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Recent news headlines from Palo Alto Online
 Palo Alto Online News is available via a RSS news reader. Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Two armed robbery suspects arrested, two more sought following car chase and crash
Two suspects in the attempted armed robbery of a jewelry store in North Fair Oaks are in custody and two more are being sought following a car chase and crash in Menlo Park on Wednesday afternoon. (Wednesday, 2:41 PM)
Another Spare the Air alert issued for Thursday
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued its fifth Winter Spare the Air alert for Thursday, Jan. 17, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices. (Wednesday, 1:58 PM)
Board members back school boundary change
Palo Alto school board members indicated they support a proposed school boundary change that will move about 20 blocks of households out of the Addison Elementary School attendance area into the Walter Hays Elementary School area. (Wednesday, 9:54 AM)
School board gives go-ahead to Bowman talks
It's far from a done deal, but Palo Alto school leaders agreed Tuesday that expanding Terman Middle School through purchase of an adjacent parcel is an idea worth pursuing. (Wednesday, 9:24 AM)
Oshman Family JCC chooses interim CEO
A seasoned corporate and nonprofit leader will serve as interim chief executive officer at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, center officials announced Tuesday. (Wednesday, 8:54 AM)
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Scholar: international education comparisons misleading
Rankings that show U.S. students lagging their international peers in academic achievement are misleading because they inadequately account for social inequality, a Stanford University scholar has asserted. (Tuesday, 4:00 PM)
Spare the Air alert issued for Wednesday
While chilly temperatures are expected to continue Wednesday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing the season's fourth Winter Spare the Air Alert, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices to keep warm. (Tuesday, 2:09 PM)
Photo gallery spotlight: 'Moon in the trees'
The Palo Alto Online Photo Gallery features hundreds of images -- including this picture taken at the Arastradero Preserve by photographer Sue Klapholz.
• View the photo gallery • Submit your photo (Tuesday, 11:54 AM)
Teacher bonus, boundary change on board agenda
A bonus for teachers and a boundary change between Addison and Walter Hays elementary schools are among topics on the agenda for the Board of Education meeting tonight. (Tuesday, 9:51 AM)
Pilot kitchen-waste program receives council OK
A pilot residential compost-collection program that would collect kitchen waste received a green light from the Palo Alto City Council Monday night. (Tuesday, 9:44 AM)
Menlo Park cop caught with prostitute keeps job
Hearing a knock at the Motel 6 door, a prostitute wearing a black catsuit answered, $20 bills stashed in her cleavage. In the bathroom, Sunnyvale police officers found a veteran Menlo Park police detective wearing nothing. (Tuesday, 9:02 AM)
Council gives wide berth for possible plant
Fifty-one acres of now-defunct Palo Alto landfill will not become parkland in the coming year, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday night, Jan. 14. (Tuesday, 12:40 AM)
Monday, January 14, 2013
Man killed in East Palo Alto shooting Monday
A 24-year-old man was killed and a second victim was injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Monday afternoon, police said. (Monday, 11:15 PM)
Shop Talk: Survey Monkey to anchor 'gateway'
The online survey company Survey Monkey has signed on to be the anchor tenant for one of Palo Alto's newest and most ambitious developments. (Monday, 2:22 PM)
SPORTS: Gunn wrestlers second, Lee earns top honor
With junior Cadence Lee leading the way, the Gunn wrestling team came up with arguably its best performance of the season while producing five individual champions and a second-place team finish at the San Ramon Invitational on Saturday at San Ramon Valley High. Read more at PASportsOnline.com. (Monday, 10:28 AM)
Local students advance in Intel science contest
More than a dozen local teens, including three from Gunn High School, are among 300 students from across the country named as semifinalists in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search. (Monday, 10:25 AM)
Two-alarm fire damages MV mobile home
A two-alarm fire damaged a residence in a Mountain View mobile home park Sunday morning. (Monday, 8:44 AM)
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Man arrested for East Palo Alto stabbing
A 34-year-old man in East Palo Alto was injured in a stabbing at an apartment complex early Sunday morning, Jan. 13, police said. (Sunday, 2:36 PM)
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Editorial: Bridging the flood control debate
It has taken more than a decade, but finally work is set to begin that ultimately will protect Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto from floods similar to the one that inundated hundreds of homes in 1998. (Saturday, 1:24 PM)
Friday, January 11, 2013
Caltrain kicks off track-vigilance campaign
After numerous suicides and train-pedestrian accidents, Caltrain is kicking off a year-long campaign to enlist passengers in keeping an eye on the tracks. (Friday, 4:10 PM)
Breast Cancer Connections gets $12,000 boost
Nate Heydorff, a firefighter and paramedic for the Palo Alto Fire Department, hands Karen Nelson, executive director of Breast Cancer Connections, a check for $12,000 on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. Photo by Veronica Weber/Palo Alto Online. (Friday, 1:25 PM)
Photo gallery spotlight: 'Dune Spoiler'
The Palo Alto Online Photo Gallery features hundreds of images -- including this picture taken at the Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley by photographer Laurie Naiman.
