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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Learning by doingHillview Middle School recently completed a week-long hands-on learning program aimed at preparing students for the dramatically...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2014Last comment by $100,000?, on Apr 15, 2014 at 9:40 pm | 5 comments | 11813 Views
MENLO PARK
Good news (kind of) for Willow Road driversIf you're like many local drivers, the words "Willow Road" may conjure flashbacks of time spent in powerless gridlock trying...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2016Last comment by willows neighborhood resident, on Sep 11, 2016 at 9:52 am | 38 comments | 11808 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park's police chief was publicly accused of using a racial slur in ethics training. Here's the story.During a town hall meeting Thursday evening to discuss policing in Menlo Park, Housing Commissioner Karen Grove said she'd...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2020Last comment by Mark Weiss , on Jun 25, 2020 at 11:08 am | 50 comments | 11761 Views
AROUND TOWN
Psychiatrist who molested boys is jailedDr. William Ayres was a former president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He had treated pediatric...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2013Last comment by Lurker, on Aug 23, 2013 at 4:38 pm | 16 comments | 11753 Views
AROUND TOWN
No signs of trauma on Menlo Park woman found dead on Mt. TamAn autopsy on Magdalena Glinkowski, the Menlo Park woman who was found dead in Mt. Tamalpais State Park on Saturday,...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2014Last comment by Julie, on Apr 17, 2014 at 2:04 pm | 7 comments | 11744 Views
ATHERTON
Clarice Merrill, 69, of Atherton has diedFrank Merrill says you can understand a lot about the kind of person his wife Clarice was by what she did after she knew...
Original post made on Jan. 22, 2016Last comment by Sandy Crittenden, on Jan 26, 2016 at 3:16 pm | 4 comments | 11744 Views
ATHERTON
Jan Chandler: Verdict over Atherton crosswalk fatality doesn't bring Chris backChris Chandler never got to meet his first granddaughter. He wasn't there to walk his oldest daughter down the aisle at her...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2016Last comment by S Fuchter, on Feb 21, 2017 at 10:18 pm | 1 comment | 11735 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Man, 22, arrested in La Honda fatality; motorcyclist identifiedA 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in a collision that killed a motorcyclist on...
Original post made on Feb. 15, 2015Last comment by Tomrey, on Feb 15, 2015 at 7:43 pm | 4 comments | 11732 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Should the YMCA be allowed to log Camp Jones Gulch in perpetuity, without further public review?To manage fire hazards and gain some income, the YMCA has applied to the California Division of Forestry (CDF) for a timber...
Original post made by Andrea Gemmet on Dec. 8, 2006Last comment by Robyn Pierce, on Dec 12, 2006 at 4:20 pm | 8 comments | 11723 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Zamora's family to go to England for brain tumor treatmentA Woodside 8-year-old, diagnosed in July with an up-to-now untreatable and always fatal brain tumor, has been accepted into...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2015Last comment by S Allen, on Sep 10, 2016 at 5:50 am | 1 comment | 11721 Views
WOODSIDE
Editorial: Bikers deserve a trailThe San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Department is in the middle of a nasty dispute pitting hikers and equestrians against...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2013Last comment by jim sullivan, on Oct 16, 2013 at 7:23 am | 4 comments | 11720 Views
MENLO PARK
County wins appeal of airplane noise nuisance rulingSan Mateo County doesn't have to pay a $1,000 small-claims judgment related to noisy planes using the county's San Carlos...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2016Last comment by Tired of Cronyism, on Sep 6, 2016 at 1:51 pm | 26 comments | 11715 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Race-based assault of nanny reported on Santa Cruz AvenueA Hispanic woman in her 60s employed as a nanny was pushing a 7-month-old baby in a stroller on Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2017Last comment by resident, on Mar 15, 2017 at 4:33 pm | 47 comments | 11695 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Surf Air noise: Will county go beyond voluntary measures?After years of working with Surf Air to try to find ways the airline could voluntarily do something to reduce the noise its...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2016Last comment by Livesnearairports, on Jan 10, 2017 at 12:59 pm | 113 comments | 11683 Views
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park: Three arrests tied to drive-by shootingsPolice made three arrests on Wednesday evening (Nov. 27) in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park in connection with...
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2013Last comment by WHAT??, on Dec 4, 2013 at 3:54 pm | 9 comments | 11678 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Feature story: It's a wrap for Rita WilliamsIt's no coincidence that award-winning reporter Rita Williams of Portola Valley is retiring from Channel 2 (KTVU-TV) on Feb....
Original post made on Feb. 27, 2013Last comment by Kathie, on Feb 27, 2013 at 11:09 am | 2 comments | 11678 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton couple grateful for community support after burglars cause $1 million in damageAfter burglars broke into their home and damaged a faucet, causing flooding while they were away on vacation, an Atherton...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2022Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Jan 18, 2022 at 8:09 pm | 5 comments | 11661 Views
AROUND TOWN
Body of Menlo Park hiker found on Mt. TamalpaisAuthorities used fingerprints to identify a body found this morning (April 12) on a slope of Mt. Tamalpais as the body...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2014Last comment by Julie, on Apr 15, 2014 at 6:58 pm | 31 comments | 11644 Views
MENLO PARK
San Mateo County releases plastic bag ban EIRThose plastic bags at the local grocery store are a step closer to extinction. Menlo Park and 24 other Peninsula cities may...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2012Last comment by Bev, on Jul 11, 2012 at 2:01 pm | 5 comments | 11640 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside has lost its 'Music Man,' Richard GordonThere's an empty music stand in Woodside right now, a conductor's baton waiting to be used. The town's own "Music Man," Richard...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2016Last comment by Julianna , on Nov 15, 2016 at 2:55 pm | 8 comments | 11639 Views
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