CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Two-acre brush fire skirts Stanford hills
A fire of unknown origin burned two acres of Stanford land off Interstate Highway 280 in Palo Alto Monday afternoon. The grassland blaze caused a traffic backup northbound fro... |
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on Jun 18, 2012 at 8:28 pm by Moo, a resident of Woodside |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Housing policy
Here's a interesting article about how the policies on housing, taxation, etc. in California are driving out the middle class.
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on Apr 23, 2012 at 7:53 am by common sense, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto man gets 20 years for child molestation
A Palo Alto man accused of molesting his two stepdaughters was sentenced to 20 years in state prison in San Mateo County Superior Court Wednesday, Dec. 5, Assistant District A... |
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on Dec 6, 2012 at 10:54 am by iSez, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SPORTS
M-A hires Napolitano as new boys' polo coach
Menlo-Atherton has hired Giovanni Napolitano as its new boys' varsity water polo coach following the retirement of legendary coach Dante Dettamanti.
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on Nov 29, 2012 at 11:41 am by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A celebration of cycling to roll into Palo Alto
On the list of things the Palo Alto community enjoys, bicycling and food are right at the top, and the Italian-inspired Gran Fondo bike ride and festival is bringing them toge... |
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on Sep 16, 2012 at 8:00 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
ClimateOne zings PA on housing
From the March 22 ClimateOne podcast.
Gabriel Metcalf, the Executive Director of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) started off by stating that c... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 8:23 am by as is, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
SPORTS
SPORTS: Stanford's 82-game home win streak ends
The Stanford women ended Connecticut's historic 90-game win streak two years ago. On Saturday, the Huskies returned the basketball favor as they snapped the Cardinal's 82-game... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 10:26 pm by Bye bye Tara, a resident of Stanford |
SPORTS
Stanford vs. UCLA: It's a run for the roses
College football
Next game: Friday, 5 p.m., FOX (2)
The formalities are over -- the All-Pac-12 football team has been announced and major conference honors awa... |
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on Nov 30, 2012 at 11:28 am by James, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Police arrest man for Arastradero Preserve arson
A 50-year-old man has been arrested for intentionally setting the Aug. 8, four-acre wildland fire at the Enid W. Pearson-Arastradero Preserve, the Palo Alto Police department ... |
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on Aug 16, 2012 at 3:42 pm by Nice Work, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Suspected drunken drivers involved in collision
Two suspected drunken drivers crashed into each other in Menlo Park early Saturday morning, according to police.
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on Aug 13, 2012 at 10:06 pm by maury, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
No settlement in high-speed-rail lawsuit
Efforts to settle a lawsuit filed against the California High-Speed Rail Authority failed nine days after they started because the agency insisted on a four-track system, acco... |
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on Jul 29, 2012 at 12:01 pm by Rockridge Kid, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Around Town
GETTING WIRED ... Palo Alto officials often bask in the city's worldwide reputation as a global trendsetter for new technology. But things are different inside City Hal... |
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on Jun 14, 2012 at 2:49 pm by Inaudible meetings, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Warren Slocum ballot revised after complaint
Candidates for political office are expected to sing their own praises in hopes of swaying voters, but there are rules regarding what they can say, rules that county Board of ... |
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on Mar 22, 2012 at 10:46 am by Arch Conservative, a resident of Menlo Park |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Rich Gordon reflects on first year in California Assembly
"I think it's still a fairly dysfunctional system," Assemblyman Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, says of state government during a recent interview in a Santa Cruz Avenue coffee sho... |
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on Jan 16, 2012 at 10:24 am by jb, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Pool Service Recomendation?
Hello fellow Palo Alto pool owners. I'm seeking a recomendation for a weekly pool maintenance/service company. Very few of these companies are reviewed on line and those tha... |
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on Jun 22, 2011 at 10:24 am by PA Pool Owner, a resident of the Monroe Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Catching neighbors who fall through the gap
A Palo Alto neighborhood group is working to turn a holiday food drive for needy neighbors into a monthly grocery giveaway. Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a volunteer group in M... |
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on May 8, 2013 at 10:47 am by NeighborsHelpingNeighbors (NHN), a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tenure celebration fetes newly permanent teachers
Forty-two Palo Alto teachers as well as Jordan Middle School Principal Greg Barnes were honored for achieving permanent employment status Tuesday in a tenure celebration at sc... |
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 7:15 pm by Tenure Info, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
RNC fails to light the fire for conservatives
Think of past conventions and recent political tidal waves or sea changes:
- Sarah Palin igniting the crowd in 2008
- in 2004, Zell Miller unleashed pure fury
- George... |
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on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:21 am by Steve Mills, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
Neptune's treasures revealed
Attention to detail defines excellence. The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse is all about details: handsome decor, attentive service and everything in between. Unlike the Alexand... |
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on Jan 28, 2013 at 3:04 pm by Tried it, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
New Palo Alto Fire Chief Eric Nickel sworn in
After two and a half years without a permanent fire chief, Palo Alto held a promotional ceremony Thursday, Jan. 17, for Eric Nickel, the former Novato deputy fire chief hired ... |
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on Jan 21, 2013 at 1:41 pm by Welcome Wagon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Feature story: Going 'carbon neutral'
In 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees and six years before Hurricane Sandy transformed New York City's famed subways into fetid swimming poo... |
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on Jan 20, 2013 at 6:11 pm by Steve Raney, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Helicopter over midtown this morning
Does anyone know why there's a helicopter hovering over our neighborhood this morning? |
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on Nov 20, 2012 at 7:35 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Peet's Coffee & Tea selling for $1 billion
Longtime Bay Area fixture Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. will be sold to a German company for $1 billion, the Emeryville-based company announced in a statement Monday. Peets has sev... |
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on Jul 31, 2012 at 8:13 pm by Vivian, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
Tennis legends join festivities for Bank of the West Classic
The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running women's-only pro tennis tournament in the world, but it will have something new this year when for the annual stop at Stanf... |
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on Apr 5, 2012 at 4:13 pm by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
This week on Ad Libs...
Busy Palo Alto playwright Sharmon J. Hilfinger is having her seventh full-length play produced in the Bay Area. "Hanging Georgia," a play with music about Georgia O'Keeffe tha... |
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on Mar 22, 2012 at 3:00 pm by Dawn Whelan, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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