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With dreams of an acting career, Menlo-Atherton grad creates Web series
It's a peculiar kind of purgatory, the life of an actor trying to make it in Hollywood. Waiting in lobbies to audition, sitting through workshops with casting directors, hangi... |
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on Oct 13, 2009 at 4:55 pm by KimsNeighbor, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Saturday: Woodside High will rock with robots
Students with 36 teams will compete in a one-day robotics competition -- Cal Games for Robotics -- at Woodside High School on Saturday, Oct. 10.
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on Oct 8, 2009 at 11:19 pm by WIldcat, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Council flare-up over controversial postcard
An exchange between members of the Portola Valley Town Council exposed the controversy behind a Town Hall decision to mail a postcard on the town's financial condition three m... |
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on Aug 19, 2009 at 1:57 pm by Emma, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Portola Valley postcard: Is there a message between the lines?
Did Town Hall in Portola Valley inadvertently send a signal of support for the utility user tax? The 4.5 percent tax brings in 10 percent of the town's revenues and is up for ... |
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on Aug 13, 2009 at 9:44 pm by PV neighbor, a resident of the Portola Valley: Portola Valley Ranch neighborhood |
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Portola Valley will 'Celebrate Africa' on Aug. 23
The African Library Project, a Portola Valley-based nonprofit that collects and ships thousands of books to libraries in Africa, will hold a fundraising event, "Celebrate Afr... |
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on Aug 11, 2009 at 9:09 am by Slam Dunk, a resident of the Portola Valley: Los Trancos Woods/Vista Verde neighborhood |
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Reflective dome over hockey rink irks neighbors
The dome enclosing Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy's 7,000-square-foot hockey rink is reflecting too much sunlight, say neighbors, including those across the valley in... |
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on Aug 3, 2009 at 11:42 pm by Ian, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
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Brad Blocker of Portola Valley dies in skiing accident
Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday for Brad W. Blocker, 48, of Portola Valley, who died Friday following a skiing accident at Lake Tahoe. He was a lawyer, athlete, ... |
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on Jun 29, 2009 at 3:02 pm by Patrick McDavid, a resident of another community |
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Star-gazing event tonight in Portola Valley
In tonight's deeper darkness in Portola Valley, people will gather near a soccer field at Town Center to gaze through telescopes at objects in the universe.
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on Jun 26, 2009 at 12:47 pm by dave, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood |
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Public workshop Thursday on Ford Field upgrade
The first workshop on upgrading Ford Field in Portola Valley begins with a 7 p.m. walk-around at the field at 3399 Alpine Road on Thursday, June 18. Then, the discussion conti... |
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on Jun 12, 2009 at 2:33 pm by Angela Hey, a resident of the Portola Valley: Brookside Park neighborhood |
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Uncertainty drove deputies to unholster their guns
Residents of the 100 block of Ramona Road in the Los Trancos Woods neighborhood may have seen deputies from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office converging on a house with g... |
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on Jun 6, 2009 at 3:58 pm by nonya, a resident of the Menlo Park: Felton Gables neighborhood |
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PV Town Center rated among top green projects
Portola Valley's new Town Center is one of the top 10 green building projects of the year, according to an environmental committee of the American Institute of Architects.
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on Apr 24, 2009 at 1:35 pm by Onnolee Trapp, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Woodside High grad pleads 'no contest' in fatal accident
A prison term may be looming for Keith Benford Knudsen, a Portola Valley native who was behind the wheel of a BMW in a fatal high-speed accident in Portola Valley.
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on Apr 2, 2009 at 10:34 pm by Concerned Mother, a resident of another community |
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Guest opinion: End Portola Valley's utility taxes
On Nov. 3, 2009, Portola Valley voters may face yet another election to authorize four more years of utility taxes. About four years ago, the utility taxes were extended throu... |
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on Mar 26, 2009 at 8:54 am by Steve Toben, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
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Portola Valley's one gas station imperiled
The recession has come to Portola Valley, a town noted for its comfortable lifestyle for people who are comfortably employed. It may lose its only gas station.
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on Mar 9, 2009 at 1:42 pm by Ben Zina, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Obituary: Charlotte Anderson: Noted gardener and community leader
Charlotte Anderson, noted gardener, community leader and volunteer in Portola Valley for more than 50 years, died unexpectedly Sunday evening, June 10, at The Sequoias in Port... |
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on Mar 2, 2009 at 12:01 pm by Ann Arnold Haley, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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Portola Valley's new Web site is now live
Portola Valley's new town Web site went online today. The site is notable for allowing visitors to filter content according to a particular interest, such as tracking town gov... |
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on Mar 2, 2009 at 3:15 am by Annelise Connell, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
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Obituary: Military tank collector Jacques Littlefield dies at age 59
Jacques Mequet Littlefield, who assembled one of the largest private collections of military vehicles in the world and championed open space in the mid-Peninsula, died Jan. 7 ... |
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on Feb 11, 2009 at 11:33 pm by David Dehner, a resident of another community |
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Portola Valley bans firing of pellet and air guns
In response to the killing of a cat by a pellet gun, the Portola Valley Town Council has outlawed the firing of pellet and air guns -- unless the shooters are defending themse... |
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on Nov 20, 2008 at 11:36 pm by lonewolf, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Priory to slash electric bills with solar array
The electric bills at Woodside Priory School in Portola Valley should be lower by about 50 percent for the duration of this dry season and for many dry seasons ahead now that ... |
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on Nov 5, 2008 at 11:22 am by Friend of PV, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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Portola Valley may restrict pellet gun use
Pellet gun restrictions may be coming to Portola Valley in the aftermath of the Aug. 30 shooting death of a pet cat.
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on Oct 26, 2008 at 1:24 pm by Jesse, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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Pellet gun use may be restricted in Portola Valley
The Portola Valley Town Council has scheduled a discussion and possible action on an amendment that would add pellet guns to the list of firearms that, with some exceptions, a... |
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on Oct 20, 2008 at 4:49 pm by David Boyce, Almanac staff writer |
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Noise from the neighbors: Let's talk, says town
Noise from the neighbors and what to do about it will be the focus of one or more community workshops, perhaps a series of Saturday morning coffees, as the town of Portola Val... |
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on Oct 19, 2008 at 10:06 pm by Maggie, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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Death of cyclist who fell on Sand Hill Road ruled 'accidental'
Deborah Johnson, the 51-year-old Palo Alto bicyclist who died July 24 in Stanford Hospital after falling off her bike in Menlo Park two days earlier, died accidentally, accord... |
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on Oct 8, 2008 at 8:33 am by Alexis, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
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Portola Valley woman shot by intruder
Deputies from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office are searching for a "very tall" man of unknown race in black clothing who reportedly shot a Portola Valley woman in the up... |
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on Oct 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm by Carrie, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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POLICE CALLS
This information is from the Atherton and Menlo Park police departments and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Under the law, people charged with offenses are considere... |
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on Oct 1, 2008 at 5:30 pm by louise, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
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