AROUND TOWN
'Strawberry Hill' defoliation requires school reform on spraying
My dad taught science. For dozens of summers he led hikes through the local hills for town kids, showing us king snakes, trapdoor spiders, monkey flowers and horned toads.
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on Aug 24, 2007 at 9:59 pm by concerned citizen, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Man dies at Palo Alto Chili Cook-off
A member of the team that won the overall competition at the Chili Cook-off in Palo Alto Wednesday afternoon suffered a heart attack and died at the scene an hour after the ju... |
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on Aug 24, 2007 at 1:59 pm by TSG Mark Vaughn, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
OH Memorial/Reunion -- Information Request
Hi there,
A fellow Briones classmate and I are making the seemingly impossible attempt at the largest reunion of the OH, spanning from its innagural year in 1969 up to the ... |
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on Aug 24, 2007 at 10:54 am by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Claims investigator's claim headed to trial
The city of Palo Alto's claims inspector, Casey O'Neill, has a claim against the city that has expanded into a federal case slated for trial in November.
Read the full story ... |
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on Aug 24, 2007 at 10:50 am by Fireman, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
As term ends, Mossar reflects, looks to the future
On nearly every Monday evening for the last decade, Palo Alto City Councilwoman Dena Mossar could be spotted pedaling from her Emerson Street home to City Hall.
Read the fu... |
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on Aug 24, 2007 at 7:57 am by Lukewarm, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Eshoo calls for federal probe of Cheney
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, has called for a federal investigation into the role that Vice President Dick Cheney had in diversion of water from the Klamath River Basin in 20... |
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on Aug 23, 2007 at 10:56 pm by Mark, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
Oh, my aching back!
Ben Davidson, assistant dean of students at Stanford University, has always led an active lifestyle: dancing, running, swimming or hiking on a daily basis. But after straining... |
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on Aug 23, 2007 at 9:35 pm by Jean Gordon, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
AROUND TOWN
Eruv approved after eight years
A 13-mile-long eruv, a border that will allow Orthodox Jews to carry objects from home to their synagogue on the Sabbath, will be constructed around Palo Alto after eight year... |
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on Aug 23, 2007 at 8:55 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Yahoo Groups - Are they as personal as they seem?
I have been a member of many Yahoo Groups, kids' sport team groups, classroom groups, Church discussion group, on-line book club, to name most. I had always assumed I was in a... |
Yahoo Group Member |
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on Aug 23, 2007 at 5:09 pm by Googlified, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Six school board candidates vie for three spots
Three months before the election, with three seats up for grabs, six people have expressed interest in running for the Palo Alto Board of Education, according to Santa Clara C... |
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on Aug 23, 2007 at 8:29 am by extreme measures, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Speeders using Monroe Drive & Miller Avenue as Expressway
Currently on Monroe Drive and Miller Avenue in Palo Alto, we have a posted speed limit of 25 MPH. We also have "No Sidewalks" and daily stream of blatant speeding motorist sha... |
Monroe Drive Resident |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 10:07 pm by Terry, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Benest's not allowing flags to half staff
When is the City Manager going to face the music on the flag issue. His people avoided the press while Frank was on vacation and now Frank is back.
He still has not commente... |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 7:50 pm by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford plan may mean big bump in traffic
With a voluminous application submitted Monday to the city of Palo Alto, Stanford Medical Center officials revealed additional details about one of the biggest development pro... |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 5:03 pm by Walker, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
EPA man sentenced for beating death
A 24-year-old East Palo Alto man was sentenced today in San Mateo County Superior Court to 38 years to life in prison for the beating death of another man during a robbery in ... |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 1:48 pm by SULU, a resident of East Palo Alto |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto is really just the same as any other Peninsula City
From reading Town Square and constantly hearing the phrase "so Palo Alto" one would think that the residents of this City and the things that go on here are unique and don't h... |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 1:07 pm by Matt, a member of the Santa Rita (Los Altos) community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto students score well on STAR exams
The 2007 California standardized testing scores, released last week, contain few surprises for Palo Alto Unified School District, which remains among the top five kindergarden... |
Editor |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 1:02 pm by Paly Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
"Oh My G _ _ " Why?
It seems that for almost everyone, the above phrase is just everyday vocabulary. We hear it all the time and read it in popular literature. Profanity is now just plain accepta... |
Touchy |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 1:45 am by Behold ..., a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Round Up used to kill weeds at schools & parks
The recent palo alto weekly has a brief article about the use of round up week killer
(an herbicide) at one of our local schools and or parks. The school district seems to b... |
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on Aug 21, 2007 at 4:15 pm by William, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police to target red-light runners this week
Red-light runners beware. Police officers in Palo Alto and throughout Santa Clara County will be watching -- and writing citations this week.
Read the full story here http:... |
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on Aug 21, 2007 at 3:08 pm by paloaltosucks, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Alma affordable-housing project doubles
A drastically revamped and expanded below-market housing project at Alma Street and Channing Avenue failed to keep Palo Alto City Council members alert enough to conclude an i... |
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on Aug 21, 2007 at 9:44 am by another mother here, a member of the Gunn High School community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Fascism in America: watch a BBC special
Document uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen. The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help ... |
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on Aug 21, 2007 at 6:21 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Our Town: A life 'for the birds'
A homeless man, sounding defeated, says he has been looking for work but can't find a job. He's articulate and thoughtful.
Read the full story here Web Link.... |
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on Aug 20, 2007 at 8:51 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Who were those masked men?
Wearing a black and gold Lucha Libre (Mexican wrestling) mask, guitarist Eddie Angel looks downright sinister. His fellow Los Straitjackets band members -- guitaris... |
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on Aug 19, 2007 at 5:31 pm by Jim R, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council Election Ballot Order
The other newspaper in town reported that the Secretary of State's randomized alphabet would be used for the candidates ballot order for the November Council election, because... |
Herb Borock |
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on Aug 19, 2007 at 4:07 pm by Fred Balin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Elks Lodge Development Takes Heat
The Architectural Review Board (ARB) reviewed SummerHill Homes proposed development for the Elks Lodge site on El Camino Real this week. SummerHill Homes proposes building 43... |
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on Aug 19, 2007 at 5:16 am by common sense, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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