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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 | 3622 Views
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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
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Caltrain protesters call for agency to pass affordable housing policyClustered together on the crisp evening of Oct. 29, protesters gathered around the Menlo Park Caltrain Station with a specific...
Original post made on Nov. 3, 2019Last comment by Robert Raburn, on Nov 3, 2019 at 3:13 pm | 1 comment | 3093 Views
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La Entrada PTA seeks book fair donationsThe La Entrada Middle School PTA is asking for donations of "gently" used and new books, art and activity kits, games and...
Original post made on Oct. 30, 2019Last comment by menlo mom, on Oct 30, 2019 at 12:25 pm | 1 comment | 803 Views
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MP and Facebook police agreement makes the national newsDaily Mail today has big story re City of MP and Facebook's payment for police dept in in it's area. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7609399/Facebook-accused-privatizing-l...
Original post made by whatever on Oct. 24, 2019Last comment by onesies twosies, on Oct 25, 2019 at 4:33 pm | 5 comments | 283 Views
MENLO PARK
Invasion of Overnight SUVsAll, As a long time resident of the peninsula, I have watched for some time with disgust at the number of overnight SUVs...
Original post made by John on Oct. 19, 2019Last comment by What happened to empathy?, on Oct 25, 2019 at 9:36 am | 23 comments | 1556 Views
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Council approves long-term plan to revamp city parksA new multigenerational community campus and library in Belle Haven. A new community fitness center. A renovated children's...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2019Last comment by Happy Resident, on Oct 23, 2019 at 3:42 pm | 4 comments | 1620 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park grapples with significance of new state housing lawAs Menlo Park's City Council continues to grapple with the challenges of unequal growth in different areas, recently passed...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2019Last comment by Mother knows Best, on Oct 21, 2019 at 11:20 am | 6 comments | 2595 Views
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Protesters at Facebook mourn loss of man who died by suicide and demand answersA week after a Facebook employee died by suicide at company headquarters, people gathered at the social media giant's "thumb...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2019Last comment by Fathima, on Oct 18, 2019 at 11:44 am | 15 comments | 18564 Views
MENLO PARK
Facebook announces plan to fund new Belle Haven Library and community centerFacebook officials introduced plans to fund a "state-of-the-art" community center in Menlo Park's Belle Haven neighborhood...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2019Last comment by sjtaffee, on Oct 17, 2019 at 2:33 pm | 13 comments | 3791 Views
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Work starts on closing 'a critical gap' of Bay TrailConstruction has begun on a new segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail in the Ravenswood Preserve near East Palo Alto. Read...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2019Last comment by West Menlo, on Oct 15, 2019 at 1:33 pm | 2 comments | 1798 Views
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Suspect in 2011 murder of Menlo Park teen to answer chargesA former East Palo Alto man charged with the murder of 19-year-old Cate Fisher of Menlo Park in 2011 was held to answer on...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2019Last comment by Tom, on Oct 11, 2019 at 12:39 pm | 2 comments | 2611 Views
MENLO PARK
Enrollment dip continues in local schoolsEnrollment has dipped again this year in local elementary school districts, which is mostly attributable to families moving...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2019Last comment by MPer, on Oct 11, 2019 at 10:10 am | 4 comments | 2353 Views
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Guest opinion: Our dire downtown Menlo ParkWhen visitors come to see me in my offices in downtown Menlo Park, they often remark that they're surprised to see how rundown...
Original post made on Sep. 17, 2019Last comment by Big imrpovements, on Oct 7, 2019 at 5:59 am | 36 comments | 3338 Views
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Sheriff's office locates missing woman with Alzheimer's diseaseThe San Mateo County Sheriff's Office has located a 69-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease who was reported missing,...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2019Last comment by whatever, on Oct 5, 2019 at 1:00 pm | 1 comment | 1835 Views
MENLO PARK
Willow/U.S. 101 interchange project completeThe Caltrans project to rebuild the highway interchange at Willow Road and U.S. 101 has been completed. The project's completion...
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2019Last comment by BarriersNeeded, on Oct 5, 2019 at 9:45 am | 8 comments | 1959 Views
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Menlo Park: Police searching for armed man who threatened Caltrans workersBayfront Expressway was shut down for more than an hour Wednesday after a man allegedly brandished a machete and knife at...
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2019Last comment by Brian, on Oct 3, 2019 at 11:03 am | 3 comments | 2477 Views
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Man seeking to buy marijuana robbed at gunpoint in Menlo ParkAn East Palo Alto man was robbed at gunpoint at 10:15 p.m. Saturday when he was held up by two men during a marijuana sale...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2019Last comment by Go to the store!, on Oct 1, 2019 at 2:50 pm | 5 comments | 3181 Views
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Menlo Park, Atherton councils meet over emergency responses and trafficMenlo Park and Atherton may share a border, but it wasn't until last evening (Sept. 24) that the two city councils governing...
Original post made on Sep. 25, 2019Last comment by Lyle Lanley, on Sep 30, 2019 at 12:30 pm | 4 comments | 3916 Views
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Plan to replace Pope-Chaucer Bridge flows aheadA regional effort to protect homes from the San Francisquito Creek surged ahead Thursday, when the agency charged with bolstering...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2019Last comment by henry fox, on Sep 27, 2019 at 1:29 pm | 1 comment | 1957 Views
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