Atherton News

An Atherton woman apparently thwarted a would-be thief who broke into her home while she was inside by calling police, a lieutenant said Friday.

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara, right, is seen standing next to a chart as he explains charges against 14 individuals accused of insider trading, during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney's office in New York, Thursday, November 5, 2009.

As two Menlo Park Fire Protection District board candidates blazed to victory Tuesday, a third open seat turned into a close contest between a pair of hopefuls with a shared interest in holding the line as a labor dispute with the district's union unfolds.

Voters approved measures Tuesday to renew a parcel tax in Atherton and utility users' taxes in Portola Valley.

Palo Alto Online News Two students have been expelled from Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton for "marijuana-related activities," a school official said in a statement released Friday.

Following are the highlights of the campaign finance statements filed by the candidates at the San Mateo County Elections Office covering the 2009 calendar year.

A judge has ruled that if a former Atherton finance director who says the town wrongly fired him can prove his claims, he could get his job back - at least temporarily.

Atherton , posted by Fairness and Equality, a resident of the Atherton: West Atherton neighborhood, 1 hour ago Why does the Palo Alto Daily News find this newsworthy, but the Almanac deletes it? Web Link As an eloquent and brave woman said on another post in this forum, stop deleting posts to allow this town to heal.

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

The Nov. 3 election in the Sequoia Union High School District could be a call for change on how the school board handles such hot issues as charter schools.

While a plugged-in reader reports that 200 Manzanita down in Woodside "that sold for $13.8mm back in 2000 just sold for $8mm ," according to the Chronicle the key witness in the Galleon investigation sold "her $13 million Atherton mansion" for $9.4 million in May.

The central witness in a federal insider trading case against Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, has a more than 10-year history of passing on privileged information to the fund, according to federal court documents.

Schools & Kids , posted by Chris, a member of the Menlo-Atherton High School community, 2 hours ago Hello Fellow Menlo-Atherton Bears! Been in hibernation? It is time to reconnect with your classmates! The Menlo-Atherton Alumni Committee has now launched our new website in an attempt to connect all Bears past and present.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 5:16 a.m. Sakhawat Khan, a Silicon Valley chip engineer, has found himself at the heart of the events that brought down the Galleon hedge fund in the last week.

Other Topics , posted by News Guy, a resident of another community, 55 minutes ago News Guy is a member of Almanac This editorial was published in the Oct.

A 71-year-old nanny, Vilma Serralta, has settled her lawsuit against a wealthy Atherton, Calif., couple who allegedly made her work 80 hours a week without meal breaks while paying her around $3 an hour.

Design work can proceed on the planned Peninsula segment of high-speed rail despite flaws in the environmental analysis of the overall project, a Sacramento County Superior Court judge has ruled.

"Holidays on a High Note," a home entertaining benefit, launches the holiday season from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Oct.

Irene Diaz Oncley, a niece of Pete Dias, submitted this information. Pete Dias, a resident of Menlo Park since 1941, celebrates his 90th birthday on Oct.

It's a peculiar kind of purgatory, the life of an actor trying to make it in Hollywood.