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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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City revises plan for elections
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park voters won’t get to decide on a City Charter to change how council members are elected until 2020 or even 2022, […]
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Replacement of troublesome bridge hits a snag
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Replacement of the Pope-Chaucer Street Bridge — which was blamed for much of the damage in the 1998 flood that inundated Palo Alto, […]
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Library bond measure likely this year
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer While a pollster asked likely 2020 voters if they would support a $50 million bond measure to fund the city’s library, city officials […]
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Combo parking structure and theater likely to move up on Menlo Park’s priority list
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A parking garage with an entertainment center — such as a movie theater — may be catapulted up the Menlo Park City Council’s […]
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Perfume heir fights plans for Willow-101 interchange
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An Atherton venture capitalist who is the grandson of perfume and cosmetics mogul Estee Lauder is fighting the new design for the Willow […]
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City gets 32 applications for committee to draw council district maps
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Clerk’s office received a sudden surge of applications for a citizens committee that will draw the boundary lines for […]
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Little interest in council district committee
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Only three people have applied to be on the Menlo Park Advisory Districting Committee, which will draw a map dividing the city into […]
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New book explains city’s street names
This story was originally published in the Daily Post on Nov. 13. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If you’ve ever wondered who or what a street is named […]
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Growth cap in Menlo Park plan nearly exhausted 14 years early
This story was originally published in the Daily Post on Dec. 4. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Menlo Park is already approaching a development cap set […]
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Bats nesting behind mural of St. Francis of Assisi get a wake-up call
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A crew hired to power wash a home in Menlo Park found nearly 100 bats nesting behind a mural of the patron saint […]
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Squirrel almost burns down house
By Bay City News Firefighters in Menlo Park this morning (Dec. 24) responded to a home fire that they believe was started by a squirrel. Firefighters responded at 6:17 a.m. […]
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Proponent of council districts concerned that newcomers will dilute votes of longtime Belle Haven residents
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proponent of district elections for Menlo Park City Council — to give African Americans and Latinos on the east side a better […]
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Cmdr. Dave Bertini named interim Menlo Park police chief
Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre today (Dec. 21) named police Cmdr. Dave Bertini as interim police chief, replacing Robert Jonsen, who was hired as chief in Palo Alto. McIntyre […]
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Menlo fire district to pay $6.6 million for acre on Middlefield
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District announced yesterday (Dec. 20) it has bought an acre of land for $6.6 million from St. Patrick’s […]