1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (308+ words) The city of Menlo Park launched a chatbot called “Laurel” on its website in early August, aiming to help community members access information about city services around the clock. The chatbot allows users to ask questions about community events, resources…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (256+ words) I am writing to you today with a heavy heart to urge immediate, decisive action to make Skyline Boulevard (State Route 35) and our Peninsula mountain corridors safe for all who use them. The tragic, preventable death of 34-year-old cyclist Jakub…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (370+ words) The town of Portola Valley is hosting its second town cleanup of the year from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, in the Town Center parking lot. Portola Valley residents must bring the mailer insert or a GreenWaste garbage bill as proof…...

4+ day, 11+ min ago   (945+ words) Obsolete appliances of the past — like rotary telephone dials and hand-crank electric generators — have largely disappeared from everyday life, and may now seem dated and unremarkable for our time. But in “Technostalgia,” an exhibition on view at the Museum of…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (894+ words) More than 500 people across the Peninsula are pressuring elected officials to take action in making highways 35, 84 and 9 safer. In the last five years, 26 people have died on these curving mountain roads, especially near the Four Corners intersection in Woodside. Locals…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (444+ words) The nation’s 250th anniversary will come with a civics lesson for some San Mateo County students. San Mateo County Superior Court is inviting local educators to schedule visits that will bring judges, attorneys and other law enforcement leaders into classrooms across…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (185+ words) Aug. 14, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $42-$181; guildtheatre.com. Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m., Feldeman’s Books, 1075 Curtis St., Menlo Park; free; eventbrite.com. Aug. 15, 6 p.m., Frost Amphitheater, 351 Lasuen St., Stanford; general admission $74.43; live.stanford.edu. Toto, Christopher Cross and The RomanticsLong-running rock…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (237+ words) A 70-year-old man was hospitalized Monday, Aug. 10, after he was hit by a car near the intersection of Menlo Avenue and University Drive, Menlo Park police said. The man was crossing Menlo Avenue in a crosswalk near Draeger’s Market when…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (531+ words) Menlo Park City Council greenlit the next steps for Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco’s 100% affordable townhome development project in the Belle Haven neighborhood, but the project lost one revenue source, tightening its budgetary prospects. The City Council approved a…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (998+ words) When dining out on the Peninsula these days, it’s usually not difficult to find some plant-based options, but for those who follow vegetarians and vegan diets, it’s especially gratifying to support businesses that are specifically meatless or entirely animal-product free....