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President Obama raises money for Democrats
President Barack Obama arrived at San Francisco International Airport Wednesday evening for a quick fundraising trip in the Bay Area.
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 8:05 am by Arthur, a resident of the Menlo Park: Fair Oaks neighborhood |
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Atherton may poll residents on parcel tax
With some council members pushing for studying other ways of raising revenue, the Atherton City Council has directed staff to look into hiring a pollster to measure support fo... |
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on Mar 27, 2013 at 10:40 am by Complaint very interesting, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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School board sets study session
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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 |
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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 |
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Painting valued at more than $100,000 reported missing from Atherton home
A painting valued at more than $100,000 by noted Filipino portraitist and landscape painter Fernando Amorsolo is missing from an Atherton home, according to a report from the... |
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 10:08 pm by Radioclassics Fan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Sharon Heights neighborhood |
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Tonight: Atherton council asked to approve request to destroy police records
Records are routinely destroyed after a specified time in police departments across the state, but given some Atherton residents' concern during recent years over incidents in... |
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 11:35 am by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Atherton: Building a new Town Center
Atherton is recruiting up to nine residents to sit on an advisory committee that will lead the effort to build a new hub for the town's administrative offices, library, police... |
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 10:16 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Atherton: Building a new Town Center
Atherton is recruiting up to nine residents to sit on an advisory committee that will lead the effort to build a new hub for the town's administrative offices, library, police... |
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on Feb 19, 2013 at 5:08 pm by Money?, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
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Buckheit must pay county attorney fees
Atherton resident Jon Buckheit must pay San Mateo County $145,434 in attorney fees, a judge has ruled after agreeing with the county that Mr. Buckheit's claims against it in a... |
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on Feb 17, 2013 at 7:18 pm by Tim Wulff, a resident of another community |
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Woman arrested on grand theft, forgery charges
A Redwood City woman was arrested Saturday on grand theft and forgery charges after investigators discovered she had been stealing money from her employers and forging ite... |
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on Feb 3, 2013 at 3:16 pm by POGO, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Memorial Mass for Sister Helen Costello
Befriending flocks of lively teenagers, sitting at the bedside of dying children, providing a place where their parents could stay, visiting criminals in prison. These are jus... |
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on Feb 3, 2013 at 12:23 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Atherton City Council: Colleagues question mayor's call for more collaborative spirit
Two City Council colleagues have called into question the sincerity of Atherton Mayor Elizabeth Lewis' statement last month sounding the call for a more collaborative council ... |
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on Jan 30, 2013 at 3:38 pm by Class, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton: Compensation cuts OK'd by council
The town of Atherton's unrepresented employees will take a hit in their total compensation package, as expected, but under a new plan worked out by the employees and the city ... |
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on Jan 22, 2013 at 2:56 pm by MJ, a resident of another community |
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Atherton city manager pay talks go private
Should the new city manager's salary be increased now that he's decided not to live in the town-owned house that was to be part of his compensation? That's the question two At... |
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on Jan 19, 2013 at 11:30 am by Olive, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Tonight: Compensation cuts, city manager's housing, on Atherton council agenda
The devilish details of how to shift more of the town's financial burden for employee benefits onto employees' shoulders will be discussed, again, by the Atherton City Council... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 4:05 pm by Funny, a resident of another community |
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Atherton tops county in property-value growth
During a period when the average growth rate of San Mateo County's assessed property value is 3.3 percent, Atherton officials are smiling with the news that the town's rate of... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 12:13 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Atherton selects new city manager
A tumultuous chapter in Atherton's history may be drawing to a close with the announcement that the council has finally agreed on a new city manager.
Read the full story he... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 12:02 pm by marinster, a resident of another community |
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Atherton police union dumps Teamsters, hires law firm for labor talks
Just months before contract talks with the town of Atherton open, the Atherton police officers' union has parted ways with the Teamsters union that has represented it for year... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 2:39 pm by WhoRUpeople, a resident of another community |
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Top stories of 2012
The Almanac covers Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside and Portola Valley -- where residents like to think of their hometowns as places that remain true to "village" ideals such as... |
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 9:45 am by Wasted Library Funds, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton council to slow compensation cuts
As expected, the newly configured Atherton City Council rescinded its Nov. 28 adoption of a resolution that would cut compensation for 10 unrepresented town employees, while m... |
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 1:14 pm by Reverse, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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JobTrain students bake cookies for inmates
Spending the holidays in San Mateo County jail just got a little brighter: 15 students in JobTrain's culinary arts program baked 10,000 cookies for the inmates, to be delivere... |
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on Dec 22, 2012 at 6:17 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Guest opinion: Ex-mayor questions Atherton's debt projections
Atherton is at a crossroads. We can continue down the road we have been traveling in recent years where we have treated our employees very badly, or we can go down a new road ... |
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on Dec 19, 2012 at 8:10 am by Right, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Atherton struggles for safer crosswalks
You can't always get what you want. But if the town of Atherton accepts what's on offer by the California Department of Transportation, will it ever get what town officials be... |
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on Dec 13, 2012 at 2:17 pm by Robert Cronin, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood |
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Police: Motorist who struck pedestrians on El Camino was driving on suspended license
ATHERTON: The 89-year-old driver of a vehicle that struck and seriously injured two pedestrians in an El Camino Real crosswalk in Atherton on Sept. 30 was driving with a licen... |
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on Dec 12, 2012 at 8:52 pm by Donald, a resident of another community |
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Police: Driver at fault for hitting pedestrians
ATHERTON: The 89-year-old driver of a vehicle that struck and seriously injured two women in an El Camino Real crosswalk on Sept. 30 was speeding and at fault for the accident... |
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on Dec 12, 2012 at 5:55 pm by Donald, a resident of another community |
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