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Excellent location with easy access to downtown Woodside, hiking and horse trails, Huddart San Mateo County Park and the 280 Freeway.

Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh, 67, faces life in state prison without the possibility of parole for the April 13, 2010, slaying of his 56-year-old wife, Parima, said San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe .

Woodside's past, and a recognition of those who have made notable efforts to preserve it, will be celebrated between 4 and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, at the Woodside Community Museum at Town Center.

A Peninsula real estate mogul was found guilty Thursday of murdering his wife in their mansion to collect a $30 million insurance policy as creditors closed in on his crumbling empire.

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.

In the Sequoia Union High School District, the status quo could be in for some rough going as an enrollment growth of kindergarten-through-fourth-graders, particularly in Menlo Park, makes its way toward and through ninth grade.

Did Parima Parineh commit suicide in the bedroom of her Woodside home on April 13, 2010, or was she shot and killed by her husband, Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh, who is charged with premeditated murder for financial gain? That was the key point of contention Friday in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City as a prosecutor and a defense ... (more)

Ragazzi Continuo, the Ragazzi Boys Chorus alumni, had their concert last week, and now it's the turn of the current Ragazzi to celebrate the organization's 25th anniversary .

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.

As part of their senior project at Woodside Priory School, Clara Johnson and Stephanie Brugger are hosting the screening of the film, "Tapestries of Hope," a documentary on young rape survivors in Zimbabwe, directed by Michealene Cristini Risley of Woodside.

A celebration of the life of Imogene Woodruff of Woodside will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Woodside Road United Methodist Church, corner of Woodside Road and Alameda de las Pulgas, in Redwood City.

The new owner of the mansion at 360 Mountain Home Road in Woodside has applied to the town to redesign parts of the main house and three accessory buildings on this 8.74-acre estate that sold in November for $117.5 million.

A Woodside man who is on trial for allegedly murdering his wife to cash in on $30 million worth of insurance money admitted he faced financial ruin in the days before her death.

A United Professional Horsemen's Association Chapter 1 horse show is being held this weekend at The Horse Park, 3674 Sand Hill Road in Woodside.

Firefighters have the brush fire in a remote part of Huddart Park in Woodside under control, Fire Chief Dan Ghiorso of the Woodside Fire Protection District said.

Walking through the stately Woodside mansion, its rooms decorated by the hippest of designers, a view of the vast forested valley beyond its windows, the last notion anyone would think of is going hungry.

A downed power line inside San Mateo County's Huddart Park sparked a vegetation fire and caused a small power outage in the area Friday afternoon, according to PG&E. The fire, reported around 2 p.m. Friday, was sparked after a tree came down on a power line inside the park, PG&E spokesman Jason King said.

May and June are turning out to be big months for Riley's Place, a nonprofit that provides children in need with opportunities to interact with animals at its Woodside location, local hospitals, homeless shelters and events.

The combination of a shifting economy and aging population has created a new niche in the moving business where the focus is on helping senior citizens downsize.