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MENLO PARK
Youth 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. 15, 2014Last comment by Jayanta, on Feb 15, 2014 at 12:50 pm | 1 comment | 7678 Views
MENLO PARK
Housing costs drive longtime resident, WWII veteran out of Menlo ParkA 92-year-old World War II veteran took the dais at the Menlo Park City Council meeting on March 15 to tell how rising housing...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2016Last comment by Joan, on Apr 18, 2016 at 1:41 pm | 26 comments | 7678 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Council OKs big increases in managers' maximum salariesNext time a bigger city comes courting for talent, Menlo Park's management staff may have more reason to pass up the offer....
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2018Last comment by Salary balloon, on Apr 2, 2018 at 2:43 pm | 27 comments | 7675 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Portola Valley: Independent analysis of aircraft noise is onPortola Valley has taken another step along a hard road. The Town Council is proceeding with plans to hire a consultant to...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2015Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 20, 2015 at 9:50 am | 23 comments | 7672 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Driver, 21, dies in Woodside crashA 21-year-old man died in Woodside early this morning after his car hit two trees and another vehicle before flipping, a...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2009Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Dec 16, 2009 at 4:11 pm | 18 comments | 7670 Views
AROUND TOWN
Woodside resident to make 600th blood donationWoodside resident Alden Tagg will make his 600th blood donation, through a process known as apheresis, at the Stanford Blood...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2013Last comment by Atherton resident, on Apr 1, 2013 at 5:07 pm | 1 comment | 7668 Views
MOVIES
'Youth of the Year' finalists speak outOvercoming neglectful parents and breaking free of a gang were among the stories shared by high school students in a tearful...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2012There are no comments yet. 7667 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park: History professors discuss Trump and Hitler comparisonAbout 35 people came to Kepler's Books in Menlo Park on March 23 for an hour of conversation with radio veteran Angie Coiro...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2016Last comment by InDerFuerhersFace, on Apr 3, 2016 at 7:35 pm | 15 comments | 7666 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Flegel's named small business of the yearFlegel's Home Furnishings, which is observing its 60th anniversary in Menlo Park this year, has been named Small Business...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2014Last comment by Rebecca Nelson, on Jan 25, 2014 at 11:43 am | 2 comments | 7665 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside: Annual rodeo draws two protest groupsTwo protest groups stood along Kings Mountain Road in Woodside at the entrance to the grounds of the Mounted Patrol of San...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2018Last comment by Eric Mills, on Jul 10, 2018 at 5:46 pm | 19 comments | 7665 Views
OTHER TOPICS
San Mateo County cities fume as Stanford rebuffs their funding requestsIn a stinging rebuke, a coalition of San Mateo County cities has issued a statement Friday criticizing Stanford for rejecting...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2019Last comment by West Menlo, on Oct 23, 2019 at 3:40 pm | 8 comments | 7664 Views
MENLO PARK
Closed during coronavirus: Peninsula owners on why they shut down their restaurants completelyWe asked several owners to share their perspectives on closing their businesses, how they're dealing with all the uncertainty...
Original post made on Mar. 26, 2020Last comment by Kelly, on Mar 27, 2020 at 1:33 pm | 2 comments | 7663 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park woman killed in East Palo Alto crashAn allegedly intoxicated woman died when she sped off in a car that crashed into a parked vehicle in East Palo Alto on March...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2018Last comment by Interesting, on Apr 5, 2018 at 8:32 am | 1 comment | 7661 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park restores deleted public emailsIn the wake of outrage over the deletion of public emails sent to the City Council, the city of Menlo Park has now decided...
Original post made on Mar. 4, 2013Last comment by The Public, on Mar 8, 2013 at 7:54 am | 17 comments | 7660 Views
AROUND TOWN
San Mateo County Community College District vice chancellor charged with embezzlementThe San Mateo County DA's office plans to charge a local community college district official with improper use of public...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2021Last comment by MenloVoter., on Jan 3, 2022 at 9:44 pm | 3 comments | 7659 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Portola Valley to buy 'affordable' housing siteThe Portola Valley Town Council has agreed to buy a 1.68-acre site for housing that would be affordable to people of moderate...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2012Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Sep 20, 2012 at 6:53 am | 22 comments | 7659 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside road rage leads to pepper spraying and arrestIn the right hands, a can of pepper spray can come in handy. Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/story.php?story_id=4712...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2007Last comment by Anne, on Jul 1, 2009 at 6:06 pm | 14 comments | 7659 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Cell phone tower proposal for Portola Valley will be hard to defeatPortola Valley residents with homes near a proposed cell phone antenna at Golden Oak Drive and Peak Lane in the Westridge...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2010Last comment by Marshall @ Intero, on Apr 20, 2010 at 8:54 am | 8 comments | 7658 Views
AROUND TOWN
Atherton residents replace lawn with artificial turfA local couple who replaced 8,500-square-feet of lawn with artificial turf hope their water-saving move will inspire other...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2014Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Aug 17, 2014 at 9:42 am | 20 comments | 7657 Views
MENLO PARK
Studio Red lobby a scene of destruction after car crashes through front windowModels that took "thousands of hours" to construct were destroyed, but product design and development company Studio Red...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2014Last comment by confounded, on Feb 20, 2014 at 2:53 pm | 9 comments | 7656 Views
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