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Menlo Park school board places two tax measures on May ballotIt's official. Two parcel taxes will go to voters in the Menlo Park City School District in a special May 3 mail-in ballot....
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2016Last comment by fwiw, on Apr 11, 2016 at 9:30 pm | 174 comments | 11211 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside pit bull hits marks at national obedience competitionThe story of Jasmine, a 3-year-old blue brindle pit bull from Woodside, has the trajectory of a rags to riches tale, and...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2016Last comment by Cur Mudgeon, on Apr 11, 2016 at 6:58 pm | 1 comment | 6099 Views
WOODSIDE
Winter of discontent for some Skyline residentsThis winter has been a difficult one at times for some households in La Honda and Woodside along the ridge of the Santa Cruz...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2016Last comment by Wall o' gas, on Apr 10, 2016 at 10:58 am | 8 comments | 5425 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Court ruling gives big boost to California high-speed railCalifornia's high-speed rail system surged past a major legal obstacle last week when a Sacramento Superior Court judge tossed...
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2016Last comment by POGO, on Apr 10, 2016 at 8:59 am | 9 comments | 2326 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside seeks opinions of how it reviews residential projectsThe Woodside Town Council gave a green light to the draft of a survey intended to determine opinions of property owners and/or...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2016Last comment by POGO, on Apr 9, 2016 at 2:12 pm | 2 comments | 2450 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Fighting obesityPortola Valley doctor creates chain of 'wellness centers' Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/print/story/2016/02/24/fighting-obesity...
Original post made on Mar. 5, 2016Last comment by Lou, on Apr 9, 2016 at 8:48 am | 4 comments | 4498 Views
AROUND TOWN
Advocacy Group's Report Slams the Way California Judges Are DisciplinedTo citizens of San Mateo County who have been frustrated with failures of the California Commission on Judicial Performance...
Original post made by Citizens fight back on Apr. 9, 2016There are no comments yet. 1727 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Surf Air expands to San Jose airportSurf Air, the airline that has sparked thousands of complaints from Midpeninsula residents who said its turbo-prop planes...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2016Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Apr 7, 2016 at 8:38 pm | 11 comments | 5595 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police arrest man in connection with brush fire near FacebookA 35-year-old East Palo Alto man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a [http://www.almanacnews.com/news/2016/04/01/investigators-deem-mondays-grass-fire-suspicious...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2016Last comment by Ruth, on Apr 7, 2016 at 2:45 pm | 1 comment | 2876 Views
AROUND TOWN
Committee forms to consider commercial aircraft noise remediesPortola Valley Councilwoman Ann Wengert is one of 12 elected officials from San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2016Last comment by Jason Parekh, on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:37 am | 21 comments | 4434 Views
MENLO PARK
Man dies in hit-and-run rollover collisionA 58-year-old New Hampshire man is dead after a hit-and-run, rollover collision Wednesday on northbound U.S. 101 just south...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2016Last comment by resident, on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:16 am | 1 comment | 2362 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park: Apple shuttle bus catches fire on I-280; no one injuredA shuttle bus carrying Apple employees from San Francisco to Cupertino caught fire this morning on southbound Interstate...
Original post made on Apr. 6, 2016Last comment by Reader, on Apr 6, 2016 at 3:31 pm | 2 comments | 4621 Views
MENLO PARK
Guest opinion: Should Menlo Park build a downtown parking garage?As a regular visitor to downtown Menlo Park, I generally find a convenient parking space in just a few minutes, so for me,...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2016Last comment by Mike Keenly, on Apr 6, 2016 at 1:33 pm | 32 comments | 3731 Views
MENLO PARK
Deadline to respond to Greenheart project EIRThe deadline to respond to the environmental impact report for the proposed Greenheart "Station 1300" project on El Camino...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2016Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Apr 6, 2016 at 10:40 am | 8 comments | 4591 Views
OTHER TOPICS
New high-speed rail plan faces criticismHigh-speed rail's recent pivot toward the Bay Area may have energized the project's Silicon Valley supporters, but it is...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2016Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Apr 6, 2016 at 7:33 am | 37 comments | 4359 Views
MENLO PARK
Longtime Menlo Park police detective Larry Shannon dies at 67Larry Shannon, who arrested one of the Chowchilla kidnappers, was involved in shooting incidents, and investigated homicides...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2016Last comment by Burke, on Apr 5, 2016 at 2:55 pm | 2 comments | 2067 Views
MENLO PARK
Atherton claims Greenheart environmental study has flawsA letter from Atherton says there are flaws in the environmental study on Greenheart Land Co.'s El Camino Real development,...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2016Last comment by Too much, on Apr 4, 2016 at 9:40 pm | 10 comments | 3450 Views
MENLO PARK
Report: Greenheart complex in Menlo Park has 'significant and unavoidable' traffic impactsGreenheart Land Co.'s proposal for a 420,000-square-foot office, apartment and retail complex on El Camino Real in downtown...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2016Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Apr 4, 2016 at 7:46 pm | 46 comments | 7417 Views
MENLO PARK
Any news on bicycle/car incidentYesterday on my way over to Safeway in Menlo Park there was an accident in the road at El Camino about a block south of Safeway...
Original post made by ConcernedCitizen on Apr. 3, 2016Last comment by Kate Bradshaw - Almanac Reporter, on Apr 4, 2016 at 5:31 pm | 3 comments | 1166 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Recent home sales: Area experiencing low inventory?Sales in just three local cities in this week's column could reflect the low inventory that real-estate agents have been...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2016Last comment by Alan, on Apr 4, 2016 at 1:35 pm | 1 comment | 1927 Views
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