http://almanacnews.com If it is local and useful, it is on AlmanacNews.com. en-us Woodside Priory students have their photo taken on the summit of Windy Hill Open Space Preserve. This is the first of a planned yearly day hike adventure for Priory students. Almanac photo by Michelle Le. ]]> As part of its ongoing suicide-prevention campaign, Caltrain is asking passengers to donate spare change on Thursday, May 17.]]> Atherton has released a proposed contract with acting Police Chief Ed Flint that would have him continue as chief for at least the next three years at his current salary of $14,500 per month with a housing allowance of an additional $1,200 per month and insurance and paid leave benefits. ]]> Among the critical issues facing San Mateo County government: a projected $26 million revenue shortfall for the next fiscal year.]]> Definition of Athertonians: residents of Atherton, California. Simple, right? Think again. ]]> The Menlo-Atherton boys and Menlo School girls captured lacrosse league playoff championships on Saturday, both in impressive fashion. The Bears beat Menlo, 11-5, and the Knights toppled Burlingame, 21-6.]]> Palo Alto and Menlo School will open defense of their respective titles on Wednesday when the Central Coast Section baseball playoffs get under way. The Vikings are the No. 1 seed in Division I while the Knights are No. 2 in Division III.]]> The Menlo School girls' and boys' track and field teams swept the West Bay Athletic League finals on Saturday at Westmoor High in Daly City.]]> The goal seems within reach of finding $588,000 to begin a project to renovate Ford (baseball) Field at 3399 Alpine Road in Portola Valley in time for the spring 2013 baseball season. Updated with clarification on town spending on this project.]]> Expanded version of previous post. The Menlo Park Planning Commission certified the impact reports for Facebook's campus expansion, but neighboring towns aren't clicking the "like" button.]]> More than 300 guests dined, danced and schmoozed with celebrities May 5 at "Part the Cloud," a Menlo Park benefit that raised $2 million for Alzheimer's Association's research efforts in Northern California. ]]> Police calls from Menlo Park and Atherton.]]> The days are numbered for the Portola Valley Town Council's operatic tradition of working without microphones.]]> When it comes to winning Central Coast Section tennis titles, Menlo School boys' coach Bill Shine is having a Ball. That would be the Ball family, which started with the graduated Jamin and continues with junior Andrew and sophomore David.]]> Sacred Heart Prep grad Pallavi Menon tried to pass off before taking the biggest shot of her water polo career. A consummate team player, the senior said she enjoyed watching junior goalie Kate Baldoni celebrate her critical goal more than scoring it.
]]> In the 1930s, El Camino Real in Menlo Park looked much different than it does today, as the city considers adopting a new downtown plan. Photo courtesy of the Menlo Park Historical Association. ]]> The "parental angst" that walks through her door is familiar territory to Rhonda Racine, founder and director of Menlo Park's Lydian Academy, an accredited, one-to-one tutoring service.]]> A 48-year-old man died Saturday morning after suffering an apparent heart attack while on a boat off the Half Moon Bay coast. ]]> Menlo Park police responded to several calls about gunfire at around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, in the 800 block of Ivy Drive in Menlo Park.]]> Thirteen part-time classroom aides may lose their jobs in the next school year as the Portola Valley School District struggles with a financial crisis brought on in part by newly discovered budgeting irregularities that occurred during the tenure of former superintendent Tim Hanretty.]]> Menlo College roundup: Menlo-Atherton High grad Ty Finley doubled twice and drove in three runs as the fifth-seeded Menlo College baseball team advanced at the NAIA Azusa Bracket tournament with an 11-7 victory over the host and top-seed Cougars on Thursday. ]]> Click on links to see stories on the June 5 election.
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]]> NCAA women's water polo: Pallavi Menon and KK Clark won a pair of Central Coast Section women's water polo titles while playing together at Sacred Heart Prep. They've also each won an NCAA championship, playing against each other. The two former Gators likely will meet as competitors one more time this weekend before they resume their life-long friendship. ]]> State Assemblyman Jerry Hill, whose 19th Assembly district includes most of San Mateo County, is the frontrunner in a four-way race to replace the termed-out state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, in the newly redrawn District 13. ]]> This morning as I put a pot of water on the stove, Mother's words returned: "Once the water boils, turn it down; it won't get any hotter." ]]> An East Palo Alto family health center this week was awarded more than $7 million of federal money to fund a project to assist patients with chronic conditions who live below the poverty level. ]]> ]]>