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Menlo Park rejects state’s demand to approve Sunset magazine high-rise as a new property buyer emerges

The Menlo Park City Council is ready to fight the state to prevent a high-rise development on the former Sunset magazine campus, even if it means cutting local services to fund the effort.

Two killed after minivan hits six vehicles in East Palo Alto

A Menlo Park man was one of people were killed in East Palo Alto on Tuesday morning after a van crashed into six vehicles at the intersection of Bay Road and University Avenue, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

Mr. Pan Bistro brings Taiwanese comfort food to Redwood City

A Cupertino-founded Taiwanese restaurant is bringing its signature Taiwanese braised pork rice and sizzling black pepper beef to Redwood City.

Arts news: History museum volunteers, theater workshops and more

A Peninsula history museum seeks volunteers, plus community nights for film fans and theater workshops.

California high-speed rail fails to accomplish most of its legislative goals for 2026

California’s High-Speed Rail Authority failed this year to push through most of the state legislation it deemed necessary to keep construction of the 171-mile rail line connecting Merced and Bakersfield on its current schedule. 

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Andrea Gemmet is the editor of The Almanac and a Midpeninsula native who got her first newspaper job while still in high school. After graduating from the University of California, Santa Cruz, she became...