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Portola Valley’s former longtime public works director, Howard Young, started a new role as director of public works for the city of Newark on July 15.

SMC’s Civics 101 Academy now accepting applications for fall course

Top Stories The Menlo Park City Council appointed new commissioners to five open city commission seats at its meeting on Aug. 13.

Urban farmer Joanna Letz runs her flower farm from an unexpected place above the rooftops of Berkeley apartment buildings.

The Menlo Children’s Center at 801 Laurel St. in Menlo Park on Sept. 10, 2024. Photo by Eleanor Raab.

With Bay Area temperatures expected to soar as high as 105 degrees inland and 93 on the coast starting Monday, local agencies are offering tips on how to handle the predicted heat wave.

This Eichler is all-electric and features solar panels and new landscaping. As part of the upgrades, a full-sized wine refrigerator was integrated into the kitchen. Courtesy Dennis Mayer Photography and Eichler Home Tour.

Las Lomitas Elementary School District Superintendent Beth Polito announced she will be retiring at the end of the 2024-25 school year. Her five-year tenure as superintendent of LLESD will end on Aug. 30, 2025, according to a district announcement on Wednesday, Oct. 16, obtained by The Almanac.

*|DATE:F j, Y g:i a|* The Las Lomitas Education Association rejected the district's offer of a 5.5% raise.

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