AROUND TOWN
Feature story: Face the music and dance
It's hard to take opera seriously when someone's playing a kazoo in your ear. That's one of the biggest challenges Claude Ezran faces each year in organizing World Music Day: ... |
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on Jun 12, 2012 at 9:18 pm by Kind of silly, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Large oak removal to impact traffic on Middlefield Road
A 100- to 200-year-old valley oak at Walter Hays Elementary School that arborists have determined is diseased will be removed Saturday morning, March 31, the Palo Alto Unified... |
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on Apr 29, 2012 at 8:38 am by Treeville, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Panel to explore alternate post-high-school paths
Unconventional post-high-school paths will be explored Thursday in a Gunn High School panel discussion titled "OMG! I Forgot to Apply to Harvard!"
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on Feb 24, 2013 at 2:42 pm by Barbara , a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City View
City Council (Sept. 18)
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 21, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Sep 22, 2012 at 9:51 pm by Wondering, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Los Altos woman calls con man's bluff
A Los Altos woman wants her peers in Palo Alto and elsewhere to be wary of anyone calling and claiming to be from the Social Security Administration after she received a call ... |
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on Aug 29, 2012 at 8:20 pm by Palo Parent, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High school sports gets a network of its own
The Central Coast Section (CCS) and PlayOn! Sports (PlayOn) announced the launch of the Central Coast Network, a partnership providing multi-platform distribution of Californi... |
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on Aug 23, 2012 at 3:19 pm by Eric, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
East Palo Alto man, 30, shot and killed Sunday
An East Palo Alto man was found shot dead Sunday afternoon, several hours after shots were heard in the area, according to police.
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on Jun 26, 2012 at 1:25 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to re-examine CPI's hazardous materials
Barron Park residents and officials at Communications and Power Industries continue to clash over the company's safety record and its plating shop operations, but on Monday, J... |
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on Jun 6, 2012 at 3:26 pm by ufo223, a resident of the St. Claire Gardens neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Tech 'startup for good' marks 10 years
Palo Alto engineer Jim Fruchterman felt like he was violating an unwritten Silicon Valley code two decades ago when he ditched a character-recognition startup to launch a nonp... |
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on Mar 26, 2012 at 9:00 am by local \"starving\" social \"artist\", a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Finally, high speed rail will start, thanks to President Obama
Web Link
We are very fortunate to have a visionary Presdient. Thank you so... |
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 4:54 pm by Brock, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Police arrest man for Redwood City bank robbery
A 24-year-old transient was arrested earlier this week for allegedly robbing a bank in Redwood City, police said. A similar robbery was reported in Palo Alto on Oct. 18.
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on Oct 26, 2012 at 12:45 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
is Romney a WIMP?
The cover of this week's Newsweek magazine says "Romney: The Wimp Factor, Is he just too insecure to be president?".
Is that a fair assessment? Or just kicking him while he... |
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on Jul 29, 2012 at 1:23 pm by Gene, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park squirrel infected with West Nile virus
A gray squirrel trapped by the county in Menlo Park has tested positive for the West Nile virus, San Mateo County officials said Monday.
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on Jul 26, 2012 at 8:40 am by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
San Antonio Road crash victim identified
An 81-year-old woman who was walking along San Antonio Road and was killed by a car Thursday morning, June 21, has been identified.
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on Jun 27, 2012 at 7:16 am by traveler, a member of the JLS Middle School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Electrical outages planned for south Palo Alto
A City of Palo Alto electrical upgrade project will cause intermittent power outages in south Palo Alto through June, the Utilities Department has announced.
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on May 24, 2012 at 4:20 pm by resident, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Menlo Park commission OKs Facebook plan
The impact reports for the proposed Facebook campus expansion, along with the associated developer agreement, got the thumbs up Monday night from the Menlo Park Planning Commi... |
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on May 12, 2012 at 11:39 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Noisy nights for Caltrain neighbors through May
Caltrain has announced that nighttime training of new train engineers may disrupt the sleep of nearby residents for several weeks. The training started on April 11 and runs th... |
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on Apr 17, 2012 at 7:57 pm by willem, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Lightning knocks out power to SLAC
A lightning bolt struck a main electrical-transmission line to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Thursday night, shutting down the linear accelerator and causing nearly... |
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on Apr 13, 2012 at 4:20 pm by Herb Borock, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford reaps $6.2B in 'transformative' campaign
Stanford University announced Wednesday it raised $6.2 billion in a five-year fundraising campaign that ended in October.
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on Feb 12, 2012 at 9:11 am by Hey-Stanford--How-About-Helping-Your-Neighbors-A-Little?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Echelon events, Taste of Palo Alto to be held Saturday
Three city-sponsored events will be held in downtown Palo Alto this Saturday (Sept. 17): The Echelon Gran Fondo (a multi-mile bike ride from town to the coast and back), the E... |
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on Sep 18, 2011 at 7:54 am by for charity, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District previews 'safe, welcoming schools' plan
Palo Alto Superintendent Kevin Skelly Tuesday proposed a school-board-level committee as well as a summer task force to consider community concerns about bullying and harassme... |
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on May 10, 2013 at 8:17 am by parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
bikes on the loose
One last addendum to my letter to the editor about dangers of cyclists on Palo Alto's downtown sidewalks -- here is the relevant ordinance from the City of Palo ALto web site:... |
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on Nov 27, 2012 at 2:21 pm by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
First Person: A conversation with Angela Filo
Angela Buenning Filo, Palo Alto-based photographer and creator of the "Palo Alto Forest Project," speaks with Lisa Van Dusen about her community-activated photo installation, ... |
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on Oct 5, 2012 at 8:28 am by Jan Buenning, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Man shot in East Palo Alto Sunday
A 19-year-old man was shot in the leg in East Palo Alto early Sunday morning, police said.
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on Jul 16, 2012 at 4:24 pm by the_punnisher, a resident of Mountain View |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto residences get new curb appeal
Three teens on a Palo Alto street with spray paint during school hours might seem like a recipe for delinquency, but ninth-graders Jeremy Revlock, Ben Rothblatt and Yerem Ista... |
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on May 25, 2012 at 12:23 pm by Thankfull, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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