2+ day, 16+ 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)…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (119+ words) Sept. 17, 7 p.m., Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; general admission $21.99, student/low-income $10, admission with book $42.99; keplers.org. Sept. 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 12 and 13 at 2 p.m.; Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View; ticket prices vary…...

3+ day, 22+ 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…...

5+ day, 17+ 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…...

1+ week, 18+ 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, 3+ day ago   (702+ words) School board races across the Midpeninsula will have both returning incumbents and newcomers in the coming year, but only two school districts will have candidates on the Nov. 3 general election ballot: Menlo Park City School District and Sequoia Union High…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (244+ words) The Almanac Blake Nichols Sandy, 65, of Portola Valley, who was born at Stanford Hospital and grew up in Ladera, attended Woodside High School, hiked the Camino de Santiago and was a devoted Led Zeppelin fan, died on Aug. 20. Yvonne Elsie…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (418+ words) Creating more robust checks and balances for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office has been a top priority for many local residents for years, and Sheriff Ken Binder is trying a new approach: an ombudsperson. Spokesperson Gretchen Spiker said Binder…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (514+ words) Portola Valley will have an uncontested Town Council race this November with no challengers stepping up to run against three incumbents. Unless write-in candidates file to run by Oct. 20, Mayor Craig Taylor and council members Mary Hufty and Judith Hasko…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (198+ words) Finally, when you question whether Judge Davis might have imposed a harsher sentence had Mr. Galatolo been African American, you attribute racial bias to Judge Davis, and you do so without any facts. Casting implications of racism toward anyone, let…...