• View the photo gallery • Submit your photo (Friday, 11:57 AM)
VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA
A compilation of video content from the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online staff. (Friday, 11:26 AM)
PUBLIC AGENDA: Waste-to-energy facility, Potential acquisition of Bowman property
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week. (Friday, 11:20 AM)
Second indecent-exposure incident in Palo Alto
For the second time in two days, a man has exposed himself to a woman in Palo Alto. Police believe it is likely the same person in both incidents. Related story:
• Indecent exposure reported near California Avenue (Friday, 9:48 AM)
District explores buying Bowman campus
In search of more space for growing middle-school enrollment, the Palo Alto school district is exploring the idea of buying the campus of Bowman International School, an independent K-8 school adjacent to Terman Middle School on Arastradero Road. (Friday, 9:39 AM)
SPORTS: Cardinal men respond with solid hoops victory
Aaron Bright scored a season-best 21 points, Dwight Powell recorded a double-double and Chasson Randle also had a hot hand as the Stanford men's basketball team opened its home conference schedule with a 78-67 win over Washington State on Wednesday night. Read more on PASportsOnline.com. (Friday, 9:18 AM)
Teens enthusiastic about new school calendar
High school students overwhelmingly endorsed recent reforms to the Palo Alto's academic calendar in informal interviews conducted at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools this week. (Friday, 9:14 AM)
Palo Alto set to debate future of old landfill site
Palo Alto's landfill in Byxbee Park officially closed in the summer of 2011, but the defunct facility continues to puzzle environmentalists and local officials, who will consider this week what to do with the former landfill's site at the end of Embarcadero Road. (Friday, 9:00 AM)
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Palo Alto parents named to site-selection panel
Eight Palo Alto parents and four school administrators have been named to a committee to advise the Palo Alto school district on a location for opening a 13th elementary school. (Thursday, 3:42 PM)
Natural-gas incident prompts road closure in Palo Alto
El Camino Real in Palo Alto between Charleston Road and Ventura Avenue, which was briefly closed Thursday afternoon due to a natural-gas incident, has been re-opened. (Thursday, 3:14 PM)
Walgreens to pay $1.4 million to settle suit
Walgreens has agreed to pay $1.4 million in penalties and legal costs to settle a lawsuit accusing the retailer of charging prices higher than marked on store shelves, a prosecutor said.
