CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Four injured, one dead in East Palo Alto shootings
Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night. Two people were injured in earlier shootings.
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on May 20, 2013 at 7:00 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto hopeful about buying historic post office
The future of Palo Alto's downtown post office building could become clearer Monday night, when the City Council considers whether to purchase the historic and iconic Hamilton... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 6:40 pm by Pat Markevitch, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
What Happened to Miki's Farm Fresh Foods?
Three people have reported going to Miki's on Alma near Meadow, and reported seeing a sign on the door saying that it was closed for good. After only six months, is this for ... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 6:38 pm by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto seeks flickers of hope for fiber network
As local technologists can readily vouch, Palo Alto's journey toward a citywide high-speed Internet network has been anything but high speed. But members of the City Council's... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 4:13 pm by just thinkin\', a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Willie B. Branch, former Co-op checker, dies
Willie B. Branch, a beloved former Co-op Market checker who was rescued from homelessness by the Palo Alto community that loved him, has died.
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on May 20, 2013 at 4:03 pm by Alpha Wilson, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Court overturns ruling in $18M home dispute
A Woodside couple will be stripped of $125,000 in attorney fees stemming from a 7-year feud with a Palo Alto contractor, the California Court of Appeals has decided.
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on May 20, 2013 at 2:46 pm by contractor, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
See: What's being built in your area?
See: What's being built in your area?
Show me building permits near... "Palo Alto"
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on May 20, 2013 at 2:39 pm by Building Eye, a resident of the Downtown North 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 May 20, 2013 at 12:54 pm by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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.
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on May 20, 2013 at 12:15 pm by theAlex, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Suspect sought in downtown Palo Alto robbery
Palo Alto police are looking for a man who they say robbed a woman in downtown Monday night after grabbing her by the ponytail and pulling her into an alley as she was walking... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 10:09 am by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Daytime shooting victim probably shot self
A 19-year-old man injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Friday
afternoon probably shot himself, police Chief Ronald Davis announced on Twitter.
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on May 20, 2013 at 9:59 am by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
When regular school doesn't work, Menlo Park enterprise offers help
The "parental angst" that walks through her door is familiar territory to Rhonda Racine, founder and director of Menlo Park's Lydian Academy, an accredited, one-to-one tutorin... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 8:52 am by English prof, a resident of Stanford |
AROUND TOWN
Around the block
A RITUAL CHEESE CRACKING ... The new gourmet grocery store The Fresh Market will forgo the usual ribbon cutting in favor of a cheese-cracking ceremony when it opens its new... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 7:29 am by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil-rights officials present harassment guidelines
More than 100 people showed up Thursday night to a parent-education event in which representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights described ho... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 11:17 pm by spectator at large, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Skelly posts local official's letter re Duveneck OCR bullying case
Superintendent Kevin Skelly Friday posted a letter to the PAUSD website from a Palo Alto city official that describes the OCR bullying complaint at Duveneck Elementary School ... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 5:47 pm by jls mom of 2, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Student with 3.85 GPA gets rejection letters from UCs
Hi,
My friend's daughter got 3.85 GPA, had 5 AP classes in high school, was on competitive swimming team, volunteered 100+ hours, was active in school activities, yet she g... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 5:17 pm by Another Tip, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
City urged to move Matadero Creek Trail
The proposed Matadero Creek Trail is so disliked by Midtown Palo Alto residents that they have told the city to change the project's name.
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on May 19, 2013 at 2:32 pm by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Rape culture' articles spark inquiry
A Palo Alto High School student publication's description of how two victims of sexual assault were treated by their friends and other students has led to an examination of wh... |
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on May 19, 2013 at 10:14 am by jls mom of 2, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to beef up sidewalk requirements
In discussing Palo Alto's sidewalk dilemma, Councilwoman Karen Holman borrowed a line from writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who famously said that "architecture is frozen mu... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 4:16 pm by sister madly, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Car campers...time to ban them!
If you have car campers in your neighborhood, it is a lot worse than unfinished homes next to you, although I do agree that unfinished homes are also an issue.
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on May 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm by Gary, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto looks to renew, change Cubberley lease
The future of Cubberley Community Center may still be in flux, but Palo Alto officials sent a strong signal on Monday night that they would like to maintain the city's investm... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 2:02 pm by Progressive?, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School of Rock kids play classics in the iTunes age
Even the people who get their kicks on Netflix know the saying "Everything old is new again." At the School of Rock, where the paint smells fresh after four months, kids learn... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 8:57 am by Likin it, a resident of Stanford |
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk
FLEMING'S ON THE MOVE ... Big plans are on the horizon for Fleming's Steakhouse at Stanford Shopping Center. Construction recently began for the steakhouse's new stand-alone b... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 8:47 am by Aręte, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Is Gunn High School's Pep Band a Divison of Stanford University?
I attended the May Fete Parade on University Avenue yesterday and was quite confused when I saw the lead off act. It was the Gunn High School marching band. I was near the a... |
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on May 17, 2013 at 11:11 pm by Hmmmmmmm, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District 'not successful' in filling communication post
The Palo Alto school district so far has not been successful in its search for a new communication coordinator but the search will remain open until May 31, officials said.
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on May 17, 2013 at 10:01 pm by Responsibility, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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