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 May 20, 2013 at 3:57 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Superintendent's actions roil school district
For a superintendent who is reputed to be fond of applying the latest business techniques to improve the performance of local school districts, Maurice Ghysels seems to have m... |
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 6:28 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
First look at Arrillaga's Menlo Park development
An eight-acre span of car lots on El Camino Real will turn into a mixed-use complex of medical offices, offices, retail and housing, if developer John Arrillaga goes forward w... |
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on Nov 1, 2012 at 11:53 am by crony capitalism, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Should Kelly Fergusson have gone to DC
Anyone reading the California Fair Political Practice Act would have to conclud that Council Woman Kelly Fergusson violated it. Fergusson is the Clean Energy Business Developm... |
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on Mar 19, 2011 at 10:36 am by listener, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Neighbors appeal Oak Knoll School permit
Plans for construction on the campus of Oak Knoll elementary school have hit a snag. A group of neighbors is asking the Menlo Park City Council to overturn a city staff decis... |
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on Jan 24, 2011 at 12:39 pm by Geezer Smasher, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Fire board president Peter Ohtaki takes out papers for Menlo Park City Council race
Peter I. Ohtaki, a member of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board since 2007 and its current president, took out candidate papers yesterday afternoon (July 22) for th... |
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on Jul 30, 2010 at 5:31 am by Just Wondering, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Public pension costs on the rise
With the fund for the California Public Employees' Retirement System dropping 23 percent in the 2008-09 fiscal year, local jurisdictions will be asked to shoulder more of the ... |
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on Oct 6, 2009 at 12:01 am by RHine@AlmanacNews.com, managing editor of The Almanac |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Everest opens auspiciously, despite Sequoia district's obstacles
The founders and leadership team of the area's new charter high school should take a bow. In spite of all the obstacles placed in front of them by Sequoia Union High School Di... |
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on Sep 11, 2009 at 5:07 pm by Concerned Parent, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Big divide over pay, benefits for firefighters
Menlo Park firefighters have been working for over a year without a contract, and a new one seems nowhere in sight as negotiations stall between the district and the union in ... |
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on Jul 27, 2009 at 5:05 pm by Sustainable Activist, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Letter: Time to reform Proposition 13
How ironic that Silicon Valley, the very center of innovation and creativity envied the world over, is saddled with California's outmoded form of taxation that rewards the sta... |
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on Mar 13, 2012 at 9:37 am by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board affirms superintendent choice with unanimous vote
The Menlo Park City School District board unanimously approved a three-year contract Tuesday night that will install Maurice Ghysels as superintendent on July 1 at an annual s... |
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on May 16, 2011 at 7:47 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Community activist tells of terrifying night
A Saturday drive for Chinese takeout turned into a terrifying night in Menlo Park, said Vicki Smothers.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Apr 27, 2011 at 9:10 pm by Brian_12, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Letter: Bummed out by Menlo parking tickets
I attended a reunion luncheon with five friends at Carpaccio in Menlo Park recently. We all received parking tickets and we all were outraged that this would happen.
Read t... |
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on Feb 26, 2011 at 6:49 pm by janice, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
ATHERTON
Councilman says he hasn't left Atherton
Atherton Councilman Charles Marsala says he hasn't moved out of Atherton. Responding to a complaint from a neighbor who thought he'd left town, Mr. Marsala said that he is lea... |
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on Jan 25, 2010 at 6:39 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
A new plan for Park Theatre?
A controversial plan to buy the former Park Theatre on El Camino Real for $2.2 million in city funds and lease it to Menlo Park resident Andy Duncan for a private dance studio... |
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on Oct 25, 2007 at 2:31 pm by not sure, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Heritage Oak at risk -- Urgent
This is an urgent appeal to anyone who may be able to help - the SF PUC has informed neighbors whose homes are between 15th and 18th avenues (and between 15th and 14th avenues... |
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on May 31, 2011 at 2:18 pm by MaryAnnMP, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
OTHER TOPICS
Menlo Park: 55 ticketed for distracted driving
Fifty-five drivers passing through Menlo Park on April 4 and 5 have been officially encouraged to think twice about using a handheld cell phone while driving, according to a r... |
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on Apr 14, 2011 at 4:52 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
ATHERTON
Outside investigator hired to review Atherton police report-alteration case
An outside investigator was hired last week to conduct a personnel investigation of the alteration of the police report detailing the 2008 arrest of Atherton resident Jon Buck... |
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on Dec 13, 2010 at 9:52 pm by Tim Wulff, a resident of another community |
ATHERTON
$20,000,000 (twenty million dollars) in lawsuits? WOW
If I am correct Atherton has at a starting point $20,000,000 (twenty million) in lawsuits against them. How much will our insurance company handle? Will they find us negligent... |
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on Oct 23, 2010 at 6:12 pm by Ed, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Measure T opposition solidifies
Being out of office doesn't mean you're out of politics in Menlo Park. A group of former council members and commissioners working alongside current office holders hopes to de... |
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on Sep 23, 2010 at 9:42 pm by E.D., a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Stop signs and cyclists: is there an answer?
When a knot of 30 or 40 or even 100 bicyclists passes through Portola Valley and Woodside, as happens regularly, the cyclists tend to behave like a flock of birds: the indivi... |
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on Sep 23, 2010 at 10:07 am by La Hondan, a resident of another community |
ATHERTON
Atherton councilwoman: Let's end the rancor
An attempt to gather Atherton City Council members together for a refresher course on the council's Code of Conduct appears heading for a debate -- civil, it is hoped -- on fr... |
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on Aug 18, 2010 at 9:57 pm by Harpooner, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Council to review appeal of Safeway plans
A routine administrative permit allowing for outdoor seating at the Safeway complex on El Camino Real has been appealed all the way to Menlo Park's City Council. The council w... |
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on Feb 4, 2010 at 5:06 pm by Maria of West Menlo, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Red Light Cameras: A Success Thus Far?
With all the hyperbole and angst displayed in this forum and elsewhere over the new red light camera installed at Ravenswood and El Camino, I thought I'd share my impressions,... |
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on Oct 26, 2008 at 6:39 pm by watchdog, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
WOODSIDE
Menlo Country Club golf course project
Town of Woodside
Public Hearing Notice
Notice of Availability/ Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration
Public Review Period: March 19, 2012 through April 17, 2012
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on Mar 24, 2012 at 9:49 pm by john g, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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