Environment

Nick Turner turned from tech to eco-system garden consulting

We'd come to view Menlo Park resident Nick Turner's deep nature garden in part to search for butterflies. Another Menlo resident, filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman, has produced

by Linda Hubbard
on March 26, 2015

Merchants of Doubt to be screened at Trinity Church on March 7

On Saturday, March 7, at 7:00 pm, Trinity Church in Menlo Park will host the Bay Area premiere of Merchants of Doubt, a Participant Films

by Contributed Content
on March 5, 2015

A wolf comes calling at Hillview School in Menlo Park

A wolf named Aqutaq, which means "ice cream" in the Yupik (or Western Eskimo) language, is 3 1/2 years old. She hails from a breeding facility

by Linda Hubbard
on February 2, 2015

League of Women Voters public meeting on SAFER Bay on Jan. 28 focuses on tidal flooding

Almost 6,000 parcels and critical infrastructure (e.g. waste water treatment plants and transportation corridors)  in southern San Mateo County and Palo Alto are vulnerable to

by Contributed Content
on January 28, 2015

Next bird walk at Bedwell Bayfront Park is Jan. 10

Join Friends’ volunteers at our next monthly bird mornings on Jan. 10  from 10:30 am till 12:30 pm at Bedwell Bayfront Park (the end of Marsh Road in

by Linda Hubbard
on January 8, 2015

Italian stone pine in Fremont Park gives birth to art & play structure – with new trees to come

From disaster and death can come the birth of something good (myth of the phoenix). The big Italian stone pine that guarded the eastern side

by Jym Clendenin
on November 6, 2014

Spotted: Fall color in Menlo Park

Are other residents noticing that Fall in the form of the changing color of the leaves on Menlo Park's liquid amber trees is early this

by Linda Hubbard
on October 11, 2014

Reported mountain lion sighting in Atherton last weekend

On Saturday, September 6, a resident in the area of Monte Vista and Linda Vista Avenues in Atheton, reported a mountain lion in her driveway

by Contributed Content
on September 9, 2014

Water efficient gardening 101 is topic at Sept. 6 talk at Menlo Park Library

The public is invited to a free informational seminar on drought-tolerant gardening techniques presented by the Menlo Park Library on Saturday, September 6. The seminar’s

by Contributed Content
on September 1, 2014

Mosquito fogging in industrial areas of northeast Menlo Park scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 2nd

The San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District (SMCMVCD) detected adult mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus (WNV) collected on August 28, 2014, from the

by Contributed Content
on August 31, 2014