PALO ALTO ISSUES
Hope dims for Palo Alto's proposed police building
Palo Alto's long and tortuous path toward a new police headquarters took another frustrating twist Tuesday afternoon when city officials learned that the latest proposal for a... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 8:58 pm by John, a resident of Mountain View |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto water rates set to rise again
Palo Alto residents will see their water bills rise yet again in July, despite successful efforts in recent years to conserve water.
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on Mar 29, 2013 at 11:24 am by Just Drop It, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police arrest man for stealing 10,000 pills from PAMF
Police arrested a man March 5 for stealing more than 10,000 pills of prescription narcotics from a closed pharmacy at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation at 795 El Camino Real.
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on Mar 18, 2013 at 9:50 am by neighbor, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
High-speed rail wins legal battle
An effort by Peninsula cities to stop California's high-speed-rail project came to a screeching halt this week when a Sacramento County judge upheld the California High-Speed ... |
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on Mar 5, 2013 at 10:18 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto hopes to spur affordable housing
With affordable housing in short supply, Palo Alto's planning officials debated on Wednesday night ways to fulfill this need without exacerbating the traffic and parking probl... |
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on Feb 8, 2013 at 8:56 am by Peter, a resident of Stanford |
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
Getting Ready for Earthquake!
There will be a big hoopla at Cubberly this weekend, complete
with 100 cots for those who don't even need cots, and fake victims
covered with katsup. Yes, the mighty red cr... |
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on Sep 21, 2012 at 1:43 pm by discipleone, a resident of Mountain View |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Condi Rice's speech at the RNC
What did you all think of Palo Alto resident Condi Rice's speech at the RNC? I thought she gave the best speech of anyone at the convention, though Clint Eastwood did pretty w... |
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on Aug 30, 2012 at 10:28 pm by condi, a resident of Stanford |
AROUND TOWN
New Facebook apps to spearhead emergency support
Three Facebook applications designed to help people get support from their friends and family in an emergency are winners of a Facebook application challenge sponsored by the ... |
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on Mar 3, 2012 at 9:26 pm by Cid Young, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Alleged vandals caught in the act in Menlo Park
A daylong spree of smashing car windows in Menlo Park came to an abrupt end when police responded to a call of vandalism in progress Monday night, June 25.
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on Jun 28, 2012 at 12:03 pm by Enough!, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford Hospital Suffers 20,000 Patient Data Leak
The leak of 20,000 emergency room patient records from a six month period in 2009 at Stanford Hospital, The records were available on the web for almost a year beginning in Se... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 4:23 pm by Bob, a resident of Menlo Park |
AROUND TOWN
Gang crackdown in East Palo Alto, Menlo Park
Fed up with more than a dozen shootings between rival gangs in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, police from East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Palo Alto are joining forces to quash ... |
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on Nov 28, 2012 at 10:03 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford police arrest two for auto burglary
Two persons were arrested on the Stanford campus early Monday morning after they allegedly burglarized at least two vehicles, according to Stanford police.
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on Jul 31, 2012 at 12:26 pm by Gethin, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Other species of honeybees around here?
I think I'm seeing species besides the western/European honey bee in our yard. I'm not positive, but the few I've seen look rather like the Italian bee, which is a sub-species... |
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on May 13, 2012 at 3:20 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Accident on Embarcadero near PA Muni this morning?
I was dropping off my car for service at Carlsen Audi ~9:45am this morning and saw 5-6 fire trucks gathered on Embarcadero near Faber Place. I couldn't make out what occurred,... |
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on Mar 25, 2013 at 2:50 pm by Joe, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Movie theater proposed for San Antonio shopping center
Developer Merlone Geier has significantly revised its proposal for phase two at San Antonio Shopping Center to include an eight-screen movie theater to go with a hotel and off... |
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on Mar 14, 2013 at 7:09 pm by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
What is all the police activity for?
Crazy sirens and a gazillion cops at Newell near Embarcadero tonight (1/25/2013)
Anybody have the scoop? |
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on Jan 26, 2013 at 9:55 am by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Resident sparks apartment fire with moving box
A Stanford resident moving into an apartment on Saturday started a fire after the moving box he left on a stove ignited, Palo Alto Battalion Chief Niles Broussard said.
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on Jul 17, 2012 at 3:24 pm by Chuck, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Man shot in leg in East Palo Alto Friday
A car passenger was struck in the leg by one or more bullets in East Palo Alto Friday night, March 23, and police are seeking the assailant or assailants.
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on Mar 24, 2012 at 4:35 pm by Mike L., a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
VIDEO: Holiday lights shine at Lytton Plaza
Palo Alto officially kicked off the holiday season Friday (Dec. 9) with a tree-lighting and dedication ceremony at Lytton Plaza. Video by Veronica Weber/Palo Alto Online.
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on Dec 12, 2011 at 6:02 pm by Nayeli, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
San Antonio bike lanes
Now that San Antonio Rd between Charleston and Middlefield Rd Southbound is paved and traffic lanes marked, it is a bit of wonderment to the rhyme or reason for the number ... |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 1:18 pm by Jan H, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Quickest way to get a thread closed down
is to ask, after one of her anti-Obama rants:
"Sharon: do you believe the President is an American?" |
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on Aug 7, 2012 at 4:15 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Sally Ride's legacy: engaging others in science
Despite her groundbreaking flights into space, Sally Ride, who died Monday, July 23, of pancreatic cancer, was "very down to earth," said one of Ride's postdoctoral colleagues... |
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on Jul 27, 2012 at 6:57 am by Palo Alto native, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Altercation in Palo Alto sparks attack on two
A Menlo Park man is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly assaulted a woman and another man outside a Palo Alto home and attempted to run the man down with his tru... |
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on Jul 26, 2012 at 6:15 am by furious , a resident of the Monroe Park neighborhood |
SPORTS
Three Stanford baseball players sign pro contracts
The deadline for signing drafted players is still four weeks away, but the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals didn't have to wait long to sign two of their top picks f... |
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on Jun 24, 2012 at 9:45 am by Steve, a resident of Mountain View |
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