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ATHERTON
Students gain skills to make change at Menlo School's 'action summit'Over a hundred students from 12 different Bay Area schools, including Menlo-Atherton High, Castilleja in Palo Alto, and Eastside...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2019There are no comments yet. 5562 Views
AROUND TOWN
Home sales for the week of Nov. 11A complete list of home sales on the Midpeninsula, where Mountain View recorded the highest sale at $32,650,000 for a vacant...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2019There are no comments yet. 2692 Views
AROUND TOWN
Woodside may consider seeking competitive bids for garbage contractThe Woodside Town Council expressed its dissatisfaction with a proposed 10-year solid waste disposal contract with San Jose-based...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2019Last comment by pogo, on Nov 17, 2019 at 9:02 am | 9 comments | 4141 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Belle Haven families and community come together to remember historic civil rights walk to schoolThursday, Nov. 14, marked the 59th year since 6-year-old African American student Ruby Bridges helped to desegregate schools...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2019Last comment by Francesca Segre , on Nov 16, 2019 at 4:33 pm | 2 comments | 4259 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fire Station Monument Plaque found a decade after it “disappeared”A decade after its mysterious disappearance, Fire Station 77 located on Chilco Street in the Belle Haven area of Menlo...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Nov. 15, 2019There are no comments yet. 1066 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside council OKs a portion of new Glens development rulesThe Woodside Town Council on Nov. 12 approved a portion of the new guidelines for development in the Glens neighborhood recommended...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2019Last comment by Untrue, on Nov 15, 2019 at 7:25 am | 2 comments | 3231 Views
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 Joseph, on Nov 14, 2019 at 8:37 pm | 15 comments | 11785 Views
WOODSIDE
Guest opinion: Showdown at Bear Gulch Road as redwoods face chainsawHave you heard of PG&E? In their wisdom, but without much evidence to support it, they have decided that removing power wires...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2019Last comment by I might care..., on Nov 14, 2019 at 4:27 pm | 2 comments | 1719 Views
MENLO PARK
For Veterans Day, a lesson about service and gratitudeBob Williams of Menlo Park clearly recalls "a special boyhood thrill" that inspired him into adulthood and to this day: meeting...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2019Last comment by M.ark R . Checchi, on Nov 14, 2019 at 3:32 pm | 1 comment | 3562 Views
MENLO PARK
RV Vehicle for Menlo Park Police Dept - $0.5 Million !Dear Fellow Citizens: Were you aware that the City of Menlo Park are to vote soon on a request to spend $478,886.50 on...
Original post made by DC McGlynn on Nov. 13, 2019There are no comments yet. 807 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man charged with murder of former town arborist gets date for jury trialFrancis Wolke, 27, the man charged with killing former Atherton town arborist Kathy Hughes Anderson in her Menlo Park home...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2019There are no comments yet. 4119 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
All Five preschool begins fundraising campaign for expansionTo fulfill its mission of educating children during their first five years of life, the nonprofit All Five preschool in Menlo...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2019Last comment by mutti, on Nov 13, 2019 at 2:29 pm | 1 comment | 4735 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park man files lawsuit against creek authorityA lawsuit was filed Oct. 24 against the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority and its board, claiming that the board...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by steve schmidt, on Nov 12, 2019 at 7:46 pm | 6 comments | 7840 Views
WOODSIDE
Guest opinion: Proposed garbage collection contract raises cart-size questionsA former town mayor has concerns about two aspects of a proposed garbage collection contract that the Portola Valley Town...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by awatkins, on Nov 12, 2019 at 1:58 pm | 1 comment | 2566 Views
WOODSIDE
Big garbage, recycling rate hikes in store for Woodside, Portola ValleyWoodside and Portola Valley have negotiated a new recycling and garbage collection agreement with San Jose-based GreenWaste...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2019Last comment by Pot Meet Kettle, on Nov 12, 2019 at 12:26 pm | 4 comments | 4956 Views
AROUND TOWN
How a local nonprofit is fighting climate change, teaching stewardship and building communityTwo years ago, Menlo Park resident Kirsten Mouradian was taking the recommended environmentally conscious actions: riding...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2019Last comment by Real Voter, on Nov 11, 2019 at 5:13 pm | 2 comments | 4814 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Woodside council rejects challenge by equestrian bridge opponentsThe Woodside Town Council has reversed a ruling by the Planning Commission that denied a conditional use permit for a bridge...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2019Last comment by Happy Trailer, on Nov 11, 2019 at 12:35 pm | 1 comment | 3780 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, on Nov 11, 2019 at 6:47 am | 6 comments | 4521 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, on Nov 10, 2019 at 8:28 pm | 10 comments | 7356 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, on Nov 10, 2019 at 6:04 pm | 8 comments | 7948 Views
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