Menlo Park News

The Menlo Park City School District is launching a new transportation initiative aimed at getting more students walking, riding or taking the bus.

The third and final Menlo Park downtown block party of the summer will be held Wednesday, Aug.

Menlo Park is getting a new pizzeria. Amici's East Coast Pizzeria, which has 11 Bay Area locations, is setting up shop in the former Dal Baffo site at 878 Santa Cruz Ave., near Evelyn Street.

Aug 19, 2008 12:31 pm US/Pacific MENLO PARK The recent claim made at a press conference in Palo Alto that Bigfoot had been found is apparently hoax.

Click on pictures for larger images and captions. Power was restored to much of Menlo Park and other affected areas around 1:30 p.m. Monday, after an outage that lasted about two hours.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Saturday, August 16, 2008 Source: U.S. Geological Survey - Comments Scientists have discovered ancient bacteria that rely on arsenic, rather than water, to grow during ...

The name is Sparta Performance Science, a new athletic training site in Menlo Park that uses scientific techniques to keep athletes at peak condition.

Scientists have found a new microbe that lives in hot springs and uses arsenic, a substance that is toxic to most life forms, instead of oxygen for photosynthesis.

Hands clasped and raised high in victory, San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon and Dennis McShane faced family and friends legally wed.

DNA photo evidence of the creature commonly known as Bigfoot or Sasquatch is to be presented at a press conference to be held on Friday, August 15, at 12 p.m. at the Cabana Hotel-Palo Alto in Palo Alto, ...

A man facing several criminal charges after a police shooting that left him paralyzed will have his case heard by a jury in San Mateo County Superior Court.

With incumbents Patricia Foster and Donna Rutherford bowing out of re-election bids in East Palo Alto this year, the City Council is guaranteed two fresh faces on the dais next January.

The scientists place the problem on runoff of chemical fertilizers in rivers and fallout from burning fossil fuels, and they estimate there are now more than 400 dead zones along 95,000 square miles of the seas ...

September will mark the opening of Portola Valley's new Town Hall and new public library, both at Town Center at 765 Portola Road.

Caption with Veronica Weber picture in the print edition: Menlo Park maintenance worker Nelson Gutierrez cleans graffiti off the bowl of the Burgess Park skate park on Aug.

News that Whole Foods may open a store at the abandoned Cadillac dealership at 1300 El Camino Real in Menlo Park had potential shoppers intrigued and local businesses concerned.

Fresh ideas for every room Step inside our Menlo Park Idea House for creative ways to mix secondhand finds and vintage treasures with new furnishings and eco-friendly materials.

A proposal to build a Whole Foods grocery store on El Camino Real in Menlo Park is still far from a done deal, but that isn't keeping someone from causing a stir about the project.

Like many in his generation, Bob Kenyon buried the memories of his World War II experience for years.

The end is near for the Portola Valley public library's three-year hiatus at its temporary location in two former classrooms at Corte Madera middle school.