For the newest artist at Menlo Park’s Portola Art Gallery, it was a sign of new life. “It was almost exactly a year after I’d undergone a liver and kidney transplant that I got accepted to the Gallery,” she recalls. “It was a new beginning.” That was i... »
As a freshman at Stanford, Ashley Carroll used to run around Menlo Park whenever she felt homesick. “I’d go over the San Mateo Dr. bike bridge and run around the Allied Arts neighborhood,” she recalls. “It was so full of family smells — and so comforti... »
Involved with the issue of domestic violence for a decade, Nicole Baran cites statistics that get your attention: Results of a recent survey supported by the U.S. Department of Justice found that one in four women had been beaten by an intimate partner... »
With New Year’s Day falling on a Sunday and many Bowl games scheduled on Jan. 2, the transition to 2012 is a 48 hour celebration. While traditionally the start of year is the time to make resolutions, it can also be a time for renewal. With that in min... »
