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Town divided on whether to ban gas-powered leaf blowers

February 17, 2022 1:13 pm

By the Daily Post staff Atherton residents were divided at last night’s (Feb. 16) council meeting as to whether the town ought to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and other gas-powered […]

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New member appointed to town council but he may be a placeholder

November 15, 2021 11:10 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Atherton City Council tonight (Nov. 15) picked a replacement for Councilman Mike Lempres, who resigned in order to move to Paris. In […]

Atherton

Town keeps an eye on visitors — Residents pay to install cameras

September 10, 2021 9:26 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In the wealthy enclave of Atherton, there are 47 automated license plate readers to prevent crime. But the Police Department didn’t pay for […]

Atherton

49 iPads taken from Encinal School

August 16, 2021 6:59 pm

By the Daily Post staff A burglar or burglars took 49 iPads from the gymnasium of Encinal Elementary School in Atherton, police said. The electronics was taken sometime between 8 […]

Atherton

Mountain View man arrested for lewd conduct in front of 11-year-old

June 14, 2021 4:32 pm

By the Daily Post staff Atherton police announced today that they have arrested a Mountain View man for exposing himself while inside of a vehicle in front of an 11-year […]

Atherton

Menlo School student goes to court to get on the volleyball court

March 1, 2021 7:30 pm

A Menlo School high school student has filed a lawsuit and a request for a temporary restraining order in San Mateo County Superior Court in order to allow her onto […]

Atherton

Two incumbents face challengers in Atherton council race

October 3, 2020 3:46 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Incumbents Cary Wiest and Elizabeth Lewis are defending their spots on the Atherton City Council against a former parks committee member and a […]

Atherton

Town drops trash-hauler in an attempt to reduce rates

September 19, 2020 3:29 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Atherton is dumping its garbage hauler but will have to pay $2.2 million in order to hire a new company, which happens to […]

Atherton

Video surveillance helps police arrest man and woman accused of home burglary

August 7, 2020 3:06 pm

By the Daily Post staff Atherton police say they have arrested two people who were caught on video burglarizing a home on Parker Avenue, near Stockbridge Avenue. Police said a […]

Atherton

Burglar sneaks inside Atherton home and steals wallet

July 28, 2020 9:02 pm

By the Daily Post staff An intruder swiped a wallet from an Atherton home last night while the resident of the home was asleep, police said today (July 28). Around […]

Atherton

Town alerts residents about a prowler on a bike

June 30, 2020 10:23 pm

By the Daily Post staff Atherton police are asking residents to keep an eye out for a suspected prowler riding a dark-colored bicycle with a red baby carrier. Today (June […]

Atherton

Atherton considering license-plate readers

May 6, 2020 9:34 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Atherton’s City Council today (May 6) will consider whether it wants to buy 16 license plate readers to be placed around the entrances […]

Atherton

Residents want their gardeners back

April 24, 2020 8:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After hearing from residents frustrated that the San Mateo County health order aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 also bans their lawns […]

Atherton

Atherton mom gets up to 7 months in prison in college admissions scam

March 31, 2020 5:26 pm

An Atherton woman was sentenced today (March 31) to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters’ college admissions exams and get one of them into […]

Atherton

Preschool asks town for a rent break during stay-at-home order

March 31, 2020 7:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An Atherton preschool is asking the city council tonight (April 1) for a break on its rent since the school has had to […]

Atherton

Local couple pleads guilty in college admissions scheme

October 21, 2019 4:57 pm

An Atherton husband and wife pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston today (Oct. 21) to charges in a college admissions cheating scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]

Atherton

Parole denied for Chowchilla kidnapper

October 9, 2019 7:00 am

State officials again rejected parole yesterday (Oct. 8) for the last of three Peninsula men convicted of kidnapping a bus full of Chowchilla schoolchildren in 1976 and burying them in […]

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Steph and Ayesha Curry buy $31 million house in Atherton

September 15, 2019 8:15 pm

By the Daily Post staff Warriors star Steph Curry and wife Ayesha have purchased a $31 million home in Atherton, Variety reports. Their new, three-level house is located on the […]

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Trump’s coming to Bay Area but not to Atherton

