Posts Tagged ‘woodside’

Daily Fetch 5.16.13: Pigs really will eat anything

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Two Menlo Park Commissioners think their residents are dumb and petitions are a “distraction.”

Traffic violations are usually pricey and even more so when you have 772 ecstasy pills in the car. Good work, MPPD.

Parking your large vehicles in residential areas will soon become a huge headache for San Mateo folks. Seniors, it’s time to call AARP, they are picking on you.

A Pescadero Farm is utilizing hardworking pigs to get rid of annoying stuff like poison oak leaves.  pigs_1

The search for the 9-year-old South San Francisco girl has sadly concluded.

We can’t believe we missed the opportunity to meet the one and only James Franco; he not only acts, but is also a writer.

(Seriously), what’s up with all of these fires? The North Fair Oaks apartment fire displaces 50 people, an Amgen worker was burned, and Cypress Lawn Cemetery chapel was damaged.

Not content with the 7,750 square foot Woodside mansion, the new owner wants a new dome and those must-have oval windows. Meanwhile, there are folks out there who don’t even have a place to sleep at night.

And as a reminder, if you’re trying to get a hold of us you can email us at wd@thedailyfetch.com. We leak the news so you don’t have to.

Daily Fetch 4.19.13: Stop for pedestrians at crosswalks

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Millbrae Elementary School District may put another parcel tax on the 2014 ballot. We’re sure the teacher’s association will want a portion of the pie.

Millbrae and Daly City drivers have (apparently) forgotten their basic driver’s education. Stop for pedestrians at crosswalks, drivers.crosswalk

Not only is Caltrans murdering swallows, its subcontractor is to blame for the awful traffic delays in downtown San Mateo.  Oops.

Someone has some explaining to do. San Mateo County residents’ November 2012 ballots were “misplaced” according to the Mark Church, the Chief Elections Officer. A bigger oops. San Mateo County just posted a job opening for an elections specialist, we think they found their culprit.

Leo Padreddii, the longtime San Mateo County Harbor Commissioner, passed away yesterday. Condolences to the family.

Newsflash: Woodside residents need to obtain a permit to remove trees from their property or risk being fined up the wazooo. We can’t believe this guy still wants to live there.

The Atherton City Council will need to decide whether they’ll hold a special election or appoint a new member.  Carlson will be stepping down by the end of June. We hope the new member cares more about the facts.

Daily Fetch 3.29.13: Who let the dogs out? San Carlos that’s who

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Burton and Highlands parks in San Carlos will begin allowing dogs to roam off-leash. Happy frolicking on, our canine brethren. Frolic. On.

A whole lot of change is coming to the restaurant scene on Laurel Street. We’ll miss the English Rose, but definitely glad to see San Carlos spicing it up.

Redwood City filed a lawsuit against the State of California because the state wants the City’s RDA funds. Stay strong folks.

It’s time to grab your skateboard again kids. EPA’s skate park is open for business again. Radical dudes.skate

Woodside Town Council explores having farmers’ markets in the town hall parking lot. (Apparently) the Council shot itself in the foot when Measure J passed in 1988 prohibiting commercial uses on municipal property. It seemed like a good idea at the time….oops.

Daily Fetch 3.14.13: Woodside will not become SugarDaddies.com, USA, at least not officially…

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Sadly, Woodside will not become SuggarDaddies.com USA… at least not officially.  Although there are a lot of young, beautiful women that hand out at the Woodside Bakery…

Pete’s Harbor tenants do need to leave, but they have 60 days to do it.  That according to a judge’s ruling yesterday.

From being evicted to building new places to live… Menlo Park has designed 6 sites for high-density housing.  This should go over really big in MP

Speaking of soon-to-be-unpopular developments, Belmont got in on the action yesterday too and “moved toward developing a a small slice of the 35 acres of open space in the San Juan Hills…”

Daily Fetch 2.28.13: $11.65 million is chump change in Woodside…

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

We don’t really know what to make of this, but here goes nothing:  Dating website offers Woodside $11.65 million to change name to ‘SugarDaddie.com, USA’… Obviously, this is silly.  It would take far more than $11.65 million to get Woodside to do anything.  Heck, that’s the average home price in Woodside…

From the ridiculous to the important:  San Bruno is considering limited the number of stores that sell guns.

Speaking of large sums of money… to the Garbage Saga.  Bonnie Eslinger looks at the big hikes that just kicked in for Redwood City and North Fair Oaks.  More good times ahead!

