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City to buy land for future fire station on east side
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council has decided to buy a piece of land at the corner of Ivy Drive and Willow Road for $3.6 […]
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Developer told to find a new place for Feldman’s
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Planning Commission has told the builders who want to redevelop Feldman’s Bookstore to try to find another location for the […]
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Opinion: How bribery works in today’s world
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor America has come a long way from the days of Tammany Hall, when a developer would have to lug a briefcase full of […]
Menlo Park
Suspect in Kathy Anderson’s murder is ordered to stand trial
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A judge has decided that there is enough evidence to bind a man over for trial in the Dec. 12 murder of Menlo […]
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City looks to ban flavored tobacco
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park is slated to be the next city to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products. On Tuesday (Oct 15), Mayor Ray […]
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Menlo Park mom gets three weeks in prison in college admissions scandal
A Menlo Park jewelry business co-owner was sentenced in federal court in Boston today (Oct. 16) to three weeks in prison for paying $15,000 for cheating on a college entrance […]
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Housing development could replace Feldman’s Bookstore
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park residents want to stop the replacement of a used bookstore on El Camino Real with a housing development. Local developer Chase […]
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Menlo Park father avoids jail in college admissions scandal
A Menlo Park man who owns a frozen foods company avoided jail yesterday (Oct. 11) after admitting he paid $15,000 to rig his daughter’s college entrance exam in a widespread […]
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Guild Theater is closing Thursday
By the Daily Post staff The 95-year-old Guild Theater on El Camino Real in Menlo Park, the mid-Peninsula’s last single-screen movie house, will close on Thursday (Sept. 26), its operator […]
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Menlo Park moving toward minimum wage ordinance — loophole for unions
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council is moving toward a $15 an hour minimum wage, though companies with union contracts will be able to ignore […]
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Councilwoman wants all Planning Commission approvals to go to City Council
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Vice Mayor Cecilia Taylor wants all projects that are approved by the Planning Commission to automatically come before council, saying it’s […]
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City opens cooling centers
By the Daily Post staff Today’s high in the mid-Peninsula is expected to reach 95 today, and that has prompted the city of Menlo Park to open four cooling centers. […]
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Man arrested for DUI after crashing into tree with girl in car
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system as he drove with his 7-year-old sister, who […]
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Eshoo says USGS former campus will probably become housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The U.S. Geological Survey’s former Menlo Park office will likely be used for housing, according to Palo Alto Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The USGS […]
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Photographer accused of raping models
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man who works as a photographer in a Redwood City studio is facing multiple criminal charges alleging that he raped […]
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Councilwoman will call into meeting from Burning Man
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer For perhaps the first time in Menlo Park’s history, a council member will be participating in a meeting from Burning Man in Nevada. […]
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VC firm will replace the Oasis
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The building that formerly housed the Oasis beer, burger and pizza joint now has a new tenant — a Palo Alto-based venture capitalist […]
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New clues in $875,000 payout to former sewer chief — updated
Editor’s note: At the bottom of this story are links to the documents the Post obtained from Silicon Valley Clean Water through the California Public Records Act. BY EMILY MIBACH […]
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Facebook’s ‘Village’ project may have more housing than first thought
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The pressure on tech companies to help allieviate the housing crisis may result in more housing on Facebook’s proposed Willow Village campus than […]
Menlo Park
Five cars crash on 101, two drivers arrested for DUI, two passengers injured
By the Daily Post staff A series of collisions Sunday (Aug. 11) on Highway 101 near Marsh Road in Menlo Park involving five cars sent two people to the hospital […]
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Police arrest figure in Kathy Anderson murder
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer As investigators struggle to determine the motive for the murder of Kathy Anderson in Menlo Park, the man who claims to have found […]
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Accused molester falsely claimed to be a Big Brother
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Randy Haldeman, the west Menlo Park man arrested on suspicion of molesting young boys over the course of 27 years, wrote on his […]
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Allegations against accused molester ‘just the tip of the iceberg,’ deputy says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies are looking into more potential victims of a West Menlo Park man who was arrested for allegedly molesting […]
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Man denies he’s a drug dealer, says he’s just generous
By the Daily Post staff A man who was holding 4.25 grams of meth when he was arrested told Menlo Park police officers that he does not sell drugs, just […]
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Photographer for youth swim team arrested on suspicion of molesting kids
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Sheriff’s deputies today (July 25) arrested a west Menlo Park man on suspicion of molesting young boys over the course of 27 years […]
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Man arrested, another at large following chase in Willows neighborhood
By the Daily Post staff One man has been arrested on drug charges and another is at large after a brief chase and a car accident in Menlo Park’s Willows […]
East Palo Alto
Suspect in local murder is arrested in Colorado
By the Daily Post staff A Norteno gang member who is connected with the 2011 drive-by shooting murder of 19-year-old Catherine Fisher of Menlo Park has been extradited from Mexico […]
East Palo Alto
Transformer explosion triggers five small fires
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Five small fires in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto broke out after an electrical transformer by the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course […]
Menlo Park
Bike lanes may replace parking
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The city of Menlo Park is considering plans for more bike lanes in the Bayfront area near Highway 101 at a cost of eliminating […]
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City considers raising minimum wage
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Menlo Park is taking a page from other mid-Peninsula cities as its city council considers raising the city’s minimum wage to $15 an hour. […]
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Man shot in Belle Haven neighborhood, suspect at large
By the Daily Post staff A man was shot in the leg last night (Tuesday, June 2) in an argument in the 1100 block of Windermere Avenue in Menlo Park’s […]
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Update: Suspicious package delivered to Facebook doesn’t contain sarin
By the Daily Post staff A suspicious package that arrived at Facebook on Monday set off an alarm for the chemical warfare agent sarin, but further testing by federal officials […]
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Girl nearly drowns in Burgess Pool
By the Daily Post staff A 13-year-old girl was rushed to Stanford Hospital on Friday (June 28) when she nearly drowned after completing a swimming race at Burgess Pool in […]
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Woman killed in Menlo Park house fire identified
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, JUNE 17 — The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim of a house fire on N. Lemon Avenue in Menlo Park […]
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Suspected burglar nabbed after call from neighbor
By the Daily Post staff Menlo Park police arrested a suspected burglar at a construction site in a residential neighborhood on Sunday (June 16), but his collaborator got away. At […]