Menlo-Atherton will play in its second state championship game in three years on Saturday, Dec. 15, after a 27-20 victory over Eureka in the CIF NorCal Regional Division 3-AA championship.

Newly elected Menlo Park City Council members Cecilia Taylor, Drew Combs and Betsy Nash will take the dais tonight (Dec. 11) as part of the council's annual reorganization meeting. The council will also decide who will serve as the mayor and vice mayor for the next year.

The annual Willows neighborhood toy drive to benefit children and families in the Ravenswood City School District is underway, and organizers are sounding the call for donations and volunteers. More than 100 volunteers are needed to help with the distribution effort and the holiday event this Friday and Saturday.

Skylonda resident Erin Gleeson's three "The Forest Feast" vegetarian cookbooks are known around the world -- more than 250,000 copies have been published in 10 different languages.

At 88 years old, aging expert and retired Stanford University professor Walter Bortz is personally experiencing some of the health trials he's spent a career studying and writing about.

The Fleishhacker estate in Woodside, recently revealed to be on the market for an unnamed price that local real estate agents speculate could surpass $150 million, has been a summer retreat for members of the Fleishhacker family for more than a century.

The Almanac Holiday Fund raises donations from the community in support of local nonprofit organizations serving the Menlo Park area. Visit the link below to contribute.

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