Daily Fetch 2.1.13: (Even) More Pete’s Harbor Drama…

Friday, February 1st, 2013

Oy… that’s what the folks who are about to develop Pete’s Harbor are certainly saying today.  Today’s drama, as told by Bonnie Eslinger:  Tenants of Pete’s Harbor in Redwood City asked for more than $1.2 million and the right for live-aboard boaters to remain at the marina when they countered a $50,000 offer from the waterfront developer who wants them out.

In other big-money news:  remember the lawsuit a bunch of school districts filed against the County for money the County lost by investing it with Lehman Brothers?  Well, a state appeals court said hell no to the school districts.

Here’s a story that is poised to go viral:  A dude driving a pick-up truck in Woodside says 50 cyclists attacked his truck when he was parked at a stop sign.  (Please note, this is not a motorcycle gang, just 50 folks with tights…)

Daily Fetch 1.28.13: Garbage Saga chips continue to fall…

Monday, January 28th, 2013

The chips are continuing to fall in the Garbage Saga… San Carlos is the latest City that may take a close look at the South Bayside Waste Management Agency and their oversight of garbage/recycling and how everyone’s rates are skyrocketing… Jerry Hill, what say you?

San Mateo County had a gun buy-back this weekend.  They took in 680 gunsThis may be the best $63,500 ever spent.

As if to prove our point:

Crime-related, but not gun-related, this story about a domestic dispute from a Menlo Park restaurant:  “…Former San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders offensive tackle Kwame Harris will appear in San Mateo County Superior Court today on charges he assaulted his former boyfriend at a Menlo Park restaurant during an argument over soy sauce and underwear…” The strangest part of the story is clearly what the argument was over…

Monday = Sue Lempert on the future of Downtown San Mateo

We’ll end you with this… A Woodside home sold for $117.5 million.

 

 

 

 

Daily Fetch 9.13.12: Blow the whistle, get “job eliminated”… Garbage Saga-style

Thursday, September 13th, 2012

Well, if you couldn’t see this coming, you don’t follow the San Mateo County garbage stories close enough… luckily for everyone, Bonnie Eslinger does.  If this sentence doesn’t get your goat, nothing will:  In the wake of an investigator’s report that cleared the South Bayside Waste Management Authority’s top official from an employee’s allegation that he mishandled funds, the agency board unanimously approved a $38.5 million budget Wednesday that eliminates the purported whistleblower’s job.  Well, that should have the desired, chilling effect.

It isn’t all bad news today, the controversial? Woodside farmers market got a thumbs up yesterday

From good news, to more bad news… Remember the 2 Caltrain repair dudes that allegedly embezzled money from the Caltrain ticket machines?  Well, they’ll stand trial on the charges.

From bad news to more bad news… The Taser incident by a National Park Service Ranger is still getting under folks’ skin, and rightly so, we might add.  On Monday, there was a meeting to “clear the air”… but the air is still not clear.  Right Joshua Melvin?

 

 

 

Daily Fetch 9.11.12: Do you have $85 million?

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

The very strange, South City child abduction/stolen yacht story seems to have come to a happy ending… The kids have been recovered (and so has the yacht)… Dad’s in custody.

Here’s some good news for (some) taxpayers, the County is going to refund $2.5 million to some taxpayers who were overcharged

Here’s some bad news for (most) taxpayers, the South Bayside Waste Management Authority is “ready to adopt” a new budget.  Garbage Saga… the aftermath…

Speaking of lot and lots of money… If you have a bunch laying around, perhaps you’d like to buy the Flood Mansion for $85 million?

And if you buy the Flood Mansion, wouldn’t you like a farmers’ market nearby?  Well, that may not be possible in Woodside because everything in Woodside is a hassle

To Pacifica, where Riptide is prying open government secrecy, one email at a time

 

Daily Fetch 8.1.12: Real-life Risky Business in Woodside…

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012

Usually, when we talk about “house parties” in fancy neighborhoods, we talk about so-called “social host” ordinances that municipalities are keen to pass these days… But here’s a story from Woodside that should make teenagers are a little more cautious about holding parties.  One party-goer left with $25,000 of electronics… Oops.  The Sheriff is on the case, but lesson learned, right?  It’s like Risky Business come to life…

Yesterday, we learned that Joe Simitian was supporting Jerry Hill in his run for State Senate against Sally Lieber.  Today, we learn that both Hill and Lieber are raising lots and lots of money… (and Lieber is putting in lots and lots of her own money too…)

In other political fundraising news, Shelly Masur has been outraising Warren Slocum big time… But remember, Slocum put a six-figure amount into his race before June.

To San Bruno:  More details are coming out about the San Bruno pipeline as testimony is given in a variety of lawsuits.  The AP, The County Times, and the Mercury News have the details.

To Portola Valley, where former Superintendent Tim Hanretty, who is facing up to four years in prison for embezzlement, pleaded no contest