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SPORTS
What happened in Little League game tonight?
Did PA win tonight?
 
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on Jul 21, 2006 at 11:27 am by Theresa Carey, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Black Crows
Has anyone noticed the startling number of huge black crows that have shown up in Midtown/South/East this year? I do not recall seeing them but occasionally in the past but no...
 
Carlos
 
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on Jul 20, 2006 at 2:28 pm by susie, a resident of another community
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Midtown meeting with police chief
Can someone who went to this neighborhood meeting please post a summary of what was said? Do the police have any leads? Are the burglaries continuing? Thank you.
 
Midtown resident
 
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on Jul 19, 2006 at 12:26 pm by Jocelyn Dong, associate editor of the Palo Alto Weekly
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Neighborhood meeting with police tonight at 7 p.m.
Police Chief Lynne Johnson and officer Susie Jones will meet tonight with residents about the recent burglaries and other crimes in the Midtown area. The meeting, organized by...
 
Tyler Hanley
 
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on Jul 18, 2006 at 6:43 pm by Craig, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Read these NWO Quotes from the Real Enemies of the USA
For those who believe that the idea of a conspiracy to create a centralised global state (The New World Order) is merely a "theory" created by the paranoid, here are a list of...
 
Patriot
 
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on Jul 18, 2006 at 5:30 pm by John, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
It's not "it's" it's "its."
The Opinion Page copy editor doesn't seem to know the difference.
 
John
 
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on Jul 18, 2006 at 11:03 am by Frequent Reader, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Wasted opportunity at the Park Theatre
Why does the Park Theatre site on El Camino in Menlo Park remain a sad ghost shell of lost opportunity? I would love to see something dynamic made of this fantastic locale. So...
 
Patrick Holden
 
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on Jul 18, 2006 at 9:30 am by winter dellenbach, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Painter/Stenciler Recommendation?
My husband and I are expecting our first child in November and I'm looking for a good recommendation for someone to paint and stencil the nursery. The stenciling would be rel...
 
Midtowner
 
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on Jul 17, 2006 at 9:18 am by Carol Blitzer, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Diana Diamond: Snohomish was more creative
Diana Diamond's latest blog posting argues that a utility district in Washington was smarter and more creative than Palo Alto in taking on Enron. Scrool down to see her post.
 
Tyler Hanley
 
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on Jul 16, 2006 at 2:41 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stay updated on recent Palo Alto burglaries
Palo Alto police now say they didn't use the city's Teleminder system to alert Midtown residents of last week's car-jacking incident that led to a drag-net and search involvin...
 
Tyler Hanley
 
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on Jul 16, 2006 at 9:57 am by JUST A NEIHBOR, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Lions vs. burglars
Two years ago we were worried about mountain lions invading our yards in Palo Alto. This year we are worried about burglars invading our houses. I’d rather worry about the lio...
 
diana diamond
 
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on Jul 16, 2006 at 8:30 am by Chris, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Unified fundraising in PAUSD
In response to Alex Rocha's June 14 article in the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online — "Fundraising taking on bigger piece of pie" — we would like to clarify the fundraisi...
 
Peggy Esber & Preeva Tramiel
 
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on Jul 15, 2006 at 8:13 am by The Arima Family, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Community pundits get it wrong on the library – again!
Before getting on with this response to thinly veiled attacks on our library and recently retired library director, Paula Simpson, contained in letters written by Joy Ogawa an...
 
Sanford Forte
 
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on Jul 15, 2006 at 3:18 am by Sanford Forte, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Sexual harassment in the US military
Our brave sisters in the military continue to suffer sexual harassment with virtually no protection from their predators and their superiors. Army Specialist Suzanne Swift re...
 
Jag Singh
 
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on Jul 14, 2006 at 4:29 pm by John, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood
SPORTS
Palo Alto National 10-11 Little League All-Stars Sweep Through District 52
In a finish that seemed improbable while watching the team's first All-Star game back on July 1, the Palo Alto National 10-11 All-Stars wrapped up the championship in Little L...
 
Theresa Carey
 
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on Jul 14, 2006 at 3:44 pm by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Beautiful soccer fields by Diana Diamond.
The article that Mrs. Diamond wrote on the Palo Alto Weekly dated 6/28/06 is completely missing the point. First, she pointed out that soccer is the least sport "watched" (...
 
Mike Nguyen
 
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on Jul 13, 2006 at 9:46 am by Chris, a resident of the University South neighborhood
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Let's vote on a new police building now
In their eagerness to build a new police station in town, Palo Alto City Council members may have forgotten about all of us. On Monday night, the council unanimously appro...
 
Diana Diamond
 
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on Jul 12, 2006 at 6:18 pm by Louise Lyman, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Join Palo Alto's Relay for Life, August 19-20
American Cancer Society Celebrates Relay For Life in Palo Alto Palo Altans will move around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society Relay ...
 
Theresa Carey
 
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on Jul 12, 2006 at 10:40 am by Theresa Carey, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Robbery in PA
It is scary to read all the robbery news happened in PA recently: majority have guns involved. And Palo Alto is used to be a safe community. I think we need to be caution, ...
 
PA concerned resident
 
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 10:03 pm by Shannon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
FoPAL board member unfairly attacks Palo Alto Public Library
Good day! It should be clear from posts placed on another thread what level of operational interference has been visited on the Palo Alto Public Library by some FoPAL board...
 
Sanford Forte
 
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 6:58 pm by Sanford Forte, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City fails to spend donated money for libraries
The July 5 article about "Friends" groups has some strange and inaccurate statements about Friends of the Palo Alto Library (FOPAL) that need correction. "City leaders sa...
 
Bob Moss, treasurer, Friends of Libraries
 
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 6:11 pm by Sanford Forte, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Is our local cable franchise threatened by Congress?
This is a news item I picked up. "House Passes Controversial Telecom Bill Meanwhile in the House, lawmakers passed the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhance...
 
Natalie Fisher
 
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 5:40 pm by John, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
ACS session today for friends, classmates of Garth Li
Adolescent Counseling Services offers Friends & Classmates of Garth Li Gathering Wednesday July 19th 1:30-2:45pm Light refreshments will be provided (Feel free to bring lunch)...
 
PALY mother
 
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 1:46 pm by PALY mother, a member of the Palo Alto High School community
AROUND TOWN
On the 'Rrrun'
I saw the piece of art called Rrrun near my dentist's office. It is on Alma, by the park. It is very cool and it is big. I like that it is half human, half car. People sho...
 
Samuel James Moore
 
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 1:34 pm by Palo Alto Resident, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foreign Language Education for all Elementary School Students
Is there any chance the Palo Alto schools will ever offer a foreign language education for all elementary school students? Any suggestions on how to encourage it? If not d...
 
Mary Shannon
 
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on Jul 11, 2006 at 11:43 am by Jamie Maltz, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood


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