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Fire severely damages home, kills 2 cats
A fire in Menlo Park killed two cats and caused up to $2 million in damage to a home near Sacred Heart Schools. Firefighters responded at 4:23 p.m. Friday (Oct. […]
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City gets complaints about human waste downtown
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Kerry Hoctor, the owner of Village Stationers on Santa Cruz Avenue in Menlo Park, arrives at work every morning to see a homeless […]
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Incumbent Keith faces challenge from Combs in Willows district
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Planning Commissioner Drew Combs is looking to unseat two-term councilwoman Kirsten Keith in the race for Menlo Park’s District 2 council […]
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Schools, traffic are issues in Belle Haven council district
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three people are vying to represent Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood — which has not been represented on council in 30 years. Cecilia […]
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Ohtaki’s two challengers want to shake things up
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two people who are hoping to shake things up on Menlo Park’s council are running against two-term incumbent Peter Ohtaki for Menlo Park’s […]
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Contributors to Menlo Park council campaigns listed; developers donate to Keith
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The race between incumbent Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith and Planning Commissioner Drew Combs for the District 2 (Willows neighborhood) seat has garnered […]
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Menlo Park City Manager resigns to take new job in Ventura
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre — who presided over the city government as it approved large developments for Facebook, Stanford and Greenheart […]
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Man arrested for attempted rape
By the Daily Post staff An East Palo Alto man was arrested yesterday (Sept. 17) for attempting to rape a Menlo Park woman, police said. Rogelio Artiga, 19, grabbed the […]
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Split at Kleiner Perkins — partner Mary Meeker to start her own VC firm
By the Daily Post staff The storied Sand Hill Road venture capital company Kleiner Perkins is splitting into two firms, with a new company led by KP’s Mary Meeker, known […]
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Motorcycling enthusiast killed in head-on crash
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man, who was killed when his motorcycle was hit head-on by a pickup truck on a winding stretch of La […]
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Council members criticized over foreign trips
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Councilwoman Kirsten Keith defended herself last night (Sept. 11) over criticism about her trip to China and said it was […]
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Fire board candidates want district to own land beneath fire station
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two candidates for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board said yesterday (Sept. 10) they’d like to see the city sell the district […]
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Local team remembers responding to 9/11
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If you pass by one of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s fire stations in Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks […]
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Willows may get speed bumps, a street closure
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents of the Willows, which is often plagued by cut-through traffic by drivers avoiding Willow or Middlefield roads, may be getting a reprieve […]
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Low-income apartments proposed on Willow Road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer MidPen Housing, a nonprofit agency, has submitted plans to build 140 low-income apartments on Willow Road in Menlo Park, across from where Facebook’s […]
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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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Menlo Park candidate calls out incumbent over ethical issues, foreign trips
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Planning Commissioner Drew Combs, who is running against incumbent Kirsten Keith for a City Council seat, criticized her and other council […]
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Menlo Park candidate said proposal for new library is being ‘crammed down people’s throats’
Correction: An earlier version of this story mischaracterized Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith’s conversation with fellow council member Peter Ohtaki. Keith said she only urged Ohtaki to “support” a proposal […]
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Menlo Park candidate says get rid of the red-light cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer George Yang, a council candidate for Menlo Park’s Belle Haven district, said the city needs to get rid of its red-light cameras. “I […]
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Suspect in fatal hit-and-run fought extradition from Guatemala for more than a year
From staff and wire reports The fugitive who is accused of killing a 6-year-old Menlo Park girl in a hit-and-run accident fought his extradition from Guatemala for more than a […]