ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
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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2 minutes ago by wally, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto hopeful about buying historic post office
The future of Palo Alto's downtown post office building could become clearer Monday night, when the City Council considers whether to purchase the historic and iconic Hamilton... |
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20 minutes ago by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Around the block
A RITUAL CHEESE CRACKING ... The new gourmet grocery store The Fresh Market will forgo the usual ribbon cutting in favor of a cheese-cracking ceremony when it opens its new... |
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24 minutes ago by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
When regular school doesn't work, Menlo Park enterprise offers help
The "parental angst" that walks through her door is familiar territory to Rhonda Racine, founder and director of Menlo Park's Lydian Academy, an accredited, one-to-one tutorin... |
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6 hours ago by Corey, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
What Happened to Miki's Farm Fresh Foods?
Three people have reported going to Miki's on Alma near Meadow, and reported seeing a sign on the door saying that it was closed for good. After only six months, is this for ... |
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7 hours ago by Corey Sommers, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Another civil-rights complaint filed against Palo Alto district
Already dealing with two new active investigations into whether it violated the civil rights of a Duveneck Elementary School student and a middle school student, the Palo Alto... |
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7 hours ago by spectator at large, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil-rights officials present harassment guidelines
More than 100 people showed up Thursday night to a parent-education event in which representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights described ho... |
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8 hours ago by spectator at large, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Residents irked by change in Palo Alto's 'housing vision'
As Palo Alto nears the finish line in adopting a long overdue housing vision, residents in one neighborhood are rising up to protest a late revision in the document that would... |
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9 hours ago by homeless , a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Apartments could replace some Buena Vista mobile homes
A proposal to build about 65 low-income apartments for displaced families at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park is being considered by the property's developer and the Palo Alto Hou... |
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10 hours ago by Jack, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
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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10 hours ago by Hold on, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Former student, now pop star in Japan, recounts story
A school-sponsored trip to Japan sparked a love for all things Japanese in Chris Hart, a 13-year-old African-American teenager from Palo Alto. Today at 28, Hart lives in Tokyo... |
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12 hours ago by Gunn parent, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Skelly posts local official's letter re Duveneck OCR bullying case
Superintendent Kevin Skelly Friday posted a letter to the PAUSD website from a Palo Alto city official that describes the OCR bullying complaint at Duveneck Elementary School ... |
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14 hours ago by jls mom of 2, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: A backwards process on Maybell project
Imagine making a substantial family investment in something before determining its value, how other family members felt about it and deciding if it was the best way to meet yo... |
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14 hours ago by simple logic, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
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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14 hours ago by Another Tip, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to bring back traffic-enforcement team
After years of budget cuts and staff freezes, the Palo Alto Police Department is now experiencing an "early thaw" and looking forward to hiring more officers and restoring a m... |
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15 hours ago by please, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
City urged to move Matadero Creek Trail
The proposed Matadero Creek Trail is so disliked by Midtown Palo Alto residents that they have told the city to change the project's name.
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17 hours ago by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Rape culture' articles spark inquiry
A Palo Alto High School student publication's description of how two victims of sexual assault were treated by their friends and other students has led to an examination of wh... |
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21 hours ago by jls mom of 2, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Grandmother who was shot speaks out
Five people were shot at a bus stop in East Palo Alto May 5. Victims "Susana" and "Ashley," a grandmother and granddaughter, instantly became statistics in East Palo Alto's lo... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 8:51 pm by Mike, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to beef up sidewalk requirements
In discussing Palo Alto's sidewalk dilemma, Councilwoman Karen Holman borrowed a line from writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who famously said that "architecture is frozen mu... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 4:16 pm by sister madly, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Car campers...time to ban them!
If you have car campers in your neighborhood, it is a lot worse than unfinished homes next to you, although I do agree that unfinished homes are also an issue.
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on May 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm by Gary, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto looks to renew, change Cubberley lease
The future of Cubberley Community Center may still be in flux, but Palo Alto officials sent a strong signal on Monday night that they would like to maintain the city's investm... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 2:02 pm by Progressive?, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto seeks flickers of hope for fiber network
As local technologists can readily vouch, Palo Alto's journey toward a citywide high-speed Internet network has been anything but high speed. But members of the City Council's... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 10:18 am by jake, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School of Rock kids play classics in the iTunes age
Even the people who get their kicks on Netflix know the saying "Everything old is new again." At the School of Rock, where the paint smells fresh after four months, kids learn... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 8:57 am by Likin it, a resident of Stanford |
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk
FLEMING'S ON THE MOVE ... Big plans are on the horizon for Fleming's Steakhouse at Stanford Shopping Center. Construction recently began for the steakhouse's new stand-alone b... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 8:47 am by Arête, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Suspect sought in downtown Palo Alto robbery
Palo Alto police are looking for a man who they say robbed a woman in downtown Monday night after grabbing her by the ponytail and pulling her into an alley as she was walking... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 8:22 am by Wayne Martin, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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