SCHOOLS & KIDS
Holiday Fund: Field trips foster love of nature
Since 1972, Environmental Volunteers has been working to inspire a love of nature and science in more than 12,000 local children annually through field trips, camps and events... |
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on Nov 14, 2011 at 1:49 pm by Shannon Petrello, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Neighbors awaken sleeping residents during fire
The sleeping occupants of a Palo Alto apartment escaped injury on Saturday morning (Aug. 6), after neighbors awakened them to a fire in their unit, Palo Alto Battalion Chief C... |
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on Aug 8, 2011 at 10:37 am by Smoke Alarms Save Lives, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Hypnotherapy explored as weight-loss alternative
When the Weight Watchers diet didn't work for Ellyn Corey, she decided to try hypnotherapy to lose weight.
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on Feb 26, 2013 at 8:43 am by Dorthy Tyo, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Stanford University Law School names new dean
Stanford University Law School announced the hiring of Mary Elizabeth Magill as its new dean Tuesday, July 24. Magill switches coasts with her new position, leaving the Univer... |
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on Jul 25, 2012 at 9:48 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
SPORTS
It's Beckham, Donovan and some fireworks at Stanford
The stands at Stanford Stadium have rested quietly the past six months, the echoes of Luck-inspired yells slowly faded. But the columns will shake again on Saturday, neither f... |
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on Jun 29, 2012 at 10:49 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto attorney seeks seat on City Council
Attorney Marc Berman, a former state Assembly candidate who had spent much of the past year surveying Palo Alto's infrastructure problems, has declared his intention to run fo... |
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on Jun 13, 2012 at 10:40 am by svatoid, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto policeman to coach 2012 U.S. Olympic team
Palo Alto Police Officer Ben Lee has been selected as the coach for the 2012 United States Olympic badminton team, USA Badminton announced Friday, Jan. 27.
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on Jan 29, 2012 at 5:16 pm by PA Native, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Suspect sought in Crescent Park groping
Palo Alto police are seeking a man who they say groped a woman standing next to her car in the Crescent Park neighborhood Monday afternoon.
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on Aug 21, 2012 at 9:05 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Commuters get energized on Bike to Work Day
For all the people who get up in the morning, don their bike helmets and pack an extra shirt in their backpacks to go to work in Palo Alto, Thursday morning they got a reward.... |
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on May 10, 2012 at 5:15 pm by Richard, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Housing for Active Seniors
My father-in-law is coming to visit and plans to stay about 8 weeks. We'd like to use this as an opportunity to help him decide if he'd like to move here permenantly, or at le... |
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on Jan 8, 2012 at 6:48 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Mountain View parking dispute leads to fisticuffs
A man punched a woman in the face after she slapped him inside a Mountain View supermarket Monday afternoon, police said. The confrontation allegedly stemmed from a dispute ov... |
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on Feb 8, 2013 at 11:33 am by Anon, a resident of Mountain View |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
EPA man arrested for shooting on Highway 101
An 18-year-old man was arrested in Redwood City Friday afternoon after a two-month search for a suspect in a shooting on U.S. Highway 101, Belmont police said.
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on Dec 10, 2012 at 12:23 pm by Gethin, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Driver in East Palo Alto hit-and-run comes forward
The driver of an out-of-control car that crashed into two homes in East Palo Alto Thursday, July 26, narrowly missing a baby that was sleeping in a bassinet, has come to the p... |
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on Oct 6, 2012 at 9:53 am by Haha, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto approves staff cuts, fee hikes at animal shelter
Palo Alto's animal shelter may have been saved from the chopping block last month, but the city's cash-strapped animal-services operation will soon see significant changes, in... |
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on Jul 29, 2012 at 7:52 am by lacye, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Simitian 'education update' set for Jan. 28
State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, will discuss school funding and pending legislation in an "education update" in Palo Alto Jan. 28.
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on Jan 23, 2012 at 12:55 pm by Say-Goodbye-Joe!, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Wednesday declared another 'Spare the Air' day
Weather conditions forecast for Wednesday are expected to create unhealthy air quality in the Bay Area, and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued the region'... |
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on Jan 10, 2012 at 6:41 pm by smokey, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Ten-Second Residential Parking Permit Program On-Line Survey!
So, I get home today, after a very taxing day donating my efforts to the local Little League park, conditioning the field for opening day.
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on Feb 23, 2013 at 7:30 pm by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Lost Cat in Palo Alto
Black & gray tiger-striped, green eyes, pinkish nose, declawed in front. His name is Lucky and he is a sweet and shy indoor cat that went missing on 4/23/12, near Emerson and ... |
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on Apr 26, 2012 at 5:25 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police arrest man for Independence Day stabbing
Police have arrested a man suspected in a stabbing that left another man seriously injured in East Palo Alto Wednesday night.
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on Jul 5, 2012 at 12:38 pm by Phil, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Fourteen recent graduates to get scholarships
Fourteen recent high school graduates will receive scholarships Saturday in a gathering sponsored by the Peninsula College Fund. Former Santa Clara County Municipal Court Judg... |
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on Jun 21, 2012 at 11:31 am by Sylvia Sanders, a member of the Barron Park School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Simitian easily prevails in three-way county race
With nearly 58 percent of the vote, State Sen. Joe Simitian easily prevailed in the three-way race to represent northern Santa Clara County on the Board of Supervisors, avoidi... |
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on Jun 6, 2012 at 10:43 pm by Alphonso, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Gunn pins down wrestling title at SCVAL finals
Saturday's prep roundup
After losing out on the SCVAL De Anza Division dual-match title on a tiebreaker, the Gunn wrestling team still had a big goal to cap perhaps t... |
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on Feb 20, 2012 at 12:58 am by Mark Weiss, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Enrico Fermi Award for Burton Richter, former SLAC director
Nobel Prize winner Burton Richter, director of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in Menlo Park from 1984 to 1999, and Mildred S. Dresselhaus are winners of the Enr... |
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on Jan 13, 2012 at 10:33 am by Coward, a resident of Stanford |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Santa Clara County Supervisor Shirakawa resigns
Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Friday, March 1, announced his resignation after he was charged with a dozen felony and misdemeanor counts including perjury and... |
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on Mar 2, 2013 at 9:46 pm by Michael, a resident of Menlo Park |
SPORTS
Stanfords Gibbs takes a big step up in her next match
Bank of the West Classic
Burdette pulls off upset win
Stanford junior Nicole Gibbs gets the chance to play her idol after beating Thailand's Noppawan Lertche... |
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on Jul 11, 2012 at 1:38 pm by serena, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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