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Locals rally for single-payer health care system
About 25 people stood along El Camino Real in front of Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park on Thursday, July 30, rallying for a single-payer health care system. ==I Photo by Michelle L... |
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on Aug 20, 2009 at 9:02 pm by Hue Losers, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Menlo Park to spend $518,500 to buy back home
Two members of the Menlo Park City Council urged the city to explore criminal charges against a couple who bought a home through the city's below-market-rate housing program, ... |
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 8:14 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Big high-speed rail meeting in Menlo Park
California High Speed Rail Authority board member Rod Diridon is among the expected speakers at a Sept. 9 study session in Menlo Park devoted to plans to connect Northern and... |
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on Sep 9, 2008 at 7:24 pm by Nick, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Snore, a fresh perspective on anonymous postings - SNORE
Peter loves to host an "open" discussion, yet he closes it down.
This is left open if any care to discuss his link.
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on May 8, 2012 at 10:24 am by Matt Sport, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
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Voters lukewarm on raising Las Lomitas parcel tax
The Las Lomitas School District is debating whether to ask voters to increase the district's $311 annual parcel tax next year to help accommodate an unexpected student enrollm... |
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on Jan 29, 2011 at 11:24 am by Dorothy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Council supports plan for city to buy former Park Theatre
The Menlo Park City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday night to move ahead with a plan to buy the former Park Theatre on El Camino Real for $2.2 million in city funds and lease it to M... |
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on Oct 8, 2007 at 8:42 am by $watcher, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Cyclist injured in Alpine Road collision
A woman cyclist suffered a fractured skull and facial trauma in a bike-versus-car accident Saturday, June 30, on Alpine Road, west of Golden Oak Drive, in Portola Valley, acc... |
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on Jul 13, 2007 at 9:42 pm by Moderate, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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White House Web page asking what you would do with the $40/week you save on your reduced social security contribution
The White House is soliciting comments on what you would do with the $40 you save per week on reduced social security contributions. By the way the White House is misleading ... |
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on Jan 4, 2012 at 4:51 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Should Town Square permit anonymous posters?
Having participated in a lot of discussion threads I am concerned about the negative impact of anonymous posters on the stated purpose of the Town Square - "to be a thoughtful... |
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on Nov 11, 2009 at 8:50 pm by Alan Miller, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Eshoo to seek another term
U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, a Democrat who has been representing Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside, Portola Valley, and other cities in the 18th Congressional District for nearly two d... |
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on Sep 5, 2011 at 11:19 am by Political Savant, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
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County Supervisors Approved 3% raise to Sheriff Deputies.
For those residents who don't know it the deputies contract includes a 1% higher pay clause. The raises will cost the county $2.1 million a year. The vote was 4-0 consent. I t... |
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on Apr 26, 2011 at 11:55 am by Home Sick Today, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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CalPERS returns sink -- more trouble for taxpayers
Remember the concerns about CALPERS investment performance?
Remember all those public employees who rebuked us for questioning CALPERS optimism and said "don't worry!"?
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on Jun 13, 2012 at 8:38 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Supes reject Stanford's $10.4 million trail offer
Update: For a third time, San Mateo County supervisors have rejected an offer by Stanford to spend millions of dollars to upgrade a deteriorating asphalt path that runs along ... |
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on Dec 22, 2011 at 10:52 am by An old engineer, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Board endorsements make strange bedfellows
You'd expect unions to get along with pension reform advocates about as well as cats get along with water. But this year's election for two seats on the Menlo Park fire distri... |
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on Oct 23, 2011 at 12:13 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Fire board imposes terms on union employees
The firefighters of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District will get $350 more per month for health and welfare benefits, and an additional $400 more per month for post-employ... |
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on Jul 18, 2011 at 12:56 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Atherton Council members knowingly break the law
Thanks to Palo Alto resident and watchdog Herb Borock we now know the Mayor of Palo Alto Part Burt, the Mayor of Menlo Park Rich Cline and Atherton Council member Jerry Carls... |
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on Jul 15, 2010 at 8:57 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Jury convicts track coach for pushing boy
After a four-day trial, a San Mateo County jury on Friday, Dec. 11, convicted longtime Menlo-Atherton High School cross-country Assistant Coach Kelly Weston of misdemeanor bat... |
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on Dec 18, 2009 at 7:36 pm by Ridiculous Arguments, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
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Campaign stemming from fatal bike accident nets 45 citations
An "Honor the Stop" enforcement campaign that was inspired by the deaths of two bicyclists killed by a sheriff's deputy in 2008 was carried out July 1 and netted 45 citations... |
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on Jul 13, 2009 at 2:04 pm by Driver, a resident of the Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda neighborhood |
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MP uses photos to catch red-light runners
Red-light runners beware: Menlo Park will start a trial run of its new red-light photo enforcement system on Tuesday, May 6.
That's when cameras installed at the intersectio... |
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on May 16, 2008 at 2:35 pm by HeyMrAlmanac, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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New suit claims high-speed-rail officials 'misled' public
Just weeks after California's high-speed rail project withstood a court challenge from a group of Peninsula cities, the agency is facing another suit from project critics, who... |
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on Mar 23, 2013 at 6:41 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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