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Tonight: Public gets chance to learn about and comment on Menlo Park city labor negotiations
The Menlo Park City Council will hold a study session at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, to give the public the opportunity to learn about the city's negotiations with unions repre... |
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on Apr 23, 2013 at 7:55 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Update: Menlo council forms subcommittee to guide Stanford project on El Camino
After a discussion that started on Tuesday night and stretched into Wednesday morning, the Menlo Park City Council decided to form a subcommittee to help figure out how to mak... |
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on Apr 22, 2013 at 5:47 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
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Home burglars make off with $15,000 in goods
Burglars hit three homes in three different Menlo Park neighborhoods and stole jewelry, computers and construction equipment for a total estimated loss of $15,000, on Monday, ... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 9:27 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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?
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 9:13 pm by Margaret Fruth, a resident of another community |
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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 12, 2013 at 10:29 am by Editor, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood |
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Menlo Park: New Stanford-Arrillaga plan cuts medical office space by 74 percent
As promised, this week Stanford delivered an overview of the latest revisions to its plan for El Camino Real in Menlo Park.
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 10:03 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Menlo council will review Stanford plan April 16
Stanford University said it will have the latest revision of its proposed eight-acre mixed-used complex ready next week -- just in time for the Menlo Park City Council to carr... |
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 2:29 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Editorial: Menlo Park needs to release results of gymnastics probe
Menlo Park's stance that the results of an investigation into the firing of instructor Michelle Sutton and allegations of a toxic workplace environment within the gymnastics p... |
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 3:56 pm by Holly L., a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
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Menlo Park BBC deal falls through
Kill the social media buzz: A former Facebook executive's plan to reopen the landmark British Bankers Club in Menlo Park has fallen through.
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 1:19 pm by Hmmm, a resident of another community |
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Belle Haven may yet see active police substation
Buried in discussion of Menlo Park's upcoming budget was a hint as to the fate of a long-awaited, active police substation in Belle Haven.
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 12:45 pm by Belle Haven Resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Menlo Park: Wrong-way drunk driver sentenced
A 26-year-old Menlo Park man was sentenced for misdemeanor drunk driving and felony child endangerment in San Mateo County Court on March 27.
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 6:51 am by Dennis Oliver, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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La Honda Road reopens; Ranch Road blocked
La Honda Road (state Highway 84) in San Mateo County has reopened after downed cable lines blocked traffic for several hours this morning, a California Highway Patrol officer ... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 12:01 pm by whatever, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Letter: 'Reasonable solution' could save school
On April 9, the Menlo Park City School District Board of Directors will decide whether or not to terminate its 20-plus-year lease of the O'Connor site to the German-American I... |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 12:45 pm by giselle, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
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More photos along Obama's motorcade route
Berna Davis, a resident of Atherton, sent us these photos that she took along President Obama's motorcade route in Atherton on Thursday morning, April 4.
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:23 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Attorney scrutinizes Menlo hotel parking approval
The Menlo Park council voted 4-0 last week in favor of a proposed hotel on Glenwood Avenue, but that won't be the last time the public hears about the issue.
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 9:10 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Menlo Park raises city fees
Changes to Menlo Park fees for community services such as gymnastics classes, afterschool programs and facility rentals will add approximately $178,125 to the city's annual re... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 1:34 pm by Don, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Menlo Park council weighs Stanford project review
Debate has raged since Stanford and developer John Arrillaga first proposed building eight acres of mixed-use office space, retail and apartments on El Camino Real in Menlo Pa... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:42 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |