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MENLO PARK
By pleading guilty in college-admissions scandal, Menlo Park father could face prison timeA Menlo Park father charged with taking part in a nationwide college-admissions scam to get his daughter into a top-ranked...
Original post made on May. 22, 2019Last comment by , on May 22, 2019 at 5:46 pm | 1 comment | 2512 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park Rotary awards scholarshipsMore than 100 students from four local high schools received scholarships and academic achievement awards during the Rotary...
Original post made on May. 22, 2019Last comment by Maureen, on May 22, 2019 at 5:29 pm | 1 comment | 1632 Views
WOODSIDE
Rob Lindner steps up to top job in Woodside fire districtRob Lindner, who was among the first paramedics hired by the Woodside Fire Protection District, officially took over as the...
Original post made on May. 21, 2019Last comment by Jon Castor, on May 21, 2019 at 10:19 pm | 1 comment | 1736 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Menlo Park fire board meeting gets contentiousThe Menlo Park Fire Protection District board moved forward with a plan for an emergency notification system and agreed to...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by just asking, on May 21, 2019 at 1:14 pm | 7 comments | 2330 Views
AROUND TOWN
Portola Valley may update its 1964-vintage general planPortola Valley is considering an update to its current general plan, which was adopted in 1964. The plan would take a long-term...
Original post made on May. 21, 2019Last comment by wall fallacies, on May 21, 2019 at 11:48 am | 3 comments | 1191 Views
MENLO PARK
Ester Bugna, historian, library commissioner and lifelong Menlo Park resident, dies at 84Ester Bugna, a dedicated member of the Menlo Park Historical Association and Library Commission until her last days, died...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by Tim Johnston3, on May 21, 2019 at 10:17 am | 6 comments | 1916 Views
AROUND TOWN
Guest opinion: We need the Green New DealOur world will become a much more hazardous place unless we stop climate change. The Green New Deal (GND) is a plan to stimulate...
Original post made on May. 5, 2019Last comment by Pnu Walker, on May 21, 2019 at 10:14 am | 38 comments | 3203 Views
ATHERTON
Home salesA complete list of home sales on the Midpeninsula, where Menlo Park recorded the highest home sale at $6.8 million for a...
Original post made on May. 20, 2019Last comment by Renee Batti, on May 20, 2019 at 8:12 pm | 2 comments | 1894 Views
AROUND TOWN
Talking trashLocal garbage-processing centers face new challenges because of a change in China's policy on accepting recycling, which...
Original post made on May. 20, 2019Last comment by Philip Freeman, on May 20, 2019 at 2:40 pm | 1 comment | 2638 Views
AROUND TOWN
For stressed-out families, local doctors are prescribing a new fix: public parksIt's no secret that getting outdoors is good for people. Bay Area health officials have been at the heart of a growing movement...
Original post made on May. 11, 2019Last comment by resident, on May 20, 2019 at 2:04 pm | 15 comments | 4092 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Contentious state housing bill punted to 2020Senate Bill 50, a contentious bill that aimed to encourage more housing near transit, suffered a setback Thursday when the...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by home owner, on May 19, 2019 at 5:31 pm | 4 comments | 1772 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Ravenswood redwoods to face ax after council's final rulingFollowing a months-long appeal process led by a group of residents seeking to preserve seven redwood trees at the corner...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by home owner, on May 19, 2019 at 5:02 pm | 4 comments | 2049 Views
WOODSIDE
Cal Fire plans work along Kings Mountain Road next monthThe California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) is planning to begin its major fire suppression project...
Original post made on May. 18, 2019Last comment by resident, on May 18, 2019 at 5:19 pm | 2 comments | 1723 Views
AROUND TOWN
National Merit Scholarship winners announcedFive high school students who attend schools in The Almanac's coverage area have been named winners of National Merit Scholarships...
Original post made on May. 18, 2019Last comment by Jane Gill, on May 18, 2019 at 11:16 am | 1 comment | 1977 Views
ATHERTON
Arrest in 1970s cold-case murder points to serial killerNearly six months after a Hayward man was charged in another murder that had gone unsolved for decades, DNA evidence has...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by Mar, on May 17, 2019 at 2:32 pm | 2 comments | 1935 Views
MENLO PARK
Nothing to be blu aboutPorta Blu did win me over for the most part: It's a restrained, classy and calm sanctuary with a modern Mediterranean-California...
Original post made on May. 17, 2019Last comment by jeffrey, on May 17, 2019 at 12:58 pm | 1 comment | 1371 Views
AROUND TOWN
Polito to head Las Lomitas districtWoodside Elementary School District Superintendent Beth Polito will head the neighboring Las Lomitas School District beginning...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by John, on May 15, 2019 at 5:59 pm | 1 comment | 1062 Views
AROUND TOWN
Construction on Portola Valley schools to start this summerThe Portola Valley School District will launch construction projects this summer funded by Measure Z, a $49.5 million bond...
Original post made on May. 15, 2019Last comment by PV Taxpayer, on May 15, 2019 at 4:44 pm | 2 comments | 1523 Views
AROUND TOWN
Tonight: Final decision expected on Ravenswood redwoodsAn appeal months in the making over the proposed felling of seven prominent redwood trees at the corner of El Camino Real...
Original post made on May. 14, 2019Last comment by Brian, on May 15, 2019 at 10:00 am | 2 comments | 1986 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
SH Prep sending 25 student-athletes to the collegiate levelSacred Heart Prep is sending at least 18 student-athletes to play at the collegiate level for the 10th time in 11 years....
Original post made on May. 14, 2019Last comment by , on May 14, 2019 at 1:20 pm | 1 comment | 647 Views
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