http://www.paloaltoonline.com If it is local and useful, it is on PaloAltoOnline.com. en-us 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> A pilot residential compost-collection program that would collect kitchen waste received a green light from the Palo Alto City Council Monday night.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> A 24-year-old man was killed and a second victim was injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Monday afternoon, police said.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> A two-alarm fire damaged a residence in a Mountain View mobile home park Sunday morning.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> 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.]]> A compilation of video content from the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online staff.]]> A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week.]]> 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]]>