CRIMES & INCIDENTS Police see spike in catalytic converter thefts At least six catalytic converters were sliced off vehicles parked in Palo Alto Wednesday, according to police reports.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Suspect in City Hall shooting to plead Monday A man charged with murder for allegedly acting as an accomplice to the July 13 shooting of Philip Lacy outside Palo Alto's City Hall is scheduled to enter a plea Monday mornin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 7, 2008 at 2:08 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 15, 2008 at 5:59 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Mountain View fire causes $150,000 in damage A one-alarm fire in Mountain View Wednesday afternoon took less than 45 minutes to control but caused an estimated $150,000 in damage, fire officials said.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Police nab suspect in Greer Road burglary A suspect in the midday interrupted residential burglary on Greer Road in south Palo Alto Wednesday — which triggered a chase and later manhunt in Newark — was arr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 7, 2008 at 9:43 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:35 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Foiled PA burglary leads to chase, manhunt As of 3 p.m. today (Wednesday), Newark police are searching for two suspected house burglers who took off after Palo Alto police spotted them in the midst of a burglary on Gre... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 6, 2008 at 5:42 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 7, 2008 at 9:52 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Police arrest 'associate' in Philip Lacy killing Police have arrested a man in connection with the killing of Philip Lacy outside of City Hall in the early morning hours of July 13, Police Agent Dan Ryan said.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS PA police arrest another suspected auto burglar Thanks to an alert witness, Palo Alto police arrested a man on suspicion of attempted auto burglary shortly after midnight today -- the fourth person arrested on suspicion of ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 4, 2008 at 3:43 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 6, 2008 at 7:16 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Two men rob Palo Alto Bank of America Two men walked into the Bank of America on Quarry Road at Stanford Shopping Center at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, passed a note to a teller and walked out with an undisclosed about of... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 3, 2008 at 3:16 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 4, 2008 at 7:10 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS PA police ask suspected killer to turn himself in Palo Alto police are asking Otto Koloto, suspected of shooting and killing Philip Lacy outside of City Hall July 13, to turn himself in so they can "learn his perspective and... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 1, 2008 at 12:48 pm There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 4, 2008 at 9:42 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Cold-case unit DOA in county The cold-case unit that Palo Alto and other police agencies in Santa Clara County depend on has shut down — partially — as part of a $4.9 million budget cut in cou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 1, 2008 at 9:50 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 1, 2008 at 9:50 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Arrested men suspects in wave of car burglaries After thieves broke into his car twice in the past few weeks, a former police officer who lives in the California Avenue area of Palo Alto became extra alert and suspicious --... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jul 31, 2008 at 6:09 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 31, 2008 at 6:30 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS On Deadline: On hunting imaginary lions Somewhere deep inside I've always been a lion hunter.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Community policing? Imagine the scene...I'm pottering around at the front of my house putting out the garbage cans when a police squad car drives past. Its a quiet afternoon.
Car stops in stre... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Irritated, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood, on Jul 27, 2008 at 9:57 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 30, 2008 at 2:07 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Panhandler's fight of 'sit-lie' ban continues Victor Frost and the City of Palo Alto remain locked in a legal struggle that shows no sign of a speedy resolution.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Len Materman selected to head SF Creek agency Len Materman, an environmental-policy specialist, has been named the new executive director of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA). Materman's primary init... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jul 25, 2008 at 3:49 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 26, 2008 at 10:22 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Man uses garden shears in Palo Alto cab robbery A man saying he was ill and needed to be taken to Stanford Hospital had a Good Samaritan pay a cab driver to take him to the hospital from the Shell station on Embarcadero Roa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jul 24, 2008 at 4:56 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 29, 2008 at 4:23 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Closed for cleanup The Palo Alto landfill remains closed while cleanup operations continue following a 2-acre fire Wednesday evening.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Fire at the Palo Alto landfill Drivers commuting home on Highway 101 in Palo Alto got up close and personal with a fire that broke out at the Palo Alto landfill on Wednesday afternoon.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Palo Alto landfill on fire? The air is filled with smoke around the Charleston/Middlefield intersection, and there are big clouds of smoke on the horizon. A friend tells me the Palo Alto dump is on fire.... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Concerned citizen, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Jul 23, 2008 at 7:11 pm
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Alot of smoke near San Antonio and Middlefield Why is there so much smoke in the area? READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by paliguy, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Jul 23, 2008 at 6:14 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 23, 2008 at 6:24 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Strong chemical smell around Greer Rd north of the Loma Verde Av intersection.
Any news of a spill in the neighborhood?
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS EPA shooting victim was purported gang member John Leonard, the 20-year-old Milpitas men shot and killed in East Palo Alto Friday night, was a member of the Taliban, an African-American street gang, according to police.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Man fatally shot in East Palo Alto Police are trying to locate witnesses who may have seen a fatal shooting in East Palo Alto on Friday night. At about 10:25 p.m., officers responded to the report of a shot fir... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jul 21, 2008 at 12:04 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:24 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Who are the True Blue Crips?
To most Palo Altans, before the night of June 12, when Herbert Kay was fatally beaten on Gilman Street in downtown Palo Alto, gangs were the stuff of documentaries, of mov... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by julie, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jul 18, 2008 at 11:53 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 18, 2008 at 3:27 pm.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Green bus rolls into town A lumbering green bus plastered with sponsor decals and with an odor reminiscent of French fries pulled into the parking lot of the Junior Museum and Zoo this morning, and a g... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jul 17, 2008 at 6:09 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jul 17, 2008 at 6:09 pm.