Menlo Park

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Mayor Betsy Nash is defending her seat on the Menlo Park City Council against former member Peter Ohtaki, who differs with […]

October 5, 2022 By Emily Mibach Daily Post Staff Writer With a new fire chief and an open seat on the board, the Menlo Park Fire District – which serves […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The governor has signed a bill that could open the doors for the Ravenswood School District to build teacher housing on the former […]

October 1, 2022 By the Daily Post staff The opponents of Measure V in Menlo Park – the ballot initiative if passed would require a vote for rezoning properties in […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff writer The Menlo Park City Council declined to shine a light on a meeting it had behind closed doors about the controversial Measure V, […]

By the Daily Post staff A car made a wrong turn last night in a parking garage inside an apartment complex, broke through a wall and landed in a nearby […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The leaders behind Menlo Balance say they won’t indemnify the city against any future lawsuits brought against the city if their initiative to […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Sept. 2, 2022 The long-awaited trial for Francis Wolke, the man accused of killing former Atherton town arborist Kathy Anderson in her Menlo […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City School District’s board on Thursday (Sept. 8) will vote on whether to come out against the Menlo Balance measure […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Attorneys in the upcoming trial of Francis Wolke, who is accused of killing Kathy Anderson in her Menlo Park home, have been busy […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A group opposing the controversial citizen’s initiative Menlo Balance has formed and already has $82,000 in the bank, with most of the money […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If a controversial citizen’s initiative passes in Menlo Park, and it’s challenged in court, the city would be stuck footing the legal bill, […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park Fire Board member has decided not to run for re-election, withdrawing his candidacy at the last moment, and opening up […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A robber paid a woman $20 and gave her gold chains and a ring after stealing the woman’s $6,000 gold watch and bracelet […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Aug. 12, 2022 The Ravenswood School Board last night (Aug. 11) came out strongly against a measure headed for the ballot in Menlo […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Aug. 3, 2022 Financial supporters of a citizens initiative that would halt a project for teacher housing appear to mostly live in one […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer July 27, 2022 The two sides of the housing debate were on display last night in Menlo Park when residents spoke their mind […]

By MELODY XU Daily Post Correspondent Neighbors of Menlo Park’s Cafe Zoe are fed up with its loud music — but the owner says events at the coffee shop are […]

By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council is waiting a month before deciding whether to place a controversial housing-related citizens initiative on the ballot, but […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City School District board is poised to pick a familiar face for its next superintendent on Thursday. The board will […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City School District Superintendent Erik Burmeister announced today (April 4) that he is resigning from his post on Dec. 31. In […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer El Cerrito, a Mexican restaurant in the Sharon Heights neighborhood of Menlo Park, has been burglarized for the second time in five months. […]

This story was originally printed in the Wednesday, Dec. 29, edition of the Daily Post. If you want to get all of the local news first, read the print edition […]

A 36-year-old motorcyclist died early this morning (Dec. 28) following a crash with another vehicle along Highway 101 in Menlo Park, the CHP said. The motorcyclist has been identified as […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Board on Dec. 21 unanimously approved the contract for its next fire chief, but two board members suggested that […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Ventura County fire official who has been asked to lead the Menlo Park Fire Protection District will make $320,000 a year — […]

Word Count: 475 BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Come 2024, gardeners or Menlo Park residents doing yard work may not be able to buy or use a gas-powered […]

Word Count: 237 BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who stabbed a clerk in the neck, hand and face last year at the 7-Eleven on Oak Grove […]

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