Mervin Morris, founder of Mervyns stores, Atherton resident dies …
WEBSep 10, 2021 · On July 29, 1949, at the age of 29, Merv opened the first Mervyns department store in San Lorenzo, Calif. He met Roslyn Grossman, of Napa, on a blind date in the spring of 1950. They married in San Francisco in September 1950 and had four children. They moved to Atherton in the mid-1950s, according to Palo Alto Weekly archives.
Air district extends air quality advisory through Saturday
WEBAug 9, 2024 · The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has extended Friday’s air quality advisory through Saturday. The district blamed the advisory on smoke from wildfires in the western U.S and Canada. “An inversion layer combined with local pollution and residual smoke from fires in the western U.S. and Canada is …
New public park and bike bridge now open at Meta headquarters
WEBJan 30, 2022 · A new public park and a bridge for people to walk or ride bicycles across Bayfront Expressway near Meta’s expanded headquarters officially opened Saturday, Jan. 29. The event was considered a “soft launch” and Meta plans to host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting event for the park later this year, pending a decrease in the prevalence of ...
Who will succeed Eshoo? Here are the candidates - The Almanac
WEBDec 22, 2023 · Joe Simitian. ‘A steady hand for shaky times’. The crowded race to succeed Anna Eshoo includes an attorney, a former mayor, a veteran Sacramento legislator and a county supervisor. His name is Joe Simitian.
Facebook's Willow Village now includes giant glass dome, 'High …
WEBJan 8, 2021 · Courtesy Facebook/Signature Development Group. The new submissions include architectural drawings for all of the new buildings, which reveal a large glass dome planned for use as a collaborative area for Facebook workers, bordered by an elevated, landscaped path that would stretch over Willow Road and …
Menlo Park Archives - The Almanac
WEBNew contract for Menlo Park Police Officers’ Association members to cost city $1.3 million. by Eleanor Raab September 4, 2024 9:00 am.
Longtime local pastor starts new Menlo Park church
WEBAug 31, 2018 · Charley Scandlyn, a father of seven, longtime Menlo Church pastor and former executive director of the Ravenswood Education Foundation, has started a new church – and intends to breathe fresh life into the former First Baptist Church site at 1100 Middle Ave. in Menlo Park. He worked since March to …
New San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to be sworn in …
WEBJan 7, 2023 · The inauguration and swearing-in of Corpus begins at 1 p.m. at the college center located at Building 10 ,1700 West Hillsdale.. Corpus recently named Mountain View Police Chief Chris Hsiung as undersheriff.Hsiung will be the first Asian American undersheriff in San Mateo County history. On social media, Corpus announced Ryan Monaghan, the chief of Tiburon Police Department, as the new ...
Radio silence: As police encrypt dispatch transmissions, questions ...
WEBFeb 5, 2021 · Police departments throughout the Midpeninsula are following in the footsteps of the Palo Alto Police Department, which on Jan. 5 abruptly announced it would immediately encrypt its dispatch radio communications — a longtime source of information for residents and the news media — to protect certain private information from being transmitted publicly.
Q&A with Olympic medalist, Woodside native Karl Cook
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Karl Cook takes a bite out of his Olympic silver medal on Aug. 2, 2024. Courtesy US Equestrian. “I can’t wait to ride again,” Woodside native Karl Cook tells The Almanac, after winning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics earlier this month.As he explains, he and his mare, Caracole de la Roque, are now back in Rancho Santa Fe prepping for their next challenge.