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Despite backlash, Woodside couple appeals to keep housing project alive

Neighbors of 10 Still Creek Road in Woodside rallied to oppose a multi-generational affordable housing project at a May 12 Town Council meeting that was so packed with experts, comments and controversy that a decision will have to wait until the council meets again.

Salons and gyms may fill vacant storefronts in downtown Menlo Park

Instead of retail and restaurants, Menlo Park may soon see new kinds of businesses, like veterinary hospitals, and more beauty services and banks filling vacancies in the heart of downtown thanks to a proposal by the owners of a Santa Cruz Avenue building seeking to loosen up the city’s “restrictive” zoning rules.

Gary Saxon, owner of The Record Man, dies at 82

Gary Saxon, the longtime owner of The Record Man and a well-known figure in Redwood City, died on May 6. He was 82.

San Mateo County housing leaders warn of funding threats

San Mateo County housing leaders warned Friday that affordable housing projects face growing financial and political uncertainty as more than 160 elected officials, advocates and civic leaders gathered for the Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County’s Annual Affordable Housing Month Policy Breakfast.

Nurses and staff at local Planned Parenthood affiliate vote to form union

Over 400 nurses and other health care staff at Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, which operates a clinic in Mountain View, voted to form a union and join Service Employees International Union Local 521, the union said Wednesday.

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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...