AROUND TOWN
Creeks recede, streets re-open as rain stops
Water levels at all Palo Alto creeks began dropping to less dangerous levels Sunday evening as rainfall stopped and storm drains were able to drain city streets.
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 5:19 pm by Joe Teresi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
I Wish...
Discrimination against the disabled in Palo Alto is entirely indicative of discrimination in society as a whole.
I really wish I could have done a lot more for the Palo Al... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 1:45 pm by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
Growing up on Embarcadero Road in the 50s
We never locked our doors when we were growing up in Palo Alto in the 50s.
The late Robbie Makjavich and the clan lived next door, we were buddies along with all the kids on... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 12:31 pm by Lee b, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
"We prefer that you use your real name, but you may use any 'member' name you wish."
PaloAltoOnline.com asks that posters use their real names, which in my opinion means your full, real name (Chris Zaharias, for example, which is mine); after all, using your r... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 11:29 am by Let\'s have the truth, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
The things I remember about Palo Alto while growing up:
A&W Root Beer stand on Middlefield Road – where the Safeway is now
The original Herbert Hoover on Middlefield Road across from Safeway
The Variety Store – where 7-11 now... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 11:15 am by Andrew L. Freedman, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Catalytic-converter thefts on rise in Palo Alto
Thieves are targeting catalytic converters on the Peninsula and three thefts were reported in Palo Alto Friday and Saturday, June 8 and 9, according to police.
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 10:01 am by lenehey, a resident of Mountain View |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Photo gallery: Christmas Tree Lane
Christmas Tree Lane (Fulton Street between Embarcadero Road and Seale Avenue) has been a continuous Palo Alto tradition since 1940, when it was conceived over a bridge table -... |
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 7:44 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto to New Year revelers: 'Use a gun, go to jail'
Celebratory gunfire is getting a serious crackdown in East Palo Alto, where police plan to more than triple the number of officers on city streets on New Year's Eve, the depar... |
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 10:02 am by Dumkopf, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto Falls Behind - again
Concord braces for ban on single-serving water bottles to take effect Jan. 1
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 8:43 am by Love it or leave it, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Three horses struck, killed on I-280
Three horses were killed after they got onto northbound Interstate 280 near Stanford on Saturday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 8:10 am by So Sad, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
The time for talk is over, the Rose Bowl game is upon us
Rose Bowl notebook
The work is essentially done. Stanford had a walk through on Monday at Glendale College, and there will be some last-minute film study and instruc... |
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 1:40 am by Monty Hall, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto's fiber dreams dealt another blow
Palo Alto's decade-long dream of expanding its fiber ring to bring high-speed Internet to every home in the city should be deferred, if not abandoned altogether, because of hi... |
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on Dec 31, 2012 at 11:41 pm by Under the radar, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Let's Make PA A Drone-Free City
It seems clear as day to me that domestic drone use must be stamped out before it gains a foothold:
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on Dec 31, 2012 at 7:21 pm by John, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District looks to build schools, shrink achievement gap
Plans to open new schools in Palo Alto and to raise the bar on graduation requirements highlighted local education news in 2012, which was an election year.
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on Dec 31, 2012 at 5:43 pm by Parent, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Today's events (Dec. 31)
[Web Link Music: St. Mark's New Year's Eve Organ Concert]
Organist Jessie Jewitt plays works of Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, Langla... |
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on Dec 31, 2012 at 12:47 pm by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View |
SPORTS
Allen gives Stanford men hoops another scoring option
Chasson Randle was Stanford's leading scorer in Saturday night's 65-59 nonconference men's basketball victory over Lafayette, but it was freshman Roscoe Allen who nearly stole... |
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on Dec 31, 2012 at 10:51 am by Bob, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
MOVIES
Chasing Ice is a must see for anyone over 10.
Last night at the Aquarius, 3 of us were mesmorized by CHASING ICE, a documentary by James Balog on the disappearance and calfing of glaciers.
It is a photographic bloc... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 11:08 pm by thhatchert, a resident of the The Greenhouse neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Odds and Ends
Quote of the year
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 28, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 10:31 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto construction worker dies after fall
A construction worker who died after a fall at a home under construction has been identified as Jose Plancarte, 51, of East Palo Alto, according to the San Francisco Medical ... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 7:53 pm by roberto garcia, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Court rebukes Assistant DA Boyarsky for misconduct
Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky, the second-highest-ranking official in the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, was castigated in court documents by ... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 1:05 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
AROUND TOWN
2012: Palo Alto's wild growth spurt
Earlier this month, as Palo Alto's planning commissioners delved into the irksome problem of downtown parking, Commissioner Michael Alcheck made a keen observation: As far as ... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:22 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
2012: The Year in Numbers
23 million: The dollars that the city spent on employee pensions in fiscal year 2012. This is $4 million more than it had spent in 2011 and about $20 million more than in 2003... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:19 pm by Sylvia, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
City's electric-wire program hangs in the balance
For nearly 50 years, the City of Palo Alto has slowly and steadily converted electric lines around town from overhead to underground. With 70 more years to go before completin... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:02 pm by Wayne Martin, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Flowers for Vets Program Highly Successful
Many thanks to our Vet friends who helped make the second annual Flowers for Vets program on December 16 amazingly successful. Thanks to Palo Alto online for helping to promot... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 8:47 am by Karen Froniewski, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Three people killed in crash on I-280 identified
The California Highway Patrol has identified the victims of a crash involving a stopped car on interstate Highway 280 near Redwood City Friday afternoon, Dec. 14, that left th... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 11:35 pm by mannybrandystory, a resident of another community |
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