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MENLO PARK
Menlo Park council explores binding arbitration in police-discipline casesWhat options besides binding arbitration exist for handling appeals filed by police officers facing discipline? The Menlo...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2014Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Feb 2, 2014 at 6:34 pm | 6 comments | 7587 Views
AROUND TOWN
Boys & Girls Club aims to bring bike shop to Belle HavenA youth-led bike shop in Belle Haven that would provide employable skills for local teenagers and promote bicycle use in...
Original post made on Feb. 18, 2014Last comment by john, on Feb 18, 2014 at 1:43 pm | 2 comments | 7586 Views
ATHERTON
FedEx driver arrested in connection with Atherton, Menlo Park burglariesA Hayward man and convicted felon, who worked as a FedEx driver on contract, was arrested by Menlo Park police May 23 in...
Original post made on May. 24, 2017Last comment by Menlo Voter., on May 25, 2017 at 7:48 pm | 10 comments | 7586 Views
AROUND TOWN
Housing march in North Fair Oaks reveals deep anxiety over displacementAn estimated 400 people took to the streets of Redwood City and North Fair Oaks on Oct. 21 to protest evictions and rent...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2016Last comment by Christina, on Nov 5, 2016 at 11:43 am | 2 comments | 7585 Views
MENLO PARK
Dogged by constant barking, Haven Avenue residents seek reliefThe barking is constant, and has been since Jackie Comstock moved in to the Anton Menlo apartment complex on Haven Avenue...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2019Last comment by Tyson's customer, on Jul 18, 2019 at 4:09 pm | 29 comments | 7584 Views
MENLO PARK
Countywide transportation sales tax promises congestion relief, generates glut of questionsCan voters countywide be convinced to support yet another sales tax? Supporters of Measure W, a proposed 30-year, countywide...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2018Last comment by S Von, on Oct 22, 2018 at 8:48 pm | 12 comments | 7581 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Services for Joe Whelan, Portola Valley Ranch developerA vigil is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, and a memorial service for 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at the Church of the...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2013Last comment by M. Walter, on May 29, 2016 at 7:57 pm | 2 comments | 7581 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside gives green light to 'safe routes to school'On the annual Walk to School day at Woodside Elementary School, about 300 students walk or ride bikes to school. This exercise...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2013Last comment by neighbor, on Dec 22, 2013 at 1:10 pm | 5 comments | 7581 Views
AROUND TOWN
Feature story: Which way did the food trucks go?Coca-Cola braised pork steamed buns? Check. Chicken tikka masala burrito? Check. Refrigeration, potable water, clean food...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2012Last comment by Foodie, on Jul 19, 2012 at 8:16 am | 1 comment | 7580 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district starts process to lay off 30 teachersThe Menlo Park City School District's governing board has approved starting the process for laying off the equivalent of...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2017Last comment by Jack Hickey, on Feb 20, 2017 at 12:04 pm | 18 comments | 7577 Views
AROUND TOWN
Carpenter to recuse himself from computer votesPeter Carpenter, a member of the governing board of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, has decided, "in an abundance...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2011Last comment by tolerant, on Aug 7, 2011 at 11:41 am | 37 comments | 7576 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Obituary: Gunther SorgerGunther Urban Sorger of Portola Valley, a pioneer in the development of microwave systems for air safety, died peacefully...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2010Last comment by James Vait, on Dec 13, 2012 at 3:47 pm | 5 comments | 7576 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Eshoo shares details of health care proposalU.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, talked about the need for health care reform, the status of the current proposals and...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2009Last comment by Get your head out of the sand, on Sep 1, 2009 at 7:54 pm | 42 comments | 7575 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Ex-Menlo Park employee charged with misdemeanor embezzlementA 48-year-old man who collected program fees at the front desk of the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center in Menlo Park has...
Original post made on May. 6, 2014Last comment by Reality, on May 8, 2014 at 7:25 am | 8 comments | 7575 Views
AROUND TOWN
George Comstock: Silicon Valley pioneer and Portola Valley civic leader diesGeorge Comstock, who managed to fit several lifetimes of achievements into his 95 years, died on March 11 at his beloved...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2019Last comment by John A. Fiske, on Mar 26, 2019 at 2:57 pm | 2 comments | 7575 Views
WOODSIDE
Lapdog killed by larger dog in Woodside==B This is an expanded version of a previously posted story.== While Woodside resident Linda Bleich was walking her two...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2010Last comment by resident, on Dec 13, 2010 at 9:01 pm | 9 comments | 7575 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Woodside: Koko the gorilla dies at her mountain retreatKoko the gorilla, a longtime resident of Woodside, a friend to kittens, and a practitioner of American Sign Language, has...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by Susan Wyle, on Jun 22, 2018 at 2:56 pm | 3 comments | 7574 Views
MENLO PARK
Anton Menlo gets ready for construction of 394 apartmentsDeveloper St. Anton Partners has cleared 10 acres of land at 3639 Haven Ave., off Marsh Road, in Menlo Park in preparation...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2014Last comment by Richard Vaughan, on Sep 15, 2014 at 3:29 pm | 15 comments | 7572 Views
FICTION
The search for bigfoot goes onA prominent researcher in the search for Bigfoot works out of Menlo Park. My immediate question: why Menlo Park? I think...
Original post made by Joe on Aug. 20, 2008Last comment by Joe, on Aug 29, 2008 at 4:05 pm | 7 comments | 7571 Views
FICTION
Innocence - a work of fictionInnocence Every Tuesday we would meet in the park. It wasn’t much of a park, but it was equidistant between our...
Original post made by Anonymous on Dec. 22, 2006There are no comments yet. 7570 Views
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