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Update: Westbound Alpine Road now open
Westbound Alpine Road at Interstate 280 is now open, but eastbound Alpine remains closed.
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on Nov 30, 2012 at 12:50 pm by Neighbor, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood |
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S.M.C supervisors Don Horsley,Carole Groom and Adrienne Tissier yank supervisor Dave Pine's presentation on Whistleblower
It was just one week ago that Don Horsley informed us he was establishing the Independent Oversight Board for the new taxes. Now he won't even invest a couple of minutes to he... |
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on Nov 29, 2012 at 12:34 pm by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Woodside High grieves over death of freshman
Sadness pervades Woodside High School as students and teachers remember Leyla Beban. The 14-year-old Redwood City freshman died Monday, Nov. 26, after a bicycle accident invol... |
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on Nov 28, 2012 at 9:54 pm by NONAME, a resident of the Menlo Park: Stanford Weekend Acres neighborhood |
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Kepler's partners with Kobo e-reader
Kepler's Books and Magazines... and e-books, audiobooks, and MP3s: The landmark bookstore wants to let people read "their way," and on Dec. 1 plans to launch a new initiative ... |
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on Nov 26, 2012 at 1:15 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Editorial: A gift to the Holiday Fund helps those in need
As the Almanac's Holiday Fund heads into its 20th year, donors can look back with pride on a history of giving that has provided nearly $3.5 million to local nonprofits since ... |
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on Nov 26, 2012 at 10:48 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Assemblyman Gordon hosts open house
If your social calendar isn't quite full, you might drop by Assemblyman Rich Gordon's open house in Los Altos. The newly elected representative of the new 24th Assembly Distri... |
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on Nov 25, 2012 at 9:58 pm by another menlo voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks neighborhood |
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County's Measure B questions status quo, Gordon says
For the past couple of decades in San Mateo County, according to former supervisor and current state Assemblyman Rich Gordon, most candidates elected as county supervisor have... |
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on Nov 25, 2012 at 8:38 am by Menlo Observer, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Second sister succumbs to injuries from crash
A second sister critically injured in a crash with a California Highway Patrol vehicle on northbound U.S. 101 in Palo Alto on Friday morning succumbed to her injuries Frid... |
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on Nov 24, 2012 at 12:36 pm by Michael G Stogner, a resident of another community |
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9 Years later a supervisor finally tries to implement a 9 year old grand jury recommendation..
Supervisor Dave Pine is trying to implement a Grand Jury recommendation from 2003. No other Supervisor has done this. Mark Church, Mike Nevin, Jerry Hill, Rose Jacobs Gibson, ... |
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on Nov 23, 2012 at 12:22 pm by Michael Stogner, a resident of another community |
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Multiply your gifts with Almanac's Holiday Fund
For the 20th year, the Almanac offers readers the opportunity to increase their charitable donations with gifts to the Holiday Fund, which seeks matching funds from foundation... |
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on Nov 22, 2012 at 11:56 pm by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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Have a Happier Holiday!
Local Menlo Park startup, Yiftee, has teamed up with Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (MPPC) in a Turkey Dinner donation program benefiting 300+ neighbors at Verbo Church and th... |
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on Nov 19, 2012 at 11:16 pm by Donna Novitsky, a member of the Woodside School community |
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Habitat for Humanity gives homes to new owners
Five Menlo Park and East Palo Alto families will get keys to new homes on Saturday (Nov. 17), thanks to Habitat for Humanity.
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on Nov 17, 2012 at 10:17 pm by Ken B, a resident of the Menlo Park: University Heights neighborhood |
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How do you get someone to donate 1.4 million dollars to you? Yes on measure A funding did just that.
So far that seems to be the amount that Don Horsley, Carole Groom, Adrienne Tisser and Rose Jacobs Gibson our supervisors were able to get Seton Medical Center and S.E.I.U an... |
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on Nov 16, 2012 at 4:55 pm by Menlo Voter, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood |
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Voting snarls trouble Belle Haven
Thousands voted in Menlo Park on Nov. 6. But not without facing crowds and confusing directions that left some Belle Haven voters heading home without casting a ballot.
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on Nov 15, 2012 at 3:13 pm by SteveC, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Upcoming Programs at Atherton Library
Monday, November 19th at 11 am: Preschool Storytime (ages 3-5)
Monday, November 19th at 4 pm: Happy Birds show for ages 4 and up.
Tuesday, November 20th at 10:30 am: Tod... |
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on Nov 15, 2012 at 12:28 pm by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood |
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Lawsuit filed over campaign sign shenanigans
During the 2011 election cycle, a mystery: A campaign sign uprooted from Chuck Bernstein's front yard. A cellphone dropped nearby, reported to the Menlo Park police.
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on Nov 14, 2012 at 7:39 pm by Frugal, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood |
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Supervisor Don Horsley...Independent Oversight Board
Don Horsley said in an article by the SMDJ today titled "County figuring out how to spend new tax money" part of the undertaking includes an Independent Over-sight Board
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on Nov 13, 2012 at 1:42 pm by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community |
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What should city ask of Facebook?
"Please don't put the squeeze on (Facebook)," one woman told the Menlo Park City Council. She echoed prevailing public sentiment as the council set the broad parameters for ne... |
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on Nov 13, 2012 at 1:35 pm by Alan, a resident of the Menlo Park: Belle Haven neighborhood |
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Sequoia Healthcare District gets Corporate Grant-Making award.
The outstanding corporate Grant-Maker award goes to Sequoia Healthcare District
Silicon Valley chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals
The award will be pres... |
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on Nov 13, 2012 at 8:22 am by Jack Hickey, a resident of the Woodside: Emerald Hills neighborhood |
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Menlo-SHP showdown highlights the semifinals
CCS girls' volleyball: The match that was expected as soon as the Central Coast Section girls' volleyball brackets were released will indeed happen this week, which will... |
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on Nov 13, 2012 at 12:28 am by Editor, The Almanac Online |
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County to ban plastic bags at most checkout counters
On Earth Day (April 22) in the spring of 2013, retailers in Ladera, West Menlo Park and other unincorporated communities of San Mateo County will have to end their use of the ... |
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on Nov 9, 2012 at 10:13 pm by Armand, a resident of another community |
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Man robbed at knifepoint in Jack Lyle Park
If you go walking after midnight, keep an eye out. Late Wednesday night, two men robbed a third who was strolling through Jack Lyle Park in Menlo Park.
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on Nov 9, 2012 at 4:20 pm by get a clue, a resident of the Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park neighborhood |
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Belle Haven pool adds hours for water polo
Tim Sheeper of Menlo Swim and Sport will open the Belle Haven pool six days a week starting the month for water polo season, according to city staff.
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 4:03 pm by Sam Sinnott, a resident of the Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park neighborhood |
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Portola Valley native takes up house-hunting in wake of storm
Portola Valley native Laura MacMillan, 23, was for a time a displaced person. She still lives in Brooklyn, just not in the same apartment she occupied on Monday, Oct. 28, whil... |
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 12:43 pm by bob, a resident of the Woodside: other neighborhood |
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Measure A Shelly Kessler and Bill Nack taught SMC a lesson
Ten years of 1/2 cent sales tax = $60,000,000 to the General Fund for the Supervisors to spend any way they want.
Shelly and Bill got Carole Groom appointed to Supervisor, ... |
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 7:48 am by Michael G. Stogner, a resident of another community |
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