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Romney in Woodside for fundraiserDrivers and cyclists may encounter delays of a few minutes Sunday afternoon, July 22, on Portola Road between Woodside and...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2012Last comment by romney cowers from assualtromneyb , on Aug 10, 2012 at 1:24 pm | 175 comments | 16724 Views
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25 bicyclists cited for running stop signSan Mateo County Sheriff's deputies cited 25 bicyclists on charges of failing to come to a stop at a busy intersection in...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2010Last comment by La Hondan, on Sep 24, 2010 at 10:47 am | 166 comments | 47728 Views
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Cyclist's account of Woodside road-rage eventA Portola Valley resident said he was among 100 or so cyclists at the scene of a road-rage incident involving a pickup truck...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2013Last comment by Al Renner, on Sep 18, 2013 at 6:15 pm | 92 comments | 22925 Views
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Woodside resident Joy Covey killed in bicycle-van collision on Skyline BoulevardJoy Covey, a former CFO of Amazon and a Woodside resident, was killed Wednesday (Sept. 18) when the bicycle she was riding...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2013Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Oct 7, 2013 at 9:17 am | 74 comments | 48957 Views
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Man, 27, convicted of Woodside burglaries, sentenced to 33 years in prisonJustin Ralph Mitchell, 27, of Redwood City, who was convicted in June of two Woodside residential burglaries, was sentenced...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2014Last comment by Agnes Brydges, on Oct 29, 2014 at 8:29 am | 60 comments | 14620 Views
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Driver: Bicyclists attacked my truck in WoodsideThe driver of a pickup truck says a group of some 50 bicyclists attacked his truck on Canada Road in Woodside on Saturday,...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2013Last comment by John, on Feb 5, 2013 at 4:10 pm | 55 comments | 12590 Views
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In aftermath of mountain lion exemption, Woodside residents question council and staff’s judgmentResidents are criticizing the town of Woodside for trying to block housing development by claiming the town is a mountain...
Original post made on Feb. 15, 2022Last comment by Michael, on Mar 1, 2022 at 11:52 am | 53 comments | 9168 Views
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Woodside: Reyering to resign from board, accuses town of unmerited ethics investigationA member of the Woodside Architecture and Site Review Board said Thursday (Jan. 26) that she plans to resign from the board...
Original post made on Jan. 26, 2017Last comment by ASRB Victim, on Jan 31, 2017 at 2:56 pm | 52 comments | 11327 Views
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Woodside council won't ban July Fourth pig scrambleThe rhetoric was plentiful but one-sided at the Woodside Town Council meeting on Tuesday (March 28) as the public weighed...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2017Last comment by Grey Seal, on Apr 13, 2017 at 2:27 pm | 52 comments | 8508 Views
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Menlo Country Club golf course projectTown of Woodside Public Hearing Notice Notice of Availability/ Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration Public...
Original post made by do you care on Mar. 17, 2012Last comment by john g, on Mar 24, 2012 at 9:49 pm | 48 comments | 12459 Views
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Sprinkler system douses home office fireAn interior sprinkler system extinguished a home-office fire on Buck Court in Woodside before firefighters arrived and before...
Original post made on Nov. 19, 2009Last comment by Satire, on Nov 29, 2009 at 7:17 am | 46 comments | 12507 Views
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Friend will remember Ryan Ferrari for his honesty and reliabilityRyan Ferrari, the 21-year-old Woodside man who died in a car crash early on the morning of Nov. 28 in the Woodside Hills...
Original post made on Dec. 2, 2009Last comment by Mary White, on Dec 13, 2009 at 5:36 pm | 46 comments | 13373 Views
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Speed TrapOn Wednesday August 20th while driving from my home in Atherton to my office in San Francisco, I was pulled over by a motor...
Original post made by Tom Newon on Aug. 22, 2014Last comment by Old MP, on Aug 25, 2014 at 11:32 am | 42 comments | 5098 Views
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Woodside: Commuters and weekend through traffic are making roads less safe, parents tell councilTraffic rerouting services for commuters threaten pedestrian safety in Woodside, particularly on roads used by children to...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2018Last comment by Caleb, on Jun 25, 2018 at 10:26 pm | 41 comments | 7252 Views
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New rules to phase out gas appliances stoke excitement, anxiety on the PeninsulaWith the Bay Area adopting sweeping new rules to phase out gas-fueled appliances, city and county officials in Menlo Park,...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2023Last comment by Menlo Voter., on Apr 18, 2023 at 8:05 am | 40 comments | 4953 Views
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Woodside freezes SB 9 projects, citing an exemption for mountain lion habitatsThe town of Woodside is blocking new housing from being built under a new state law, arguing the residential growth would...
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2022Last comment by gtspencer, on Feb 7, 2022 at 1:59 pm | 40 comments | 57790 Views
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The troubled beauty of Skyline BoulevardThe 26 miles of Skyline Boulevard between Highway 9 in Saratoga and Highway 92 in San Mateo is used by some as an adult playground...
Original post made on Nov. 19, 2013Last comment by Bob Garner, on Mar 24, 2014 at 12:36 pm | 40 comments | 23005 Views
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Filoli reaches employee lawsuit settlementFiloli has reached a confidential settlement to a lawsuit alleging age discrimination brought by four employees who were...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2018Last comment by Rita , on Mar 10, 2018 at 1:44 pm | 33 comments | 13180 Views
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Woodside survey shows: Most cyclists stop for stop signsCalifornia law requires bicyclists to stop at stop signs, but many bicyclists regularly and blatantly ignore this rule of...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2015Last comment by Norman, on Apr 4, 2015 at 12:22 pm | 31 comments | 10964 Views
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Woodside man raises reward funds in effort to nab tack-scatterer on Kings Mountain RoadThere are still no leads as to who is scattering carpet tacks on Kings Mountain Road in Woodside, a steep winding route popular...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2015Last comment by Dan S., on Oct 16, 2015 at 12:31 pm | 31 comments | 14591 Views
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