:33 am by Get Real, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Elementary school consolidation - an idea whose time has come?
The Almanac reports that one more leader adds his name to the consolidation of our elementary schools:
Before casting his vote, Mayor Rich Cline called the need for better ... |
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on May 23, 2011 at 8:32 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
ATHERTON
Atherton police report investigation stalled
Seven months have passed since Atherton's police chief asked the San Mateo County district attorney to investigate the charge that a police report was falsified to bring a tru... |
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on Nov 8, 2010 at 3:22 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Exaggerated traffic claims against Measure T -- NO!
In today's Almanac (10/20/2010) is a letter from Planning Commissioner Katie FerricK:
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Exaggerated traffic claims against Measure T
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on Oct 26, 2010 at 8:33 am by narnia, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Everest charter high school outflanks school district in surprise move
In its oft-thwarted efforts to find a home in Redwood City, officials of Everest (charter) Public High School have invoked the sovereign right of all public schools and now ha... |
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on Jul 29, 2009 at 6:08 am by Go Everest, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community |
ATHERTON
Atherton employees offer concessions to save their jobs
The union representing 13 Atherton employees who were given pink slips May 31 will meet with town representatives on June 9 to try to save its members' jobs by offering about ... |
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on Jun 9, 2011 at 11:26 pm by Ed, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Report calls Stanford traffic mitigation for Menlo Park 'intolerable'
A report drafted by the transportation commission calls the inequity between the $8.3 million Stanford has proposed giving Palo Alto to mitigate impacts from its upcoming hosp... |
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on Mar 29, 2011 at 10:34 am by peter carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
ATHERTON
A house divided
Word around town hall is that a chasm as wide and as deep as the Grand Canyon has emerged between the Town administration and the Police Department.
This is yet another unf... |
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on Jun 29, 2010 at 11:58 am by john p johns, a resident of another community |
MENLO PARK
Fergusson leads in MP election fundraising
Kelly Fergusson has opened a wide lead in both fundraising and spending in the race for two seats on the Menlo Park City Council.
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on Nov 3, 2008 at 4:44 pm by 2Shay, a resident of the Menlo Park: Park Forest neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
The unfiring of a Menlo Park police officer
Questions linger months after the Almanac broke the story about the arrest, firing and reinstatement of veteran Menlo Park police officer Jeffrey Vasquez: How, exactly, does a... |
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on Jun 7, 2013 at 1:00 pm by RESIDENT/tax payer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Butterflies and Edgewood Park
Bill Korbholz is an Edgewood Park volunteer who leads tours and works to advance the survival prospects of the endangered Bay Checkerspot butterfly, which used to thrive up an... |
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 5:05 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park to spend $518,500 to buy back home
Two members of the Menlo Park City Council urged the city to explore criminal charges against a couple who bought a home through the city's below-market-rate housing program, ... |
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 8:14 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Audio recordings could tell what happened at party
Evidence that may be hard to refute could answer questions about whether there was misconduct by police in their response to a complaint about alleged underage drinking at a p... |
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on Dec 21, 2011 at 7:42 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Fire district disputes Facebook EIR
Lessons learned from the draft environmental impact report for Facebook's upcoming campus development: (1) 9,400 employees can make a lot of traffic. (2) A lot of traffic make... |
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on Dec 20, 2011 at 5:23 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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