(Thursday, 11:56 AM)
'Moderately severe' flu season expected
The influenza virus, which is hammering states in other parts of the country is slowly moving into Northern California, officials said today. (Thursday, 9:58 AM)
Indecent exposure reported near Cal Ave
Palo Alto police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a woman while she was sitting in a parked car near California Avenue Tuesday night. (Thursday, 8:10 AM)
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Palo Alto hopes to spur affordable housing
With affordable housing in short supply, Palo Alto's planning officials debated on Wednesday night ways to fulfill this need without exacerbating the traffic and parking problems that have already reached a critical point in some neighborhoods. (Wednesday, 11:55 PM)
Palo Alto police release sketch of wanted bank robber
A man who robbed the Provident Credit Union in Palo Alto Wednesday afternoon remains at large. The man, who police described as a tall white man in his 30s with a scar above one of his eyes, entered the bank at around 3:30 p.m. and pointed a handgun at the tellers. He escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash, Palo Alto police said. (Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 4:08 PM)
Eshoo celebrates passage of new cancer-research law
Flanked by the wife of the late actor and cancer victim Patrick Swayze, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo today celebrated the passage of a law that requires the federal government to fight harder against the most deadly cancers. (Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 12:19 PM)
Palo Alto takes fresh look at downtown growth
With commercial developments blooming and parking spots in short supply, Palo Alto officials will start laying the groundwork tonight for a major new study that will consider how much growth, if any, downtown can accommodate. (Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 9:51 AM)
JCC to hold Mitzvah Day for community service
The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center will hold its sixth annual Mitzvah Day on Monday, Jan. 21, to commemorate both the Jewish spirit of doing a "mitzvah" (good deed) and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 9:05 AM)
Storm system from Alaska headed for Bay Area
Bay Area residents may want to bundle up, as a cold-weather system is headed this way and will linger for several days, a National Weather Service forecaster said. (Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 9:04 AM)
Truck swerves off Highway 101 near Moffett
No one was injured Tuesday morning, Jan. 8, after the driver of a truck heading southbound on Highway 101 lost control of his vehicle, which ultimately came to rest halfway down an embankment with its rear wheels up in the air. (Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 8:25 AM)
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Residents split at meeting over Newell Road bridge
A crowd of community members from Palo Alto and East Palo Alto jammed into the theater at the Lucie Stern Community Center to voice their opinions on the proposed replacement Newell Road bridge on Tuesday night, Jan. 8. (Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 12:13 AM)
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Palo Alto looks to change affordable-housing law
Seeking to comply with changes in state law and encourage construction of more affordable housing, Palo Alto is considering revising a local law that gives developers incentives for including below-market-rate units in their projects. (Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 9:51 AM)
SPORTS: Gunn pins down big wrestling tourney title
The 30-team Bianchini Memorial Invitational wrestling tournament celebrated its 27th year of existence on Saturday at Cupertino High School and Gunn provided plenty of highlights for the celebration. Read more on PASportsOnline.com. (Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 9:44 AM)
School board to discuss annual goals Thursday
The Palo Alto Board of Education will discuss its annual goals in an all-day retreat at the Garden Court Hotel Thursday, Jan. 10. The open-session agenda includes discussion of board protocols and goals. (Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 9:40 AM)
Menlo Park BBC deal falls through
Kill the social media buzz: A former Facebook executive's plan to reopen the landmark British Bankers Club in Menlo Park has fallen through. (Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 9:13 AM)
Arrest in decades-old Mtn. View murder case
After 28 years, justice may finally be served in the death of Saba Girmai, a Santa Clara County woman who was found strangled to death in a Mountain View Dumpster in 1985, according to the Mountain View Police Department and the county district attorney. (Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 9:09 AM)
Monday, January 7, 2013
Scharff, Shepherd to lead City Council in 2013
The Palo Alto City Council ushered in the new year Monday night by choosing Greg Scharff and Nancy Shepherd as its mayor and vice mayor for 2013. (Monday, January 7, 2013, 8:41 PM)
Former Mayor Sandy Eakins dies
Sandra Brown Eakins, a former Palo Alto mayor and civic activist, died Jan. 2 at her home in Oakland after a long illness. She helped organize the League of Women Voters-sponsored Smart Voter election-information site, helped found the Palo Verde Neighborhood Association and served on the Palo Alto Art Commission. (Monday, January 7, 2013, 9:56 AM)
Two arrested in Palo Alto carjacking Saturday
Palo Alto police have arrested two suspects in a Saturday night carjacking that took place near the intersection of California Avenue and Park Boulevard. The victim, a Palo Alto resident in her 30s, was not injured. (Monday, January 7, 2013, 9:37 AM)
Palo Alto set to swear in new mayor, vice mayor
Palo Alto will elect its 2013 mayor and vice mayor tonight, as well as say goodbye to outgoing Mayor Yiaway Yeh and Councilman Sid Espinosa, who will be taking part in their final meeting. (Monday, January 7, 2013, 9:31 AM)
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