CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Professor charged with felony child abduction
Annelise Barron, an associate professor at Stanford University, has been charged with felony child abduction after she left for the island of Kauai in December with her three ... |
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7 minutes ago by Beentheredonethat, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Tesla repays federal loan nine years early
Tesla Motors today wired the U.S. Department of Energy nearly a half a billion dollars, paying off the entire loan it was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2010 with... |
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8 minutes ago by Fred, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Deaths
Charles Perry III
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, February 17, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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1 hour ago by Adam, a resident of Menlo Park |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Ban on vehicle dwelling back on the table
After balking last year, Palo Alto is now once again pursuing a new law that would make it illegal for people to live in vehicles.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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1 hour ago by PAmom33, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford: Earth's core is surprisingly weak
Stanford University researcher Arianna Gleason and assistant professor Wendy Mao discovered that the Earth's inner core is much weaker than had been previously thought.
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3 hours ago by Office Decor Robbie , a resident of the University South neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
Shoptalk: Fleming's Steakhouse expanding
Big plans are on the horizon for Fleming's Steakhouse at Stanford Shopping Center.
Read the full story here Web Link posted ... |
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4 hours ago by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford rewards walk-bike commuters with cash
Stanford University faculty and staff who walk or bike to work will now not only feel good about helping the environment, but they'll receive cold, hard cash for doing so.
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4 hours ago by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Feds rebuke district over email to parents
A letter sent to all Duveneck Elementary School parents on April 15 by the school's principal about a new investigation into bullying at the school brought a sharp and immedia... |
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5 hours ago by PTA mom, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto's Tesla repays Federal loans 9 years early
Story in the Mercury-News: Web Link
What kind of lousy management is this? With in... |
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JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG
Will -- or should -- adult schools remain 'the quiet corner' of local education?
In about eight years, the Palo Alto Adult School will be observing its 100th anniversary -- a century of promoting the notion that learning can be for a lifetime.
Since it... |
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7 hours ago by paly parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Suicide or murder? Attorneys duel in closing arguments
Did Parima Parineh commit suicide in her Woodside home on April 13, 2010, or was she shot and killed by her husband, Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh, who is charged with premedita... |
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7 hours ago by Desperation, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Apple and Taxes
Let's face it, none of us wants to pay taxes.
And the taxes that we do pay cover things like infrastructure, schools, among other things.
So, I am troubled that our loca... |
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8 hours ago by Jumpin\' John McCain, a member of the Jordan Middle School community |
AROUND TOWN
Hearing officer hired for Buena Vista's proposed closure
With the future of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park up in the air, Palo Alto has selected a hearing officer to evaluate a recent report on the impact of relocating the park's resi... |
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9 hours ago by Surprise@, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cost of new Mitchell Park Library continues to climb
The new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center is slated to open this fall as scheduled, but the city's concerns over who is responsible for the project's cost overruns ar... |
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9 hours ago by Dave Hood, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Buyer Beware! Door to Door guys trying to sell AT&T U-verse
There are sales guys going door to door trying to sell you AT&T U-verse.
They are not AT&T employees, they work for an SF firm called "EMW".
They claim they are contract... |
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10 hours ago by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
City set to bid for historic post office
The check isn't exactly in the mail, but Palo Alto took its first major move toward buying the Hamilton Avenue post office Monday night when the City Council agreed to make a ... |
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10 hours ago by sandy, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
East Palo Alto police chief declares 'crime emergency'
A series of gun-related crimes over the weekend that culminated with the the death of 16-year-old boy has prompted East Palo Alto police chief Ron Davis to declare a "crime em... |
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11 hours ago by S. Coen, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto hits the brakes on new housing vision
Palo Alto's official housing vision, already years overdue, will undergo further revisions after residents around Maybell Avenue protested the inclusion of a controversial -- ... |
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11 hours ago by Phil, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Apartments could replace some Buena Vista mobile homes
A proposal to build about 65 low-income apartments for displaced families at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park is being considered by the property's developer and the Palo Alto Hou... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 8:44 pm by @ George, a resident of Mountain View |
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... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 8:01 pm by Mind your business , a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Grandmother who was shot speaks out
Five people were shot at a bus stop in East Palo Alto May 5. Victims "Susana" and "Ashley," a grandmother and granddaughter, instantly became statistics in East Palo Alto's lo... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 6:18 pm by Un and underserved , a resident of East Palo Alto |
SPORTS
Hardebeck, Stanford will play for the NCAA tennis title
Stanford roundup
It was, without adding much hyperbole, one of the greatest comebacks in Stanford and NCAA women's tennis tournament history. Freshman Krista Hardebe... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 5:04 pm by John, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to bring back traffic-enforcement team
After years of budget cuts and staff freezes, the Palo Alto Police Department is now experiencing an "early thaw" and looking forward to hiring more officers and restoring a m... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 1:05 pm by oh well, a resident of the Palo Alto Orchards neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford wants to expand undergrad enrollment
Stanford University wants to expand its undergraduate enrollment if it can raise the money to build housing for the additional students, President John Hennessy said Thursday.... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 12:46 pm by aaron , a resident of Menlo Park |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: A backwards process on Maybell project
Imagine making a substantial family investment in something before determining its value, how other family members felt about it and deciding if it was the best way to meet yo... |
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on May 21, 2013 at 11:57 am by Grass Roots, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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