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Feature story: Local effort to help Guatemalan womenSallie DeGolia of Portola Valley reads aloud to Guatemalan children from the community of San Jorge during a visit that included...
Original post made on Jan. 22, 2013Last comment by Harry Turner, on Jan 24, 2013 at 6:15 pm | 10 comments | 21099 Views
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Tonight: Menlo Park commission confirms specific plan recommendations, starts housing element updateRarely does a week go by without mention of Menlo Park's downtown/El Camino Real specific plan, and that will continue to...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2013Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Nov 19, 2013 at 3:15 pm | 6 comments | 20638 Views
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Sutter/Palo Alto Medical Foundation to open mass vaccination centerGearing up for making more COVID-19 vaccines available to its members, Palo Alto Medical Foundation has signed an agreement...
Original post made on Jan. 27, 2021Last comment by magster, on Feb 3, 2021 at 12:41 pm | 3 comments | 20568 Views
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Mountain lions roam Woodside: Don't be alarmed, experts sayIt was around 3 a.m. on Sept. 18 when strange noises roused residents of Audiffred Lane in Woodside, a small cul-de-sac off...
Original post made on Oct. 1, 2013Last comment by Matt, on Nov 5, 2016 at 2:48 pm | 13 comments | 20353 Views
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Hundreds of Filoli volunteers may quit if forced to sign new agreementAt Woodside's historic Filoli estate, many of the 1,300 volunteers, who do everything from selling tickets to building the...
Original post made on Feb. 18, 2015Last comment by Barbara Wood, on Feb 22, 2015 at 4:38 pm | 83 comments | 20210 Views
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Woodside: Ungainly device protects drinking waterWaterline backflow preventers, with their prominent pipes and valves, tend to be on the edge of the road and interrupting...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2011Last comment by Dave Boyce, on Feb 17, 2011 at 10:18 am | 8 comments | 19677 Views
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Supervisor Dave Pine will ask the Board to Rescind Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. AyresI have just been informed that San Mateo Supervisor Dave Pine has contacted County Counsel and asked him to prepare a resolution...
Original post made by Lurker on May. 18, 2013Last comment by Lurker, on Jun 5, 2013 at 1:51 pm | 28 comments | 19333 Views
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Military tank collector dies at 59Jacques Mequet Littlefield, who assembled one of the largest private collections of military vehicles in the world and championed...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2009Last comment by Liz Ditz, on Jan 21, 2009 at 4:28 pm | 2 comments | 18796 Views
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Stabbing victim's death sends shock waves through communityThose who knew Kathy Hughes Anderson are reeling in shock following the news that the former Atherton town arborist and 62-year-old...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2018Last comment by Just the Facts, on Dec 18, 2018 at 10:32 am | 1 comment | 18763 Views
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Dutch Goose racing to finish ADA improvementsBusinesses up and down the Peninsula are getting to know one customer by name. A San Jose resident has filed lawsuits for...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2015Last comment by straight talk, on Jun 27, 2015 at 1:20 pm | 43 comments | 18731 Views
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Atherton: $92,000 in purses missing from homeAtherton police called it grand theft in the April 5 log entry -- and it is definitely grand -- but they say they're investigating...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2013Last comment by Susan Smith, on Apr 14, 2013 at 7:55 am | 16 comments | 18577 Views
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Investigator clears Atherton police in Buckheit caseThe internal affairs investigation of the alteration of the police report detailing the arrest of Jon Buckheit during a domestic...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2011Last comment by Lurker, on Mar 18, 2011 at 7:52 am | 94 comments | 18505 Views
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Menlo Park: City newsletter criticized for bias against Measure MMenlo Focus, the city's quarterly newsletter, generally garners only as much attention as it takes to decide whether to read...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2014Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Sep 11, 2014 at 7:19 pm | 129 comments | 18331 Views
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Menlo Park: Presbyterian Pastor Walt Gerber dies at 79Walt Gerber, who presided as senior pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church – now called Menlo Church – for 28...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2016Last comment by randy albin, on Jan 5, 2017 at 2:52 pm | 10 comments | 18309 Views
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Sugar Shack bids farewell to downtown Menlo ParkThe memories are sweet, but Sugar Shack proprietor Suzi Tinsley is closing the door of Menlo Park's downtown candy store...
Original post made on Nov. 25, 2014Last comment by Jeannie Reeves, on Nov 28, 2014 at 7:27 am | 7 comments | 18207 Views
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DA Wagstaffe tells KCBS that his office always complies with Marsy's LawIn an astonishing article today, San Mateo DA Steve Wagstaffe tells KCBS that his office is really on top of things when...
Original post made by Lurker on Oct. 8, 2013Last comment by Lurker, on Oct 11, 2013 at 5:01 am | 10 comments | 18030 Views
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Environmental report opens door for comment to FAA about aircraft noiseFor some residents of Portola Valley, Woodside and nearby communities, the current level of commercial aircraft noise in...
Original post made on Apr. 10, 2014Last comment by Ian Steven, on Apr 21, 2014 at 9:20 pm | 4 comments | 18022 Views
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Cause for alarm? How Menlo Park Fire Protection District pays its employeesThe employees of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District had the highest average wages of any California government agency...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2017Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Apr 17, 2017 at 9:32 am | 102 comments | 17800 Views
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Jury: Caltrans 90% responsible for Atherton crosswalk fatalityA jury has found the California Department of Transportation 90 percent responsible for the 2010 death of a 62-year-old man...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2016Last comment by Duke - Atherton resident, on Feb 16, 2017 at 7:51 pm | 13 comments | 17790 Views
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Taking county to court over aircraft noiseA small claims court judge has awarded $1,000 in damages to a resident who lives directly under the flight path of Surf Air...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2016Last comment by Kerry , on Aug 23, 2016 at 6:44 am | 21 comments | 17263 Views
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