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Residents want their gardeners back
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 […]
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Atherton mom gets up to 7 months in prison in college admissions scam
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 […]
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Preschool asks town for a rent break during stay-at-home order
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 […]
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Local couple pleads guilty in college admissions scheme
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 […]
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Parole denied for Chowchilla kidnapper
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
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
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
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’
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 […]
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Student arrested with gun during M-A graduation ceremony
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
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 […]
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Girl, 3, drowns in Atherton pool
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
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 […]
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Investigator trying to find missing Rockwell painting
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 […]
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Plan calls for roundabouts, stoplights in Atherton
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 […]
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Fire agencies in a tug-of-war over money they get from ambulance company
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 […]
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Firefighters rescue kitten stuck in pipe
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 […]
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Atherton teen ‘gloated’ about cheating on SAT, got into Georgetown; father put on leave from hedge fund
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 […]
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Atherton police nab suspects in school burglary, mail thefts
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 […]
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Atherton cops arrest man who allegedly had a loaded gun
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
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
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
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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High school wrestler sues school, accusations include racial and sexist comments, an assault and dangerous techniques
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo-Atherton High School student is suing her school and the Sequoia Union High School District, claiming her father was targeted with retaliation […]
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In fire board race, retiring board member Carpenter gives money to 3 challengers — not fellow board member
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three of the four candidates running for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board have received a bulk of their funding from a […]
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Editorial: Our recommendations for the Menlo Park fire board
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Four excellent candidates are running for three seats in the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, which also includes Atherton, west Menlo Park, North Fair Oaks and East […]
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Four candidates seek three seats on the Menlo Park Fire Protection District Board
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four candidates are facing off for three seats on the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board, which is working to keep the district’s […]
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Family gets a month to come up with plan to finish house under construction since 1978
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The children of the man who spent the better part of four decades building a house in Atherton said they have no idea […]
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House has been under construction for 40 years
Editor’s note: The printed version of this story gave the wrong day for the hearing on this house. The hearing is set for Wednesday, Sept. 19. The version below has […]
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Candidate slams Menlo Park fire district for buying a $4.6 million home
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A candidate for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board said he believes that the fire district should not have bought a $4.6 […]
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Who is running for City Council? A city by city breakdown
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Monday (June 16) marks the opening of the candidate filng period for the Nov. 6 election. Below is a breakdown of who is, […]
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Civil grand jury says Menlo Park Fire Protection District needs a plan for growth
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury, in a report released yesterday, asserts that the Menlo Park Fire Protection District has been buying […]
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Arson suspect feared zombie apocalypse and cult mass murder, DA says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Worried about a cult mass murder and a zombie apocalypse, a woman set fire to 1,665 hay bales in Half Moon Bay and […]
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Local man survives primary to emerge as one of two candidates for state treasurer
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An Atherton Republican, who has run for office six times in the past 16 years, was one of the top two finishers in […]
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Fire board to become a landlord
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District board last night scrapped a proposal to have its own employees live in a $3.2 million West […]