Menlo Park News

After tumbling off a ladder at his San Jose home last week, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman is on the mend.

It's called "Lonesome Garbage Man" and it's the second album just released by Windy Hill, the local bluegrass band known for its white shirts, ties and cowboy hats, and its repertoire of new and traditional and lively tunes.

The Rotary Club of Menlo Park held its 27th annual Scholastic Achievement Awards Ceremony on last night at Menlo-Atherton High School, giving out scholarships totalling $87,000 to 24 students.. The evening featured live music from the Menlo-Atherton Jazz Band and the motivational speaker Michael Pritchard.

Come to Hillview School in Menlo Park on Thursday, May 23, and enjoy dinner are dessert from a variety of food trucks.

The fact that the housing element staff report came with 26 attachments, lettered from A to Z, predicted it would be a very long night on May 21 as the Menlo Park City Council entered the final round of fine-tuning the city's By the time the meeting ended around 1 a.m., the council voted 4-0, with Rich Cline absent due to travel, to introduce most ... (more)

A 2 percent cost-of-living increase and travel expenses for professional development figure into Menlo Park's community services budget for fiscal year 2013-2014, according to a memo from Director Cherise Brandell.

Running a stop sign can get you a ticket for at least $214, but as two men discovered on May 14, it can also rack up some jail time.

A lawsuit has been filed by Menlo Park physician Dr. Jean W. Gillon over an incident in the early morning darkness of Dec.

The APOA claims the commonly held notion that Atherton officers have less dangerous jobs than other cops in the bay area is a myth.

Three and a half years ago, Dr. Stephen Fabes left his medical practice at Guy's and St.

The 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area came to the San Mateo County Event Center this past weekend.

St. Raymond Church in Menlo Park had a big barbecue event Friday night, with live music and Nigerian dancing, to say goodbye to its pastor, Father Edward Inyanawachi, who is heading back to his home parish in Nigeria.

Menlo Park needs to break out the recruitment ads once again. City Clerk Margaret Roberts gave two weeks' notice that her last day will be Friday, May 24.

When we talked last week I said extending yellow light times would reduce red light running whereas massive enforcement does not and will not accomplish this primary goal except for an initial period of time.

Luis Quinones, a 16-year-old boy's father, speaks out to NBC Bay Area about his son, Jose Luis Quinones, who was shot and killed late Sunday night in East Palo Alto.

This Charming One Story 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Home with 2 Car Garage, has been all remodeled 2010 with new granite Kitchen, Family Room with all stainless steel Appliances, Dining Room, Living Room , Fireplace, hardwood Floors throughout , 2 car garage, lovely private yard, close to town, shops , Stanford and 280, No SMOKING OR PETS ALLOWED PLEASE DO ... (more)

Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night.

The City of Menlo Park's Housing Element Steering Committee has proposed to convert the two acres of wooded open space on the west end of Sharon Park to 60 high-density housing units.

The early afternoon of May 5 started out as a special grandmother-and-granddaughter day for 6-year-old "Ashley" and her grandmother, "Susana." The elder woman and her grandchild had planned an outing to Menlo Park for Chinese food and playing at Burgess Park.

Two weeks ago, new posters began appearing at the headquarters of Facebook Inc. The posters proclaimed: "Advertisers are users too*." At the bottom of the page, in smaller font, was the phrase "*no srsly," Internet shorthand for "no seriously." On the eve of Facebook's IPO anniversary Saturday, how the Menlo Park, Calif., company tackles revenue is ... (more)