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Stanford rewards walk-bike commuters with cash
Stanford University faculty and staff who walk or bike to work will now not only feel good about helping the environment, but they'll receive cold, hard cash for doing so.
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Ruthless silenced
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he’s expected to be grilled over the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and ce... |
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on May 23, 2013 at 6:04 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Stanford: Earth's core is surprisingly weak
Stanford University researcher Arianna Gleason and assistant professor Wendy Mao discovered that the Earth's inner core is much weaker than had been previously thought.
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on May 22, 2013 at 6:11 pm by Office Decor Robbie , a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Rail authority slammed for lax contract oversight
The agency charged with building a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles violated state law when it awarded contracts for information-technology service... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 9:43 am by Renea, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto girls create app to clean up graffiti, trash
Vanessa Tostado, a sophomore at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, remembers watching a video in computer science class this year that stuck with her.
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on May 21, 2013 at 7:58 am by Michael, a resident of Stanford |
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Daytime shooting victim probably shot self
A 19-year-old man injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Friday
afternoon probably shot himself, police Chief Ronald Davis announced on Twitter.
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on May 20, 2013 at 9:59 am by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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Student with 3.85 GPA gets rejection letters from UCs
Hi,
My friend's daughter got 3.85 GPA, had 5 AP classes in high school, was on competitive swimming team, volunteered 100+ hours, was active in school activities, yet she g... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 5:17 pm by Another Tip, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Stanford study finds 'killer frog' in San Francisco
Killer frogs are on the loose in San Francisco. They don't kill humans, but there is a frog that is carrying a deadly infection that is destroying the amphibian population aro... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 8:31 am by Strum und Drang, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Paul C. Roberts' article called "Truth is Offensive"
Have you seen the article by Paul Craig Roberts at
Web Link
infowars.com/truth-is-offensive.com
Truth Is Offensive
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on May 7, 2013 at 7:34 pm by father of ronnynomics, a resident of Mountain View |
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Caltrain ridership skyrockets
After years of seeking emergency funding to keep from drastically slashing services, Caltrain is on track to balance its budget in fiscal year 2014 after high ridership number... |
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on May 6, 2013 at 7:14 pm by Garrett, a resident of another community |
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Facebook revenue, profit grow in first quarter
Facebook's profit and revenue grew in the first quarter of 2013, boosted by an increase in mobile advertising.
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on May 3, 2013 at 10:50 am by w, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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Bay Area drove state population growth in 2012
The Bay Area led the charge in California's massive population increase last year, particularly Santa Clara County, which ended up being state's fastest growing county, accord... |
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on May 3, 2013 at 7:40 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Holiday Fund recipients awarded $390K in grants
A record total of $390,000 in grants, collected from 496 donors, was awarded by the Palo Alto Weekly this year as part of the 19th annual Holiday Fund, announced at a receptio... |
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on May 1, 2013 at 1:06 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Condoleezza Rice says immigration reform essential to strong economy
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice led a bipartisan gathering of politicians in Menlo Park on Tuesday to discuss the importance of moving ahead with national immigrati... |
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on Apr 27, 2013 at 11:44 pm by Jed, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Question On 1970's AllNite TV Anyone Watch Channel 20 or 36 Way Back When ?
There is something, a rather trivial thing that has been bothering me for years ... for decades.
Back in the 1970's there used to be 2 regular TV channels that broadcast ... |
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on Apr 26, 2013 at 10:20 pm by 70s TV Watcher, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Obama and his Red Line: Leading from behind.is not leading
Chemical weapons used in Syria. Obama, despite his red line threats, continues to hide behind his own "lead from behind" model. In the meantime, Iraq and Afghanistan are fa... |
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on Apr 26, 2013 at 5:02 pm by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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Paycheck-fairness bill introduced by Eshoo
Fifty years after a fair-wage bill became law, women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes for doing equal work. And that disparity costs each individual, coup... |
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on Apr 25, 2013 at 12:01 pm by Old Mary, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Al Gore at Stanford: 'Democracy has been hacked'
Former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday at Stanford University that America's democratic system has been "hacked" and if the country wants to resolve the "climate crisis" i... |
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on Apr 25, 2013 at 11:58 am by Oliver Barrett IV, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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National commission: 'School inequality threatens U.S. prosperity'
"Not every kid's going to be as lucky as I was," says Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuellar, whose work ethic and smarts propelled him from a mediocre high school on California's ... |
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 9:33 am by resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Mae Mays, wife of Willie Mays, dies at 74
Mae Louise Allen Mays, wife of baseball legend Willie Mays for 41 years, died Friday at their Atherton home after a 16-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 74.
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on Apr 23, 2013 at 1:14 pm by standing, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Boxes instead of bags
Now that we are getting more and more places where there will be no plastic bags and being charged for paper bags, a good alternative will be to use cardboard boxes or plastic... |
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on Apr 22, 2013 at 4:20 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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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 prose... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 3:54 pm by customer, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Eshoo to host Saturday meeting on gun control
The topic of gun legislation, and the Senate's failure this week to pass a bill to strengthen the nation's gun laws, will be the subject of a Saturday community meeting hosted... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 2:33 pm by Deutscherin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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County asks state Attorney General to investigate DA Rosen
The California Attorney General has been asked to investigate a pay-compensation policy District Attorney Jeff Rosen has given to supervising attorneys in his office for the p... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 5:37 am by William Berry, a resident of another community |
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Broken pipe leaves 100 in Midtown without water
A water main break in midtown Palo Alto in the area of Middlefield Road and Sutter Avenue early this morning left about 100 customers without water.
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 2:50 am by Social Butterfly, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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