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Friday, September 4, 2015

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Atherton: Menlo School gets permission to expand

The city's Planning Commission has approved Menlo School's plans to expand some buildings on its central campus.

Missing Bay Area hiker found dead in Yosemite Nataional Park

National Park Service rangers found the body of a missing Bay Area hiker earlier this week in Yosemite National Park, park officials said Thursday morning.

Menlo Park: Council pours $80K into Lawn Be Gone program

A program that gives rebates to residents who rip up their lawns to save water got another boost.

Is the drought killing our trees?

The leader of Menlo Park's fire department says some trees along his route are in such sad shape that he recently brought up the idea of forming a task force to make sure they're getting enough water during the drought, now in its fourth year. He even broached the idea of sending firefighters out in a truck to water-threatened trees along the rights of way, if the cities in its coverage area were unwilling to set up a system to monitor the health of their trees.

Menlo Park: Facebook-funded police officer starts new school year

Mary Ferguson is an attention magnet. The Menlo Park police officer can't walk more than a few steps on her Belle Haven beat without being peppered with eager inquiries from wide-eyed children.

Palo Alto: Man steals borrowed phone from teen

A woman's cellphone was stolen Monday evening on University Avenue after she let a teenage girl borrow it and a man then grabbed it from her and ran away.

Atherton: Committee still trying to decide where new civic center buildings should go

An advisory group is still trying to figure out where two main buildings in the proposed civic center renovation project should go, how big they should be and what shape they should take.

Menlo Park: Firefighters get 4-year contract after nearly a decade of talks

Negotiations began in 2007, and members of San Mateo County Firefighters IAFF Local 2400 had been without a contract since June 2008.

Menlo Park: City expects to miss emissions reduction goals

The city is lagging in its effort to meet the state's greenhouse gas-reduction goals by 2020.

Menlo Park: City's surveillance system needs major syncing

Even at police headquarters at the Civic Center, two cameras outside the front door use different software than three cameras -- which happen to be analog -- above the front counter just inside.