Atherton News

The California High Speed Rail Authority has rejected a settlement offer that Menlo Park, Atherton and environmental groups made in a lawsuit challenging the decision to run bullet trains through the Peninsula instead of the East Bay, an attorney for the cities said.

An evening of music, food and wine at an Atherton estate will benefit the music education program Music for Minors and the West Coast Songwriters on Saturday, July 11.

Schools & Kids , posted by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood, 1 hour ago Dave Rodrigues is a lecturer at Morrison Planetarium and at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

The budget pains just keep on coming. After having planned $2.5 million in cuts for the 12-month period that began July 1, management staff of the Sequoia Union High School District - which includes Menlo-Atherton and Woodside high schools - have asked the board to identify $3 million more in cuts from its $100 million budget.

An obscure sentence inserted deep in a massive state budget bill could delay construction of the proposed high-speed rail route from San Jose to San Francisco, potentially costing the region more than $1 billion in federal stimulus money, high-speed rail planners said Monday.

Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area.

A jury Thursday found an Atherton public works supervisor not guilty of lunging at and grabbing a female officer inside the town Police Department.

California's high-speed rail plan is raising objections among some in the San Francisco Bay area who say the line could take out trees, homes and businesses and split their communities.

Around Town , posted by Atherton Library, a resident of the Atherton: other neighborhood, 1 hour ago Kenny Blackwell and Dorian Michael are a mandolin/guitar duo that play a wide range of music, from bluegrass to blues, jazz, Celtic, and Brazilian.

Atherton Sgt. Kristin Nichols and former town employee Lois English testified Tuesday to numerous incidents of sexual harassment by Atherton public works supervisor Troy Henderson, 58, who is on trial in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City on misdemeanor assault and battery charges involving an alleged attack on another police officer.

The Partners team of the Alpine-West Menlo Little League Majors Division faced as formidable a challenge as it had all season in Mike's Cafe of the Menlo-Atherton Little League.

The trial of Dr. William Ayres has been going on for the last several weeks now.

One of the premiere horticultural tours of the summer takes place Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. as six rarely seen private gardens in Atherton and Menlo Park open their gates to the public as a benefit for the UCCE Master Gardeners of San Mateo County.

After the third visit from the Atherton police, the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps decided it would have to split up its outdoor rehearsal at Menlo College.

Chief Business Official Diane White joked that she should have come dressed as "the goddess of gloom and doom" as she presented the budget for the 2009-2010 school year to the board of the Menlo Park City School District.

Click on picture to enlarge image and view caption. Seventeen seniors from local high schools received $67,000 in scholarships from the Rotary Club of Menlo Park last week in ceremonies at the club's regular meeting.

Right from the start, Kevyn Allard of Menlo Park and Julie Quinlan of Atherton faced an uphill battle - they had to somehow convince their neighbors to donate money to a cause most of them knew little about.

A charity event at a Palo Alto sports bar helped raise money for a regulation field in memory of a slain East Palo Alto police officer.

Metro Area individuals: Martin Trainer , Nick Sako , Mark Leong Outlook: Cardinal Newman won the NCS and NorCal titles and has a deep squad.

Almanac Arts & Entertainment Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park is celebrating Ansel Adams Day on Saturday, June 13.