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Menlo Park hires consultant to study administration
Now that a $25,000 review of the police department's internal operations is done, Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre has hired a consultant to take a look at the city's adm... |
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Supervisor Dave Pine will ask the Board to Rescind Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ayres
I have just been informed that San Mateo Supervisor Dave Pine has contacted County Counsel and asked him to prepare a resolution rescinding the Lifetime Achievement Award give... |
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8 hours ago by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
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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 |
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I want a girl like the girls on Fox News
My liberal days are over.
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on May 20, 2013 at 1:09 pm by CJ, a resident of another community |
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Friday shooting: Victim probably shot himself
A 19-year-old man injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Friday afternoon probably shot himself, Police Chief Ronald Davis said.
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on May 20, 2013 at 10:08 am by LMGTFY, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Menlo Park ... 1927
Downtown Menlo Park, including the building at right that now is known as the British Bankers Club, was photographed in 1927, the year the city incorporated. ==I Photo courtes... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 8:37 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Sunday: Atherton's 'Evening in Paris'
The Mid-Peninsula League of the San Francisco Symphony will celebrate "An Evening in Paris" with cocktails, floral displays, fine dining and musical entertainment on Sunday, M... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 11:52 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Public asked to help families devastated by fire
Redwood City officials are asking the public to help families who lost everything in an apartment building fire in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood May 15. ... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 3:51 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Interim chief named while injured chief recovers
A former chief of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, Douglas Sporleder, will serve as interm chief while Chief Harold Schapelhouman recovers from injuries sustained from... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 9:10 am by Tom Owen, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
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Golden Shears celebrates 50th year
When Louis Arenas opened his barbershop in downtown Menlo Park, he wanted it to be an old-fashioned type of place, where customers could feel as if they were returning to anot... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 5:52 pm by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Robert Taylor honored for pioneering work on computers, Internet
Robert W. Taylor, a Woodside resident for 30 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern personal computing, including the availability of informa... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm by Al Gore Fan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Prosecutor: Ayres verdict brings relief to victims
After years of legal wrangling, Dr. William Hamilton Ayres, an 81-year-old former San Mateo psychiatrist accused of molesting boys during examinations in the 1990s, has pleade... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 2:49 pm by Jonathan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
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Ormondale principal named
Kevin Keegan, an elementary school principal in the Santa Clara Unified School District, has been appointed the new principal of Ormondale School in Portola Valley.
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on May 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Dr. William Ayres pleads guilty to child molestation today
Just in: Dr. William Ayres, the court appointed psychiatrist to hundreds of juveniles in San Mateo County, will plead guilty to child molestation today.
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on May 17, 2013 at 4:13 am by Lurker, a resident of another community |
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Odd twist in Sequoia Healthcare District election
The Sequoia Healthcare District elections resemble a game of musical chairs this year. Director Jack Hickey, whose third term wouldn't expire until 2014, is still running for ... |
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on May 16, 2013 at 2:03 pm by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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M-A forum on planning for growth
In a public forum at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13, in the Performing Arts Center at Menlo-Atherton High School, officials from the Sequoia Union High School District will be seeking ... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 9:57 pm by Read the article, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Menlo Park fire chief recovering from fall
After tumbling off a ladder at his San Jose home over the weekend, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman is on the mend.
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on May 15, 2013 at 2:42 pm by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Tonight: Police contract talks on Atherton agenda
A session to allow the public to comment on upcoming contract talks between the town and the police union, and potential changes in the city manager's contract, are on the age... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm by Linkage, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Steering kids away from drugs
Programs designed to help steer kids away from drugs, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), can be only as effective as the people who work face to face with the... |
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on May 14, 2013 at 2:02 pm by Parent in MPCSD, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
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Huddart Park fire under control, chief says
Firefighters on the ground declared a small brush fire in a remote part of Huddart Park in Woodside under control on Friday afternoon (May 10) after some two hours of trying ... |
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on May 13, 2013 at 4:00 pm by Dave Boyce, Almanac staff writer |
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Portola Valley council rejects artificial grass for soccer field at Woodside Priory School
The forces of a plastic modernity were politely shown the door Wednesday night in Portola Valley. After more than two hours of testimony by residents for and against an artifi... |
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on May 13, 2013 at 9:05 am by Garrett, a resident of another community |
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Katherine Strehl joins Menlo Park Planning Commission
Katherine Strehl, Menlo Park's newest member of the Planning Commission, barely had time to catch her breath before attending her first meeting in that official capacity.
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on May 10, 2013 at 7:45 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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'Human evolution' talk is June 11
A Cafe Scientifique talk on "'Recent Human Evolution As Revealed by Neanderthals" will be held on Tuesday, June 11, at SRI International in Menlo Park -- not on May 11, as lis... |
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on May 9, 2013 at 3:12 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Residents: Don't 'dump' high-density housing in Belle Haven
The Menlo Park City Council met in Belle Haven this week, on May 7, so council members could give an update on their quest to figure out how to improve the neighborhood. They ... |
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on May 9, 2013 at 10:46 am by Possibilities, a member of the Hillview Middle School community |
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Menlo Park: Fired gymnastics instructor says she's filed complaint with state
The public doesn't know the results or how much it cost, but it now knows that on April 29, Menlo Park got the final report of the investigator hired to look into allegations ... |
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on May 8, 2013 at 9:59 pm by Alex, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
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