Amazon
Village Stationers to close after 53 years
This story was first printed in Friday’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Unable to survive profitably in the face of high rents and competition from Amazon, […]
Menlo Park
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Proposal is designed to give Belle Haven traffic relief
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belle Haven residents for years have been coming to Menlo Park City Council meetings to complain that during commute hours, they aren’t able […]
Menlo Park
Commission recommends eliminating 135 parking spaces to make way for bike lanes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Complete Streets Commission last night (April 10) recommended eliminating parking along parts of Santa Cruz Avenue and Middle Avenue in […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park pulls the plug on red-light cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The red-light cameras in Menlo Park, which send motorists tickets for $480, will be shut off at the end of this month. City […]
Menlo Park
City Council to consider fate of red-light cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council tonight (April 9) will consider possibly dropping its controversial red-light camera operator, and if it does, that would […]
Menlo Park
Local parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions scheme
A total of 13 parents — including actress Felicity Huffman and two parents from Menlo Park — have agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges in the nationwide college admissions […]
Atherton
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 […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park father to take plea bargain in college admissions scandal
An entrepreneur from Menlo Park became the first of the 33 parents charged in the college bribery scandal to agree to plead guilty, disclosing the deal today (April 3) as […]
East Palo Alto
7 developments would add 40,000 jobs but only 11,424 homes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Mid-Peninsula will possibly see a 10.1 million-square-foot increase in office space in coming years. That number comes from just seven projects proposed […]
East Palo Alto
Ousted Ravenswood superintendent speaks out
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Gloria Hernandez-Goff told the Post yesterday (March 21) that she knew she would be fired as superintendent of the Ravenswood City School District […]
East Palo Alto
Ravenswood superintendent Hernandez-Goff forced out — will get $160,678 in severance
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Embattled Ravenswood City School District Superintendent Gloria Hernandez-Goff — who lost a no-confidence vote by teachers, put her son on the district’s payroll […]
Menlo Park
Holy Toledo! Ex-Peru president arrested for drunkenness in west Menlo Park
From staff and wire reports Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, wanted in his home country in connection with Latin America’s biggest graft scandal, was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of […]
Menlo Park
Homeless digging in, literally
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The homeless living in the marsh southwest of the Dumbarton Bridge have dug out homes for themselves and live underground, Menlo Park police […]
Menlo Park
Demolition of used bookstore draws criticism
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer At a time when Amazon and electronic publishing are causing brick-and-mortar bookstores to close, Menlo Park residents are speaking out about the loss […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park considers options for red-light cameras including possibly dumping them
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council next month may be looking at dropping its controversial red-light camera vendor, and perhaps the program altogether. The […]
East Palo Alto
Proposal to absorb Ravenswood into Sequoia draws reaction
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Local officials yesterday (March 6) reacted to Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller’s suggestion that the Sequoia Union High School District absorb the Ravenswood […]
East Palo Alto
Menlo Park mayor proposes having Sequoia High School District absorb Ravenswood district
This story was originally printed in the March 6 edition of the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal by Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller to […]
In the news
Menlo Park, Palo Alto mayors have lunch and talk about issues
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The mayors of Palo Alto and Menlo Park — two city governments that haven’t always been in lockstep — met for the first […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park council rejects ordinance some called ‘rent control’
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal many criticized as “rent control” was rejected by Menlo Park City Council last night (Feb. 26) in favor of an ordinance […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park police make an arrest in string of car burglaries
Menlo Park police said today (Feb. 26) that they arrested a South San Francisco man in connection with a string of auto burglaries and vandalism incidents that took place Saturday […]
Menlo Park
Controversy over adding sidewalks to Sharon Road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Controversy is beginning to brew over a proposal to build sidewalks along Sharon Road in Menlo Park leading to La Entrada Middle School. […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park picks next city manager
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A familiar face has been selected to be the new city manager for Menlo Park, Starla Jerome-Robinson. Jerome-Robinson comes on board while the […]
Menlo Park
Oasis building up for lease — Beltramos sold it for $8.5 million
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The building that used to house the Oasis burger joint has a new owner who is willing to enter into a lease with […]
Menlo Park
Council split three ways over a proposal some see as rent control
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council appeared last night (Feb. 12) to be divided over a proposal some have labeled as rent control. The […]
Menlo Park
Council looks at proposal that some say amounts to rent control
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial ordinance that critics have called rent control in disguise will go to Menlo Park City Council tonight (Feb. 12). The ordinance […]
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Updated: Facebook unveils new plans for massive Willow Village development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After disappearing from the public eye for just under a year, Facebook today (Feb. 8) submitted new plans to Menlo Park for its […]
Menlo Park
483 apartments, condos proposed for Menlo Park’s east side
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer One of the nation’s largest housing developers, Greystar, is proposing to build 483 apartments and condos in Menlo Park’s east side, which would […]
Menlo Park
Teen shot while walking his dog in the Willows, shooter at large
By the Daily Post staff A 17-year-old boy was shot in the calf while walking his dog on East O’Keefe Street near Menalto Avenue last night (Feb. 5), police said […]
Menlo Park
Why did man who discovered murder scene return to allegedly take a potted plant?
This story was originally published Jan. 31 in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Authorities yesterday (Jan. 30) shed more light on why the man who […]
Menlo Park
Ordinance limiting rent hikes is mysteriously pulled from council agenda
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Why a controversial ordinance on rent increases was pulled before the Menlo Park City Council meeting is unclear, but it might be because […]
Menlo Park
Another crash at troubled rail crossing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park’s Ravenswood Avenue train crossing is once again an accident scene — just three days after City Council decided how it wanted […]
Menlo Park
Council now wants three train bridges, not one
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council last night (Jan. 15) effectively reversed the previous council’s decision to build only one bridge for Caltrain in […]
Menlo Park
Meeting set for Tuesday (Jan. 8) on proposal to cut trees at 1000 El Camino
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Opposition is brewing over plans to remove seven heritage trees at 1000 El Camino Real, but a representative of the building’s owner is […]
East Palo Alto
East side to get more fire, paramedic service
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District, which also serves East Palo Alto, is hoping to keep up with growth on the east side […]
Menlo Park
Menlo College hit with two lawsuits over 50-foot branch that fell, injuring 6 people
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The family of a toddler who was injured when a tree branch came crashing down at a company picnic at Menlo College in […]