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MENLO PARK
Police used city funds to taxi homeless woman to SFIn August of last year, a homeless woman who lives in Menlo Park was sent out of town on a one-way taxi to Ocean Beach in...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2019Last comment by whatever, 3 hours ago | 8 comments | 3612 Views
THE LOCAL DISH
Your food is here. It's from a restaurant that doesn't exist.Virtual restaurants, which live on mobile delivery apps and operate out of the kitchens of brick-and-mortar restaurants,...
Original post made on Nov. 7, 2019Last comment by Santa Clara Student, 5 hours ago | 6 comments | 822 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton: Uber drivers, other contract workers protest outside of Uber investor's homeAbout 30 gig economy employees, mostly Uber drivers, on Nov. 6 protested outside the Atherton home of Bill Gurley, a venture...
Original post made on Nov. 7, 2019Last comment by Hahaha, 15 hours ago | 10 comments | 2629 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Portola Valley geophysicist, explorer Sheldon Breiner dies at 82Sheldon Breiner, the Portola Valley resident and open space advocate who used magnetism to find sunken ships and lost cities,...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2019Last comment by Michael Von der Porten, 18 hours ago | 8 comments | 2728 Views
AROUND TOWN
Victim's green pants to be key piece of evidence in serial-killer caseA pair of torn, green corduroy pants will likely be the most fought-over piece of evidence in the trial against accused serial...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2019Last comment by Awatkind, on Nov 8, 2019 at 1:53 pm | 1 comment | 1750 Views
AROUND TOWN
Inside Stanford's bid to expand -- and how it came undoneThe largest project in Santa Clara County's history got the axe just before noon on Nov. 1, a casualty of fundamental disagreements...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2019Last comment by Awatkins, on Nov 8, 2019 at 1:29 pm | 1 comment | 1431 Views
MENLO PARK
State attorney general sues Facebook over privacy violations probeCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra went to court in San Francisco Wednesday in a bid to force Facebook Inc. to provide...
Original post made on Nov. 7, 2019Last comment by Citizen, on Nov 8, 2019 at 11:48 am | 3 comments | 1051 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park council, county support ban of vape device salesHours after the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors acted unanimously to ban the sale of e-cigarettes in unincorporated...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2019Last comment by Explosion of youth addicts, on Nov 8, 2019 at 10:07 am | 7 comments | 1777 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood community weighs pace, transition of closing two elementary schoolsParents and others who have attended public meetings on consolidating schools in the Ravenswood City School District appear...
Original post made on Nov. 7, 2019Last comment by Peor que la que se fue!, on Nov 7, 2019 at 6:37 pm | 2 comments | 1007 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Accused child molester Randolph Haldeman gets extension for preliminary hearingA preliminary hearing for Randolph Haldeman, the Menlo Park man accused of molesting children at his home and at a community...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2019Last comment by Steve_J, on Nov 7, 2019 at 2:27 pm | 3 comments | 1459 Views
AROUND TOWN
Jury trial for former sheriff's deputy, candidate postponed to Nov. 12Juan Pablo Lopez, a former deputy with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, was granted a postponement of a jury trial...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2019Last comment by Michael G. Stogner, on Nov 7, 2019 at 1:03 pm | 21 comments | 1906 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Stanford withdraws application for campus expansionStanford University abruptly abandoned on Friday its contentious plan to expand its campus by 3.5 million square feet, citing...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2019Last comment by West Menlo, on Nov 7, 2019 at 12:04 pm | 5 comments | 2846 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton City Council to examine reducing lanes on El CaminoThe Atherton City Council will review a recommendation today to remove a lane from each side of El Camino Real in town to...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2019Last comment by Carl, on Nov 6, 2019 at 6:25 pm | 5 comments | 1632 Views
SPORTS
Monarchs escape with five-set CCS volleyball win over M-AMenlo-Atherton’s girls volleyball season was put on hold Tuesday in a 3-2 loss to Mitty in the Central Coast Section Open...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2019Last comment by Jo Jo, on Nov 6, 2019 at 4:50 pm | 1 comment | 481 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stolen rainbow flags become part of lesson on activism at Trinity SchoolStudents at Trinity School are learning about activism through a lesson about rainbow flags stolen from the church in front...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2019Last comment by Wonderful, on Nov 6, 2019 at 2:39 pm | 1 comment | 1614 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park buys property fire district wants for stationFollowing a private discussion about potential liabilities, the Menlo Park City Council unanimously authorized the spending...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Nov 6, 2019 at 1:26 pm | 2 comments | 2243 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Portola Valley greenlights pursuit of pedestrian, bicyclist safety planPortola Valley's public works department received the go-ahead from the Town Council on Aug. 14 to proceed with a plan for...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2019Last comment by The Fixer, on Nov 6, 2019 at 1:16 pm | 25 comments | 2806 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton considers reducing ECR to two lanes"Due to the limited width of El Camino Real in Atherton, reconfiguration of the travel way will be necessary to provide...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by MPer, on Nov 6, 2019 at 12:30 pm | 2 comments | 160 Views
AROUND TOWN
County supervisors to consider ban on sales of e-cigarettesTwo San Mateo County supervisors want to ban sales of e-cigarette products in unincorporated areas of the county. Read the...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2019Last comment by Barbeee58, on Nov 4, 2019 at 6:44 pm | 1 comment | 2315 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton committee to weigh off-leash dog park at Nov. 6 meetingAn Atherton committee decided to continue to explore the concept of building an off-leash dog park in Holbrook-Palmer Park...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2019Last comment by Dirt pens, on Nov 4, 2019 at 10:13 am | 2 comments | 1697 Views
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