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PORTOLA VALLEY
Police calls: Home surveillance camera captures images of suspected burglarsCrime reports from Portola Valley and Menlo Park. Read the full story here http://www.almanacnews.com/news/2017/04/11/police-calls-home-surveillance-camera-captures-images-of-sus...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by America's Polymath, on Apr 12, 2017 at 2:09 pm | 7 comments | 5038 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Tonight: Council to consider a ban on gasoline-powered leaf-blowersThe Portola Valley Town Council, when it meets Wednesday, Jan. 9, will consider banning gasoline-powered leaf blowers, along...
Original post made on Jan. 9, 2019Last comment by Dave Ross, on Jan 9, 2019 at 10:05 pm | 7 comments | 5128 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Portola Valley: License-plate cameras show some criminal-tracking valueA license-plate-reading camera in Portola Valley played a role in an ongoing investigation, a Sheriff's Office captain told...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2019Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Feb 21, 2019 at 6:40 pm | 7 comments | 3848 Views
PORTOLA VALLEY
Opinion: I reported my harassment in the California Legislature. Then state investigators went after meA woman filed a workplace discrimination complaint that alleged harassment while working for Assembly member Marc Berman's...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2022Last comment by tmain, on May 2, 2022 at 11:19 pm | 7 comments | 2645 Views
WOODSIDE
Mr. Roadshow on passing bicyclists safelyThe debate over sharing the road has reached the Mercury News' Mr. Roadshow column, with a letter about passing a group of...
Original post made by Andrea Gemmet on Mar. 7, 2007Last comment by A more patient person, on Jun 5, 2007 at 9:26 pm | 7 comments | 6893 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside councilwoman charged with DUIWoodside Councilwoman Carroll Ann Hodges spent Friday night in the First Chance substance-abuse facility in San Carlos and...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2008Last comment by Paul Goeld, on Apr 10, 2008 at 7:52 pm | 7 comments | 6534 Views
WOODSIDE
Dr. Barry Rosen, pioneer of addiction medicine, dies at 61Dr. Barry Rosen, who was recognized internationally for his expertise on the disease of addiction, died at his home in Woodside...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2009Last comment by Katya Mills, on Jun 2, 2016 at 12:20 pm | 7 comments | 22260 Views
WOODSIDE
Services set for Joan Sellman, former Almanac stafferServices will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at Woodside Village Church for Joan Sellman, a resident of Woodside for...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2010Last comment by Lorraine Bailin, on Jan 22, 2010 at 9:57 pm | 7 comments | 4026 Views
WOODSIDE
Photo: Jackling house is no moreThe pile of splintered wooden framing under this demolition excavator symbolizes the fate of the Jackling house, a 1926 Woodside...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2011Last comment by Ed, on Mar 19, 2011 at 10:04 pm | 7 comments | 5921 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside: Report says dog in distress rescued by passersby and deputyPassersby and a deputy from the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office rescued a Husky dog from heatstroke in Woodside over the...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2014Last comment by Menlo Voter, on Jul 30, 2014 at 6:47 pm | 7 comments | 4961 Views
WOODSIDE
Locals face 35% cuts in water useResidents of the San Francisco Bay Area used an average of 85 gallons of water per person per day in September 2014, according...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2015Last comment by Waterworld, on Apr 17, 2015 at 4:27 pm | 7 comments | 4712 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside gives Stanford habitat awardIn Woodside's fourth year of recognizing residents who allow their properties to be open and accessible to wildlife, the...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2015Last comment by Anonymous, on Mar 4, 2016 at 1:34 pm | 7 comments | 5956 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside: Mixed reception to changes in home-design reviewA change to the Woodside municipal code designates one person rather than a review board to determine whether applications...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2015Last comment by pogo, on Dec 20, 2015 at 9:49 am | 7 comments | 5998 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside: Homeowner chases prowler off his propertyA man who entered an occupied house early Tuesday morning (Jan. 19) in Woodside evaded capture by San Mateo County sheriff's...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2016Last comment by really?, on Jan 21, 2016 at 10:22 am | 7 comments | 4929 Views
WOODSIDE
Grass fire near Facebook in Menlo Park is contained, chief reportsFirefighters from the Menlo Park Fire Protection District battled a grass fire late Monday afternoon and early evening that...
Original post made on Mar. 28, 2016Last comment by Request for better reporting, on Mar 29, 2016 at 12:32 pm | 7 comments | 8329 Views
WOODSIDE
Thursday: Immigrant rights forum at M-A HighA community forum to discuss how life and the law could change for immigrant families and students during a Trump administration...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2016Last comment by no to trolls, on Dec 14, 2016 at 5:53 pm | 7 comments | 4018 Views
WOODSIDE
Term limits for Woodside council members, volunteers?A discussion on term limits for Woodside elected officials and volunteers, including council members, is scheduled for the...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2017Last comment by pogo, on Apr 14, 2017 at 1:16 pm | 7 comments | 4241 Views
WOODSIDE
Woodside: New residential complex may force widening of Mountain Wood LaneIf Woodside issues one more building permit to develop an undeveloped parcel on Mountain Wood Lane, the fire code will require...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2017Last comment by Unique perspective, on Apr 23, 2017 at 9:46 am | 7 comments | 5162 Views
WOODSIDE
Grand jury says entire county at risk of wildfireA San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report released on July 9 warns residents of urban areas not to be complacent about wildfires...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2019Last comment by GM, on Jul 17, 2019 at 9:16 am | 7 comments | 5756 Views
FICTION
The search for bigfoot goes onA prominent researcher in the search for Bigfoot works out of Menlo Park. My immediate question: why Menlo Park? I think...
Original post made by Joe on Aug. 20, 2008Last comment by Joe, on Aug 29, 2008 at 4:05 pm | 7 comments | 7535 Views
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