Portola Valley News

Data presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, show that up to one-third of rheumatoid arthritis patients discontinue or change therapy within the first year of treatment.

Sixty-nine seniors received diplomas June 1 at Woodside Priory's 53rd commencement on the Portola Valley campus.

Thursday afternoon marks the start of a six-week trial for a farmers' market in the parking lot of the Historic Schoolhouse in Portola Valley.

Madrid, Spain, 13 June 2013: Data presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, show that up to one-third of rheumatoid arthritis patients discontinue or change therapy within the first year of treatment.

It's nearly summer, but the Webb Ranch fruit and vegetable stand at Alpine Road and Interstate 280 has been dark and empty.

A 58-year-old Palo Alto bicyclist was thrown 8 to 10 feet in the air and was injured in a collision with a vehicle on Alpine Road near Interstate 280 on Sunday morning, June 9, according to the California Highway Patrol and the Woodside Fire Protection District.

The Portola Valley Town Council will meet this week to discuss a report from a committee of nine volunteers on how the town should address the controversial topic of affordable housing mandates.

The Rotary Club of Menlo Park is sponsoring its first annual "Taste of Menlo Park" from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, at Menlo College.

Barack Obama, a basketball fan who once had a Dr. J poster on his bedroom wall, found time to talk a little hoops while in the Silicon Valley this week.

Provost John Etchemendy , PhD, has granted the School of Medicine permission to gradually increase the size of its faculty, as well as to expand research opportunities for clinician-educators.

As you may have heard, President Barack Obama is in town this week. The POTUS flew in yesterday, as part of a Silicon Valley fundraising effort for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

President Obama is waking up at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. The president is scheduled to speak at 8:50 a.m. in San Jose about the Affordable Care Act.

President Barack Obama is making a personal plea to Californians, Latinos and young people to sign up for coverage under the new health care law.

Protestors march towards President Barack Obama's fundraiser protesting the Keystone Pipeline and the lack of climate change policies in Palo Alto, Calif.

The annual Day in the Country Stable Tour, sponsored by the Los Altos Hounds, will be held Sunday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Woodside.

The weather forecast projects a 40 percent chance of rain on Sunday, June 9, but Friday and Saturday are expected to be above 90 degrees.

Running, walking and everything in between will be fine in the Zots to Tots race on Saturday, June 8, to launch the Portola Valley Town Picnic.

US President Barack Obama smiles before boarding Marine One helicopter from a field overlooking the iconic golden gate bridge in San Francisco, California, on April 4, 2013.

Maryann Raab says she hasn't been to Florida since the 1970s, yet the DMV says it has information she was convicted of DUI there in 2005 and as a result suspended her driver's license last month.

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla will host President Barack Obama at a fundraising dinner at his home in Portola Valley on Thursday.