AROUND TOWN Sunday: Atherton's 'Evening in Paris' The Mid-Peninsula League of the San Francisco Symphony will celebrate "An Evening in Paris" with cocktails, floral displays, fine dining and musical entertainment on Sunday, M... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, 11 hours ago
AROUND TOWN Public asked to help families devastated by fire Redwood City officials are asking the public to help families who lost everything in an apartment building fire in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood May 15. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, 19 hours ago
OTHER TOPICS Fire marshal leaving Menlo Park Fire Protection District Geoff Aus, long-time Menlo Park Fire Protection District fire marshal, is changing employers, but not job titles – he has accepted a position as fire marshal for the Lawr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, 22 hours ago There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent 22 hours ago.
AROUND TOWN Another daytime shooting in East Palo Alto A young man walking to his car was shot Friday afternoon in East Palo Alto, according to police.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 18, 2013 at 12:51 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent 8 minutes ago.
AROUND TOWN Monday: Screening of 'Tapestries of Hope' As part of their senior project at Woodside Priory School, Clara Johnson and Stephanie Brugger are hosting the screening on May 20 of the film, "Tapestries of Hope," a documen... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 18, 2013 at 12:14 pm
AROUND TOWN Obama to attend June fundraiser in Portola Valley President Barack Obama will attend a $32,400-a-head June 6 fundraising dinner at the Portola Valley home of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and his wife, Neeru... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 18, 2013 at 11:11 am
AROUND TOWN Interim chief named while injured chief recovers A former chief of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, Douglas Sporleder, will serve as interm chief while Chief Harold Schapelhouman recovers from injuries sustained from... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 18, 2013 at 9:10 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 18, 2013 at 9:10 am.
AROUND TOWN Supervisor Dave Pine will ask the Board to Rescind Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ayres I have just been informed that San Mateo Supervisor Dave Pine has contacted County Counsel and asked him to prepare a resolution rescinding the Lifetime Achievement Award give... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lurker, a resident of another community, on May 18, 2013 at 4:44 am There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent 18 hours ago.
MENLO PARK Stanford-Arrillaga Subcommittee Meetings On April 17th, thirty days ago, Menlo Park City Councilmembers Kirsten Keith and Catherine Carlton were appointed to a subcommittee to study the Stanford-Arrillaga project and... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Menlo Park Resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on May 17, 2013 at 7:10 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 9:53 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Obituary: Imogene Woodruff, 94,
longtime dance instructor Imogene Woodruff, who taught ballroom dance and cotillion classes to generations of Midpeninsula residents, died on March 14, one day short of her 95th birthday. She had been ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 6:05 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 6:05 pm.
OTHER TOPICS President Obama has had a tough week This week will mark the 37th time House Republicans have tried to repeal Obamacare. If Republicans really wanted to do away with Obamacare they should just endorse it as a con... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Potomac Fever, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood, on May 17, 2013 at 4:57 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent 11 minutes ago.
ATHERTON Atherton residents address police contract issues, from outsourcing to pensions Should the town of Atherton consider outsourcing its police department? If not, how much should the town be willing to pay to keep residents safe, properties secure, and polic... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 12:27 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent 10 hours ago.
AROUND TOWN Ormondale principal named Kevin Keegan, an elementary school principal in the Santa Clara Unified School District, has been appointed the new principal of Ormondale School in Portola Valley.
Read the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 12:13 pm
PORTOLA VALLEY Portola Valley council vetoes artificial grass Expanded version of earlier story. The Portola Valley Town Council by a 3-2 vote overturned a Planning Commission decision allowing the Woodside Priory School to use art... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 10:48 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 5:21 pm.
AROUND TOWN Prosecutor: Ayres verdict brings relief to victims After years of legal wrangling, Dr. William Hamilton Ayres, an 81-year-old former San Mateo psychiatrist accused of molesting boys during examinations in the 1990s, has pleade... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 9:59 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 2:49 pm.
AROUND TOWN Golden Shears celebrates 50th year When Louis Arenas opened his barbershop in downtown Menlo Park, he wanted it to be an old-fashioned type of place, where customers could feel as if they were returning to anot... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 17, 2013 at 12:12 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 5:52 pm.
ATHERTON Atherton city manager gets compensation boost, sort of With one council member calling the change "outrageous," the Atherton City Council last night (May 15) approved a compensation increase, that by some calculations is a decreas... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 16, 2013 at 10:24 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2013 at 10:24 pm.
OTHER TOPICS Lawsuit filed over collision with horses on I-280 A lawsuit has been filed by Menlo Park physician Dr. Jean W. Gillon over an incident in the early morning darkness of Dec. 29, 2012, in which a Mercedes Benz she was driving c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 16, 2013 at 1:35 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2013 at 6:46 pm.
AROUND TOWN Dr. William Ayres pleads guilty to child molestation today Just in: Dr. William Ayres, the court appointed psychiatrist to hundreds of juveniles in San Mateo County, will plead guilty to child molestation today.
Sentencing is Augu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Lurker, a resident of another community, on May 16, 2013 at 1:32 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 4:13 am.
MENLO PARK Editorial: Council gets earful from Belle Haven Although enveloped by Menlo Park city limits, the Belle Haven neighborhood often has a hard time identifying with neighborhoods west of the Bayshore Freeway, where property va... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 10:03 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent 3 hours ago.
AROUND TOWN Menlo Park fire chief recovering from fall After tumbling off a ladder at his San Jose home over the weekend, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman is on the mend.
Read the full story here h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 2:05 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 15, 2013 at 2:42 pm.
FICTION Robert Taylor honored for pioneering work on
computers, Internet Robert W. Taylor, a Woodside resident for 30 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern personal computing, including the availability of informa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 12:27 pm
AROUND TOWN New owner applies to remodel $117 million Woodside mansion The new owner of the mansion at 360 Mountain Home Road in Woodside has applied to the town to redesign parts of the main house and three accessory buildings on this 8.74-acre ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 8:18 am
AROUND TOWN Robert Taylor honored for pioneering work on computers, Internet Robert W. Taylor, a Woodside resident for 30 years and a visionary in the development of computer networks and modern personal computing, including the availability of informa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 15, 2013 at 1:25 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 5:01 pm.
MENLO PARK Menlo commission votes on Louise Street issue Expanded version of a story previously published online.
After much discussion, the Menlo Park Planning Commission voted 4-2 on May 6 that if the city turns over a piec... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on May 14, 2013 at 2:44 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2013 at 9:14 pm.
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