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SCHOOLS & KIDS
'This is not saying we're anti-charter.' Ravenswood school board backs state charter billsThe Ravenswood City school board unanimously approved Thursday night a charter school moratorium that throws their support...
Original post made on May. 24, 2019Last comment by Funding, on Jun 28, 2019 at 4:11 pm | 2 comments | 3224 Views
MENLO PARK
Planning Commission backs Stanford's campus expansionStanford University's bid to massively expand its campus received the Santa Clara County Planning Commission's endorsement...
Original post made on Jun. 28, 2019Last comment by Happy Resident, on Jun 28, 2019 at 1:28 pm | 1 comment | 2992 Views
WOODSIDE
State releases new earthquake hazards mapThe Woodside area has a new reference for liquefaction and earthquake-induced landslide hazards in the form of an online...
Original post made on Jun. 28, 2019Last comment by awatkins, on Jun 28, 2019 at 1:03 pm | 2 comments | 3699 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park: Council signs off on $160K contract for Belle Haven Library designsEfforts to build a new Belle Haven Library moved forward on June 18 after the Menlo Park City Council unanimously approved...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2019Last comment by Brian, on Jun 27, 2019 at 12:11 pm | 1 comment | 3120 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Portola Valley aboard the pickleball bandwagonPortola Valley is among hundreds of communities nationwide that are getting addicted to a sport with the strange name of...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2019Last comment by Monica Williams, on Jun 27, 2019 at 10:26 am | 1 comment | 4135 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Skyline slaying suspect also of Yemeni ancestryMalik Dosouqi, the suspect in the Skyline Boulevard double homicide case, shared a Yemeni ancestry with one of the victims...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2019Last comment by Michael G. Stogner, on Jun 27, 2019 at 8:24 am | 6 comments | 4456 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Stanford pitches $4.7B deal to county for campus expansionStanford University offered Santa Clara County a deal on Monday that would commit $4.7 billion toward housing, transportation...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2019Last comment by Kevin, on Jun 27, 2019 at 1:09 am | 2 comments | 3539 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Longtime Oak Knoll teacher enters her 'next phase'After more than three decades of teaching -- with nearly 24 years spent in Menlo Park -- Oak Knoll School teacher Renee Lavezzo...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2019Last comment by KathyO, on Jun 25, 2019 at 9:04 pm | 3 comments | 5009 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park school district financially stable, but salaries, benefits continue to outpace revenuesExpenditures continue to outpace revenues for the Menlo Park City School District, but the district will remain financially...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2019Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Jun 25, 2019 at 8:51 pm | 9 comments | 5111 Views
AROUND TOWN
Woodside coalition raising $200K to replace equestrian bridgeA coalition of horse lovers is joining the town of Woodside to build a bridge that will replace a section of a popular equestrian...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2019Last comment by Richard, on Jun 25, 2019 at 5:32 pm | 2 comments | 3156 Views
MENLO PARK
Will the Planning Commissioners sell out to a developerOn June 24 the Planning Commission will conduct its final review of the huge 70 room hotel that is proposed to take the place...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Jun. 14, 2019Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jun 25, 2019 at 9:04 am | 40 comments | 3095 Views
MENLO PARK
Tonight: Planning Commission to hold public hearing on Hampton Inn proposalMenlo Park residents concerned that a proposed Hampton Inn hotel would be too big for the neighborhood and wouldn't provide...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2019Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jun 25, 2019 at 9:03 am | 7 comments | 3670 Views
AROUND TOWN
Dance floor therapyThis spring, the Rosener House in Menlo Park launched an experimental therapeutic tango program aimed at improving cognition,...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2019Last comment by Beth, on Jun 24, 2019 at 12:41 pm | 1 comment | 4467 Views
AROUND TOWN
Update: Skyline suspect charged with two murdersThe San Mateo County District Attorney's Office has filed two murder charges and five other felony counts against Pacifica...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2019Last comment by laughing, on Jun 24, 2019 at 11:11 am | 10 comments | 5864 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside: Murder suspect arrested last night after second Skyline slayingSheriff's deputies arrested a man fleeing the scene of a second fatal stabbing on Skyline Boulevard last night, and have...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2019Last comment by Fwiw, on Jun 21, 2019 at 12:45 pm | 6 comments | 11120 Views
OTHER TOPICS
County aiming to avoid Election Day backups with new equipment, more staffVoters in San Mateo County who experienced, in some cases, hours-long waits to cast their ballots this past November should...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2019Last comment by Brent Turner , on Jun 21, 2019 at 9:18 am | 1 comment | 3172 Views
AROUND TOWN
Ex-Stanford sailing coach who accepted nearly $800K in bribes through college admissions scam sentencedStanford University's former head sailing coach John Vandemoer became the first person to be sentenced in the college admissions...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2019Last comment by leland, on Jun 21, 2019 at 9:09 am | 3 comments | 4536 Views
ATHERTON
Two former SHP Gators help USA beat Chile in Women's World CupCarli Lloyd and Julie Ertz each finished off headers into the back of the net off corner kicks and the U.S. women's soccer...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2019There are no comments yet. 2532 Views
ATHERTON
Longtime Atherton resident dies at 105A memorial will be held on Saturday, June 29, for longtime Atherton resident Louis Matas, who died in April at the age of...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2019Last comment by Colleen Anderson, on Jun 20, 2019 at 10:54 pm | 1 comment | 4514 Views
WOODSIDE
Assemblyman Berman holding wildfire town hall SaturdayState Assemblyman Marc Berman (D-Palo Alto) is sponsoring a June 22 wildfire town hall meeting in Portola Valley that will...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2019Last comment by awatkins, on Jun 20, 2019 at 8:09 pm | 1 comment | 2927 Views
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