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Lights out for holiday trees? Menlo Park weighs budget cuts
Tonight, the Menlo Park City Council could decide to drop the city’s annual holiday tree-lighting event, scale back maintenance and other cuts, aiming to chip away at a $2.8 million budget deficit.
Redwood City ends flavored shisha exemption for hookah businesses
Three downtown businesses are expected to be hit hardest after Redwood City adopted county rules banning flavored tobacco.
Local residents who died recently: Jenks
Local residents who died recently include Laurie Jenks of Atherton.
June gardening on the Peninsula: Peppers, herbs and battling spider mites
As summer gets underway, this month’s column looks at ways to improve pepper production, how to help herbs thrive year-round in Peninsula gardens and how to identify and manage early spider mite activity in vegetable beds.
Egged on by Trump, right-wing ecosystem makes baseless claims of California voter fraud
In the immediate days after last week’s primary election, the vast community of right-wing bloggers, X users, podcasters and YouTuber influencers trumpeted that California, the state they love to hate, was turning red.
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Change of plans: Research campus to leave Menlo Park, make way for more housingJune 12, 2026 6:46 pm
