Menlo Park News

St. Raymond Church in Menlo Park had a big barbecue event Friday night, with live music and Nigerian dancing, to say goodbye to its pastor, Father Edward Inyanawachi, who is heading back to his home parish in Nigeria.

Menlo Park needs to break out the recruitment ads once again. City Clerk Margaret Roberts gave two weeks' notice that her last day will be Friday, May 24.

When we talked last week I said extending yellow light times would reduce red light running whereas massive enforcement does not and will not accomplish this primary goal except for an initial period of time.

Luis Quinones, a 16-year-old boy's father, speaks out to NBC Bay Area about his son, Jose Luis Quinones, who was shot and killed late Sunday night in East Palo Alto.

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Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night.

The City of Menlo Park's Housing Element Steering Committee has proposed to convert the two acres of wooded open space on the west end of Sharon Park to 60 high-density housing units.

The early afternoon of May 5 started out as a special grandmother-and-granddaughter day for 6-year-old "Ashley" and her grandmother, "Susana." The elder woman and her grandchild had planned an outing to Menlo Park for Chinese food and playing at Burgess Park.

Two weeks ago, new posters began appearing at the headquarters of Facebook Inc. The posters proclaimed: "Advertisers are users too*." At the bottom of the page, in smaller font, was the phrase "*no srsly," Internet shorthand for "no seriously." On the eve of Facebook's IPO anniversary Saturday, how the Menlo Park, Calif., company tackles revenue is ... (more)

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An interim fire chief was named Thursday to take the reins at the Menlo Park Fire Protection District while fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman recovers from injuries sustained from a fall while doing yard work at his home on Saturday, May 11.

When Louis Arenas opened his barbershop in downtown Menlo Park, he wanted it to be an old-fashioned type of place, where customers could feel as if they were returning to another era when they settled in an antique barber chair for a shave or a haircut.

California is the largest market for red light cameras in the country thanks to the fines set by the state running nearly $500 each.

Marking the 10-year anniversary of her graphic novel "City of Ember," Jeanne DuPrau will give a free author talk upon the release of its "deluxe edition." The event is 7 p.m. tomorrow, May 17, at Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.

We've rounded up five of the best up-and-coming designers from around the West and asked them to design rooms inspired by iconic Sunset rooms from the 1940s through the '80s. Their rooms will be on display at the Reimagining the Sunset Home exhibit at our annual Celebration Weekend festival in Menlo Park, California, on June 1-2, 2013.

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.

A lawsuit has been filed by Menlo Park physician Dr. Jean W. Gillon over an incident in the early morning darkness of Dec.

"Mitchell Johnson: Color and Shape," an exhibit of the paintings of Mitchell Johnson of Menlo Park, is on display at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View through Sunday, May 26.

The City of Menlo Park's Housing Element Steering Committee has proposed to convert the two acres of wooded open space on the west end of Sharon Park to 60 high-density housing units.

Earlier this week, St. Raymond School practiced safety drills under the watchful eye of members of the Menlo Park Police Department.