PALO ALTO ISSUES
Real Estate Matters
Most real-estate transactions go off without a hitch. Agents on both sides explain the rights and responsibilities to their clients and everyone does as required and expected.... |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 12:31 pm by horselady, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Stanford names LaTonia Karr to board of trustees
A San Francisco philanthropist and volunteer has been elected to a five-year term on the Stanford University Board of Trustees. LaTonia "Tonia" G. Karr earned an economics deg... |
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on Feb 1, 2013 at 2:14 pm by joyous, a resident of East Palo Alto |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Another Border Patrol officer killed, why are we doing this border enforcementt?
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This poor man had a wife and two children. Why are we continuing t... |
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on Oct 2, 2012 at 10:31 pm by iSez, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Looking back at 2012
The task of handpicking a selection of photos that define a whole year is always a daunting one. After scanning through thousands of photographs, we have done our best to choo... |
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Armed robbery, sexual assault occurs at Palo Alto hotel
A man with a knife robbed a woman and then sexually assaulted her during an arranged meeting at a room in the Glass Slipper Inn in Palo Alto on Saturday, March 9, according to... |
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on Mar 15, 2013 at 3:35 am by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto Weekly's Holiday Fund campaign kicks off
From after-school tutoring to desperately needed food, the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund has helped local nonprofit organizations serve children and families since 1994. This ... |
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on Nov 9, 2012 at 4:22 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford energy facility to cut carbon in half
A new Stanford energy facility that could reduce campus carbon emissions by 50 percent, cut water use by 18 percent and save the university an estimated $300 million in the ne... |
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on Oct 11, 2012 at 6:54 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Around Town
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ... While cities across the nation continue to bear economic pain and sluggish job growth, Palo Alto is bracing for an influx of dense new off... |
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on Oct 7, 2012 at 7:42 pm by Sky is the limit?, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Firefighters quickly extinguish blaze at Arbor Real
A kitchen fire that started in a two-story apartment at Arbor Real in Palo Alto was kept from turning into a structure fire after alert citizens called the Palo Alto Fire Depa... |
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on Aug 10, 2012 at 12:00 pm by Shelly, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
This is the way that public employee contracts should be negotiated
This is the way that public employee contracts should be negotiated - with the opportunity for public input BEFORE the process begins:
The Menlo Park Fire Protection Distri... |
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on Jul 26, 2012 at 8:44 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
AROUND TOWN
Lin heads to Houston as Knicks say no thanks
Paly grad flies to Houston on Wednesday
Palo Alto's Jeremy Lin is leaving the bright lights and media glare of New York and taking his all-around basketball game to t... |
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on Jul 19, 2012 at 12:22 pm by local gurl, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford grad Buscaglia overcomes a lot for his bid for the Summer Olympics
At an age when many young men might have fallen into bad habits and spiraled out of control, Stanford grad Alex Buscaglia stuck with the things he loved most and worked dilige... |
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on Jul 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm by ex-pat, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Former Cardinal, NBA veteran comes out as gay
Jason Collins, an NBA center and a Stanford Cardinal from 1998 to 2001, came out as gay today in a Sports Illustrated article, becoming the first active athlete in the nation'... |
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on Apr 30, 2013 at 1:17 pm by Sally, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Pedestrian deaths, Hangar One top Mountain View news in 2012
From the banning of plastic grocery bags to rejection of a Chick-Fil-A restaurant, there was no shortage of news in Mountain View in 2012.
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 1:01 pm by Don Draper wins, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
Downtown parking enforcement eased for holidays
Parking restrictions in Palo Alto's downtown shopping district will be temporarily relaxed through Jan. 1 to allow shoppers and visitors more time for holiday shopping, the Ci... |
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on Nov 17, 2012 at 2:48 pm by jan, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SPORTS
Gunn girls remain perfect in league golf action
Monday's prep roundup
The Gunn girls' golf team finished off the first half of its first-ever season in the Blossom Valley Athletic League in perfect fashion with a 2... |
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on Oct 2, 2012 at 12:35 pm by Chris Acker, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Today's events (June 21)
[Web Link Music: Irene Sharp, Cello]
Special concert with cellist and teacher Irene Sharp. Today, June 21, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Community ... |
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on Jun 21, 2012 at 9:15 am by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Catholic school gets green light for expansion
A new preschool will soon open in Crescent Park after Palo Alto officials voted on Monday to approve an expansion of the St. Elizabeth Seton School.
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 7:57 am by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto prepares for storms, potential outages
The City of Palo Alto Utilities department has organized a 24-hour control center and stand-by crews to help residents weather the series of storms in the event of power outag... |
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on Nov 30, 2012 at 8:33 am by low tech, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
AROUND TOWN
Excitement at Obama campaign's Mountain View headquarters
Volunteers for President Barack Obama's campaign react with excitement as they watch early election returns come in. They gathered at the Mountain View office, located at 820 ... |
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on Nov 7, 2012 at 12:25 pm by Sean, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parent education event on bullying, harassment and civil rights with OCR Thursday, May 16 at Ohlone
Representatives from the U.S. Dept of Education Office for Civil Rights will
be providing a workshop on bullying/harassment based on race, sex, or disability on Thursday, May... |
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on May 13, 2013 at 5:11 pm by Judy Heumann, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn, Paly students explore identity, stress in art show
Local teens reflect on their identities and on growing up in Silicon Valley in "Youth Speaks Out," an art-and-narrative exhibit opening Saturday, March 9, at the Palo Alto Art... |
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on Mar 31, 2013 at 7:56 am by Anne Hillman, a resident of Portola Valley |
AROUND TOWN
CEO of Jewish Community Center to leave Palo Alto
Alan Sataloff, the CEO of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center since 2004, is quitting to take a position in Chicago, according to an announcement by the Jewish Community... |
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on Dec 18, 2012 at 2:29 pm by Ronna Devincenzi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Interests collide over Buena Vista's future
There has been a certain inevitability to the situation now unfolding at the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, located behind El Camino Real in the Barron Park neighborhood.
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on Dec 17, 2012 at 12:32 pm by w. dean, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
interesting article on Jeremy Lin in the Wall Street Journal
"Rise of the Tiger Nation" Web Link |
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on Oct 27, 2012 at 10:40 pm by resident, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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