MENLO PARK
Menlo Park hires investigator to review gymnastics program
Menlo Park has hired an independent investigator to review the city's gymnastics program, multiple sources told the Almanac on March 15.
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on Mar 25, 2013 at 11:45 am by Erin Glanville, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
New suit claims high-speed-rail officials 'misled' public
Just weeks after California's high-speed rail project withstood a court challenge from a group of Peninsula cities, the agency is facing another suit from project critics, who... |
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on Mar 23, 2013 at 6:41 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
ATHERTON
[VIDEO] Atherton Council Mar 2013 Regular Meeting
TOWN OF ATHERTON
CITY COUNCIL
ATHERTON CHANNEL DRAINAGE DISTRICT
MAR 20, 2013
REGULAR MEETING
VIDEO BROADCAST
The Town of Atherton assumed responsibility for rec... |
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on Mar 23, 2013 at 5:19 pm by APOA, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
WOODSIDE
American made: Woodside's Adolph Rosekrans restores farming implements from the days of the horse-drawn plow
It requires a leap of imagination to visualize it now, but there was a time when growing crops commercially in the United States meant entering the domain of draft horses and ... |
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on Mar 23, 2013 at 1:01 pm by Borut Prah, a resident of another community |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park Sister City Program
Nowadays news about international events fills our airwaves and newspapers nearly 24/7. One way to help connect both individuals and communities with other international indi... |
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on Mar 23, 2013 at 9:39 am by Jim Lewis, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Police bust duo in connection with gun arsenal
East Palo Alto and Menlo Park police have arrested two men in connection with a gun arsenal in Redwood City, Officer Veronica Barries said Wednesday.
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on Mar 23, 2013 at 9:26 am by Rational Gun Guy, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Deputy DA 'reproved' by state bar for misconduct
A prosecutor in the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office has been "privately reproved" for misconduct by the California State Bar, according to a letter sent to a victi... |
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on Mar 22, 2013 at 3:47 pm by Holly L., a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Las Lomitas Fun Run, April 27th
LAS LOMITAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION FUN RUN 2013
You and your entire family are invited to join the Las Lomitas Education Foundation’s second annual Las Lomitas Education Founda... |
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on Mar 22, 2013 at 3:41 pm by Las Lomitas Education Foundation, a member of the Las Lomitas School community |
AROUND TOWN
Woodell countersued in cellphone caper
Well, now the shoe's on the other foot: First John Woodell sued two people for defamation. Now one, Chuck Bernstein, has countersued Mr. Woodell -- for defamation.
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on Mar 22, 2013 at 1:12 pm by Menlo Critic, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
CHP stops wrong-way driver on I-280
About 15 miles of Interstate 280 was not a movie set Thursday morning some minutes after 4:30 a.m., when officers from the California Highway Patrol corralled San Bruno resid... |
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on Mar 22, 2013 at 12:13 pm by Early morning commuter, a resident of the Portola Valley: Brookside Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Ravenswood district seek new superintendent
A search firm is seeking a replacement for Ravenswood City School District Superintendent Maria De La Vega, who has announced she will retire in June. The K-8 district educate... |
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on Mar 22, 2013 at 12:08 pm by MPCSD employee, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Developer, neighbors battle over driveway permit
Charges of misrepresentation and fraud are flying from both developers and Louise Street residents after the Menlo Park council voted to revoke a driveway permit.
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on Mar 22, 2013 at 11:56 am by Longtime Louise Street resident, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
WOODSIDE
Woodside shifts focus in road-repair program
Residents of Old La Honda Road have long successfully lobbied Town Hall for money to address dangerous conditions of their steep and winding road. This year's road budget appr... |
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on Mar 22, 2013 at 6:38 am by jimmae, a resident of the Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
GAIS is at it again
The profit making "non profit" GAIS school has applied for another use permit revision. It seeks to place three so-called "portables" (read: buildings) on site. Two would be p... |
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on Mar 21, 2013 at 1:43 pm by Anonymous, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
School Teacher victim description of some San Mateo County Deputies
San Mateo County Sheriff Deputy Brandon Hatt arrested and charged with Grand Theft. The victim Jesse Mathews a school teacher and musician describes a group of our finest thi... |
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on Mar 21, 2013 at 11:16 am by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Traffic enforcement in Menlo Park
Today is not the day to be chatting on a cellphone while driving -- not that any day is -- but on Wednesday (March 20), a larger number of traffic police will be on patrol in ... |
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on Mar 21, 2013 at 8:41 am by Donald, a resident of another community |
ATHERTON
School board sets study session
on O'Connor School site
A study session is set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, to further examine the Menlo Park City School District's option of pushing a private school off the former O'Connor S... |
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on Mar 21, 2013 at 8:26 am by Wake Up, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
'Little Free Library' in Menlo Park
Kathryn Lewark stocks her "Little Free Library" in front of her home on Yale Road in Menlo Park. She stocks the library, available free to neighbors, with local authors, some ... |
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on Mar 20, 2013 at 8:01 pm by CLH, a resident of the Menlo Park: Suburban Park/Lorelei Manor/Flood Park Triangle neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Portola Valley man pleads no-contest to child porn charges
Portola Valley resident Stephen Wolf, 65, pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges of possession of child pornography, according to the San Mateo County District's Attorney's Of... |
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on Mar 20, 2013 at 5:10 pm by Andrea, a resident of the Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo council says no to Louise Street driveway
Louise Street resident Michael Schwarz said his neighbors were determined to stop developer Sam Sinnott from building a driveway on their street, and they did.
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on Mar 19, 2013 at 9:09 pm by Lived here all my life, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Portola Valley council agrees to plastic-bag ban
The Portola Valley Town Council unanimously agreed on Wednesday to prohibit retailers in town from dispensing single-use plastic bags at checkout counters.
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on Mar 19, 2013 at 5:59 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
ATHERTON
Tonight: Atherton tax renewal on agenda
The City Council will consider hiring a consultant to help out with a likely effort to renew Atherton's parcel tax, and examine other potential revenue sources for the town wh... |
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on Mar 19, 2013 at 2:02 pm by ptw, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
PORTOLA VALLEY
Tonight: Portola Valley hearing on artificial grass at Priory
The Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley is requesting permission to use artificial grass on the field inside a new running track, a controversial notion in a town that va... |
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on Mar 19, 2013 at 12:31 pm by carolyn rogers, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park Teen Advises Republican Party
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on Mar 18, 2013 at 9:19 pm by GOP hypocrites, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
MENLO PARK
Menlo Park silent on extent of gymnastics program review
Although Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre released a letter to the community saying he had reviewed to his satisfaction the circumstances of a popular gymnastics instruct... |
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on Mar 18, 2013 at 9:14 pm by gym, a resident of another community |
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