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WOODSIDE
Historic Woodside estate is still a summer home for the Fleishhacker familyNot long after the 1906 earthquake, Mortimer Fleishhacker, a successful San Francisco businessman, decided he wanted to build...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by Mike Prevot, on Aug 3, 2016 at 5:29 pm | 6 comments | 48893 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside teen jumps to death from Interstate 280 bridgeThe California Highway Patrol is reporting the death at about 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday (Oct. 14) of a 17-year-old Woodside...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2014Last comment by Jeanette P, on Oct 16, 2014 at 12:19 pm | 4 comments | 48488 Views
SPORTS
Lopez wins lacrosse All-American honorsAlex Lopez of Portola Valley is one of 15 Bay Area players to be named as a U.S. Lacrosse High School All-American Player....
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2013Last comment by footballer, on Jul 2, 2013 at 3:49 pm | 5 comments | 45917 Views
AROUND TOWN
Spencer and Barnum for fire district boardOf the four qualified candidates for the two open seats on the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board, we believe incumbent...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2011Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 18, 2011 at 8:40 pm | 88 comments | 44913 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paly student tells of school stress: 'Students are gasping for air'My stress began in elementary school, where students were segregated into separate class meetings as "early" and "late" readers,...
Original post made on Mar. 26, 2015Last comment by Aaron, on Nov 20, 2015 at 10:22 pm | 21 comments | 43780 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Portola Valley: Neighbors irate and fearful over cut-through trafficMotorists tend to find paths of least resistance, those combinations of streets and intersections that make for the most...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2014Last comment by X-rez, on Aug 3, 2017 at 8:17 pm | 21 comments | 43374 Views
MENLO PARK
Drowning in Restoration Hardware catalogsNancy Reyering and six other volunteers from Woodside and Portola Valley made a delivery to the Restoration Hardware store...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2014Last comment by Spunkie, on Jun 21, 2014 at 10:52 pm | 38 comments | 42874 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside resident Joy Covey killed in bicycle-van collision on Skyline BoulevardJoy Covey, a former CFO of Amazon and a Woodside resident, was killed Wednesday (Sept. 18) when the bicycle she was riding...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2013Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 7, 2013 at 9:17 am | 74 comments | 40637 Views
WOODSIDE
25 bicyclists cited for running stop signSan Mateo County Sheriff's deputies cited 25 bicyclists on charges of failing to come to a stop at a busy intersection in...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2010Last comment by La Hondan, on Sep 24, 2010 at 10:47 am | 166 comments | 40328 Views
MENLO PARK
Parish stunned by pastor's 'boundary violation'St. Raymond parishioners said they felt hurt and betrayed by the actions of their pastor, Father William Myers, after the...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2011Last comment by William Chandler, on Jun 9, 2011 at 7:44 pm | 20 comments | 40217 Views
MENLO PARK
Faces of change for Menlo ParkWith the passage of the specific plan and the arrival of Facebook, the next city council faces an era of change in Menlo...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2012Last comment by Menlo Park Resident, on Oct 24, 2012 at 9:19 pm | 46 comments | 39509 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Car pins boys against wall in downtown Menlo ParkA warm fall afternoon turned dangerous for two 6-year-old twins when a car jumped a curb, trapping the boys against the wall...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2013Last comment by Pat, on Oct 25, 2013 at 5:16 pm | 96 comments | 39481 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Atherton, Menlo Park residents advised to shelter in place due to fire at scrap metal yardAtherton and Menlo Park police advised residents this afternoon to shelter in place with windows closed if they smell smoke...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2013Last comment by Hmmm, on Nov 14, 2013 at 2:36 pm | 68 comments | 38798 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Menlo Park, Atherton reaffirm objections to high-speed-rail reviewMenlo Park and Atherton are poised to reaffirm their objections to the environmental review of the California high-speed...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2010Last comment by R.GORDON, on Apr 22, 2010 at 7:53 am | 7 comments | 37531 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside Bakery owners say they have been told to close by Jan. 15Woodside residents Mark Sweyer and his sister Jan Sweyer, since 2006 the co-owners of the popular Woodside Bakery & Cafe...
Original post made on Nov. 23, 2015Last comment by Observer, on Nov 27, 2015 at 10:13 am | 24 comments | 36239 Views
MENLO PARK
How tragedy transformed a lifeMelissa Moody of Menlo Park is the subject of a new documentary on the nature of happiness. After being run over by a truck...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2013Last comment by Cindy Follmer, on May 9, 2017 at 10:03 am | 15 comments | 36212 Views
AROUND TOWN
Search suspended for missing Menlo Park womanWith no new evidence or leads as to the location of a missing Menlo Park woman believed to have been hiking on Mt. Tamalpais,...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2014Last comment by resident, on Apr 12, 2014 at 5:25 pm | 3 comments | 36200 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Letter: Most scientists agree about climate changeA review of 12,000 papers on climate change, in the May 15 issue of the "Environmental Research Letters," found that 97...
Original post made on May. 22, 2013Last comment by gosh it sprinkled today so NO WARMING, on May 27, 2013 at 3:37 pm | 13 comments | 36032 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton: Tentative police contract announcedThe town of Atherton and its police department, operating without a contract since Sept. 30, have agreed on a tentative three-year...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2013Last comment by gracecur123, on Oct 10, 2013 at 3:17 pm | 5 comments | 35817 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Digging in: The local food movement in our yards and on our platesSarah Machado climbs into the back of her truck at the Menlo Park Farmers' Market and emerges with four small pots of chives...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2008Last comment by Joan, on Jul 29, 2008 at 9:39 pm | 1 comment | 34886 Views
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