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UPDATE: Theatre investigation related to thefts
A burglary last June and thefts at the Palo Alto Children's Theatre are linked to the investigation of "financial crimes" that caused the City of Palo Alto to close the belove... |
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on Jan 28, 2008 at 10:30 am by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Montreal’s Mimi Blais Performs Valentine’s Evening in Menlo Park
Famed concert pianist Mimi Blais from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, performs romantic ragtime, waltzes, and other delights for Valentine’s Thursday, Feb. 14, at 7:00 p.m. at the ... |
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on Jan 24, 2008 at 3:20 pm by Carol, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Pharmaca plans store in downtown Menlo Park
Pharmaca, a growing chain of pharmacies that offers both prescription medication and natural remedies, is taking steps to set up shop on Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park.
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on Jan 21, 2008 at 7:03 pm by another question, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 1/20/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. People Of The Book, Geraldine Brooks
2. Senator’s Wife, Sue Miller
3. Run, Ann Patchett
4. World Without End, Ken Follett
5. My Mistress’s ... |
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on Jan 21, 2008 at 2:05 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Parking Enforcer Strikes Again!
I got a parking ticket in the mail today from the City of Menlo Park. Not that getting a parking ticket in this town is hard to do! Heck, sometimes just thinking the thought t... |
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on Jan 16, 2008 at 2:42 am by Annelise Connell, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 1/13/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. Touchstone, Laurie R. King
3. People Of The Book, Geraldine Brooks
4. Run, Ann Patchett
5. Plu... |
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on Jan 14, 2008 at 3:07 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Man, 19, arrested in assault on teacher
San Mateo County sheriff's deputies arrested a San Mateo man on Tuesday in connection with a November attack on a Woodside High School teacher.
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on Jan 10, 2008 at 5:11 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Portola Valley's Bob and Myrtle Carey celebrate 60 years
Bob and Myrtle Carey of Portola Valley celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Nov. 21 at the University Club of Palo Alto. Thirty family members and friends attended.
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on Jan 9, 2008 at 2:57 pm by Dawn Carey Schaniel, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Business: Mark Gallagher brings 25 years' experience to his Atherton gallery
Mark Gallagher is a hometown boy. Growing up in Sharon Heights, he attended Las Lomitas district schools and graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School.
Read the full story he... |
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on Jan 8, 2008 at 3:42 pm by Rise Krag, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 1/06/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. World Without End, Ken Follertt
2. People Of The Book, Geraldine Brooks
3. Diary Of A Bad Year, J.M. Coetzee
4. Out Stealing Horses, Per Pette... |
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on Jan 7, 2008 at 12:57 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Old World style: Local jeweler practices ancient, time-demanding metalworking techniques taught by a master
Davide Bigazzi sits at a workbench in his small, warmly lit studio, the master of his space.
Read the full story here Web Link pos... |
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on Jan 5, 2008 at 8:28 pm by Beth, a resident of another community |
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Report local storm news here
If you have storm-related news to report, please let us know. You can click on the headline above, and post it in the Comment box below; or call the Almanac at 854-2626, ext. ... |
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on Jan 5, 2008 at 1:29 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Atherton chooses city manager
Jerome "Jerry" Gruber, a former water department head for the ski-resort city of Big Bear Lake, is poised to become the next city manager of Atherton.
Read the full story her... |
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on Jan 4, 2008 at 11:36 am by Steve S, a resident of another community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/31/07
Kepler's Best Sellers 12/31/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. World Without End, Ken Follett
3. Out Stealing Horses,... |
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on Dec 31, 2007 at 3:23 pm by Pam Grange, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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UPDATE: MP council member recall effort still anonymous; intentions, credibility questioned
Whoever is behind the supposed effort to oust Menlo Park City Council members Kelly Fergusson, Richard Cline and Heyward Robinson is remaining anonymous, raising questions wh... |
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on Dec 30, 2007 at 9:17 pm by Royal, a resident of another community |
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High-speed rail route through Peninsula chosen
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board on Wednesday chose Pacheco Pass as the preferred California high-speed rail route, meaning passenger trains traveling up to 220... |
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on Dec 26, 2007 at 8:54 am by prefer planes, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/23/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. World Without End, Ken Follett
3. Out Stealing Horses, Per Petterson
4. T is for Tres... |
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on Dec 24, 2007 at 1:35 pm by Pam Grange, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Town Square is taking a holiday break
We'll be back on January 2. Please return then with your news, views and insights. Happy Holidays. |
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on Dec 21, 2007 at 5:22 pm by Renee Batti, news editor of The Almanac |
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Sea level rise could flood east of Bayshore
The San Francisco Bay of the future will be significantly larger, rising between 4 inches to more than three feet by 2100, official warns Palo Alto leaders.
Read the full s... |
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on Dec 18, 2007 at 3:10 pm by Clinging to hope, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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Letter: Stanford has every right to use its land
The spin of the Almanac's Nov. 7 article "Stanford pursues its massive campus expansion" is remarkable.
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on Dec 18, 2007 at 10:50 am by Holding My Nose, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/16/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
2. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
3. T is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
4. World Withou... |
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on Dec 17, 2007 at 12:17 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Local A Cappella group finalist in CBS contest
According to an e-mail I received this afternoon (and their Web Link ), Hookslide, a Menlo Park-based A Cappella group, has been chosen as one of five nationa... |
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on Dec 14, 2007 at 8:26 pm by fabravo, a resident of another community |
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Letter: New Safeway will be community gathering place
My observation is that, to a degree, the center of gathering places and visiting with your Menlo Park neighbor has just shifted from Santa Cruz Avenue to the new Safeway store... |
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on Dec 13, 2007 at 3:51 pm by GINGER, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Chopshticks: An evening of Comedy + Chinese Food
Take my egg roll … please!
Palo Alto Offers Comedy and Chinese Food for the Holidays
The ALSJCC's “Chopshticks” is an annual local tradition of great Comedy and gourmet ... |
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on Dec 10, 2007 at 5:14 pm by Mimi Sells, a resident of another community |
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Kepler's Best Sellers 12/09/07
Hardcover Fiction
1. The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, Lemony Snicket
2. T is for Trespass, Sue Grafton
3. World Without End, Ken Follett
4. A Thousand Splend... |
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on Dec 10, 2007 at 12:34 pm by Susan Lider, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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