AROUND TOWN Festival of the Arts comes to downtown The Festival of the Arts is returning to downtown Palo Alto this weekend for its 31st year and is expected to bring more than 150,000 people.
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AROUND TOWN Aerial spraying for mosquitoes Thursday morning A helicopter assault against the summer salt-marsh mosquito in the Palo Alto Baylands began Thursday, Aug. 23, at about 7 a.m., the Santa Clara County Vector Control District ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 22, 2012 at 6:37 pm There have been 28 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 24, 2012 at 9:22 pm.
AROUND TOWN Mountain View man makes 600th blood donation A 75-year-old Mountain View man hit a personal milestone when he made his 600th blood donation at the Stanford Blood Center Monday afternoon.
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AROUND TOWN Condoleezza Rice to join formerly men-only Augusta Breaking down social barriers is nothing new to Condoleeza Rice. The first African-American woman appointed U.S. Secretary of State broke another one Monday, being invited to ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 20, 2012 at 7:29 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 21, 2012 at 4:08 pm.
AROUND TOWN Neighborhood story: Pooling their resources Pesky ponding after a heavy rain may become a problem of the past for residents of the Southgate neighborhood. The City of Palo Alto plans to install roadside flower planters ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 19, 2012 at 8:27 pm.
AROUND TOWN Locals aren't buying Palo Alto's newest green-energy program Palo Alto may be land of the green and home of the tech-savvy, but the city's latest renewable-energy program has so far failed to achieve even a spark of participation from l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 19, 2012 at 10:04 am There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 22, 2012 at 1:50 pm.
AROUND TOWN Sen. Simitian to hold 'sidewalk office hours' in Palo Alto State Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) will return to his district to hold public office hours at the downtown farmers market this Saturday. Simitian will be taking residents' ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 18, 2012 at 3:57 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 20, 2012 at 10:26 am.
AROUND TOWN Giving to the Bridge School. Don't Wait Around for Corrupt City Councils to be the Change... I have one deep hope. A hope between now and mid-October. And here it is: in preparation for Bridge weekend this October, you are going to make a very generous donation to the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View, on Aug 17, 2012 at 3:53 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 17, 2012 at 9:49 pm.
AROUND TOWN Around Town WHAT'S IN A NAME? ... The Main Library in Palo Alto will undergo a metamorphosis in the next few years when its rooms are renovated, a wing is added and the d... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 17, 2012 at 2:10 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 20, 2012 at 4:16 pm.
AROUND TOWN Bay Area real estate prices highest in four years Bay Area home sales are continuing to rise, with the median sale price the highest it has been in nearly four years, according to a real estate report released Wednesday, Aug.... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 16, 2012 at 5:27 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 17, 2012 at 12:41 pm.
AROUND TOWN Police arrest man for Arastradero Preserve arson A 50-year-old man has been arrested for intentionally setting the Aug. 8, four-acre wildland fire at the Enid W. Pearson-Arastradero Preserve, the Palo Alto Police department ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 16, 2012 at 3:42 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 16, 2012 at 3:42 pm.
AROUND TOWN Matadero Creek dry-out puzzles residents For years, Matadero Creek in Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood flowed year round. But on June 27, the water level dropped by a foot, with sections of the creek suddenly tur... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 16, 2012 at 11:06 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 27, 2012 at 10:43 am.
AROUND TOWN Car nearly hits Palo Alto home after driver has seizure A man having a seizure Wednesday night was rescued from his vehicle by Palo Alto firefighters and emergency crews after his car veered off Middlefield Road and struck a brick ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 16, 2012 at 10:31 am There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 17, 2012 at 5:16 pm.
AROUND TOWN Celebrating arts and crafts No plans for next weekend? No problem. The Palo Alto Festival of the Arts is coming to University Avenue Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26.
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AROUND TOWN Tiffany necklace, iPads reported stolen from Jobs' home The home of the late Steve Jobs, Apple's iconic co-founder, became one of Palo Alto's latest burglary targets last month when a man allegedly made off with at least two Apple ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 14, 2012 at 11:10 am There have been 42 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 18, 2012 at 3:37 pm.
AROUND TOWN Police chase man through Stanford mall Police chased a suspected perfume thief through Stanford Shopping Center Monday afternoon, ending with his apprehension at a bus stop on Quarry Road. A juvenile was also arres... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 14, 2012 at 11:05 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 15, 2012 at 12:48 pm.
AROUND TOWN Suspected drunken drivers involved in collision Two suspected drunken drivers crashed into each other in Menlo Park early Saturday morning, according to police.
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AROUND TOWN A recipe for green living Futuristic design reuses many original materials
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AROUND TOWN Motorcycle Police Officers Does the city now have a stated plan to increase the number of tickets from these guys?
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AROUND TOWN From English learner to master teacher When he arrived at Gunn High School as a 14-year-old newcomer in 1995, Ronen Habib spoke so little English he was placed in the school's special program for English learners.
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AROUND TOWN Around Town MUSIC TO THEIR EARS ... Lytton Plaza has long served as Palo Alto's prime meeting ground for the discontent masses, from the Vietnam War protests in the 1960s to the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 10, 2012 at 5:02 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 12, 2012 at 4:23 pm.
AROUND TOWN If the shoe fits ... Walking up to the front door of Corinne Friedman's Palo Alto Eichler, one can't help but notice the shoes all lined up -- in the dirt at the side.
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AROUND TOWN Firefighters quickly extinguish blaze at Arbor Real A kitchen fire that started in a two-story apartment at Arbor Real in Palo Alto was kept from turning into a structure fire after alert citizens called the Palo Alto Fire Depa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 10, 2012 at 12:00 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 10, 2012 at 12:00 pm.
AROUND TOWN Editorial: Bike-sharing plan readied A transportation grant designed to provide 100 bikes for Palo Alto-bound Caltrain commuters unfortunately got tangled in a discussion at the Architectural and Review Board (AR... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 10, 2012 at 11:39 am There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 13, 2012 at 10:53 pm.
AROUND TOWN Palo Alto school finds new home in Mountain View Private high school Palo Alto Prep might need a new name, following a move from Cubberley Community Center in south Palo Alto to a new location in Mountain View.
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