1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (316+ words) I believe there is overwhelming evidence our city government is failing to responsibly plan for needed affordable housing, and if it fails to make fundamental corrections soon, our entire community will experience huge irreversible problems. a) The City’s current plan to…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (274+ words) Officials from San Mateo County, Menlo Park and Atherton are beginning to explore pedestrian and bicycle upgrades to Marsh Road, in the hopes of closing travel gaps around U.S. 101. At its Sept. 3 board meeting, the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA)…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (269+ words) In a cordial meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9, the Atherton City Council approved a resident-only parking program for Maple Manor after neighbors said student parking from nearby Menlo-Atherton High School had spilled onto their streets. Once signs are installed in the small…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (931+ words) “Bugs,” the colloquial term San Mateo entomologist Stephanie Dole uses to refer to insects, are all around us. The term encompasses six-legged wonders such as flies, beetles, grasshoppers and so many more, including “true bugs” belonging to the order Hemiptera;…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (459+ words) Across the Midpeninsula, there are hundreds of hiking trails through dozens of open space preserves, offering nature lovers impressive views of grasslands, redwood forests, creeks and more — views that are too impressive not to share. Monte Bello Open Space Preserve…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (584+ words) A former coach and administrator at a now-closed North Fair Oaks charter school was sentenced on Sept. 8 to two years and eight months in prison — the maximum allowed under his plea agreement — for sexually abusing two students at the school,…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (376+ words) Menlo Park resident Andres Alberto Henriquez Gomez, 52, has been identified as the man who died after he was assaulted in East Palo Alto on Sept. 3, according to East Palo Alto police. The suspect, who was quickly arrested and booked into…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (211+ words) Gennady Sheyner is the editor of Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online. As a former staff writer, he has won awards for his coverage of elections, land use, business, technology and breaking news. Gennady grew up in San Francisco…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (715+ words) When Eva went to stay with family friends for a week, she watched her friends’ younger brother playing educational games on his iPad. After seeing how much he enjoyed learning from these games, the Woodside Heights resident said she wanted…...