AROUND TOWN
Menlo College opens new coaching era with win
College football
The Mark Speckman era at Menlo College kicked off with a bang on Saturday, as the Oaks scored three second-half touchdowns and came away with a 28-13... |
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on Aug 27, 2012 at 10:29 pm by Menlo4Life, a resident of the Palo Alto Orchards neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
VIDEO: El Camino Park set for reservoir, renovation
Palo Alto Mayor Sid Espinosa and City Manager Jim Keene spoke at El Camino Park Monday (Oct. 17) during a special groundbreaking ceremony as work begins on a 2.5 million emerg... |
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on Oct 18, 2011 at 1:05 pm by Palo Parent, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The conversion of retail space to offices.
Has anyone besides me noticed that retail spaces in downtown Palo Alto are not-so-gradually becoming office spaces? In spite of zoning? I pondered this, because I know there... |
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on Jul 16, 2011 at 3:48 pm by who and where?, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn student advances to science competition nationals
Gunn High School sophomore Joy Jin is part of a two-person team that will compete nationally against five other teams next month for the top $100,000 prize in the Siemens Comp... |
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on Nov 14, 2012 at 4:41 pm by rick, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Main Library
The Main Library in Palo Alto will undergo a metamorphosis in the next few years when its rooms are renovated, a wing is added and the driveways around the Newell Road campus ... |
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on Aug 21, 2012 at 7:34 pm by Cant understand it, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SPORTS
Pursuing perfection
Accordion music plays on speakers as eight swimmers from the Santa Clara Aquamaids Synchronized Swimming Club simultaneously mime with their hands while treading water, hold t... |
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on Jul 13, 2012 at 6:00 pm by Mum, a member of the Gunn High School community |
AROUND TOWN
What is going on tonight?
There are police cars with spotlights at Channing and waverly, Addison and Cowper and Channing at middlefield. Anyone know. Very quiet in the hood but spot lights shinning? ... |
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on Jul 1, 2012 at 11:44 pm by Cc, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Dragon Theatre takes its show on the road
After six years in downtown Palo Alto, the Dragon Theatre is moving out and up to a space twice as large in Redwood City.
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on Jun 6, 2012 at 5:39 pm by Sherry Bijan, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Seeking single moms for story
I'm interested in pursuing a story for the Palo Alto Weekly about women in their late 30s, early 40s, choosing to have a baby without a mate -- in other words, having a baby w... |
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on May 22, 2012 at 3:07 pm by Sally, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Programs at VA Palo Alto helping treat PTSD
Though post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is most often thought to be associated with military veterans, anyone can develop the disorder after experiencing a trauma in w... |
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on May 6, 2012 at 8:37 am by Former-Soldier, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'Youth of the Year' finalists share stories
Four low-income teenagers told stories of persevering against hardship in a recent "Youth of the Year" speech competition at the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula.
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on Feb 3, 2012 at 11:06 am by Ms. Watkins, a resident of Menlo Park |
AROUND TOWN
A Good Deed that Deserves Recognition
I've been coming to Lyfe for breakfast the past few days, trying out new breakfast spots as my old one closed. Today what appears to be a homeless man in a wheelchair is sitt... |
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on Jan 13, 2012 at 10:56 am by Observer of Good Deeds, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SPORTS
Lin takes the next step in his NBA career in Houston
First things first: You'll be seeing no puns here in this space. Not now, not ever. That's a promise. Well, maybe. That means no more Linsanity. No more Lin Star State. No mor... |
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on Jul 20, 2012 at 9:28 am by Steph Curry for the WIN, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Feature story: The hills are alive
Depending on how sentimental you are, California's summer hills are either invitingly, softly golden, or just brown. In Gary Coleman's oil paintings, the hills glow all year r... |
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on May 14, 2012 at 5:18 pm by anon, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
High Speed Rail pays for lobbyist
Read the story about how High Speed Rail Authority, a state agency, paid a lobbyist to lobby the State Legislature:
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on Feb 6, 2012 at 6:46 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
PUBLIC AGENDA: Varsity Theatre building; PaloAltoGreen
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings this week.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 30, 2011, 2... |
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on Oct 4, 2011 at 7:16 pm by Jonathan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Eshoo seeks auction of broadcast spectrum
Spectrum auctions and privacy protection top U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo's list of technological priorities, though with partisanship and the economy dominating Washington, D.C., pro... |
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on Sep 30, 2011 at 9:34 am by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
AROUND TOWN
Train strikes man in Palo Alto
A 22-year-old Palo Alto man was struck and killed by a Union Pacific Railroad Co. freight train Monday night north of Churchill Avenue, a Caltrain spokeswoman has said.
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 5:05 pm by vwflat4driver, a resident of Stanford |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Burglary victim speaks out about break-in
Palo Alto burglars apparently adhered to the old postal adage about neither rain nor sleet nor snow keeping them away during a morning burglary -- and neither did locked windo... |
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on Dec 2, 2012 at 2:31 pm by Edgarpoet, a resident of Mountain View |
SPORTS
Palo Alto baseball moves into a tie for first
Monday's prep roundup
The Palo Alto baseball team has moved back into a tie for first place in the SCVAL De Anza Division heading into a crucial, regular-season endin... |
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on Apr 24, 2012 at 4:34 pm by FanofFreddie, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Feature story: Saving the birds
Colorful mosaic art composed of broken bits of tile are scattered throughout the maze of enclosures clustered around Michele Raffin's Los Altos Hills Home. Raffin is the execu... |
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on Apr 14, 2012 at 10:01 am by John Del Rio, a resident of Los Altos |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Former Citigroup employee gets prison sentence
A former Citigroup Inc. sales assistant who stole $800,000 from the financial firm's clients in Palo Alto has been sentenced in federal court in San Francisco to one year and ... |
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on Mar 14, 2012 at 3:06 pm by David Pepperdine, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SPORTS
Stanford women win 77th straight at home
College basketball
Cardinal men topple Colorado, 74-50
Nnemkadi Ogwumike had 23 points and 11 rebounds, sister Chiney Ogwumike added 18 points and seven reboun... |
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on Feb 25, 2012 at 10:41 am by Dave N., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
FEMA to test Emergency Alert System nationwide
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will take over television and radio Wednesday morning (Nov. 9) as part of the first nationwid... |
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on Nov 8, 2011 at 2:01 pm by Dennis, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Cooley Landing Park opens in East Palo Alto
The City of East Palo Alto and the Midpeninsula Open Space District celebrated the grand opening of Cooley Landing Park on Bay Road Saturday, July 21.
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on Jul 23, 2012 at 11:20 am by Michelle Daher, a resident of Menlo Park |
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