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Portola Valley: Turkey Trot Fun Run to Shut Down Roads this Morning

San Mateo County authorities are advising the public of various road closures this morning to accommodate the running of the Ormondale Turkey Trot in Portola Valley.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Almanac

Portola Valley: Spring Ridge winery would add buildings to scenic pasture

Though motorists, cyclists and other passersby wouldn't know it when driving by 555 Portola Road in Portola Valley, behind the trees just west of the pasture are regimented rows of grapes, part of the Spring Ridge winery.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Almanac

Portola Valley Town Center wins the highest green-building rating: platinum

The results are in. As green buildings go, Portola Valley's new complex of library, Town Hall and community hall join a select few municipal buildings awarded the top rating by the green building community.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009
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Almanac

Pitching in for kids in Menlo Park, East Palo Alto

Two foundations have organized to raise support for public school children in east Menlo Park and East Palo Alto.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Almanac

Big plans for Ford Field, but no funds

The Ford Field baseball diamond at Alpine Road and Westridge Drive in Portola Valley is not famous for its shade trees.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Almanac

Community invited to party for Bill Lane on Nov. 22

The public is invited to a Sunday, Nov. 22, celebration of the 90th birthday of Bill Lane, Portola Valley's first mayor, the former publisher of Sunset Magazine, and a town benefactor many times over.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Almanac

Portola Valley: Rat trips circuit breaker, leaves The Sequoias without power for 26 hours

A tenacious Portola Valley rat, now deceased, shut down electrical service at The Sequoias retirement community on the morning of Monday, Nov.

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Tue Nov 10, 2009

Almanac

Portola Valley voters renew utility taxes

In choosing to renew Portola Valley's two-part utility users tax for the fifth time, voters showed enthusiastic support for not raising the tax, strong support for the tax's open-space element, and significant support for raising the appropriations limit so the town could collect revenues to help pay the town's operational expenses.

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Almanac

White House nominates Portola Valley resident Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe to U.N. ambassadorship

The White House on Monday, Nov. 9, announced the nomination of Portola Valley resident Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe to the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Almanac

Your own backyard

When Leslie Ballinger and her family started raising chickens in 1998, they were pretty much on their own.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Almanac

Portola Valley: Tickets available for R&B dance

Tickets are still available for a rhythm-and-blues dance under the stars in Portola Valley from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, Nov.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Almanac

Sen. Yee proposes 'opt-in' phone books

Piles of unwanted phone books littered throughout the Bay Area and the state could soon be reduced under legislation proposed Thursday by state Sen.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Almanac

Sudden oak death test results are in

Last April, residents of Portola Valley and Woodside went out and collected samples to test for sudden oak death , and gave them to scientists from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Almanac

Stories of war and resistance

Lew Southern and Lee Boucher no doubt have many good stories to tell of mutual experiences and adventures stemming from their 40-year friendship, begun when they first met at a Menlo Park Newcomers gathering.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Almanac

Vote no on the Atherton Parcel Tax

What a compelling reason not to vote for the parcel tax! "It's the economy studpid!" Brilliance resides in Atherton.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Almanac

State to restore domestic violence funds

California's domestic violence program will be spared from elimination this year with Gov.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Almanac

Monday: Bill Lane remembers Sunset magazine

The Museum of American Heritage will present "Bill Lane remembers Sunset," an evening with Bill Lane of Portola Valley, former publisher of Sunset magazine, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Redwood City council members ticked off by Menlo Park's early meddling into Cargill Saltworks project

A resolution to be considered by the Menlo Park City Council condemning a proposal to develop Cargill's salt flats is "totally inappropriate" and "shows a lack of vision," Redwood City council members say.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Almanac

Election: names on ballot, but no contests

Both Woodside and Portola Valley will have one new member each on the respective town councils after the Nov.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Almanac

Guest opinion against Portola Valley tax

This guest opinion was submitted by Ed Wells, a Portola Valley resident, the town's first treasurer, and a municipal finance consultant.

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