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Portola Valley blues festival canceled
In its quest for funds to buy and maintain open space within its boundaries, the town of Portola Valley has been raising money every September by means of a blues concert, but... |
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on Oct 5, 2010 at 7:39 pm by PV Volunteer, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Church packed in celebration of Bill Lane
A memorial service was held Friday for longtime philanthropist and former Sunset publisher Bill Lane at Stanford Memorial Church. Photo: Members of the Mounted Patrol of... |
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on Oct 4, 2010 at 12:28 pm by Nate McKitterick, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
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Ladera barber Aram Chirkanian to put down the scissors after 50 years
After 20 years living on a 38-foot yacht in Redwood City and 50 years cutting men's hair in Portola Valley, Woodside and Ladera -- in that order -- Aram Chirkanian is moving ... |
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on Sep 11, 2010 at 11:23 pm by The Truth, a resident of the Portola Valley: Woodside Highlands neighborhood |
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More light coming to Portola Valley Town Center at night
The Portola Valley Town Council endorsed a go-slow approach to increasing artificial light at the Town Center, which now is so naturally dark that a recent star-gazing party ... |
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on Aug 31, 2010 at 12:57 pm by Joseph E. Davis, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Those were the days
Unfortunately we don't know what kind of program these Portola Valley youngsters presented in 1924, although it surely was patriotic. None of the students is identified. Note ... |
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on Jul 26, 2010 at 7:49 am by R.GORDON, a resident of another community |
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Wednesday: Portola Valley to weigh in on Stanford hospital project
Should there be a traffic light at Alpine Road at the Interstate 280 northbound off-ramp? It is one of several questions related to the planned expansion of the Stanford Unive... |
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on Jul 14, 2010 at 2:32 pm by Gunther Steinberg, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Wednesday: Hearing on cell phone tower
The Portola Valley Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, July 7, on a proposal from T-Mobile West Corp. to install a cell phone tower near the cor... |
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on Jul 11, 2010 at 3:21 pm by Bill, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Shaping the character of Portola Valley
It will never be obvious to the causal observer, but for as long as Portola Valley remains the town it is today, a green, semi-rural, tasteful, hillside enclave of upscale hom... |
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on Jun 23, 2010 at 5:37 pm by Born Portolan, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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Portola Valley: Making it safer to walk, bike to school
A serious effort is under way to get Portola Valley students to walk or bike to and from Ormondale and Corte Madera schools, and to get their parents out of their roles as cha... |
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on Jun 1, 2010 at 8:28 pm by old PV, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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Cell phone tower proposal for Portola Valley will be hard to defeat
Portola Valley residents with homes near a proposed cell phone antenna at Golden Oak Drive and Peak Lane in the Westridge neighborhood are unhappy about the antenna's aestheti... |
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on Apr 20, 2010 at 8:54 am by Marshall @ Intero, a resident of another community |
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Finding the magic of geo-caching
Hidden throughout California are more than 77,000 caches of small treasures of indeterminate value but high on the fun scale. Finding them using online clues is geo-caching, a... |
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on Apr 20, 2010 at 7:35 am by Danna, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Sunday: Blessing of the bikes coming to Portola Valley
Cyclists are invited to the first annual "blessing of the bikes" comes to Portola Valley on Sunday, April 18, at 10:45 a.m. at the start of regular services at Valley Presbyte... |
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on Apr 16, 2010 at 11:56 pm by Susan, a resident of the Portola Valley: Central Portola Valley neighborhood |
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Missing Portola Valley boy and his girlfriend return home
A 12-year-old Portola Valley boy and his 15-year-old Palo Alto girlfriend returned home safe this afternoon after being reported missing Thursday, according to the San Mat... |
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on Apr 12, 2010 at 5:15 pm by Ranch Gal, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
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Ormondale principal to retire
Ormondale Principal Eva Gal has decided to retire in June after guiding the Portola Valley elementary school for the past 20 years through reorganization, modernization and re... |
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on Apr 6, 2010 at 4:42 pm by Linda Vlasic, a member of the Corte Madera School community |
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Mountain lion spotted in Portola Valley
A mountain lion was spotted this morning (March 25) in Portola Valley area, according to the office of emergency services.
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on Mar 28, 2010 at 12:39 pm by long time resident, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
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Deputies' ploy nets burglary suspects in Westridge neighborhood of Portola Valley
Alert observation followed by a little deception -- it was all in a day's work for sheriff's deputies patrolling the Westridge neighborhood in Portola Valley.
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on Mar 15, 2010 at 1:42 pm by Luc, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
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PV woman suffers minor injury in shooting
A young woman suffered a minor injury when she accidentally shot herself in the arm at her Portola Valley home Wednesday afternoon, a San Mateo County sheriff's spokesman said... |
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on Feb 24, 2010 at 10:21 pm by anon, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
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Megan Mitchell lived for years with bipolar disease
Megan Mitchell, the daughter of Kent and Jo Ann Mitchell of Portola Valley and a graduate of Ormondale, Corte Madera and Woodside High schools, has died, apparently by her own... |
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on Feb 24, 2010 at 8:59 am by A human, a resident of the Portola Valley: other neighborhood |
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Portola Valley loses an icon
A new Wednesday morning routine has settled in at Portola Valley Hardware at the corner of Alpine and Portola roads: the absence behind the register of former store owner Hele... |
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on Feb 23, 2010 at 12:06 pm by Sheryl Nouaux, a resident of another community |
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Open question
A Portola Valley committee toured the former Spring Down equestrian facility adjacent to Town Center on Thursday, Feb. 11, as a prelude to three meetings to discuss exactly wh... |
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on Feb 18, 2010 at 10:16 am by Janine O\'Neill, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
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Ceramic tiles proposed for exterior of community hall in Portola Valley
Portola Valley's Cultural Arts Committee wants to decorate the redwood exterior of the town's community hall with ceramic tiles depicting local wildflowers and other scenes an... |
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on Feb 16, 2010 at 2:33 pm by Lee, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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Woman found under bridge was daughter of former Portola Valley mayor; service Feb. 20
A memorial service for Megan Mitchell, 34, the daughter of former Portola Valley mayor Kent Mitchell and Jo Ann Mitchell, will be held at noon Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Famil... |
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on Feb 12, 2010 at 1:29 pm by Sympathetic Resident, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood |
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Portola Valley Archives
The mansion Herbert Law built in the 1920s for his 5-year-old daughter Patricia in the hills of Portola Valley burned in a horrendous fire in September 1971. The ruins still s... |
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on Feb 8, 2010 at 1:29 pm by More Info, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Portola Valley's only gas station has new owner
Dieter Mees, a Porsche-trained mechanic and the former owner of Palo Alto German car repair specialist D & M Motors, is the new owner of Portola Valley Fuel and will run the g... |
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on Feb 3, 2010 at 8:50 pm by Casper, a resident of the Woodside: Skywood/Skylonda neighborhood |
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Portola Valley: Trailhead parking to shrink by 20 percent
For hikers who use the Coal Mine Ridge or Windy Hill trails in Portola Valley and drive to the trailhead, the limited parking along upper Alpine Road near Willowbrook Drive is... |
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on Jan 26, 2010 at 3:50 pm by Steve, a resident of the Portola Valley: Westridge neighborhood |
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