AROUND TOWN Surgeon donates his fortune to Stanford Former Stanford University neurosurgeon James Doty has donated $5.4 million to the Stanford University School of Medicine, one of the largest gifts ever made by a present or f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 19, 2007 at 2:11 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 19, 2007 at 3:27 pm.
AROUND TOWN Opening a new chapter On Saturday, Sept. 29, the newly renovated Children's Library on Harriet Street will reopen after nearly two years of construction. The colorful new library is nearly double i... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 18, 2007 at 6:22 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Sep 18, 2007 at 6:22 pm.
AROUND TOWN Shout out to PASCO We seem to be in a habit of only complaining about what we don't like/what needs to be fixed in Palo Alto, so I'm going to point out a positive.
I'd like to just take a m... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by JSD, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Sep 18, 2007 at 10:11 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 20, 2007 at 12:13 am.
AROUND TOWN Hetch-Hetchy proposal to be discussed in PA A proposal by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to divert more water from the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park for additional urban and agricultural use wi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 17, 2007 at 7:18 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 19, 2007 at 9:16 am.
AROUND TOWN A clear view When Alejandra Chaverri first saw photographer Manuel GŪmez Miralles' finely detailed black-and-white images of Costa Rica in the early 1900s, she was taken with the buildings... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 16, 2007 at 5:35 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 17, 2007 at 5:46 am.
AROUND TOWN what gets recycled in the curb bins ? As a new resident, I want to continue to recycle but since what can be placed into the blue bin is rather hard to figure out from place to place. I've looked on the palo alto ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by newbie, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Sep 16, 2007 at 2:06 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 16, 2007 at 10:00 pm.
AROUND TOWN Midtown Festival???? Driving through Midtown today noticed lots of green balloons and a sign for Midtown Festival Parking. What was it? What was the point of it? Was it advertised? READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Midtown Resident, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Sep 15, 2007 at 7:49 pm
AROUND TOWN Boy recovering from dog attack A 5-year-old Palo Alto boy is recovering at home following a severe unleashed-dog attack at Hoover Elementary School on Saturday, Dec. 2, and his father said he is contemplati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 14, 2007 at 8:29 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 14, 2007 at 9:36 am.
AROUND TOWN Dog attack could have been fatal, father says The Dec. 2 dog attack on a 5-year-old boy at Hoover Elementary School was "very, very close to being fatal," the boy's father, Greg Martin, said in an e-mail to friends.
Read... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 14, 2007 at 8:03 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 14, 2007 at 12:25 pm.
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Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=6355 posted Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 12:00 AM READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 11, 2007 at 12:21 pm There have been 68 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 25, 2007 at 1:56 pm.
AROUND TOWN Editorial: Is it MySpace or TheirSpace? Both parents and school officials are becoming rightfully concerned in the face of well-documented cases of sexual-predators across the nation trolling Web sites used by young... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:41 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:49 am.
AROUND TOWN Welcome home Family members were reunited Saturday when 10 members of the California 15 Air National Guard arrived at Moffett Field in Mountain View after being deployed in Afghanistan. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 10, 2007 at 12:19 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 10, 2007 at 4:22 pm.
AROUND TOWN Soldier injured in Iraq receives Bronze Star Army Staff Sergeant Jay Wilkerson was presented the Bronze Star Medal for heroic actions in Iraq Thursday morning at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. Wilkerson almost died after two... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 8, 2007 at 4:17 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 8, 2007 at 11:15 pm.
AROUND TOWN Slideshow: Creatures of the night It's midnight in Menlo Park -- not typically a bastion of countercultural subversion. That is, unless it's the first or third Saturday of the month, and you've ventured out to... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 8, 2007 at 1:40 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Sep 8, 2007 at 1:40 pm.
AROUND TOWN 'Exploding toilets' surprise residents Palo Alto officials are taking a new look at procedures that have produced erupting toilets, after recent incidents around town created both a messy bathroom and a messy polit... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 6, 2007 at 9:22 pm There have been 46 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 12, 2007 at 6:21 pm.
AROUND TOWN Smoke from fires impacting air quality The smoke from two large Northern California wildfires has cast a pall over much of the Bay Area this morning and has impacted the air quality because of particulate matter in... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 6, 2007 at 2:24 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 7, 2007 at 10:52 am.
AROUND TOWN "Palo Alto is no college town. . ." Just reading the "Best of Palo Alto" and loved the description in the "Best place to take out-of-towners" category. It's true! Palo Alto is no college town. Life on the farm i... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by stanfordstudent, a resident of Stanford, on Sep 6, 2007 at 12:55 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 26, 2012 at 12:09 pm.
AROUND TOWN McMansions! "McMansion is a slang architectural term which first came into use in the United States during the 1980s as a pejorative description. It describes a particular style of housin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by gordon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Sep 6, 2007 at 12:28 pm There have been 67 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 22, 2007 at 4:29 pm.
AROUND TOWN Poor Air Quality - smoke this time The smoke in our air is coming from the fire north of Sacramento, not from the Morgan Hill fire. The smoke was bad enough to delay flights at SFO.
If smoke from this fire c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bystander, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Sep 6, 2007 at 9:50 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Sep 6, 2007 at 1:59 pm.
AROUND TOWN Dentist in Palo Alto Area Urgent I need to take my mom tomorrow to a dentist. She is visiting from overseas and she does not have insurance. Can anyone recommend a place to take her, please!!! Thank you. READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ana, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Sep 3, 2007 at 8:11 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 6, 2007 at 1:17 am.
AROUND TOWN Electric cars to be sold in Menlo Park The electric automaker Tesla Motors has chosen Menlo Park as the site for its Northern California sales and servicing as the excitement builds for the mass production later th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 3, 2007 at 4:51 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 20, 2007 at 3:46 pm.
AROUND TOWN Wicker furniture Anyone know where I can get wicker furniture repaired or where there is a store for new wicker? READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by nat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Sep 2, 2007 at 2:16 pm
AROUND TOWN Where to purchase rattan furniture Does anyone know where I can buy rattan furniture? There used to be stores that specialized in items from Indonesia and other Asian countries.
I don't want to go too far fr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by nat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Aug 30, 2007 at 2:06 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 2, 2007 at 2:15 pm.
AROUND TOWN Walgreen's fire investigation is continuing Palo Alto police are still waiting to hear from the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agency on results of the investigation of the arson fire that destroyed the for... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 30, 2007 at 12:47 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 18, 2007 at 5:16 pm.
AROUND TOWN Patriots of America Patriots Of America
In Palo Alto, I think all of our countrys citizens should say the Pledge of Allegiance, the same for those who go to school. Every morning, Ive noticed... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Citizen, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Aug 29, 2007 at 10:18 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 30, 2007 at 10:31 am.
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