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No parking signs have appeared in Menlo Park along a section of Middle Avenue where the city is rolling out a controversial pilot project to add protected bike lanes beginning July 10.

The Menlo Park City Council voted 3-2 to prohibit gas-powered leaf blowers and string trimmers, commonly known as Weedwackers, starting July 1 next year.

Menlo Park is facing a nearly $1 million deficit in its annual budget for the coming fiscal year, thanks in part to a lawsuit over its utility tax and the need to staff up the new community center in the Belle Haven neighborhood.

Much is being written about the dismal and downward spiral that is afflicting San Francisco. A lot of it is warranted.

An ambitious plan to replace the flood-prone Pope-Chaucer bridge between Palo Alto and Menlo Park is on the verge of faltering after the agency overseeing the project concluded that project would place downstream areas at risk.

An ambitious plan to replace the flood-prone Pope-Chaucer bridge between Palo Alto and Menlo Park is on the verge of faltering after the agency overseeing the project concluded that new bridge would actually endanger downstream areas.

The Menlo Park City Council on May 23 approved a compromise allowing a new restaurant downtown to offer live music, alcohol and outdoor seating, despite concerns about noise and parking from nearby neighbors.

A new nonprofit group called South Dakota Trade hopes it can make it far easier for Rushmore State businesses to do business with international markets.

Alisa Turner can readily remember the trepidation she felt a decade ago when her company made its first international sale to a Cabela’s retail store in Canada.

The team broke into the international market on their own, mostly through resourcefulness, dedication and a large dose of trial and error.