Woodside News

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.

Facing projections of a 22 percent rise in overall enrollment in local public high schools over the next eight years, officials from the Sequoia Union High School District want to hear from district parents in community meetings this month about where to put the students, and whether and how to redraw boundary maps that connect schools to ... (more)

Filoli's multimillion-dollar mansion's famous front courtyard, the grand staircase, and portico were in the opening sequence for each "Dynasty" show segment.

Piraino is leaving to pursue "new professional challenges in the field of education," Portola Valley School Board President Jocelyn Swisher said in an email sent Sunday to district staff and parents.

A motorcyclist was killed Saturday night, April 27, in a solo-vehicle accident on Highway 84 at Fox Hill Road in Woodside.

Firefighters James Lennon, center, and Ross Frazee, right, both of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, were two of the participants from around the county in a wildfire drill held in Woodside on Friday, May 3. The Woodside Fire Protection District hosted a day-long event that included a staging area at the Menlo Country Club, a neighborhood ... (more)

"Woodside Jubilee" was the theme of the 91st annual May Day parade and celebration in downtown Woodside on Saturday, May 4 - tying in with the Woodside School Foundation's auction theme of "British Invasion." The parade - with the Woodside High Wildcats band along with plenty of neighborhood and Woodside Elementary School entries - began at 10 a.m.