September 14, 2019 9:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer President Trump will not visit Atherton next week as previously believed, but he will still be making a trip to the Bay Area. […]

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Jerry Seltzer — Roller Derby owner, ticket agency founder — dead at 87

July 7, 2019 6:13 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Former longtime Atherton resident Jerry Seltzer, who hoisted Roller Derby into prominence in the 1960s and 70s, and later founded a company that […]

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Billionaires buying up several homes on a block to create ‘compounds’

July 1, 2019 8:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The co-founders of WhatsApp have reportedly bought up a combined $143.3 million in houses in Palo Alto and Atherton, using their billions to […]

Menlo-Atherton High School's sign as seen from Middlefield Road. Google photo.
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Student arrested with gun during M-A graduation ceremony

June 8, 2019 11:12 am

This story was printed in this morning’s Daily Post. By the Daily Post staff As graduation ceremonies were taking place at Menlo-Atherton High School, officers were arresting a 16-year-old boy […]

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Atherton billionaire and part owner of Warriors is banned from the NBA over incident in Game 3

June 6, 2019 6:03 pm

Mark Stevens, a venture capitalist who lives in Atherton and is an investor in the Warriors, today (June 6) was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $500,000 […]

Atherton

Girl, 3, drowns in Atherton pool

May 31, 2019 8:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A 3-year-old girl drowned in an Atherton pool, a fire official said Thursday. Dispatchers received a call at 7 p.m. on May 23 […]

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Student drops lawsuit over M-A wrestling team

May 20, 2019 7:28 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The family of a Menlo-Atherton High School student has dropped a lawsuit that complained about the coaching of the girls wrestling team, including […]

Atherton

Investigator trying to find missing Rockwell painting

May 1, 2019 8:13 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An international art recovery firm and a private investigator are looking for a 1946 Norman Rockwell painting that disappeared 16 years ago from […]

THE ROUNDABOUT at E. Meadow Drive and Ross Road. Post photo.
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Plan calls for roundabouts, stoplights in Atherton

April 16, 2019 2:08 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Atherton City Council tomorrow (Wednesday, April 17) will discuss whether to go forward with plans to add stoplights or roundabouts along Alameda […]

Atherton

Fire agencies in a tug-of-war over money they get from ambulance company

April 7, 2019 11:23 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When there is a medical emergency, local firefighters are the first to respond and stabilize the patient. Then AMR will take them to […]

Atherton

Firefighters rescue kitten stuck in pipe

March 19, 2019 12:23 am

Firefighters can still be counted on to rescue a cat in distress. It wasn’t a cat stuck in a tree but a black kitten trapped in a water drainage pipe […]

Atherton

Atherton teen ‘gloated’ about cheating on SAT, got into Georgetown; father put on leave from hedge fund

March 13, 2019 4:49 pm

UPDATE, 4 p.m., March 13 — Hercules Capital, a Palo Alto hedge fund, announced today (March 13) it was replacing its leader, Manuel Henriquez, who has been arrested in New […]

Atherton

Atherton police nab suspects in school burglary, mail thefts

February 15, 2019 11:44 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Atherton police yesterday announced (Feb. 14) that they had made two arrests, just two weeks after residents harangued police for not making any […]

Atherton

Atherton cops arrest man who allegedly had a loaded gun

February 2, 2019 5:31 pm

By the Daily Post staff Atherton police, who were on patrol for home burglars early this morning (Feb. 2), arrested a Modesto man who was in possession of a loaded […]

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Atherton residents worried about rash of burglaries

February 2, 2019 7:12 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In a town where residents have their alarm system hooked up to the police station, Athertonians last night (Jan. 31) conveyed how terrified […]

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Memorial set for slain town arborist

December 31, 2018 12:30 am

By the Daily Post staff The town of Atherton will hold a memorial on Jan. 13 for former town arborist Kathy Hughes Anderson, who was stabbed to death Dec. 12 […]

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Murder victim Kathy Anderson was former town arborist, widow of plumbing company owner

December 16, 2018 12:56 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Atherton’s former arborist has been identified as the woman who was found stabbed to death in her Menlo Park home. Kathleen Anne Hughes […]

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