SPORTS Gunn's Mahoney wins national leadership grant Gunn High sophomore basketball standout Meghan Mahoney has won a National Athleadership Grant sponsored by NCSA Athletic Recruiting and the NFLPA.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS New Gunn counseling survey suggests higher satisfaction level A new survey of students at Gunn High School in Palo Alto suggests possible improvement in satisfaction levels with the school's guidance counseling program, which has been un... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 5, 2013 at 12:09 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 17, 2013 at 9:29 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Jeremy Lin interviews on 60 Minutes this Sunday Jeremy Lin will be on 60 Minutes this Sunday. Preview video: Web LinkREAD MORE/COMMENT Posted by parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Apr 5, 2013 at 11:01 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2013 at 7:10 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Holocaust survivors share stories for Yom HaShoah event Luba Keller vividly remembers tracing the number 143683 in the snow with her toe outside a Nazi concentration camp.
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AROUND TOWN Two HP directors resign, chair steps down Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Thursday, April 4, that its board chair, Raymond Lane, would step down, and two of its board members, John Hammergren and G. Kennedy Thompson, wo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:44 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 7, 2013 at 6:28 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Happy trails for Michael Closson When Michael Closson moved from New York state to Palo Alto in 1972 to work at Stanford University, his new job as assistant dean of undergraduate studies was nothing to sniff... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:32 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 6, 2013 at 6:45 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS New elementary school proposed for Palo Alto The Palo Alto school district should open a new elementary school at the site of the old Peninsula Day Care Center at 525 San Antonio Road combined with the adjacent Greendell... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:00 am There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2013 at 9:53 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Editorial: Symbolic actions matter in quest for civil rights In the 1960s, political and community leaders in Palo Alto were among those who stepped up to publicly advocate for federal and state fair-housing laws against red-lining and ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 5, 2013 at 9:06 am There have been 37 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2013 at 7:00 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES It looks like KQED has heard about the Greenmeadow Trash Experiment I just came across this from KQED Web Link
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AROUND TOWN Facebook reveals 'Home' launcher for Android "We're not building a phone," Mark Zuckerberg said April 4, finally putting to rest months of rumors. What Facebook has done, however, is build what they bill as "the best ver... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 4, 2013 at 12:44 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:45 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Real Estate Matters As a company that is at the forefront of marketing to the Mandarin-speaking community, we love the high level of emphasis that many sellers and their real-estate agents place ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 4, 2013 at 12:34 pm There have been 35 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:08 pm.
BOOKS Living an intentional life On a small East Palo Alto street, just blocks from U.S. Highway 101, 15 people share three houses, a trailer, a diverse fruit and vegetable garden, meals and household tasks.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto considers recycled water for irrigation Depending on which member of the City Council talking, switching to recycled water for irrigation at Stanford Research Park would either be a giant step for Palo Alto's water-... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:31 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:24 pm.
AROUND TOWN President Obama's visit draws small crowd to Atherton About 50 people gathered in the vicinity of Valparaiso Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas in Atherton this morning to watch the presidential motorcade.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Caltrain plans signal-safety upgrades at Palo Alto Two of Palo Alto's most important Caltrain crossings could receive safety improvements to train-approach warning systems as part of a $1.8 million project. The Peninsula Joint... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:17 am There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2013 at 11:38 am.
AROUND TOWN President Obama fundraises in the Bay Area President Barack Obama is in the Bay Area for a series of fundraisers in San Francisco and Atherton Wednesday and Thursday, and protesters with a variety of messages are mobil... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 4, 2013 at 8:51 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:18 am.
AROUND TOWN Palo Alto looks to welcome more public art Palo Alto has no shortage of eye-catching public art, from "Digital DNA," a giant egg covered with silicon chips that adorns Lytton Plaza, to California Avenue's quirky "Go Ma... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 3, 2013 at 7:04 pm There have been 39 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2013 at 3:30 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Flag flys over King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall Perhaps a more honorable flag to fly at King Plaza at City Hall would be the POW/MIA flag supported by the 101st Congress and passed as Law 101-355 recognizing the flag in sup... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paco, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood, on Apr 3, 2013 at 5:33 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm.
REBECCA WALLACE'S AD LIBS BLOG 'Palo Alto Forest’ seeks new digs Wanted: a new home for a Palo Alto forest. That is, the collection of photos on glass, hung with wood, wire and acrylic, known as the art installation “The Palo Alto Forest.” ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly, on Apr 3, 2013 at 3:19 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO 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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AROUND TOWN Tesla announces new financing plan Tesla Motors chief executive and co-founder Elon Musk announced April 3 a new financing plan for its Model S electric cars that's aimed at making them affordable for more peop... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 3, 2013 at 11:23 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 9:47 am.
SPORTS Stanford's Ogwumike a first-team All-American Stanford junior forward Chiney Ogwumike was named to the 2013 Associated Press All-America First Team on Tuesday in a vote of the 40 national media members who select the nati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:58 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:58 am.
AROUND TOWN Sandberg to women: 'aim high, believe in yourselves' Author and Facebook Chief Operating Office Sheryl Sandberg exhorted a Stanford audience Tuesday to stand up and do the "hard work" of ending gender stereotypes.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Gang members allegedly beat preschooler on video Two members of the Taliban East Palo Alto gang allegedly beat a preschooler and threatened to shoot him because his father is a rival gang member, the San Mateo County Distric... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 3, 2013 at 10:02 am There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2013 at 11:03 pm.
AROUND TOWN Owner of JJ&F market eyes Miki's Alma Plaza space Miki's Farm Fresh Market might be closing, but one local grocer is looking at potentially taking over the spot. Joe Khoury, the patriarch of the family that owns JJ&F Market, ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:58 am There have been 36 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 10, 2013 at 3:40 pm.