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MENLO PARK
Many prefer three grade separations in Menlo ParkOf roughly 50 locals polled at a Menlo Park community meeting June 7, most appear to prefer a project to separate Caltrain...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2017Last comment by Grade, on Jul 10, 2017 at 1:34 am | 21 comments | 3265 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Problem solvers: Woodland School places third in stateWoodland School's Future Problem Solvers team of fifth- and sixth-graders -- made up of Ella Aspinall, Zachary Sayyah, Ryan...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2017There are no comments yet. 983 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Democrats Support the Demise of IsraelHere are the Senate Jewish Democrats in support of the Iranian nuclear deal. — Michael Bennet [D-CO] — Barbara Boxer...
Original post made by Former Democrat now Independent on Sep. 6, 2015Last comment by Schmidt, on Jul 9, 2017 at 3:59 pm | 39 comments | 1629 Views
AROUND TOWN
Farmers' Market celebrates 25th yearIn recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Menlo Park Farmers' Market, the Menlo Park Lions Club will host a celebration...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2017Last comment by Jeanne, on Jul 9, 2017 at 3:44 pm | 2 comments | 1190 Views
WOODSIDE
San Mateo County supervisors: We still support Paris climate accordAlthough the United States is withdrawing from the international treaty on greenhouse gases known as the Paris climate accord,...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2017Last comment by T R Zucker, on Jul 8, 2017 at 5:30 am | 14 comments | 1314 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside: Pig scramble protesters are in it for the long haulIt's becoming a July Fourth tradition in Woodside to protest another July Fourth tradition -- the pig scramble. There were...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2017Last comment by hypocrates, on Jul 7, 2017 at 10:34 pm | 28 comments | 2174 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton's Bonnie Uytengsu gives $10M for children's hospital surgery centerWhen the new Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford opens late this year, the doors to its new high tech surgery center...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2017Last comment by Margaret Beltramo, on Jul 7, 2017 at 1:52 pm | 1 comment | 2044 Views
ATHERTON
Atherton: Dog walker sees fire, alerts residents, calls 911A quick thinking dog walker who saw flames near a home on Heather Drive in Atherton at about 10:30 p.m. on July Fourth called...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2017Last comment by Chigi, on Jul 6, 2017 at 2:34 pm | 1 comment | 2083 Views
MENLO PARK
Windrider Film Forum returns to AthertonOnce again, the Windrider Film Forum/Bay Area is bringing award-winning independent films, their makers and some of their...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2017Last comment by Dana Hendrickson, on Jul 6, 2017 at 1:48 pm | 1 comment | 1183 Views
AROUND TOWN
Restaurant review: British Bankers Club has visual appeal but food is astrayThe recently reopened British Bankers Club in Menlo Park has all the elements of a destination restaurant, except for the...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2017Last comment by Susan Bird, on Jul 6, 2017 at 1:19 pm | 4 comments | 2289 Views
AROUND TOWN
Silberman & Nibbelin join Munks & Wastaffe Tag TEAM against Deputy LopezNovember 10, 2015 the Civil Service Commission was seated to hear an appeal hearing of Sheriff Deputy Juan Lopez suspension...
Original post made by Michael G. Stogner on Nov. 23, 2015Last comment by Michael G. Stogner, on Jul 6, 2017 at 8:05 am | 1 comment | 1213 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Scenes from Woodside Junior RodeoHere are photos from the Woodside Junior Rodeo, held at the Mounted Patrol Grounds in Woodside on July Fourth. Read the...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2017Last comment by Barbara Wood, on Jul 5, 2017 at 3:22 pm | 4 comments | 1662 Views
MENLO PARK
Guest opinion: Small gains for cyclists; big losses for everyone elseMake a mental note: Dec. 6, 2016, will prove to be a more important date than most Menlo Park residents now realize. That...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2017Last comment by MPer, on Jul 5, 2017 at 1:37 pm | 32 comments | 3927 Views
MENLO PARK
Update: Menlo council forms subcommittee to guide Stanford project on El CaminoAfter a discussion that started on Tuesday night and stretched into Wednesday morning, the Menlo Park City Council decided...
Original post made on Apr. 17, 2013Last comment by redirect, on Jul 5, 2017 at 2:21 am | 110 comments | 13878 Views
MENLO PARK
Should Menlo Park change council elections?Menlo Park, like most cities of similar size, elects at-large council members -- in this case, five -- that represent the...
Original post made on Aug. 27, 2013Last comment by breakdown, on Jul 4, 2017 at 11:16 am | 12 comments | 3098 Views
MENLO PARK
Under threat of a lawsuit, Sequoia high school board opts for by-district electionsBy a unanimous vote on Wednesday, the board of the Sequoia Union High School District authorized attorneys to prepare maps...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2017Last comment by Not so much, on Jul 3, 2017 at 6:49 pm | 2 comments | 2286 Views
AROUND TOWN
Ex-assemblyman Gordon to head California Forestry AssociationRich Gordon, a former member of the state Assembly and the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, has dropped plans to run...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2017Last comment by Holly L., on Jul 3, 2017 at 5:57 pm | 3 comments | 2289 Views
OTHER TOPICS
Anne Flegel, former teacher, community volunteer, dies at 74Anne Hartwig Flegel, a former first-grade teacher at St. Joseph's School in Atherton, an active member of Peninsula Volunteers,...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2017Last comment by P. Bardina, on Jul 3, 2017 at 5:25 pm | 3 comments | 2136 Views
MENLO PARK
High school district cements new election systemCome November 2018, there will be big changes in the way voters elect board members in the Sequoia Union High School District....
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2017Last comment by CVRA, on Jul 3, 2017 at 2:30 pm | 1 comment | 1044 Views
MENLO PARK
New ladder truck serves bayside of Menlo fire districtThe Menlo Park Fire Protection District now has ladder trucks on both sides of Highway 101, with the addition of a new $1...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2017Last comment by JBCHAM, on Jul 3, 2017 at 1:02 pm | 15 comments | 2041 Views
Opening alert: Kyosho Sushi in Menlo Park
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 2,343 views
Umeboshi - The Macrobiotic Antibiotic
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 1,934 views
On Voter Databases and Election Systems
By Stuart Soffer | 3 comments | 379 views
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