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Demolition of the Atherton Library began Tuesday, Nov. 20, to make way for a $22.8 million rebuild of the library.]>

Facebook has donated 1,000 "N95" masks to the city of Menlo Park, which has set up distribution centers at six locations throughout Menlo Park. ]>

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Winter Spare the Air alert for Wednesday because the air quality is expected to remain unhealthy in parts of the East Bay even though shifting winds and rain are expected to improve conditions elsewhere in the region.]>

The latest round of election results, released 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19, show that Cecilia Taylor, Drew Combs and Betsy Nash remain the top vote recipients in their races for the Menlo Park City Council seats for districts 1, 2 and 4, respectively. More ballots remain to be counted.]>

The latest vote count in the race for a seat on the Woodside Town Council shows Ned Fluet increasing his lead over his opponent Frank Rosenblum. Fluet now has 56 percent of the vote, up a percentage point, and is the likely winner of the District 7 council seat.]>

Menlo Park has an estimated $54.5 million in unfunded pension liability for city employees, including public safety staff, and must pay $5.1 million this fiscal year in pension costs, which are expected to rise in the years to come. ]>

An East Palo Alto man was convicted Thursday, Nov. 15, of two counts of attempted murder of a police officer and other charges for shooting at three officers in Menlo Park in 2015.]>

The latest election results reported today (Nov. 19) show that the Portola Valley School District's bond measure, Measure Z, which requires 55 percent of the vote for approval, has 62.09 percent of the vote, a small increase from Friday's count.]>

Palo Alto and the Bay Area are at great risk for a large fire similar to the Camp Fire in Butte County, a California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman said.]>

Urban search-and-rescue specialists, including first responders from the Menlo Park and Woodside Fire protection districts, have been sent to Butte County to help find people who have gone missing in the Camp Fire.]>

Confidence has increased that a storm front set to arrive late Tuesday or early Wednesday will bring much-needed relief to parched Northern California and improve poor air quality in the Bay Area caused by the Camp Fire in Butte County, according to the National Weather Service.]>

A small number of men and women residing in San Mateo County live in daily readiness to take on dangerous and often life-saving assignments in the interest of public safety in their community. They're the first responders of the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade.]>

The city of Menlo Park has released a "notice of funding availability," a call for agencies to apply for funding, for affordable housing projects. The city currently has about $11.5 million in funds available. ]>

A GoFundMe page has been started to help a longtime Menlo Park family who lost their home as a result of the Camp Fire in Butte County.]>

The latest round of election results, released 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, show that Cecilia Taylor, Drew Combs and Betsy Nash remain the top vote recipients in their races for the Menlo Park City Council seats for districts 1, 2 and 4, respectively. ]>

The Woodside Town Council recently recognized three Planning Department employees who passed exams that confer upon them an official capacities for environmental planning, and one who is now a certified planner.]>

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday, Nov. 13, encouraging the county's Office of Emergency Services to expand its current emergency alert notification system to a greater number of residents.]>

One of Woodside's oldest estates, the 75-acre Fleishhacker property known as Green Gables, is for sale.]>

Portola Valley School District Superintendent Eric Hartwig announced that he will be leaving his post at the end of the school year at a board meeting Wednesday night (Nov. 14).]>

The Menlo Park City Council voted 4-0 on Tuesday, Nov. 13, to approve a new bus stop and bus circulation configuration proposed by Facebook at 180 to 200 and 220 Jefferson Drive. ]>

Former Menlo Park mayor Raymond "Dee" Tolles died Monday, Nov. 12, at age 79, leaving behind a legacy of civic involvement as remembered by a number of Menlo Park's leaders over the years. ]>

Midpeninsula schools are having trouble filling substitute teaching positions, making it hard for teachers to take time off when needed.]>

A little over a year ago, temporary bike lanes were installed on segments of Oak Grove Avenue, Crane Street and University Drive as part of a pilot project to see if they would improve the safety of those cycling east to west through downtown Menlo Park and draw more cyclists out of cars and off of other car-heavy roads.]>

When the first, much anticipated vote counts were released by the San Mateo County Elections Office at 8:05 p.m. Tuesday, the numbers, while telling in some instances, were in many cases so low as to leave key races undetermined. ]>