from the Palo Alto Weekly and the Palo Alto Online staff
Children's Theatre criminal probe to be dropped?
Palo Alto police are expected to announce early next week they have dropped the criminal investigation into financial wrongdoing at the city-run Children's Theatre, sources familiar with the case said this week. Yet Police Chief Lynne Johnson denied that an announcement of the conclusion of the investigation is imminent.
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ARCHIVE: Children's Theatre investigation
(Thursday, 9:59 PM)
Foundation gives $70 million to state colleges
A $70 million gift will help the state's poorest students — and may trigger a fundraising push at community colleges. Turning to private money is a growing trend, according to Marie Fox Ellison, executive director of the Foothill-De Anza Foundation. (Thursday, 11:00 AM)
Stanford gets $43 million for stem-cell research
The Stanford University School of Medicine has received $43.6 million in a state grant to help fund stem-cell research – the largest of 12 grants statewide totalling $271 million.
(Thursday, 10:13 AM)
Sweepstakes law passes state Senate
A bill aimed to curtail deceptive sweepstakes practices was passed on a 31-1 vote today by the state Senate and now will have a hearing in the state Assembly in June.
(Thursday, 2:21 PM)
 Right-of-way: Palo
Alto's street scene
From the sky, Palo Alto is a sea of green broken by a grid of gray. The gray, of course, is the city's streets, most built decades ago. But now, few developers want to use their valuable land to build wide, straight streets, flanked by sidewalks and trees.
Instead, they're narrowing the streets, clustering parking in small bulbs and using different "permeable" materials for pavement. (Tuesday, 12:55 PM)
A 'village feel' for Stanford expansions?
Converting the auto-oriented Stanford Medical Center and the Shopping Center into part of a walkable, inviting "village" won't be easy, urban planner Bruce Fukuji told the Palo Alto City Council Monday night. (Tuesday, 3:43 AM)
 SPORTS: SHP boys earn
berth in CCS tennis finals
The Sacred Heart Prep boys' tennis team avenged last season's shocking upset to Bellarmine by knocking off those same Bells, 5-2, on Wednesday in the semifinals of the Central Coast Section team tournament at Courtside Tennis Club in Los Gatos. The No. 3-seeded Gators (23-3) swept the No. 2-4 singles in straight sets and held a 3-2 lead over the No. 2-seeded Bells before SHP senior Erik Blumenkranz clinched the victory in a three-set match at No. 1 singles. Full story
(Wednesday, 9:02 PM)
• Women in jail often victims of violence (Thursday, 2:22 PM)
• Army research doesn't violate Stanford policy (Wednesday, 11:53 AM)
• Gunn student named presidential arts scholar (Tuesday, 3:27 PM)
• Menlo Park fire causes $100,000 in damages (Wednesday, 10:27 AM)
• Palo Alto Online launches online video ads (Tuesday, 2:16 PM)
• Stanford gets $7.5 million for astropyhsics (Wednesday, 3:45 PM)
• American Indians to Powwow at Stanford (Wednesday, 9:52 AM)
• PUBLIC AGENDA: School board, Strategic Plan final draft (Tuesday, 9:17 AM)
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