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SPORTS: Stanford's 82-game home win streak ends
The Stanford women ended Connecticut's historic 90-game win streak two years ago. On Saturday, the Huskies returned the basketball favor as they snapped the Cardinal's 82-game... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 10:26 pm by Bye bye Tara, a resident of Stanford |
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Mobile-home park closure would displace 400
The planned closing of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto to make way for an apartment complex took a step forward Tuesday night, as attorneys for the property owners, ... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 4:57 pm by BP resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Mobile-home park residents host holiday Posada
In long robes and accompanied by an angel, modern-day versions of Mary and Joseph, parents of the yet-unborn Jesus, beseeched residents of Palo Alto's Buena Vista Mobile Home ... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 4:34 pm by BP resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Dozens return home after East Palo Alto flooding
About 36 people who had reported to an evacuation center due to flooding in East Palo Alto returned home late Sunday night, Dec. 23, according to a Red Cross spokesman.
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 2:26 pm by village fool, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
Rose Bowl a step up from state title for Paly grad Anderson
Kevin Anderson's best football moment was helping Palo Alto High win the CIF Division I Bowl state championship game two years ago. On Tuesday, that's about to change
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 12:43 pm by Patti, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto hires polling firm to help with measure
With an eye toward a 2014 ballot measure, the Palo Alto City Council this week approved a $90,000 contract with a public-opinion firm to determine which infrastructure project... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 12:00 pm by resident, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford offers early admission to 725
Stanford has sent acceptance letters to 725 high school students who sought admission to the Class of 2017 under the university's early admission program, the Office of Underg... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 11:06 am by former stanford adcomm, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto lawyer sentenced for bribery attempt
A Palo Alto patent attorney who was convicted of attempting to bribe a police officer and drunken driving after being pulled over outside a Colma casino received an 8-month ja... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 10:39 am by Steve C, a resident of Menlo Park |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Burglary wave topped Palo Alto crime news
Crime was No. 1 on the list of Palo Alto neighborhood concerns in 2012, with residential burglaries taking center stage. Home burglaries jumped by 56 percent in 2012, police s... |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 6:55 pm by Mr.Recycle, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Buena Vista residents urge city to save their homes
Residents of Palo Alto's only surviving mobile-home park are rising up against a proposal from a San Mateo-based developer to turn their community into a dense housing develop... |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm by BARB, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
People of the year
Ken Alsman
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 28, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm by Too late, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SPORTS
Rose Bowl leaves a lasting impression on past QBs
For only the fourth time since 1970, the Stanford football team is Rose Bowl-bound. Jim Plunkett and Todd Husak quarterbacked their respective teams in Pasadena --Plunkett in ... |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 4:07 pm by Mary D., a resident of another community |
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Online this year
Ronald McDonald House eyes major expansion
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 28, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 10:43 am by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Campaign signs go missing -- so does cell phone
Who will be elected to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District (MPFPD) Board of Directors is not a question keeping most people awake at night, but some are taking it very, ve... |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 9:07 am by curious, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto Attorney gets jail time for trying to bribe the police
Where is the story about the Palo Alto attorney that try to bribe a Palo Alto police officer out of a DUI? 3rd DUI and 8 months in jail. |
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 4:03 pm by Frank, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
Local teams will be busy in holiday tournaments
School is out but basketball is not, which means 11 local teams will be busy this week while their classmates are on holiday break. Seven girls squads will be in action starti... |
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 1:42 pm by Larry Moody EPA City Council, a resident of East Palo Alto |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Pedestrian deaths, Hangar One top Mountain View news in 2012
From the banning of plastic grocery bags to rejection of a Chick-Fil-A restaurant, there was no shortage of news in Mountain View in 2012.
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 1:01 pm by Don Draper wins, a resident of Mountain View |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Graffiti Vandalism in California Ave Underpass
What can be done about the huge graffiti tag that has completely obliterated a large panel of the beautiful undersea mural in the California Ave Pedestrian/Bike underpass?
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 12:43 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Christmas tree - collection of
How do I get rid of my Christmas tree? Can I just have it out on the curb on the day of my garbage collection? I could not find any info about what to do with my Christmas tre... |
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 12:03 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
DUI arrests down over holiday weekend
Over the Christmas holiday weekend, DUI arrests were down, but fatal collisions were up in the Bay Area from a year ago, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 11:59 am by It\'s the law, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto sets drunk-driving checkpoint
A sobriety and drivers license checkpoint will be conducted by the East Palo Alto Police Department Friday, Dec. 28, at University Avenue and Bay Road, the department has anno... |
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 2:33 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Arrillaga protest gathers signatures in Menlo
Save Menlo, a group of community members not thrilled with the massive eight-acre, mixed-use complex developer John Arrillaga wants to build on Stanford's car lots in Menlo Pa... |
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Two displaced by Christmas Eve apartment fire
A cooking fire in a Menlo Park apartment spread to the unit and attic above it Monday night, Dec. 24, before firefighters extinguished it, fire officials said.
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm by Yikes..hot oil, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sound Lounge strikes a chord with students
With an apocalypse on the horizon, Gunn High School senior Timmy Linetsky seemed extraordinarily relaxed, even eager. "It's the end of the world, so you've got to go out with ... |
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 12:15 pm by Becky Sanders, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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... |
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 12:09 pm by mathlete, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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