Atherton News

Menlo Park Transportation Commissioner Charlie Bourne resigned on May 21 after nearly six years of service, citing Brown Act violations by city staff and attempts to stop the commission from reviewing projects.

Janet Duca Norton / For The Daily News Jane Savignano and Frederic Rey were pleased their table won the tire cake at the iSpring Soundsi benefit for Adolescent Counseling Services on May18, 2013, at AutoVino in Menlo Park.

The Almanac Online is seeking community bloggers. Readers who have a passion or expertise, or who are interested in sharing with other readers their thoughts about life in Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside, are welcome to apply.

President Barack Obama will return to the Peninsula on June 6 for two more fundraising events, this time in Palo Alto and Portola Valley.

The suspect, described as between 20 to 25 years old, wearing dark shorts and a blue hooded sweatshirt, walked into the Atherton U-Save Liquors store at 3107 El Camino Real shortly before 6:50 p.m. carrying a short brown gun, according to the sheriff's office.

It was mid-afternoon on a glorious day -- sunny, mild, the air fragrant with spring.

The 11th annual California Equine Foundation/United Professional Horseman's horse show took place May 9-12 at The Horse Park in Woodside with more than 170 entries competing.

The student-run youth theater group Grab Bag Theater will stage Rogers & Harts' "Babes in Arms" at 7 p.m. on three nights May 24, May 25 and June 1 and at 6:30 p.m. May 31st at the Veteran's Memorial Center Theater, 1455 Madison Ave.

Dr. Stewart Slafter, history and garden teacher at Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, recently received the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award from The Garden Club of America.

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.

Geoff Aus, longtime Menlo Park Fire Protection District fire marshal, is changing employers, but not job titles.

With one council member calling the change "outrageous," the Atherton City Council on May 15 approved a compensation increase, that by some calculations is a decrease, for City Manager George Rodericks.

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

The Peninsula Volunteers organization is putting on its first Decorator Show House in 40 years and the first show house locally in almost 10 years.

With one council member calling the change "outrageous," the Atherton City Council last night approved a compensation increase, that by some calculations is a decrease, for City Manager George Rodericks.

From the east to the west, public agencies in Menlo Park today participated in the Countywide Disaster Exercise known as the Golden Guardian Exercise 2013 in mock simulations of emergency response activities following a catastrophic earthquake, making the city a ground zero of preparedness training.

This information is from the Menlo Park and Atherton police departments and the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

Atherton Police and the McKay family are searching for Thomas Noel McKay, 82, who went missing on Friday, May 10.

An 82-year-old Atherton man left his home Thursday and hasn't been seen by his family since, police said Tuesday.

A session to allow the public to comment on upcoming contract talks between the town and the police union, and potential changes in the city manager's contract, are on the agenda when the Atherton City Council meets on Wednesday, May 15.