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MENLO PARK
Anonymous donor offers $8 million for new gymAn anonymous donor has stepped forward and offered Menlo Park $8 million to help build a new Burgess Gym. The offer is...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2008Last comment by R.GORDON, on May 4, 2008 at 3:20 pm | 31 comments | 4875 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park water district rate changes approvedAfter making sure they understood the reasons why they had little choice about doing it, the Menlo Park City Council on Tuesday...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2015Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Aug 29, 2016 at 5:02 pm | 4 comments | 4875 Views
WOODSIDE
Facebook shuttle drivers vote to form unionAfter presenting a petition and holding a rally at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, the 87 drivers who take Facebook...
Original post made on Nov. 21, 2014Last comment by Roy Thiele-Sardiña, on Nov 22, 2014 at 9:26 am | 13 comments | 4875 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: City already reaching downtown development limitsIt took five years for Menlo Park to come up with the plan to rezone downtown -- about as long as it has taken a stream of...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2017Last comment by James, on Jan 5, 2018 at 12:28 pm | 15 comments | 4874 Views
WOODSIDE
Coroner's Office identifies motorcyclist killed in Highway 84 crashA motorcyclist killed in a crash on Highway 84 on Sunday, April 28, has been identified as 26-year-old Matthew Wong of Campbell,...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2019Last comment by La Hondan, on May 9, 2019 at 10:49 am | 11 comments | 4874 Views
FICTION
Are bike lanes in El Camino Real's future?Each day, as many as 45,000 cars make the slow, jolting traverse through Menlo Park along El Camino Real. How to make that...
Original post made on May. 2, 2016Last comment by Hmmm, on May 6, 2016 at 9:51 pm | 31 comments | 4874 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Changes in Stanford/Arrillaga project on El Camino please some, not othersWhile some say Stanford and developer John Arrillaga took a step in the right direction by adding housing and reducing medical...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2013Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Apr 15, 2013 at 4:01 pm | 23 comments | 4872 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Father charged in November car-crash tragedyA father has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter after a November roll-over crash on U.S. 101 at Embarcadero...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2013Last comment by Questioner, on Aug 23, 2013 at 3:24 pm | 2 comments | 4872 Views
MENLO PARK
Coronavirus: In a matter of days, county's total number of cases rises to 9Seven new cases of coronavirus were reported in Santa Clara County over the past four days. Concerns have climbed at Palo...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2020Last comment by Apocalypse Pence, on Mar 2, 2020 at 12:35 pm | 2 comments | 4871 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Lianides appointed Sequoia superintendentJames Lianides, assistant superintendent and chief business officer of the Sequoia Union High School District, was appointed...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2010Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Apr 5, 2010 at 1:32 pm | 30 comments | 4871 Views
SPORTS
Stanford grad Heisick takes over M-A swim programSpieker Pool at Menlo-Atherton High is presently empty and undergoing repairs and renovation. It couldn't be more appropriate,...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2012Last comment by Disgruntled M-A Grad, on Dec 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm | 3 comments | 4871 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Driver killed in head-on collision identifiedThe driver of a Volkswagen Jetta who was killed in a head-on crash on state Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay on Monday morning...
Original post made on Mar. 11, 2013Last comment by Rich, on Mar 13, 2013 at 7:11 pm | 6 comments | 4871 Views
AROUND TOWN
Sequoia Healthcare District gets Corporate Grant-Making award.The outstanding corporate Grant-Maker award goes to Sequoia Healthcare District Silicon Valley chapter of the Association...
Original post made by Michael G. Stogner on Jun. 5, 2011Last comment by Jack Hickey, on Nov 13, 2012 at 8:22 am | 3 comments | 4871 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park: Another sentencing delay for E. Gary Smith of Menalto CleanersThe long-awaited sentencing of Edwin Gary Smith has been postponed, again, until 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13. Read the full...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2016Last comment by Kate Bradshaw - Almanac Reporter, on Feb 21, 2017 at 1:04 pm | 5 comments | 4871 Views
THE LOCAL DISH
Menlo College foursome in all-star bowl gameThe Menlo College football team will be well-represented at the 17th annual All-American Bowl after four seniors were named...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2012Last comment by Todd Zeo, on Dec 20, 2012 at 12:23 pm | 1 comment | 4871 Views
MENLO PARK
City child care program cited with safety violations by stateThe Menlo Park Belle Haven school-age child care program has been hit with five safety violations, prompting more anger from...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2007Last comment by Concerned, on Nov 19, 2007 at 8:10 pm | 29 comments | 4869 Views
MENLO PARK
Lasensky nasty letter -- attacks Councilman Cohen and AlmanacIn the August 5th, 2009 Almanac is a letter from Elizabeth Lasensky, ex-chair, but current mamber of the MP housing commission....
Original post made by an old timer on Aug. 4, 2009Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Aug 10, 2009 at 6:31 am | 20 comments | 4869 Views
MENLO PARK
Photos of flooding at Menlo Park Caltrain station parking lotMenlo Park resident Andrea Gemmet took these photos of flooding Wednesday morning, Jan. 11, at the Caltrain station parking...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2017Last comment by Ummm, on Jan 12, 2017 at 12:49 pm | 5 comments | 4869 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
M-A presents the 50s musical GREASE!Menlo-Atherton High School's International Thespian Society will present the hit musical Grease! Come enjoy the fast pace...
Original post made by Drama Booster on Mar. 15, 2007There are no comments yet. 4869 Views
AROUND TOWN
Thanksgiving VignetteThere is a wonderful museum on the campus of Stanford University and in front of it there is an outdoor sculpture garden...
Original post made by Bemused on Dec. 20, 2006There are no comments yet. 4869 Views
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