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AROUND TOWN
Local partying, dining out on New Year's Eve
Many local restaurants are planning special events for New Year's Eve. Among them: the British Bankers Club, Madera restaurant at Rosewood Sand Hill hotel, the Left Bank Bistr...
 
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on Dec 30, 2011 at 1:29 pm by RJ, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Update: Hazardous materials spill in Menlo Park
Firefighters spent more than two hours Wednesday night dealing with a spill of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide at 1140 O'Brien Drive in Menlo Park. Read the full stor...
 
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on Dec 20, 2012 at 4:44 pm by rudy caparros, a resident of the Menlo Park: Stanford Hills neighborhood
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, July 2, 2012, 11:56 AM
 
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on Jul 2, 2012 at 9:27 pm by jake Pirman, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Upcoming programs at Atherton Library
Friday, July 8, 2011 at 7 pm: Sing-a-long movie night featuring Mamma Mia! Rated PG-13. Doors open at 6:45 pm. Monday, July 11 at 4 pm: SWEET Theatre presents Hansel and Gr...
 
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on Jul 6, 2011 at 3:05 pm by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
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Endangering our Safety for 17 Seconds on El Camino Real
In the hopes of relieving auto congestion on El Camino Real, in the context of the El Camino Real/Downtown Specific Plan, some are proposing increasing El Camino Real to 6 lan...
 
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on May 22, 2012 at 9:56 am by traffic circles and circles and circles, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
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Tonight: Commission may act on Facebook
Facebook's proposed campus expansion is once again in the spotlight at the Planning Commission meeting on Monday night, May 7. Read the full story here Web Link...
 
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on May 8, 2012 at 7:53 am by Oversight, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Bestsellers - Week Ending 4/8/12
Hardcover Fiction Sacre Bleu a Comedy of Art Christopher Moore Beginners Goodbye Anne Tyler Red Book Deborah Copak Kogan Defending Jacob William Landay Art of Fielding C...
 
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on Apr 9, 2012 at 2:15 pm by Pam Grange, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
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Facebook EIR review period should be extended
Facebook is intensifying development along Menlo Park's Bayfront. The project is the largest in the City - larger than the Gateway project. The environmental impacts should be...
 
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on Jan 10, 2012 at 3:43 pm by Gita Dev, a resident of the Woodside: Mountain Home Road neighborhood
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Police warn residents of burglary threat
In response to recent residential burglaries in Menlo Park, the police department is warning residents to lock up before leaving home, to get to know their neighborhoods, and ...
 
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on Feb 8, 2013 at 5:26 pm by just the facts Maam, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
OTHER TOPICS
Oracle buys Menlo Park software company
Oracle has announced that its latest buying spree will include Skire, a Menlo Park company founded in 2000 that specializes in construction and facilities management software....
 
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on Aug 14, 2012 at 3:59 am by Editor, The Almanac Online
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Tonight: Block party, concert in Menlo Park
Menlo Park will take its annual step into summer on Wednesday, June 20, with the start of the city's summer concert series and a block party on downtown Santa Cruz Avenue, whi...
 
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on Jun 20, 2012 at 4:13 pm by Colin Jenkins, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
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Tonight: Menlo Park studies housing
As a prelude to its regular Tuesday night meeting, the Menlo Park City Council has scheduled a housing element study session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8. Read the full sto...
 
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on May 10, 2012 at 12:25 pm by fiscal discipline, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood
OTHER TOPICS
Simitian pushes bill to keep parks open
With a July 1 deadline looming over a budget-cutting plan that would close some 70 of the 270 state parks, two state senators are proposing an alternative that could keep abou...
 
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on May 9, 2012 at 12:23 pm by ann, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Warren Slocum running for county supervisor
A familiar face in county political circles, Warren Slocum announced his intention to run for the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors with succinct style on March 5 -- he t...
 
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AROUND TOWN
Saturday: Portola Valley picnic, trail dedication
Portola Valley holds its town picnic Saturday with some new features: a trail, a club and a shirt. Read the full story here Web Link...
 
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on Jun 8, 2012 at 2:09 pm by JW, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Woodside councilman Tom Shanahan ready to ask 'Why?'
The Woodside Town Council is a skeptical crew, but with the election in November of investment banker and former private-sector chief financial officer Tom Shanahan, the skept...
 
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on Mar 21, 2012 at 9:06 am by Some Guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's Bestsellers - March 11, 2012
Hardcover Fiction 1 Spinoza Problem Irvin Yalom 2 Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes 3 Murder at the Lanterne Rouge Cara Black 4 Night Circus Erin Morgenstern 5 Paris Wife ...
 
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on Mar 12, 2012 at 6:11 pm by Pam Grange, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood
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[VIDEO] DEC 19 Atherton Council Meeting
TOWN OF ATHERTON CITY COUNCIL ATHERTON CHANNEL DRAINAGE DISTRICT DEC 19, 2012 REGULAR MEETING VIDEO BROADCAST The Town of Atherton assumed responsibility for r...
 
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on Dec 23, 2012 at 11:21 am by APOA, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Kepler's asks, 'Who are we?'
"The overriding goal of Future Search was to expand the circle of committed and engaged stakeholders who are going to work with Kepler's and other community bookstores to buil...
 
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on Aug 3, 2012 at 9:09 pm by UNO, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Locals plead not guilty to pornography charges
Portola Valley resident Stephen Wolf, 64, and Menlo Park resident Charles Vela Reyes Jr. have pleaded not guilty to charges of possession of child pornography. Read the full...
 
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on Jun 18, 2012 at 1:00 pm by lock them up, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
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Tonight: Menlo Park eyes affordable housing
The Menlo Park City Council continues serving a full agenda at its weekly meetings. Tonight officials will study the city's affordable housing program, and then move on to eva...
 
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on Apr 24, 2012 at 1:23 pm by Hubert, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Stanford grad pleads no contest in stalking case
People say it's really hard to completely delete information from a computer. Erin Umberg, 28, is finding that the district attorney's office believes in that truism. She plea...
 
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on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:19 am by resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Tonight: New plan for high-speed rail?
A possible new business plan for California's high-speed rail project is set to be revealed Tuesday evening in Mountain View at a public hearing hosted by State Sen. Joe Simit...
 
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on Mar 15, 2012 at 4:42 pm by R.Gordon, a resident of another community
AROUND TOWN
Heavy truck traffic near Crystal Springs Dam
Near the southern trailhead of Sawyer Camp Trail, work continues on the Lower Crystal Springs Dam stilling basin. Read the full story here Web Link...
 
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on Oct 11, 2011 at 11:38 am by detour?, a resident of the Woodside: Mountain Home Road neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Music concert at Atherton Library
Tonight, Tuesday, August 23 at 6:30 pm, don't miss Jennings and Keller, an acoustic duo based in Miami Florida. They will present a free concert, "Fusion Folk Americana" Ather...
 
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