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Save Menlo? NO. Save the Menlo Park Downtown Specific Plan.The future of downtown Menlo Park is under attack by a small group who believe they know what our city needs better than...
Original post made by Skip Hilton and Charles Catalano on Jul. 9, 2014There are no comments yet. 3829 Views
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Is the BBC finally open?!Drove by the BBC tonight and saw the lights on and people inside! Is it finally open? Perhaps a private soft launch? Can't...
Original post made by Aaron M on Dec. 21, 2016There are no comments yet. 1431 Views
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Pac-12 athletics are back, but not yet at StanfordAlthough the Pac-12 Conference will allow college athletics to resume in November, sports remain on hold at Stanford under...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2020There are no comments yet. 7551 Views
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Comments and Corrections to the Almanac’s 7/18/07 Article on Allied ArtsOn the whole, Mr. Brown’s report on the Allied Arts Guild is well balanced, and accurate. However, the statements made...
Original post made by A Friend of the Palo Alto Auxiliary and Children’s Hospital on Jul. 18, 2007There are no comments yet. 5505 Views
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SEIU Thugs beat up State worker Ken Hamidi in SacramentoKen Hamidi, a state worker in California (Sacramento) says he was beaten at an SEIU meeting and is now recovering after the...
Original post made by Hank Lawrence on Nov. 9, 2009There are no comments yet. 3979 Views
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Downtown ParkingThe City Council will hold a study session on the topic of Downtown Parking this coming Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 7:00 pm....
Original post made by Jim Lewis on Apr. 27, 2014There are no comments yet. 2135 Views
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Local private school students return to campusStudents at private schools on the Midpeninsula started to make their ways back to classes over the last several weeks. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2020There are no comments yet. 4085 Views
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Nostalgiac for that Neighborhood FeelWritten 5 years ago. A Neighborhood Loses its Soul There is an awkward stretch of about two blocks in West Menlo...
Original post made by Ray Billburn on Dec. 6, 2006There are no comments yet. 5751 Views
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Families move into rebuilt Belle Haven homesHabitat for Humanity dedicated two new homes in Menlo Park's Belle Haven neighborhood on April 6, part of a city-funded program...
Original post made on Apr. 22, 2010There are no comments yet. 3828 Views
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State Auditor High Critical (to say the least) report on High Speed RailThe California State Auditor has just released a very critical report on the High Speed Rail Project and the Authority. One...
Original post made by Morris Brown on Nov. 15, 2018There are no comments yet. 883 Views
MENLO PARK
April 11th first day in 2017 with 13 hours + of daylightApril 11 was the first 13+ hours of day light in 2017 with the sun rising at 6:39 AM and setting at 7:41 PM. For the rest...
Original post made by Hank Lawrence on Apr. 11, 2017There are no comments yet. 1286 Views
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Council meeting totally devoted to Climate Action.Well the "greenies" led now by Mayor Robinson will devote the whole City council meeting of Jan 27th to: Presentation...
Original post made by not supported by me on Jan. 22, 2009There are no comments yet. 3349 Views
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Caltrain weed-spraying set for Dec. 10-17Caltrain spokewoman Christine Dunn said crews will be spraying weeds along the train tracks right-of-way from San Francisco...
Original post made by Andrea Gemmet on Dec. 7, 2006There are no comments yet. 5566 Views
MENLO PARK
Police callsCrime and accident reports from the Atherton and Menlo Park police departments and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2010There are no comments yet. 3753 Views
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Park Theater Subcommittee ReportAt last nights city council meeting, Councilmember Cline and I presented our report on the Park Theater negotiations. The...
Original post made by Heyward Robinson on Nov. 7, 2007There are no comments yet. 4893 Views
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One Million Dollars for 4 public schools MA, Las Lomitas, Encinal, Selby Lane. Need the public & parents to bond together. Need help the money is there!The library fund is about 7-8 million dollars. What if we took 2-3 million to remodel & retrofit the current library. Then...
Original post made by Colleen Anderson on Aug. 6, 2012There are no comments yet. 2964 Views
MENLO PARK
WHS teacher assault: Teen faces gang allegationsA preliminary hearing for a San Mateo teen charged with punching a Woodside High School teacher in the face in November was...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2008There are no comments yet. 3980 Views
MENLO PARK
Downtown plan a disaster in the making?My article printed in the Nov 11th, Almanac http://www.almanacnews.com/morguepdf/2009/2009_11_11.alm.section1.pdf references...
Original post made by morris brown on Nov. 10, 2009There are no comments yet. 3091 Views
MENLO PARK
Question for the EditorsI heard about the bad dog bite last month at the Menlo Park dog park which cost a woman her finger. I'm wondering why this...
Original post made by Hmmm on Dec. 7, 2012There are no comments yet. 3604 Views
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Menlo Park mom talks about expanded parental leave policyFollowing a landmark week when both San Francisco and the state of New York passed laws to broaden paid parental leave, at...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2016There are no comments yet. 4364 Views
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