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
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 […]
Menlo Park
Residents object to removal of heritage trees at El Camino and Ravenswood
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A handful of Menlo Park residents are lobbying the city to halt the removal of seven heritage trees at 1000 El Camino Real, […]
Atherton
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 […]
East Palo Alto
Progress made on preventing floods
GUEST OPINION BY GARY KREMEN As many of you remember, the 1998 San Francisquito Creek record flood ravaged parts of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Floodwaters from […]
Atherton
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 […]
Menlo Park
Murder victim identified
By the Daily Post staff Update, 11:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 13 — The San Mateo County Coroner’s office today identified the woman who was stabbed to death in her Menlo […]
Facebook
Whatever happened to Facebook’s Willow Village proposal?
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer One of the most talked about issues during the Menlo Park Council race — Facebook’s Willow Village proposal — has not been discussed […]
Caltrain
Investigators looking into death of man killed on Caltrain tracks
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that Caltrain spokesman Dan Lieberman said that the victim was hit when the train was rushing through the Menlo Park train station. […]
Menlo Park
Council gets a report on city’s pension liabilities — got $54 million?
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council last night (Nov. 13) expressed interest in putting aside more money to pay down its employee pension debt. […]
Election 2018
Opinion: A candidate with ethics, integrity
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Got an interesting phone call the other night from a reader who was moved by the story we printed about Menlo Park City […]
Election 2018
Candidate Drew Combs tells allies to stand down
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In a hostile national political climate, one Menlo Park City Council candidate is going in the opposite direction and talked supporters out of […]
Menlo Park
Fire breaks out just two doors from fire station
By the Daily Post staff Firefighters in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood were quick to respond to a house fire just two doors away from the fire station on Saturday […]
Election 2018
Developers contribute to campaigns of incumbents Keith, Ohtaki
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park council incumbents Peter Ohtaki and Kirsten Keith have both seen bumps in their campaign war chests from developers, according to financial […]
Menlo Park
Pharmacy robber gets 12 years in prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who stole prescription narcotics at gunpoint from a Menlo Park pharmacy was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday (Oct. 26), […]
Atherton
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 […]
Menlo Park
Future of red-light cameras is up in the air
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council last night (Oct 23) extended a contract with a company to operate its red-light cameras for six months, but […]