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 Woodside mom and son in TV's 'Amazing Race'This spring, Dallas Imbimbo took time off from college to go on a whirlwind, all-expenses-paid trip around the world with his mother, Toni. The Woodside pair is one of 13 teams competing on the TV reality show "The Amazing Race" for a chance to win $1 million.
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TODAY'S TOP POSTS VIEW ALL POSTSAtherton: Fifth candidate joins council race
The race for two seats on the Atherton City Council got a little more interesting. Less than an hour before the 5 p.m. filing deadline on Wednesday, Aug. 12, a fifth candidate...
Last comment from Craig Hirst, a resident of the Portola Valley: Ladera neighborhood, 28 minutes ago (Comments: 4)
Menlo Park city manager gets bonus
Menlo Park City Council members must be satisfied with the job City Manager Glen Rojas is doing in the city's top post.Read the full story here ...
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Report cites benefits of high-speed rail
A statewide high-speed train would significantly improve Bay Area transportation, as well as create thousands of jobs in the region, according to a report released Thursday by...
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John Boyle's Viewpoint on HSR 10/01/08
Making the case for high-speed rail
By John Boyle
The Menlo Park and Atherton city councils recently voted to join a
lawsuit against the current high-speed rail project a...
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MP, Atherton councils: Vote no on Prop. 1A
Just vote no.
That's the message from Menlo Park and Atherton city council members regarding Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballot.
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(Monday, 4:09 PM)Atherton's Lorry Lokey gives $75 million to Stanford for stem cell research centerStanford University's School of Medicine will receive $75 million from Atherton businessman and Business Wire founder Lorry Lokey to help build what university officials say will be the nation's largest center for stem cell research, it was announced today. (Monday, 11:27 AM)'Inside PAL' focuses on Menlo KnightsThe "Inside the PAL" sports program on KCEA (89.1 FM) will focus this week on the Menlo School Knights and how they've gone from an afterthought to a threat, says John Mylod, KCEA sports director. (Monday, 4:40 PM) Sports scores and game highlights (Sunday, 10:05 AM) Another electric car company may come to MPTesla Motors' days as the only electric car dealership in Menlo Park may be numbered. ZAP!, a Santa Rosa-based electric vehicle company, is in talks with the city to open a dealership at 550 El Camino Real — the site of the abandoned Buick/Cadillac/GMC dealership.
(Sunday, 12:25 AM) Menlo Park names new assistant city managerStarla Jerome-Robinson, assistant city manager for the city of Los Altos since 1999, has been named Menlo Park's new assistant city manager, effective Oct. 20. Ms. Jerome-Robinson, who lives in Menlo Park, was Atherton's finance director from 1996 to July 1999.
Menlo Park city manager gets bonus.
(Friday, 6:15 PM)New date for MP candidates forum: Oct. 22The League of Women Voters has changed the date of its Menlo Park City Council candidates forum to Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the council chambers at the Civic Center, between Laurel and Alma streets in Menlo Park.
(Friday, 6:41 PM)Residents want equine statue on Village HillWoodside, a town that takes pride in a horse trail system that includes wilderness paths and downtown hitching posts, is on the way to having an equine statue on Village Hill, a publicly owned slope along Woodside Road that blooms with thousands of daffodils in the spring.
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(Monday, 4:20 PM) Too many turnovers doom M-A in 42-21 loss to SeasideEvery time, Menlo-Atherton seemed to be on the brink of a comeback, Seaside killed the attempt. On Saturday afternoon, the Bears fell to Seaside 42-21 in a football game that got ugly quickly and did very little to improve in the second half.
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