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AROUND TOWN
State Senate gives snitch tickets a faceliftThe next time you get a snitch ticket in the mail, you may be able to check off "none of the above" when asked to identify...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2012Last comment by Alan, on Jun 12, 2012 at 10:30 am | 8 comments | 9018 Views
SPORTS
Olympics gold medalist KK Clark reveals all: from her red nail polish to her nicknameOlympics gold medalist KK Clark, a native of Menlo Park and a Sacred Heart Prep graduate, visited her alma mater on Sept....
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2016Last comment by Marissa, on Oct 6, 2016 at 6:16 pm | 9 comments | 9017 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: City staff recommends approval of Greenheart complexA much-discussed project to build apartments, offices and shops totaling 420,000 square feet at 1300 El Camino Real in Menlo...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2017Last comment by Mark D., on Oct 4, 2017 at 6:50 pm | 18 comments | 9016 Views
MENLO PARK
Q&A with Cecilia Taylor, Menlo Park's new mayorWe asked Cecilia Taylor, Menlo Park's new mayor until December 2020, a series of questions as she starts out in her new role....
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2020Last comment by Michael Perez (Owner-QWERTY Education Services), on Jan 6, 2020 at 12:31 pm | 1 comment | 9009 Views
AROUND TOWN
County board unanimously denies Mandarin immersion charter school proposalThe San Mateo County Board of Education on Wednesday night, Feb. 4, unanimously denied the Menlo Mandarin Immersion Charter...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2015Last comment by Enough already!, on Feb 6, 2015 at 4:36 pm | 8 comments | 9008 Views
MENLO PARK
Witnesses step forward in Nakano killing, police sayOakland police say several witnesses have come forward in the investigation of the death of Aya Nakano, a 2008 graduate of...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2013Last comment by Justice for Aya, on Jun 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm | 3 comments | 8998 Views
ATHERTON
Menlo College student pleads no contest to drug chargesMore jail time and three years of probation are ahead for a former Menlo College student after he pleaded no contest to a...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2014Last comment by prison gardens bloom money, on Mar 16, 2014 at 12:46 pm | 4 comments | 8995 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Park James Hotel slated to open doors in JulyA 61-room boutique hotel to be called the Park James Hotel, being built at the corner of Glenwood Avenue and El Camino Real...
Original post made on May. 13, 2018Last comment by Sara Shaw, on May 15, 2018 at 11:17 am | 4 comments | 8993 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grand jury: County misled public about its financesThe San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury issued a report July 22 that says the county did not publicly report the true condition...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2013Last comment by Concerned Taxpayer, on Sep 9, 2013 at 3:22 pm | 1 comment | 8991 Views
AROUND TOWN
Guest opinion: A traffic nightmare for the PeninsulaCargill's proposed development in Redwood City will have significant adverse impacts upon the Peninsula, both environmental...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2010Last comment by Mari Aldridge, on May 26, 2010 at 9:17 am | 2 comments | 8991 Views
AROUND TOWN
President Obama to visit the Bay AreaWalmart may seem an unlikely place for a president to visit, but President Barack Obama is set to come to Mountain View's...
Original post made on May. 8, 2014Last comment by neighbor, on May 10, 2014 at 9:13 am | 13 comments | 8991 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Woman found under bridge was daughter of former Portola Valley mayor; service Feb. 20A memorial service for Megan Mitchell, 34, the daughter of former Portola Valley mayor Kent Mitchell and Jo Ann Mitchell,...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2010Last comment by Frances, on Dec 23, 2014 at 10:27 am | 3 comments | 8989 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park loans $2.8 million for housing on VA campusAn apartment complex designed for low-income veterans and Menlo Park residents and workers moved a step closer to reality...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2014Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jan 17, 2014 at 4:04 pm | 4 comments | 8988 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Stanford's 'Middle Plaza' clears penultimate hurdleStanford's proposed 429,739 square-foot development on an 8.4-acre site stretching along El Camino Real in Menlo Park from...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2017Last comment by MPer, on Sep 7, 2017 at 2:43 pm | 22 comments | 8988 Views
MENLO PARK
Event spotlights Menlo Park's troubled race-based housing historyThe Sequoia room at Menlo Park's Arrillaga Family Recreation Center hummed as about a hundred people in small groups discussed...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2019Last comment by Menlo Boomer, on Dec 8, 2019 at 5:19 pm | 5 comments | 8988 Views
MENLO PARK
Former rector at Trinity Church misused more than $200,000 in parish funds, church announcesThe Episcopal faith community at Trinity Church in Menlo Park is now searching for an interim rector after an investigation...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2020Last comment by pearl, on Oct 1, 2020 at 12:52 pm | 4 comments | 8983 Views
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: Atherton shows how not to be a good neighborThe notion that Atherton taxpayers, who own some of the highest-valued property in the entire country, are somehow being...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2020Last comment by Renee Batti, editor, on Mar 25, 2020 at 8:50 am | 2 comments | 8982 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park starts drafting response to Caltrain electrification reportThe Menlo Park City Council weighed in on the draft environmental impact report for Caltrain's electrification project, and...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2014Last comment by Robert, on Apr 14, 2014 at 1:15 pm | 5 comments | 8980 Views
SPORTS
Woodside Priory's big basketball successWith players from three Eastern European countries, one would think that the Woodside Priory boy's basketball team would...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2008Last comment by CrocHunter, on Feb 13, 2008 at 5:02 pm | 4 comments | 8977 Views
MENLO PARK
Ravenswood district's plans for 90-unit apartment building faces pushbackMenlo Park residents are divided over an affordable workforce housing proposal for the Ravenswood City School District's...
Original post made on May. 5, 2022Last comment by Marina, on May 24, 2022 at 2:24 pm | 33 comments | 8976 Views
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