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Angela Swartz joined The Almanac in 2018. She reports on youth and education, and the towns of Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside. Angela, who grew up in San Mateo, previously reported for the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Mateo Daily Journal. She holds a master's degree in investigative reporting from American University. She interned at The Washington Post while completing her master's. She also holds a bachelor's degree in U.S. history and Spanish from University of California, Davis.Stories by Angela
Atherton committee considering off-leash dog park postpones meeting
Atherton's Park and Recreation Committee is considering adding a dog park within Holbrook-Palmer Park.[Wednesday, September 4, 2019]
Rainbow flag stolen three times from Menlo Park church
When the Rev. Gia Hayes-Martin arrived at the Menlo Park church she leads on Aug. 10 for a funeral, she was disappointed to find that the gay pride rainbow flag the church displays on its front sign was gone.[Wednesday, September 4, 2019]
Atherton city attorney to retire in December
Bill Conners, Atherton's city attorney, submitted his resignation in early August, effective Dec. 31, according to a town staff report. The City Council will discuss filling his position at a Sept. 4 council meeting.[Friday, August 30, 2019]
Menlo Park school board votes to appoint new member
The Menlo Park City School District board voted 4-0 at an Aug. 29 meeting to appoint someone to fill a seat left vacant by Caroline Lucas.[Friday, August 30, 2019]
Atherton: Child injured in suspected DUI crash
A 21-year-old Menlo Park man was arrested on suspicion of DUI and his 7-year-old sibling was taken to a local hospital following a crash in Atherton on Thursday, Aug. 29, according to Atherton police.[Friday, August 30, 2019]
Portola Valley school board member resigns
Gulliver La Valle resigned from the Portola Valley School District board on Wednesday, Aug. 28. He is moving out of the district and beginning a new job in Los Gatos this fall, according to an Aug. 29 press release.[Thursday, August 29, 2019]
Nonprofit to plant trees at local high schools, community sites
CityTrees is helping to plant 129 trees at high schools, including Woodside and Menlo-Atherton, and in other community spaces through a $42,300 grant.[Wednesday, August 28, 2019]
Stanford chemist, Woodside resident James Trudell dies
James Trudell, a Stanford University chemist who spent 50 years working to make anesthetic drugs safer for patients, died July 29 of complications from acute myeloid leukemia at his Woodside home. He was 77.[Tuesday, August 27, 2019]
Tonight: Speaker addresses learning and the 'limitless mind'
The Menlo Park City School District will kick off its 2019-20 speaker series on Wednesday, Sept. 4, with Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford University.[Wednesday, September 4, 2019]
Menlo Park district school board considers how to fill vacant seat
Menlo Park City School District school board members will discuss, and possibly vote on, how to fill outgoing board member Caroline Lucas' seat at an Aug. 29 meeting.[Wednesday, August 28, 2019]