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Review: Rating the best (and worst) local sandwiches

Editor's note: Menlo-Atherton High School journalism student Hannah Ellefritz sampled the sandwiches offered at local eateries and offers her opinion. Café Borrone Rating: ★★★★★ This

by Hannah Ellefritz
on March 9, 2012

Kezia Molinsky brings competitive cheer to Menlo College and eyes national competition

Update from Kezia after the team's first national competition: "The team’s performance was just amazing. They didn’t drop any stunts and did the pyramid. It

by Linda Hubbard
on March 8, 2012

Aida Morano: An artist who creates pretty faces

Aida Morano, who's lived her whole life in Menlo Park — "I never left," she says — views her career as going from one kind of artistry

by Linda Hubbard
on March 6, 2012

Food entrepreneur Michael Winnike expands his line of Happy Goat caramels and sauces

Michael Winnike always has liked a good debate. When we met him in the kitchen of the Menlo Park home where he grew up, the

by Linda Hubbard
on March 5, 2012

Mitchell Johnson’s paintings on display at Cafe Borrone – reception on March 8

Artist Mitchell Johnson's paintings are currently on display at Cafe Borrone in Menlo Park in an exhibit that will run through April 15. There will

by Linda Hubbard
on March 3, 2012

Photographer Frances Freyberg returns to New Zealand, camera in hand

Menlo Park-based photographer Frances Freyberg made a return trip to New Zealand at the end of last year. Her favorite photographs are now on exhibit

by Linda Hubbard
on March 1, 2012

Meet Malea Bieselin, Hillview School basketball coach and student of the game

Malea Bieselin can't remember a time when she wasn't interested in sports. "When some girls were playing with their Barbie dolls, I was outside shooting

by Linda Hubbard
on February 29, 2012

Vivek Wadhwa on living in a “passive” home

On Tuesday, Feb. 28, Menlo Park Mayor Kirsten Keith and Mitchel Slomiak, chair of the city's Environmental Quality Commission, presented an award to Tavinder and

by Linda Hubbard
on February 28, 2012

Jane Tight uses the enneagram as a tool for professional and personal transformation

In Jane Tight's view, people can use the enneagram to "unpack themselves, look at what's there, and learn." "It's not just about finding out your

by Linda Hubbard
on February 27, 2012

Keith Bowerman moves forward on his dream of opening a bakery

A leap from working as a field service engineer to becoming a baker may seem vast, but not so, according to Willows resident Keith Bowerman,

by Linda Hubbard
on February 24, 2012