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Menlo Park police chief says he’ll retire in December

Chief Dave Norris plans to retire in December after five years leading the Menlo Park Police Department, ending a 30-plus year career working in San Mateo County law enforcement.

Portola Valley warns residents to prepare for summer outages as weather heats up

The rising summer heat can put local residents at risk for power outages as PG&E tries to prevent ignitions and hazards on powerlines with unplanned shutoffs. While inconvenient, they aim to protect high fire-risk areas such as Woodside and Portola Valley.

Forces of nature: How two Palo Alto women helped save the Bay

Enid Pearson and Florence LaRiviere have spent more than 60 years as each other’s most reliable co-conspirators, so long ago that neither can quite remember exactly how they met.

Mother-daughter duo roasts Southeast Asian coffee, crafts specialty drinks at this Peninsula farmers market

On Saturdays, an empty parking lot comes to life as a bustling farmers market. Nestled among fresh produce, flaky pastries and flower vendors sits River Phin Coffee Roasters, a specialty Asian coffee booth with a stream of customers.

A wine bar and a Coastside brewery’s expansion are bringing new life to downtown Half Moon Bay 

For many Peninsula residents, warm summer weather means cooling off coastside with a chilled beer or a glass of wine.

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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...