AROUND TOWN
Implications of the Castro St (and other) Caltrain Ped Crossing Project
The project to "upgrade" the Castro St (Mountain View) pedestrian crossing is taking shape. They are putting in permanent steel fences to funnel all sidewalk traffic through f... |
maguro_01 |
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on Dec 23, 2010 at 5:32 am by maguro_01, a resident of Mountain View |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paly Football State Champs!
Paly 15 -Centennial 13 |
palo alto mom |
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on Dec 17, 2010 at 10:33 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto's most elusive resident is named Time Magazine's Man of the Year
He was renting a house in College Terrace a couple of months ago, but then moved out and left no forwarding address. Anyone know if he is still in town?
Time Magazine's per... |
Facebookie |
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on Dec 15, 2010 at 8:05 am by Facebookie, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Another Manager for Palo Alto CSD
Why in this time of reductions and cut backs is the city adding another manager to the ranks in the Community Services Department? The Open Space, Parks and Golf division is r... |
David |
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on Dec 13, 2010 at 1:59 pm by David, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Train Tracks.
I passed by the train tracks and saw police on Meadow and one in Charleston right at the entrance of the tracks, it was after 2:00PM. Does any one knows what happened? I looke... |
Wondering |
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on Dec 11, 2010 at 9:20 pm by Wondering, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Zumot murder trial to focus on domestic violence
In the weeks and months before firefighters found Jennifer Schipsi's body in a burnt cottage on Palo Alto's Addison Avenue, the 29-year-old real estate agent repeatedly compla... |
Editor |
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on Dec 10, 2010 at 5:14 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
AROUND TOWN
Menlo-Atherton's Annual Canned Food Drive
Do you wonder what teenagers today are up to over the holiday season? It seems as though our culture is so worried about what our teens might be up to that we don’t like, we ... |
Kelly Todd |
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on Dec 10, 2010 at 11:07 am by Kelly Todd, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Lewd incident at Palo Alto Bowl
I'm thinking there must be a mistake in characterizing Grant Willner as a transient. He's a 1972 graduate of Gunn High School; I remember him, though didn't know him. He liv... |
lindaloo |
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on Dec 10, 2010 at 9:50 am by lindaloo, a member of the Gunn High School community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Cancun Climate Change Conference
Interesting article about the Climate Change Conference...
Web Link
It would have been be... |
common sense |
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on Dec 10, 2010 at 7:29 am by common sense, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
California High Speed Rail Gets Another $624 Million
The United States Department of Transportation has redirected $1.195 billion in high speed rail funds originally designated for Wisconsin and Ohio to 14 states, including up t... |
Herb Borock |
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on Dec 9, 2010 at 3:37 pm by Herb Borock, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
PALY Girls Volleyball Are State Champions!
My son Nathan, a 2005 PALY grad, and I went to San Jose Saturday evening to watch the PALY girls volleyball team against Long Beach's "POLY" team compete for the State title i... |
Paul Losch |
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on Dec 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
AROUND TOWN
Battelle 18k/22k Jewelry Show at Nature Gallery this Weekend
You won't wan to miss this opportunity to see some exquisite 18k/22k and gemstone jewelry designed by Battelle this weekend at Nature Gallery.
Stones in the collection incl... |
Carol Garsten |
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on Dec 3, 2010 at 12:37 pm by Carol Garsten, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Heisman Trophy Voting
There is some sort of voting going on for the Heisman - ordinary people can do it.
Go to <www.google.com> and type in Heisman Trophy. In one of the first entrie... |
Bob |
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on Dec 1, 2010 at 10:02 pm by Bob, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Groupon coming to Palo Alto
The Groupon shopaholic company issued a press release today saying that they are opening an office on California Ave. They will be hiring 100 people in the next few months. ht... |
Facebookie |
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on Dec 1, 2010 at 10:58 am by Facebookie, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
would Facebook leaving town be good or bad for Palo Alto?
News reports say that Facebook is considering moving to the former Sun Microsystems campus in east Menlo Park (aka Sun Quintin): Web Link... |
Facebookie |
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on Nov 30, 2010 at 3:35 pm by Facebookie, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Middlefield Road/California Avenue Traffic Light Malfunction?
I drive on Middlefield Road past the traffic light at California Avenue several times a day often early in the morning (4AM). The light seems to cycle endlessly from green to... |
Driver |
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on Nov 30, 2010 at 11:39 am by Driver, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
George Bush visiting Palo Alto on Monday at 2pm
He's visiting Facebook headquarters as part of his book tour. 2:00-3:30pm on Monday. Web Link |
George |
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on Nov 28, 2010 at 5:46 pm by George, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
REBECCA WALLACE'S AD LIBS BLOG
Ad Libs: Starmade shadows and ash groves
Don't get me wrong. I love holiday music. I arrive ridiculously early for sing-along Messiahs so I can sit up front. I once sang "O Holy Night" at a vocal recital. In the summ... |
Rebecca Wallace |
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on Nov 23, 2010 at 5:33 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Menlo College President Sacked Today
Our local college, Menlo College, just sacked its President today (technically the Board of Trustees bought him out, but we all know what that means). Guess his quest to turn ... |
Citizen News Reporter |
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on Nov 10, 2010 at 12:02 am by Citizen News Reporter, a resident of Atherton |
REBECCA WALLACE'S AD LIBS BLOG
Ad Libs: Bits and tidbits
Some notes from the arts editor's desk on this fine Monday:
* This Wednesday, Foothill College hosts a free screening of the film "Food, Inc." at noon. I can't stop gigglin... |
Rebecca Wallace |
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on Nov 8, 2010 at 4:31 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
AROUND TOWN
Hundreds attend 'high speed boondoggle' rally
Hundreds of critics of California's proposed high-speed rail project packed into Burlingame's Caltrain station Sunday afternoon to wave protest signs, chant "Boondoggle!" and ... |
Editor |
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on Nov 7, 2010 at 7:05 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PACT's Cinderella is fantastic!
Really everyone should go see this Rodgers and Hammerstein version of Cinderella. Both the singing and acting are fantastic, and our youth have done a great job. Almost all th... |
PA oldtimer |
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on Nov 7, 2010 at 11:17 am by PA oldtimer, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
BOOKS
Blanks pleads not guilty to rape, attempted murder
Lionel Blanks Jr., 36, who is accused of the rape, kidnapping and attempted murder of a woman in Palo Alto on May 22, pleaded not guilty to all charges in Santa Clara County S... |
Editor |
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on Nov 5, 2010 at 3:28 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
SPORTS
Castilleja makes history at CCS golf finals with runnerup finish
Normally at this time of the year, members of the Castilleja golf team are either putting away their clubs and heading off to a winter sport or gearing up for junior tournamen... |
Editor |
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on Nov 4, 2010 at 5:34 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
AROUND TOWN
Burglar makes off with liquor, laptop in Palo Alto
An apartment in the 600 block of Waverley Street in Palo Alto was burglarized sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning as the resident slept, Palo Alto police said.
Re... |
Editor |
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on Nov 4, 2010 at 1:49 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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