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AROUND TOWN
Guest opinion: Freedom and vigilanceMenlo Park recently purchased several surveillance cameras and roving license-plate readers. Let's try putting the argument...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2013Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Dec 20, 2013 at 9:22 am | 25 comments | 24397 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Towns look for volunteers for planning and architectural review panelsThe town councils of Woodside and Portola Valley are looking for volunteers to serve on advisory panels. Read the full story...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2013Last comment by neighbor, on Nov 15, 2013 at 1:03 pm | 1 comment | 24280 Views
MENLO PARK
Four of five Menlo council members skipped ethics trainingOf the five Menlo Park City Council members who served from 2004 to 2010, only one obeyed state law by attending an ethics...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2010Last comment by coastside resident, on Jan 5, 2011 at 2:21 pm | 52 comments | 24139 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Farewell to longtime M-A Jazz Band leader Frank MouraAfter 39 years as the director of the Menlo-Atherton High School Jazz Band and a music teacher, Frank Moura will retire in...
Original post made on May. 19, 2010Last comment by Bryce, on Nov 11, 2013 at 10:39 pm | 2 comments | 24088 Views
AROUND TOWN
When mountain lions enter residential areasLocal public safety agencies should work with experts on mountain lion behavior to develop contingency plans for cases when...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2011Last comment by Brian, on Apr 25, 2011 at 7:57 pm | 11 comments | 23977 Views
AROUND TOWN
Preservationists throw in towel in fight over Steve Jobs' houseThe end seems nearer than ever for the Jackling house, that rambling Jazz Age Woodside summer home designed by architect...
Original post made on Aug. 17, 2010Last comment by Frederick F, on Nov 5, 2010 at 10:56 pm | 20 comments | 23899 Views
FICTION
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. 23875 Views
MENLO PARK
Editorial: The food truck conundrumAlthough we are sympathetic to the concerns of unfair competition raised by some Menlo Park restaurant owners, we do not...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2014Last comment by ann haley, on Jan 15, 2014 at 10:15 am | 33 comments | 23857 Views
AROUND TOWN
Readers' Choice awardsIn a league of their own are the folks at Cafe Zoe in Menlo Park, which won for best live music and tied with Cafe Borrone...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2009Last comment by Tee Hee, on Sep 14, 2009 at 11:57 pm | 12 comments | 23850 Views
MENLO PARK
Guest opinion: Former mayors endorse downtown plan initiativeWe the undersigned are former Menlo Park mayors who have served Menlo Park for a total of 64 years. We come together to...
Original post made on Apr. 8, 2014Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on May 10, 2014 at 11:54 am | 264 comments | 23822 Views
MENLO PARK
Traveling con man Simon Gann arrested in Menlo ParkThere's your run-of-the-mill bad boyfriend, and then there's Simon Gann. A 32-year-old Menlo Park woman suspected that the...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2010Last comment by MP, on Aug 25, 2010 at 2:38 pm | 8 comments | 23683 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fauci talks reopening plans with Santa Clara County officials amid a national surge in COVID-19 casesDr. Anthony Fauci briefed local business leaders Friday on the state of COVID-19 and progress on a vaccine, while praising...
Original post made on Nov. 1, 2020Last comment by Joseph E. Davis, on Nov 1, 2020 at 2:56 pm | 1 comment | 23661 Views
AROUND TOWN
Petitioners protest Planned Parenthood clinic's openingIt's become as predictable as dawn and dusk: Where a Planned Parenthood clinic opens, there will be protests. And the protest...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2013Last comment by Jack Hickey, on Dec 11, 2013 at 4:37 pm | 79 comments | 23565 Views
MENLO PARK
Growing up with Ty CobbAbout 10 years ago Herschel Cobb and his daughter Madelyn were looking at a photo of her as a young child. Suddenly, she...
Original post made on Jul. 4, 2014Last comment by Marian Lones Jacoby, on Mar 23, 2015 at 9:40 pm | 2 comments | 23528 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton police urge more vigilance in face of latest overnight theftsThe rash of burglaries in Atherton's Selby Lane neighborhood continues, with three residents calling police to report thefts...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2013Last comment by JoseG, on Nov 21, 2013 at 3:52 pm | 3 comments | 23480 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park Presbyterian Church gets OK to switch denominationsThe regional governing body overseeing the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church has voted to approve the church's departure. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2014Last comment by Mike R, on Mar 26, 2014 at 9:48 pm | 6 comments | 23473 Views
MOVIES
Public records requests lead to confrontation in Atherton Town HallTwo aggrieved residents and one former employee who successfully sued the town for wrongful termination converged on Atherton...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2010Last comment by Kimberly Sweidy, on Aug 27, 2010 at 3:03 pm | 65 comments | 23273 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Hanretty aftermath: School districts take steps to prevent future financial misdeedsWhile both the Woodside and Portola Valley school districts have put measures in place to try to make it more difficult for...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2012Last comment by Trust, on Nov 3, 2012 at 7:33 pm | 8 comments | 23231 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Roommate: Alleged hacker said he was paid to attack news siteAlleged Almanac Online hacker Ross M. Colby told a housemate that he had hacked a news website for pay, according to testimony...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by resident, on Jun 6, 2018 at 6:34 pm | 3 comments | 23136 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Shell gas station may expand repair shopThe Shell gas station at 1400 El Camino Real and Glenwood Avenue in Menlo Park may be undergoing some changes. According...
Original post made on Nov. 9, 2013Last comment by Old MP, on Nov 11, 2013 at 7:59 pm | 5 comments | 23102 Views
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