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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]