Posted by Mary Menlo, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood, on Jan 28, 2008 at 1:34 pm

I have called the Examiner Circulation on at least 4 separate occasions and the delivery gets stopped for anywhere from 1 month to about 6 months. I wish I knew why they keep re-delivering despite my heated objections. The last time I told them I would take them to small claims court for littering if they didn't stop. It seems to have worked the best since its the longest that I haven't had their useless paper thrown in my driveway!

Posted by HardColdReality, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood, on Jan 28, 2008 at 5:15 pm

As it is a "free" paper, the Examiner survives solely on ad revenues and what they can charge is based on their circulation rate - how many papers are printed and delivered. Thus, good luck trying to get them to stop delivering!

Posted by Amy, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Jan 29, 2008 at 7:56 am

I've had success stopping the Examiner Peninsula, but in another community (I work in downtown Menlo Park, and live on the peninsula). After calling Examiner customer service, ask to talk to a supervisor, and document everything in writing.

I've had several years without the paper. But it might depend on how responsible the contract distributor is.

Posted by ebara, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood, on Mar 20, 2008 at 7:16 am

In San Francisco, the free "junk newspaper" litter on private property got so bad that a law is now proposed for the city, requiring publishers of free papers to respond to requests to "do not deliver."

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi proposed the regulation: A link to the SFGate story is here:

Web Link

This law may not help peninsula cities, but it shows the attention the problem is starting to generate.