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SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district gets $200,000 language boost
Palo Alto Unified School District can expect to receive $201,418 in federal money to help increase foreign language instruction, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 15, 2007 at 1:48 pm
There have been 66 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 20, 2007 at 10:24 pm.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Host Families Needed in Palo Alto this Summer!
Edu-Culture International is bringing high school aged teens from Bilbao, Spain to Palo Alto this summer from June 26th until July 24th! The group has activities and excursion... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Phyllis O\'Neill, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Jun 15, 2007 at 12:53 pm

SPORTS
Rematch set for PA Little League title game
Undefeated Tickets Express will meet once-beaten Bike Connection on Saturday for the championship of the Palo Alto Little League City Tournament at Middlefield Park. Game time... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 15, 2007 at 12:23 pm
There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 22, 2007 at 8:20 am.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council considers developing broadband plan
Monday marks another decision point for the Palo Alto City Council in its quest to link the city's residences and small businesses with state-of-the-art, two-way broadband cab... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 15, 2007 at 11:55 am
There have been 57 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 16, 2007 at 10:49 pm.

AROUND TOWN
Soap Box Derby
The Soap Box Derby was run this past weekend with 33 kids from neighboring communities racing their home built racers down Dana Street in Mountain View at speeds up to 27mph. ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by joe sparaco, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 15, 2007 at 7:50 am

PALO ALTO ISSUES
rising copper levels in ash from incinerator
"Other people, including Palo Altan Jeff Hoel, postulate a link between San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's addition of chloramine to its water supply in 2004" I gott... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2007 at 8:18 pm

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Help put 100 EPA youth and young adults to work this summer!
From: Faye McNair-Knox Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 12:29 AM Dear Neighbor, I am writing to ask for your help on behalf of East Palo Alto (EPA) youth and young adults who need ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Michael Levin, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2007 at 6:39 pm

AROUND TOWN
Hot Day - Library Closed - Again
With memories of last summer, Mitchell Park library is closed again due to excessive heat. In other communities, the library is a place to go to cool down on a hot day, but no... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Reader, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2007 at 4:50 pm
There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2007 at 3:44 pm.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Big boom rattles south Palo Alto residents
A loud boom in south Palo Alto at about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday night caused several people to call police dispatch to ask if something had exploded. Read the full story here ht... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 14, 2007 at 1:15 pm
There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2007 at 9:03 pm.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto anti-panhandling effort kicks off
"I'm going to be a panhandler," Palo Alto Yoriko Kishimoto told a crowd gathered at a downtown street fair Saturday afternoon. Shortly after that, Kishimoto and other city off... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 14, 2007 at 10:45 am
There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2007 at 12:50 pm.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto High School graduates 400 students
Cheering on Palo Alto High School's 110th graduating class of 400 students, parents and family from across the country weathered the sweltering heat Wednesday evening on the s... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 14, 2007 at 10:11 am
There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2007 at 6:49 am.

AROUND TOWN
Loud Boom last night
At just after 10.30 last night (Wed) there was a flash of light followed by a very loud boom, enough to wake and scare my kids. We thought it may have been a transformer blowi... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Neighbor, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2007 at 9:47 am
There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2007 at 11:18 am.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
No 'felony prank' charge for Blaine Marchant
There will be no felony charge against Blaine Marchant, 18, the Palo Alto High School senior who left his old Volvo station wagon overturned on the deck in the school's Quad l... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 13, 2007 at 12:49 pm
There have been 34 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 21, 2007 at 9:11 am.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
The Alma Plaza decision as a window into Palo Alto politics
The City Council is scheduled to finalize their decision on Alma Plaza this Monday (June 18). I wrote an opinion piece using Alma Plaza as an example of some of what is wrong... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Douglas Moran, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Jun 13, 2007 at 2:16 am
There have been 65 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 22, 2007 at 3:06 pm.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Serious spinners
With approximately 1,700 Palo Altans -- 5.6 percent of the working population -- choosing two wheels instead of four for their daily work commutes, Palo Alto has almost five t... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 11:10 pm
There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2007 at 8:21 pm.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gearing up for school board elections
Palo Alto school board elections are months away, but PTA Board President Melissa Baten Caswell, former 2005 board candidate Claude Ezran, and GATE Math Specialist Barbara Kla... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 11:05 pm
There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 11, 2007 at 11:19 pm.

SCHOOLS & KIDS
Are friends and foes of Mandarin immersion really oceans apart?
School board members learn fast to become friends with their e-mail, but the flood of inbox activity on Mandarin immersion has been a tsunami. Read the full Guest Opinion ... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 2:48 pm
There have been 58 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 25, 2007 at 9:47 pm.

PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fire concerns dominate PA budget approval
Saving $140,000 by reducing staffing at Fire Station 8 in the fuel-laden Palo Alto foothills dominated the discussion of a 'disciplined' $139-million 2007-08 city budget Monda... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 1:38 pm
There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2007 at 11:25 pm.

AROUND TOWN
Getting to know each other after 30 years
Something unusual happened in Monroe Park last Sunday. Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=5499 READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 12:40 pm
There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jun 12, 2007 at 12:40 pm.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
School Board Opening
TO: MVLA Union High School District Community FROM: Dr. Barry Groves DATE: June 12, 2007 SUBJECT: Board member... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Political watcher, a resident of Los Altos, on Jun 12, 2007 at 10:14 am

SPORTS
Palo Alto Little League tourney is wide open
With two rounds of the Palo Alto Little League City Championship tournament in the books, a pair of teams have slipped into the driver's seat in a double-elimination event tha... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 9:48 am
There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 13, 2007 at 1:42 pm.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Rally for Healthcare in Sacto with Michael Moore!
Go SiCKO in Sacto today with Michael Moore, 1:45pm! Rally with Mike and California nurses! http://www.michaelmoore.com Great quote for the Executive Director of the Calif... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Anne, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood, on Jun 12, 2007 at 7:56 am
There have been 78 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 11, 2007 at 12:32 am.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Disneyland?
We are trying to put together an impromptu trip to Disneyland over the summer for the little ones. What are your tips/tricks to maximizing the experience? What would you never... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Palo Parent, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Jun 11, 2007 at 6:17 pm
There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 15, 2007 at 6:59 pm.

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Ground beef recall
This latest outbreak of E-Coli in ground beef shows it is past time to require all ground meat and poultry in interstate commerce to be irradiation sterilized, then hermetical... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 11, 2007 at 3:09 pm

PALO ALTO ISSUES
City shell game
The proposed utility rate increases and water surcharge are excessive. Seniors on fixed income and Social Security are already strained. Will the Council pass the increases... READ MORE/COMMENT
Posted by Robert and Mary Carlstead, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Jun 11, 2007 at 2:49 pm
There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 15, 2007 at 10:45 am.



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