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Palo Alto cyclist injured in Portola Valley collision
A 58-year-old Palo Alto bicyclist was thrown 8 to 10 feet in the air and was injured in a collision with a vehicle on Alpine Road near Interstate 280 on Sunday morning (June 9... |
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Burning leaves catch house, neighbor's house on fire
Leaves under a barbecue left unattended at a Palo Alto home on Saturday afternoon caught on fire, causing minimal damage to the home and neighboring home's garages.
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on Jun 18, 2013 at 11:56 am by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Sacred Heart Prep graduate shot and killed in Oakland
Aya Nakano, who graduated from Sacred Heart Prepatory in 2008, was fatally shot in North Oakland late Wednesday, an hour before his 23rd birthday, after getting into a confron... |
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on Jun 15, 2013 at 11:02 pm by RU Kidding?, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Suspect at large in Palo Alto armed robbery
A masked man wielding a handgun robbed a 7-Eleven store in Midtown early Wednesday morning, Palo Alto police said.
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 5:22 pm by Yogi Berra, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Man charged in string of 8 Los Altos robberies
A 26-year-old man has been charged in a string of eight robberies in Los Altos since February, including four banks, a liquor store, gas station and pizzeria, Los Altos police... |
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 4:24 pm by Jessica, a resident of Los Altos |
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7 cars broken into
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7 cars were broken into downtown and at the mall Wed. Evening between 7-... |
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 4:03 am by Beware, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Palo Alto man pleads not guilty to arson, vandalism
A 34-year-old Stanford University general surgeon charged with vandalizing and setting two fires at a business he co-owns in San Carlos pleaded not guilty at his arraignment F... |
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on Jun 13, 2013 at 8:12 am by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Road rage
Just yesterday I was followed by a man who had the worst road rage I have ever seen. He was upset that he felt I cut him off merging from Alma to Oregon Expwy, where we all me... |
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on Jun 12, 2013 at 11:41 am by sunshine, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Professor charged with felony child abduction
Annelise Barron, an associate professor at Stanford University, has been charged with felony child abduction after she left for the island of Kauai in December with her three ... |
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on Jun 12, 2013 at 10:29 am by Prefab Sprout, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Agents seize $7 million in heroin in East Palo Alto
The largest heroin bust ever in San Mateo County occurred Tuesday in East Palo Alto when agents from the California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement arrested a Mexican national,... |
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 9:46 pm by Y, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto police call off crime emergency
After three weeks without a shooting, the East Palo Alto Police Department Monday, June 10, announced that it would end the crime emergency it began last month to counter a su... |
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 2:52 pm by Gethin, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Bike accident on Park Blvd on 11/5
I saw the mangled bike on my way to work today around 7:40. Does anybody know if the rider is OK? This was on Park Blvd near Sherman Ave. |
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on Jun 9, 2013 at 12:47 pm by Fred Balin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Palo Alto man in wheelchair struck in hit and run
A man in a wheelchair was struck by a car in a hit and run on University Avenue Saturday morning. The suspect is still at large, according to police.
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on Jun 8, 2013 at 12:15 pm by neighbor, a resident of another community |
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The unfiring of a Menlo Park police officer
Questions linger months after the Weekly's sister paper, The Almanac, broke the story about the arrest, firing and reinstatement of veteran Menlo Park police officer Jeffrey V... |
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on Jun 5, 2013 at 12:53 pm by He Got Game, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Los Altos man tries for new city record
Thomas Andrew Cronin, a Los Altos resident, has allegedly been on a one-man crime wave this year. The Los Altos Police recently arrested him and charged him with 8 separate ar... |
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on Jun 4, 2013 at 5:25 pm by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto's bicycle pioneer Ellen Fletcher dies
Ellen Fletcher, a former Palo Alto City Councilwoman who spearheaded the city's transformation into a nationally recognized bike-friendly community, died Wednesday, Nov. 7, af... |
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on Jun 4, 2013 at 7:40 am by Dorothy Fadiman, a resident of Menlo Park |
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A different kind of justice
Not every courtroom has a judge who hugs you before he sets you free. In Santa Clara County's Department 64, where those who are mentally ill or addicted to drugs are given an... |
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 9:54 pm by john, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Prescribed burn set in Arastradero Preserve
Firefighters set a controlled burn at the Arastradero Preserve May 30 to help eradicate invasive plant species and get rid of wild grasses that could fuel wildfires. Photo by ... |
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on Jun 3, 2013 at 6:31 am by anon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Driver files suit against parents over child's death
An East Palo Alto driver who fatally hit a second-grader in 2011 filed a counter-lawsuit against the child's parents on May 6, according to papers in San Mateo County Superior... |
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on May 31, 2013 at 1:53 pm by Mean momma, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Pressure cooker causes scare at San Antonio Shopping Center
Police evacuated nearby residents and businesses after a pressure cooker was spotted in bushes outside a building at San Antonio Shopping Center Sunday evening, May 26. The ev... |
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on May 30, 2013 at 4:17 pm by gina, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Begging Scam?
We were driving today around doing errands and saw 3 different women begging. One was at the Bryant St. Post Office, the other was at Cambridge street post office, and the thi... |
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on May 30, 2013 at 7:50 am by Vickig, a resident of Woodside |
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Accused murderer of activist David Lewis set free
The man who confessed to gunning down well-known East Palo Alto community leader David Lewis was set free by the San Mateo County court Tuesday, Feb. 5. Gregory Leon Elarms Sr... |
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on May 30, 2013 at 2:59 am by Just Wait, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Walgreens arsonist gets 20-year sentence
A man who was convicted of setting a fire in 2007 that destroyed a Palo Alto Walgreens store was sentenced 20 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday, May 22.
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on May 29, 2013 at 1:17 pm by RandallMcMurphy, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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San Antonio Shopping Center evacuation lifted
Mountain View police evacuated nearby residents and businesses after a suspicious package was reported at San Antonio Shopping Center Sunday evening, May 26. The evacuation wa... |
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on May 27, 2013 at 12:36 am by reader, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Jury finds Woodside man guilty of murdering his wife
The jury in the murder trial of former Woodside resident Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh reached a verdict this afternoon, declaring him guilty of first degree murder in the 2010 ... |
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on May 26, 2013 at 3:30 pm by isez, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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