ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Third consecutive Spare the Air alert issued
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Winter Spare the Air alert for Friday, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices. It is the third consecutive day s... |
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51 minutes ago by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford officials look to solve Searsville dilemma
Stanford University officials are facing a mountain of decisions regarding what to do with Searsville Reservoir, which is slowly filling up with silt, in addition to dealing w... |
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1 hour ago by Alice Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Do City Council members talk too much?
Worried that lengthy meetings are "undermining public confidence" in the political process, Palo Alto's mayor and two City Council members have called for possible mandatory l... |
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1 hour ago by Regular Council Attendee, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council gives wide berth for possible plant
Fifty-one acres of now-defunct Palo Alto landfill will not become parkland in the coming year, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday night, Jan. 14.
Read the full story h... |
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1 hour ago by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SPORTS
Palo Alto's Lin makes film debut at Sundance
Jeremy Lin will be on the big stage both Saturday and Monday as he and the Houston Rockets visit Minnesota and Charlotte, respectively, in National Basketball Association acti... |
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1 hour ago by Parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board gives go-ahead to Bowman talks
It's far from a done deal, but Palo Alto school leaders agreed Tuesday that expanding Terman Middle School through purchase of an adjacent parcel is an idea worth pursuing.
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1 hour ago by Ballot Language, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MLK Weekend Before the New Calendar!
Before we had finals in December, the PAUSD calendar was typically this -
3 day weekend for MLK Birthday during which the high school kids would study for finals. Finals on... |
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4 hours ago by Paly Parent, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Van Bragt sentenced to 25 years to life
Herman "Tim" Van Bragt was sentenced to spend what could be the rest of his life in a state mental hospital on Thursday for the stabbing death of his mother's gentleman friend... |
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5 hours ago by member name, a resident of another community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to speak at Stanford
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will deliver a speech about how the U.N. can create opportunities from transitions in world affairs today at Stanford University, ... |
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6 hours ago by Sean, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
REBECCA WALLACE'S AD LIBS BLOG
Ad Libs: A farewell show
Sorry to hear that South Bay painter Terri Hill is leaving Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos, where she’s been showing her watercolors for several years. In this uber-cycling-fr... |
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6 hours ago by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Two armed robbery suspects arrested, two more sought following car chase and crash
Two suspects in the attempted armed robbery of a jewelry store in North Fair Oaks are in custody and two more are being sought following a car chase and crash in Menlo Park on... |
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6 hours ago by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Menlo Park cop caught with prostitute keeps job
Hearing a knock at the Motel 6 door, a prostitute wearing a black catsuit answered, $20 bills stashed in her cleavage. In the bathroom, Sunnyvale police officers found a veter... |
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7 hours ago by Corrupt-Is-As-Corrupt-Does, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Another Spare the Air alert issued for Thursday
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued its fifth Winter Spare the Air alert for Thursday, Jan. 17, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices.
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8 hours ago by More Midtown Lies from u-know-who, a resident of Los Altos |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Begging Scam?
We were driving today around doing errands and saw 3 different women begging. One was at the Bryant St. Post Office, the other was at Cambridge street post office, and the thi... |
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8 hours ago by sunnyvale girl, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City to test collection of food scraps from homes
Starting in April, some Palo Alto residents will be putting their food scraps out on the curb for pickup by the city's waste-management trucks.
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9 hours ago by omg, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board members back school boundary change
Palo Alto school board members indicated they support a proposed school boundary change that will move about 20 blocks of households out of the Addison Elementary School atten... |
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10 hours ago by obvious, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Mavericks returns to Half Moon Bay this weekend
Surf's up this weekend off the coast of Half Moon Bay, as officials have declared Sunday game day for the Mavericks Invitational, a world-renowned big-wave surf contest.
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10 hours ago by MV Resident, a resident of Mountain View |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
California PTA position on Proposition 38 and 30
from California State PTA: capta.org
An important note about PTA’s position on Proposition 38 and Proposition 30.
There is no question that the State of California need... |
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10 hours ago by Chris Zaharias, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG
On Deadline blog: That curbside parking space in front of my home is MINE!!!'
The current dialogue over parking requirements in downtown Palo Alto and other commercial areas echoes community debates and controversies that date back decades. There has be... |
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22 hours ago by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Re-inventing a classic
Like many local residents, the Zankich family never forgot the Parisian burger served at Mountain View's Linda's Drive-In decades ago, with its special sauce and sourdough bun... |
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22 hours ago by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New day care center to open near Baylands
Seeking to accommodate a ballooning student population, Palo Alto officials swiftly and enthusiastically approved on Monday night the establishment of a new day care center ne... |
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23 hours ago by a parent of Mustard Seed, a member of the Hoover School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Spare the Air alert issued for Wednesday
While chilly temperatures are expected to continue Wednesday, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District is issuing the season's fourth Winter Spare the Air Alert, prohibiti... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 6:13 pm by common sense, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
SPORTS
SHP water polo standouts make their commits
Sacred Heart Prep seniors Will Runkel and Zach Churukian have taken steps to continue their water polo careers in college after both committed to universities this week.
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 4:43 pm by sportsguy, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Scholar: international education comparisons misleading
Rankings that show U.S. students lagging their international peers in academic achievement are misleading because they inadequately account for social inequality, a Stanford U... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 4:23 pm by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA real estate agents - selling out PA to the highest bidder
Just want to throw out a question to the community: do you think the ever-growing phenomenon of Palo Alto homes being bought by international buyers - many (most?) of which ar... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 4:16 pm by Chris Zaharias, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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