Atherton News

Sacred Heart Prep grad Dalan Refioglu and Atherton's Jonathan Garrick both advanced to match play in the 102nd California Amateur Championships following a second day of solid rounds on Tuesday at Monterey Peninsula Country Club.

An Atherton real estate investor pleaded guilty to mail fraud and bid rigging at public auctions of foreclosed properties outside the San Mateo County courthouse in Redwood City, according to the Department of Justice.

Atherton Vice Mayor Jerry Carlson plans to hit the road soon after he steps down from the city council on July 1. "I felt that while on the council that I shouldn't take time off for vacations," Carlson, 76, said in an interview Tuesday.

This information is from the Menlo Park and Atherton police departments and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

A three-alarm fire damaged a pool house, a storage shed, a carport-like shed and about 25 percent of a house in the 100 block of Almendral Avenue in Atherton on June 13, a firefighter said.

Leggett Valley High School sophomore Kathya Hernandez has been selected to attend the Northern California Youth Leadership Seminar from June 14-16 at Menlo College in Atherton.

Switching the county's solid waste board from senior city staff members to elected officials has no demonstrable advantage, according to the civil grand jury which also concluded in the same report that customers aren't that informed about the agency overseeing their garbage and recycling services.

A celebration of the life of Aya Nakano, a 2008 graduate of Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton who was shot and killed June 12 in Oakland, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at the Homer Center on the Sacred Heart Schools campus, 150 Valparaiso Ave. in Atherton.

For many high school seniors, May 1 means one thing: the deadline for accepting admission to college.

Jerry Carlson has made it official: He will step down from the Atherton City Council on July 1 after serving for seven and a half years.

This week's MPCSD School Board meeting had a full agenda, but one of the highlights was surely the presentation of a giant check-both in size and dollar amount-from smiling students.

Twenty young women will bow at the 53rd Peninsula Debutante Ball to be held Saturday, June 15, at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto.

A three-alarm fire Thursday afternoon destroyed the front attic and patio of an Atherton home and damaged a neighbor's roof, according to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.

Three engine companies of firefighters are on the scene of a three-alarm structure fire at 117 Almendral Ave. in Atherton, according to radio communications from battalion and incident commanders.

A new event, Music To A Tee , to raise funds for the East Palo Alto P.A.L. Jr. Golf Program will be held on Sunday, June 16 at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center.

It's not always obvious when we as individuals arrive at a crossroad. Decisions that seem inconsequential at the time can lead to events and situations that can be life-changing.

Caltrain's recent studies relating to electrification and the blended system with HSR provide some assessment of schedule options.

The Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation is giving $3.6 million to the Menlo Park City School District to help fund teachers and educational programs, the foundation announced Tuesday.

Exhausted from chasing your baby around the house? Put that speedy crawl to good use by registering your child for the diaper derby debuting at the annual Menlo Park block party on Wednesday, June 19. Go to menloparkchamber.com or the Chamber of Commerce office at 1100 Merrill St. to register.

Mountain View ballet school L'Ecole de Danse hosts performances tomorrow, June 11, and on June 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center.