Posted by Moo, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood, on Sep 23, 2011 at 11:52 am

I'm always amazed at what people leave in their cars, laptops, cash? When I do the Dish or Sawyer Camp trail, I bring just my license & hide it.

Posted by Bob, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood, on Sep 23, 2011 at 12:54 pm

A laptop in plain view in a car, a drug addict needing money fast, a steel pipe wrapped in a towel, and there you are.

Posted by Jon, a resident of the Woodside: Woodside Heights neighborhood, on Sep 27, 2011 at 2:54 pm

It may be that one or more of the victims was unwise and left a laptop or purse in full view - the article does not say that. If six cars were broken into, it seems unlikely that all were advertising 'break me, take me', as in general the community knows we're urbanizing, and the more secure days of yore are gone. Nonetheless. downgrading this location from 'relatively safe and convenient' to 'don't park here' = another step down in the quality of life on the Peninsula.