Angela Swartz

An Atherton police car parked near El Camino Real. Embarcadero Media file photo.

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The multi-use Springline development at 1300 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. The site, which includes housing, opened in 2022. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

Menlo Park council member Jen Wolosin is not running for reelection in November, she announced on Sunday, March 31.

The 70-year business will shutter following a sale, which begins Wednesday, April 3

After what appeared to be a comeback, Flegel's Design, will close its doors for good.

Around 4 a.m. on Monday, April 15, someone backed their car into the front glass window, to break into the store and steal equipment, of Mike’s Camera at 715 Santa Cruz Ave., according to Menlo Park police.

This year's Atherton Earth Day celebration, on a sunny Sunday afternoon, featured the ultimate showdown: a “mow off” between sheep v. robotic lawnmower, in a battle to see who could do a better job clearing out weeds and grass. The winner? The sheep of course (in a vote of 103-to-20).

The Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School robotics team in Dallas, Texas at the VEX World Championship in April 2024. Courtesy Ravenswood City School District.

Teachers say the district superintendent subverted a search committee’s hiring process for East Palo Alto Academy’s new principal, choosing a candidate not considered by the committee, they told the Sequoia Union High School District governing board during an April 24 meeting.