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Governor announces nightly curfew for most of the state, starting SaturdayGov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday a limited stay-at-home order for California that will go into effect Saturday night...
Original post made on Nov. 19, 2020Last comment by Willy, on Nov 23, 2020 at 11:10 am | 6 comments | 2836 Views
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Fire board incumbents lead in election night resultsMenlo Park Fire Protection District board incumbents Rob Silano and Virginia Chang Kiraly have jumped out in front as initial...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2020Last comment by Paul Goeld, on Nov 5, 2020 at 6:05 am | 2 comments | 2807 Views
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Sequoia district race: Incumbent, newcomer leading to fill open seatsA newcomer and incumbent are leading for open seats on the Sequoia Union High School District's governing board. Read the...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2020There are no comments yet. 2339 Views
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Newcomer leading in race for two seats on Menlo Park school district boardFrancesca Segrè has taken an early lead in the Menlo Park City School District race. Read the full story here https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2020/11/03/newcomer-leading-in-race-...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2020There are no comments yet. 2210 Views
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Atherton: Incumbent Elizabeth Lewis and newcomer lead in council raceA newcomer and incumbent are leading in the Atherton City Council race, while another incumbent trails behind. Read the...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2020There are no comments yet. 2472 Views
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Editorial: Our election recommendationsLearn about The Almanac's recommendations on regional and statewide candidates and measures, in addition to California propositions,...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2020Last comment by Bill Wohler, on Nov 2, 2020 at 9:41 pm | 1 comment | 2409 Views
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Atherton council votes to shutter train station, pending fundingStarting in December, Caltrain will no longer stop in Atherton. After postponing a vote last week, the Atherton City Council...
Original post made on Oct. 29, 2020Last comment by editoratlarge, on Oct 29, 2020 at 2:01 pm | 1 comment | 3286 Views
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'There is no playbook for the decisions we face': County health officer suspects coronavirus has infected 15,000+ county residentsThere may be tens of times more people who have been infected with or recovered from the coronavirus in San Mateo County...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Apr 18, 2020 at 12:52 pm | 11 comments | 4155 Views
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Photo essay: Picturing life under the coronavirusThrough images, we show how Midpeninsula residents and workers are coping with the COVID-19 threat that has disrupted our...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2020There are no comments yet. 7541 Views
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State Senate candidates to square off on Feb. 5Seven candidates for California Senate District 13 will go head-to-head in a debate on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Palo Alto...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2020Last comment by Tom, on Feb 5, 2020 at 8:15 pm | 1 comment | 994 Views
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VP Mike Pence tours NASA Ames, talks space exploration and mass shootingsVice President Mike Pence touted big plans for an American-led lunar landing by 2024 during a Thursday appearance at the...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2019Last comment by Can't Handle the Truth, on Nov 20, 2019 at 5:27 pm | 15 comments | 3372 Views
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Sunday: Portola Valley Arts Guild hosting social media forumThe Arts Guild of Portola Valley is taking on a topic that involves the intersection between the arts and social science...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2019There are no comments yet. 2357 Views
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Filing period open for county electionsThe candidate filing period for a place on the Nov. 5 ballot is now open for people hoping to run for the two open school...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2019There are no comments yet. 1383 Views
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Menlo Park: City Council supports updates to heritage tree ordinanceOn Tuesday, July 16, the Menlo Park City Council adopted recommendations from a task force to update its tree protection...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2019There are no comments yet. 2976 Views
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State leaders hail decision to drop census citizenship questionPresident Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday dropped its plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census,...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2019Last comment by Tiananmen Square West, on Jul 5, 2019 at 3:57 pm | 18 comments | 1588 Views
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Woodside Glens development rules further honedWoodside planning officials received a boatload of feedback at a study session about a proposal that would have allowed most...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2019There are no comments yet. 2416 Views
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Applewood Pizza closes in Menlo ParkThe original Applewood Pizza has closed after decades of business at 1001 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. Read the full story...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2019Last comment by Edward, on Mar 9, 2019 at 4:45 pm | 27 comments | 19713 Views
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Portola Valley civic volunteer, pilot Bud Eisberg dies at 74Arthur Charles "Bud" Eisberg, a resident of Portola Valley and a town volunteer in civic affairs was also a pilot, a sailor...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2019Last comment by Tom Vlasic, on Feb 21, 2019 at 11:06 am | 3 comments | 3859 Views
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Weather service expects low snow levels through Tuesday afternoonThe National Weather Service is predicting snow in some of the Bay Area's higher elevations. Read the full story here...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019There are no comments yet. 1687 Views
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Guest opinion: Rethinking Stanford's development planIn mid-December, Santa Clara County released the final iteration of the environmental impact report (EIR) assessing the impacts...
Original post made on Jan. 21, 2019Last comment by Neilson Buchanan, on Jan 21, 2019 at 1:39 pm | 1 comment | 2405 Views
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