Menlo Park
Felon who fired assault rifle in backyard gets a year in jail
This story was originally published Thursday, March 15, in the Daily Post By the Daily Post staff A Menlo Park man who shot an assault rifle in his backyard because […]
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Last call for The Oasis — beloved Menlo Park pizza, burger and beer joint closes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Memories and beer were flowing when Menlo Park’s beloved Oasis Beer Garden served its last burgers, pizzas and beers last night after the […]
Menlo Park
Councilman’s plan to give schools $1 million gains steam
This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on March 2. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A dozen parents from the Menlo Park City School District are […]
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How Facebook can be a good neighbor
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s ironic that at the same time Facebook is proposing a massive expansion that will worsen the housing-jobs imbalance on the Peninsula, the […]
Menlo Park
Oasis to close Wednesday, but there’s hope it can be revived
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Tougas family, which plans to close Menlo Park’s Oasis Beer Garden on Wednesday (March 7) after 60 years, is willing to sell […]
Menlo Park
Tree crashes into house
By the Daily Post staff A large branch of a 130-foot redwood tree crashed through the roof and into a second-story bedroom of a home on Baywood Avenue in Menlo […]
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Fire district buys another home as part of station modernization effort
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District announced Friday (March 2) that it has bought a home behind Fire Station Number 4 in unincorporated […]
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Parents warned of gap in day care services
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park families who rely on preschool and child care services from the Ravenswood City School District were […]
Menlo Park
Update: Alleged gunman in weekend incident surrenders
By the Daily Post staff Update, 4:20 p.m., Feb. 28 — Jose Gutierrez, who was wanted for shooting an “AR-style rifle” in his backyard on Saturday, turned himself into Menlo […]
Menlo Park
Pastor in sex case is going to prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park pastor who sexually abused some of his teenage parishioners pleaded no contest yesterday and is facing up to eight years […]
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Facebook expects to have 35,000 employees in Menlo Park in 10 years
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Within 10 years, the number of Facebook employees in Menlo Park will reach 35,000, more than the city’s current population. That prediction came […]
Menlo Park
Office-housing project to replace Beltramo’s approved
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Beltramo family, which has been receiving the ire of residents over the closing of the Oasis Beer Garden, won approval last night […]
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Beltramos sad the Oasis is closing, seek a new restaurant tenant
By the Daily Post staff The Beltramo family, landlords of the Oasis Beer Garden, are saddened the restaurant’s owners want to close the beloved burger and pizza joint and are […]
Menlo Park
Building housing the soon-to-close Oasis dates back 100 years
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The building that houses the Oasis Beer Garden, which is set to close on March 7, turned 100 this year. It was built […]
Menlo Park
The Oasis in Menlo Park is closing
By the Daily Post staff After decades in business, the Oasis Beer Garden at 241 El Camino Real in Menlo Park is closing, according to an announcement on the restaurant’s […]
Menlo Park
Billy Ray White, Menlo Park’s first black mayor, dead at 81
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Billy Ray White, Menlo Park’s first African American mayor, who helped improve the Belle Haven neighborhood by spearheading an effort to revamp low-income […]
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Some question if fire chief should have done PG&E commercial
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer You might not expect to turn on your TV and see your fire chief featured in a PG&E commercial. But residents of East […]
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Man who wanted to wave guns during protest sues Menlo Park and 3 officials
By the Daily Post staff A man who was denied a permit by Menlo Park to protest outside the offices of a Silicon Valley tech executive on Sand Hill Road […]
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City may ask residents to approve an open-ended city charter to speed up election changes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council may soon vote on a new fast-track plan that could dramatically change the way its members are elected. […]
Menlo Park
Guild Theater may get a grand makeover and become an entertainment center
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The 94-year-old Guild Theater, located along El Camino Real and a block away from the BBC in Menlo Park, may soon be getting […]