Month: January 2011

Kepler’s is spotlighted “she is too fond of books” blog: http://bit.ly/fonFKB

Kepler's is spotlighted "she is too fond of books" blog: http://bit.ly/fonFKB

by inmenloflash
on January 26, 2011

Audrey Post to retire as head of Peninsula Open Space Trust: http://bit.ly/fBCpU…

Audrey Post to retire as head of Peninsula Open Space Trust: http://bit.ly/fBCpU5

by inmenloflash
on January 26, 2011

Find out what your teens and tweens are doing online

Teen technology expert Anastasia Goodstein, author of Totally Wired: What Our Teens and Tweens are REALLY Doing Online. is speaking at the Menlo Atherton Performing

by Linda Hubbard
on January 26, 2011

Learning about Synapse School from Anabel Jensen

There's a new elementary and middle school in Menlo Park but don't expect to find classrooms or textbooks. "We try not to do anything that's

by Linda Hubbard
on January 26, 2011

And they’re off! Menlo Park Cub Scouts hold annual Pinewood Derby

The tigers, wolves and cubs gathered wide-eyed around the room. A palpable buzz of excitement filled the air and the track loomed large. Some wolves

by Lisa Cope
on January 25, 2011

Can the dino-bird be brought back to life?

Two of the Archaeopteryx (dino-bird) fossils first discovered in 1861 in Bavaria, Germany are currently in residence at SLAC in Menlo Park where, using the

by Linda Hubbard
on January 24, 2011

Warm weather produces blaze of pink (sort of)

It's hard not to enjoy every moment of  the unusually warm January temperatures, which are expected to continue for the next week. (Maybe by then

by Linda Hubbard
on January 24, 2011

“Fastest game on two feet” comes to Menlo-Atherton

Until recently, local kids who wanted to play lacrosse had to join a team in Redwood City or Palo Alto. But with the growth of

by Linda Hubbard
on January 24, 2011

CFI screens Tapestries of Hope on Monday, 1/24

Menlo Park-based Child and Family Research and Training Institute (CFI) is screening Tapestries of Hope, a documentary film made by one its graduates, Michaeline Risley,

by Linda Hubbard
on January 23, 2011

Spotted: New bridge over San Francisquito Creek?

We've noticed lemonade stands sprouting all over Menlo Park this weekend, so it's not surprising that the warm weather would prompt some water play as

by Linda Hubbard
on January 23, 2011