Faces of Portola Valley

Portola Valley resident’s photo wins landscape category in Midpen’s photo contest

Portola Valley resident Jack Lucas’s image of a sunrise taken at Windy Hill Open Space Preserve won the landscape category in the MidPeninsula Open Space

by Linda Hubbard
on September 27, 2018

Becky Zeren continues a life filled with books by volunteering at Los Ayudantes

If there's a thread through Becky Zeren's life, it's books. She inherited a library from her father that numbered in the tens of thousands. She

by Linda Hubbard
on August 23, 2018

Momentum builds in effort to buy Alpine Inn (aka Rossotti’s) with a initial deadline of May 31

After three community meetings led by Lucy Neely under the auspices of the Portola Valley Community Roadhouse, LLC, the opportunity for locals to buy the

by Linda Hubbard
on May 29, 2018

Sonoo Thadaney champions physicians being present with patients with non-profit Presence

It's rare when the name of an organization so squarely aligns with its purpose. But such is the case with Presence, which Ladera resident Sonoo

by Linda Hubbard
on May 16, 2018

Renee Batti takes the helm at The Almanac

Renee Batti's appointment as Editor of The Almanac brings things full circle, so to speak. But you need to be a long-term, mid-Peninsula resident to

by Linda Hubbard
on May 10, 2018

Kevin Lanigan’s mission is to make water buffalo dairy products available to Peninsula residents

Ladera resident Kevin Lanigan's career started normally enough in the hospitality industry. Among other jobs, he served as General Manager of the Stanford Park Hotel

by Contributed Content
on December 13, 2017

Once a physicist, Lee Middleman is now a ceramicist

Is there something about physics that leads to art? We were curious about that as ceramicist Lee Middleman is the second physicist we've met who

by Linda Hubbard
on November 29, 2017

Courtney Kingston is fourth generation steward of family farm in Chile that now produces wine

Courtney Kingston's life's been a bit farm to farm. She came to Stanford to get her MBA, writing a business plan about how to convert

by Linda Hubbard
on November 13, 2017

Cordon Bleu chef Claudia Geoly is now a baker of Noble Treat dog biscuits

If it's food/cooking/baking related, do all roads lead through a combination of Jesse Cool/Flea St., Chris Rivera/Angel Heart, and Beth Ann Goldberg/Studio Cake? That seemed

by Linda Hubbard
on September 6, 2017

Talking farm management (and sports!) with fourth generation Webb, Atlee Frechette

We'd driven out to Webb Ranch to talk with Atlee Frechette, a fourth generation Webb who earlier this year got involved in the farming side

by Linda Hubbard
on July 20, 2017