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Menlo Park candidate pitches alternate housing plan, but the devil’s in the details
Laura Melahn, a Menlo Park City Council candidate, has a detailed housing plan that she says is a cheaper, more realistic path to providing very-low-income housing units in Menlo Park. But critics of the plan, including her opponent for the District 4 council seat, say the details don’t pencil out.
Measure P would mandate voter approval for Menlo Park parking lot plans
Menlo Park voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to require a citywide election any time the city plans to sell, lease or make significant changes to eight city-owned downtown parking lots.
Stanford Research Park celebrates 75 years as Silicon Valley’s engine of innovation
Stanford Research Park, which sits on land owned by Stanford University, celebrated its 75-year anniversary in a two-day celebration on Oct. 21 and 22. The festivities commemorated the park’s unique 1951 origin story and its present-day status as a “cradle of innovation and technology.”
Square Pie Guys to shutter Cal Ave pizza joint
Square Pie Guys is tossing its final pie in Palo Alto. The Detroit-style pizzeria is permanently closing its Cal Ave location after service on Friday – just one year after it made its debut.
Bay Area elected officials mourn death of labor leader Dolores Huerta
Labor leader and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta has died at the age of 96, prompting many Bay Area and state elected officials on Wednesday to mourn her death while celebrating her legacy.
Judge rejects Trump administration bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots
Saying the Trump administration had embarked on “a broad, ongoing pattern of attempted election interference,” a federal judge on Wednesday refused to order California election officials to set aside 20,000 ballots over claims those voters might not be citizens.
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